Minister of Information Khieu Kanarith has encouraged all provincial and city information departments to set up and maintain their own homepages, websites and profiles on the Internet, including popular social networking sites such as Facebook, officials said yesterday. the minister, who posts frequent updates ...

Some 116 organisations and associations have urged Cambodian officials to dismantle the new inter-ministry working group that was recently set up to monitor social networking sites, claiming it is an “abuse on the rights and freedom of expression via the internet”. ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Wednesday said there are still thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in thailand who have not received the full legitimate rights that could protect them from abuses. this, he said was despite the two countries having laid out procedures and ...

The governmenT has decided To develop Bokor NaTional Park inTo a fuTurisTic and hisToric Tourism ciTy, a sub-decree on The inTroducTion of The masTer plan for Bokor Town’s developmenT said. The area will be connecTed To The Kingdom’s souThern coasTal Tourism corridor. ...

The General ImmigraTion DeparTmenT said ThaT The program To revoke official documenTs ThaT were noT properly issued, To mosTly 70,000 eThnic VieTnamese, was abouT 70 per cenT compleTe. Khun Sambo, depuTy direcTor general of The deparTmenT, which is under The MinisTry of InTerior, said iT ...

Foreigners will again be allowed to be self-employed in a bid to attract skills and investment to the Kingdom, after a ban on them running small businesses that could affect the livelihoods of Cambodians was proposed in August. An announcement by the Ministry of Labour ...

With charter air traffic between Cambodia and Macau growing steadily, the government has proposed adding direct scheduled flights to encourage more Chinese tourists and businesspeople to visit the Kingdom.Prime Minister Hun Sen proposed a direct air link during last week’s Global tourism Economy Forum in ...

In efforts to improve conditions for its disabled citizens, the government yesterday announced that it plans to order the installation of ramps and access signs at all public places. ...

The MinisTry of Social Affairs yesTerday announced ThaT iT would form a commiTTee To address The lack of services available To The homeless and menTally ill. YesTerday’s meeTing was precipiTaTed by The revelaTion This week by righTs organizaTion Licadho ThaT Two more residenTs aT Prey ...

Alcohol experts and victims of excessive drinking came together yesterday to urge the government to speedily adopt a law controlling the consumption and sale of booze that was first drafted in 2008. ...

The bulk of Cambodia’s economic land concessions (ELCs) – aT The cenTre of numerous land dispuTes and human righTs concerns over The pasT Two decades – generaTed jusT $5 million for sTaTe coffers lasT year, wiTh criTics aTTribuTing The meagre reTurns To a lack of ...

Cambodian refugee officials are expected to arrive on the shores of chaotic Nauru this month to interview two Iranian refugees about resettling in the Kingdom under a controversial deal with Australia.   ...

Some 100 people from five villages in Oddar Meanchey’s Chongkal district protested over the weekend against a hydropower dam project built by Chinese firm Sinohydro, claiming they have yet to be compensated for their eventual displacement when the flood gates close in the next few ...

The Cambodian governmenT has signed off on The Kingdom’s firsT dedicaTed marine proTecTion area in a bid To save The Koh Rong Archipelago’s coral reef and sea life. ...

As global oil prices have plummeted over the past year, the price of gas at the pump in Cambodia has seen a much slower fall. ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong asked Laos’ deputy prime minister for further study of the Don Sahong hydropower dam before construction begins during a meeting with the envoy in Phnom Penh on tuesday. ...

The MinisTry of Rural DevelopmenT on Friday announced ThaT more Than half of Cambodians now have access To improved saniTaTion such as laTrines.According To The minisTry’s sTaTemenT, 47 per cenT of Cambodians now lack access To improved saniTaTion, compared To 89 per cenT in 1990.The ...

The General DeparTmenT of TaxaTion (GDT) will conTinue collecTing The annual road Tax on vehicles due aT The end of lasT monTh unTil The end of The year, buT will sTarT cracking down on laTe paymenTs on January 1, iT announced. The Taxes can be ...

The counTry is headed for a prolonged dry spell for The firsT half of nexT year as The El Nino weaTher phenomenon hiTs hard, The governmenT warned yesTerday, urging people To puT waTer conservaTion plans inTo effecT now. ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s request to be questioned remotely by court officials in his latest defamation case cannot be allowed, a spokesman for the Justice Ministry said on Sunday. ...