An estimated 20,000 supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) took to the streets in capital Phnom Penh Sunday afternoon to call on Prime Minister Hun Sen to hold a reelection or to step down following allegations of serious irregularities during the July ...

The long-awaited draft law on the Supreme Council of Magistracy continues the practice of secret votes and gives Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana key powers, according to excerpts from the document, but it would reduce the position of King Norodom Sihamoni if passed in its ...

The Greens will attempt to force a vote in the Senate on plans to resettle in Cambodia refugees whose claims for protection are recognised on Nauru and is challenging Labor to block any deal. The party’s immigration spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young, is confident any deal with the ...

In 2011, the Environment Ministry entered into a deal with the Ratana Cooperation and Construction company to swap its valuable 2,400-square-meter location on Sihanouk Boulevard in Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac commune for a 9,000-square-meter plot of land and a new headquarters 20 km away in ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng and opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday that preparations are underway for a meeting between Mr. Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen to discuss the country’s ongoing political deadlock. On the sidelines of the second session of the National Assembly since the ...

A forestry official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) who is usually tight-lipped acknowledged last week that his agency has struggled to combat illegal logging, blaming a shortage of manpower and entrenched opportunistic logging by villagers – explanations that were laughed off ...

In the shadow of Anlong Mountain in Preah Vihear province, the whir of engines pierces the tranquil scrubland. Here, in the midday heat, a group of workers scour the earth for traces of gold. A licence granted to Malaysian gold miner Delcom, which first began ...

Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district authorities on Friday stopped and warned of legal action against the unauthorised clearing of forest land led by a machinery owner at the district’s Hal village in Tbeng commune.​ District governor Khim Finan told The Post on Sunday that ...

With the new coronavirus claiming its 17th life in China, the Cambodian Ministry of Health on Thursday said it is taking measures to ensure the disease does not enter the Kingdom, including inspecting all flights from Wuhan City, the outbreak’s epicentre. Ministry secretary of state ...

Two foreign-owned garment manufacturers will submit disclosure documents to Cambodia’s capital market regulator next month, the companies’ underwriter Phnom Penh Securities Firm Plc. said yesterday. The initial public offerings for the two private companies, expected by the end of the year, should boost action on the ...

On 05 June 2020, the Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release stated that the Government of Japan had decided to extend its ODA Grant Aid up to the amount of ¥ 4,501,000,000 approximately around USD 41 million for the ...

On 16 September 2021, Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh issued a media release on Australia-Cambodia partnership for improved construction safety in Cambodia. Ambassador Kang met with His Excellency Chea Sophara, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) to discuss ...

On October 26, 2021, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued a notification on the last reminder to go for the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Phnom Penh. The third dose of COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be completed for all 11 districts as stated in ...

On 12 January 2022, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued the notification on the 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the leaders, civil servants and staffs, 14 Khan Administration, 105 Sangkat Administration Departments, special units, frontline health workers, the private sector and the people in ...

On 2 September 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the discussion of a meeting on 28 August 2023 between His Excellency Kitti Tesaphibal Bindit HUN MANET, and the U.S. Congressional Staff delegation led by Mr. Alex Carnes, ...

On 29 August 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the 12th Cambodia-Japan Human Rights Dialogue.The dialogue was co-chaired by His Excellency An Sokkhoeurn, UnderSecretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the ...

On 12 June 2023, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release on the provision of health care through the health equity fund system for individuals working in the informal economy tourism services.The Royal Government has decided to provide health care through the health ...

A Stanford University study conducted in Cambodia has shed new light on the natural introduction of the poison arsenic into groundwater – an established problem in Cambodia that could be exacerbated by hydrological development, particularly dams, researchers say.According to a report on their findings, published ...

Legalisation of same-sex marriage, comprehensive sex education and non-discriminatory guidelines for health workers treating LGBT people and those living with HIV/AIDS are among a handful of ways to bolster human rights in Cambodia, according to a submission delivered to the United Nations ahead of the ...

National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun on Friday defended Cambodia’s decision to reject four human rights proposals and merely take note of another 38 during the adoption of its second universal periodic review report in Geneva on Thursday. In all, Cambodia accepted 163 of the 205 recommendations ...