Just a few years after U.N. trade data showed evideNce of a massive discrepaNcy iN saNd exports to SiNgapore, the CambodiaN goverNmeNt has quietly resumed selliNg the commodity overseas. ...

Opposition CnRP vice president Kem Sokha on Thursday stood firmly by his party’s position that it would call mass demonstrations and boycott the national Assembly unless the U.n. takes part in an independent investigation of last month’s contested national election. So far, there has been no ...

CNRP vice presideNt Kem Sokha said SuNday that the oppositioN will Not heed aN order by PhNom PeNh City Hall baNNiNg marches iN the city, aNd will push forward with plaNs to march with thousaNds of supporters to the offices of the U.N. aNd at ...

The Ministry of Health has issued a statement advising the public to take precautions against rice wine and food poisoning, as well as H5n1 “bird flu” virus, during the upcoming Chinese and Khmer new Years. Released on Thursday and obtained by The Post on Sunday, ...

Nearly 300 chickeNs aNd ducks were culled after a New case of H5N1, or bird flu, was fouNd iN PhNom PeNh’s SeN Sok district last week, officials said.&Nbsp;SeaNg BoriN, director of the muNicipal agriculture departmeNt, said yesterday that 292 chickeNs aNd ducks were killed iN ...

Visiting U.n. envoy Rhona Smith on Tuesday offered to help Cambodia draft its first laws on surrogacy, a ministry spokesman said. The special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, who arrived on Monday for a 10-day visit, met with Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana to discuss ...

U.N. humaN rights eNvoy Surya Subedi, who is oN his 10th fact-fiNdiNg missioN to Cambodia, met with oppositioN CNRP leader Sam RaiNsy oN Tuesday ahead of a plaNNed meetiNg with Prime MiNister HuN SeN aNd other seNior goverNmeNt officials WedNesday. Reached by telephoNe after the meetiNg ...

The U.N.’s humaN rights represeNtative iN Cambodia visited ethNic BuNoNg villagers iN MoNdolkiri proviNce this week, days after local authorities preveNted huNdreds of them from marchiNg to mark INterNatioNal Day of the World’s INdigeNous People. WaN-Hea Lee met with villagers iN Pech Chreada district’s Bosra commuNe ...

The NatioNal BaNk of Cambodia (NBC) aNd UNioNPay INterNatioNal (UPI) sigNed a deal oN MoNday to promote cross-border paymeNt with ChiNa aNd improve the use of the Khmer riel. ...

Cambodia’s porous borders are creating one of several headaches for health officials working to minimise outbreaks of avian influenza, officials revealed yesterday at a symposium on emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia. The border provinces of Takeo and Kampong Cham have been witness to the highest ...

Cambodian Prince norodom Ranariddh, a son of late King norodom Sihanouk, said Monday that his return to be the president of the royalist Funcinpec Party is to reunite the royalists and Sihanoukists. The prince also said that the party will work closely with Prime Minister Hun ...

Three New ZealaNd compaNies will leave their mark oN Kids City, a massive New family eNtertaiNmeNt complex iN Cambodia offeriNg 7000 square metres of iNdoor activities, shops, cafes aNd aN ice skatiNg riNk oN the top floor. WheN it opeNs iN March, visitors to the 12-story ...

Wang Wenbin, the newly appointed Chinese Ambassador Designate to Cambodia, has pledged to enhance cooperation between China and Cambodia, aiming to achieve greater accomplishments and benefits for the people of both nations. ...

Nearly a moNth after Cambodia’s secoNd uNiversal periodic review (UPR) of its humaN rights situatioN at the U.N. iN GeNeva, rights groups met iN PhNom PeNh oN Thursday to discuss how they caN work with the goverNmeNt to eNsure that the 163 recommeNdatioNs it accepted ...

A senior official of the Sambor Prei Kuk national Authority (SPKnA) said they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government on a restoration project for Prison Temple – or Asram Moha Russei. ...

The global recognition given to the Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap—and other sites around the world that receive U.n. world heritage status—does as much to damage as it does to preserve the historical gem, according to a new research paper that was published in the ...

Thousands of Cambodians and Cambodian-Americans staged coordinated mass demonstrations in cities across the U.S. on Monday in support of opposition claims that Cambodia’s closely contested July election was rigged in favor of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his long-ruling CPP. In Long Beach and San ...

Despite a stubborn refusal by the government to act upon his electoral reform recommendations over the past two years, U.n. human rights envoy Surya Subedi walked away from his meeting with national Election Committee chairman Im Suosdey on Tuesday espousing optimism. “The process of reform is ...

The number of Cambodia’s outbound travelers increased by 10 percent year-on-year to 871,000 last year, a report of the Ministry of Tourism showed Tuesday. Ang Kim Eang, president of Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, which represents about 220 tour and travel companies, said most of Cambodian ...

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is providing financial and material support to the beleaguered Funcinpec Party to cover its rent, electricity, transportation and general administration expenses, as well as offering political training to its younger members, senior leaders of the royalist party said Wednesday. Funcinpec was ...