The U.N.’s deputy high commissioner for human rights, Flavia Pansieri—who is on a week­long mission in Cambodia —has been asked to address an arbitrarily enforced ban on public assemblies, which has been in place since January. In a letter dated Monday, Muth Chantha, secretary-general of The ...

Eleven more Montagnard asylum seekers arrived in Phnom Penh this week, bringing to 85 the number waiting to apply for refugee status, the U.N. said Tuesday. ...

Cambodia is set to host a seminar by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in May to encourage other countries to sign a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs and brief military officials on international conventions and laws. ...

The Permanent Mission of Cambodia to The United Nations (UN) office and oTher International Organisations in Geneva have criticised a joint news release by some UN experts, accusing Cambodia of harassment and persecution against human rights defenders. ...

Cambodia is preparing to host the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) for the first time on November 16-17 this year, in what Prime Minister Hun Sen has called a landmark in historical diplomacy, where pluralism will take centre stage. ...

FacebookTwitterEmailShareCambodian delegation led by  Dr Om Romny, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS), attended the Southeast Asia Policy Dialogue on Early Childhood Care and Education (SEAPD on ECCE) held in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 25-26 under the theme “Transforming ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday rebuked reports that the new Phnom Penh police chief Lieutenant General Sar thet is his brother. Lieutenant General Sar thet officially took over as Phnom Penh police chief on Tuesday, filling a void left by General Chuon Sovann, who took ...

Cambodia Youth Party leader Pich Sros filed a lawsuit on Friday against activist monk But Buntenh and Pa Nguon Teang, founder of the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media, accusing the pair of embezzling money from the late Kem Ley’s funeral fund. ...

The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a more than $68 million hotel project in Poipet town, it said on Friday. The project, funded by Boonma Heng Co Ltd, aims to build The first four-star hotel in The province, complete with 392 ...

The defense lawyer for The late Khmer Rouge BroTher Number Two Nuon Chea claimed on Wednesday that his death rendered him “legally innocent”. Hence, Doreen Chen called on The Supreme Court Chamber of The UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in The Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to declare ...

The United Nations’ human rights agency in Geneva has urged Cambodia to abide by its obligations not to forcibly return 13 Montagnard refugees to Vietnam and to register The claims of hundreds more asylum seekers living in limbo in Phnom Penh. ...

The Environment Ministry on Friday released its final study on The algal bloom that forced swimmers out of The water in Kep province in early April, stating no chemical substances were found in The bloom that would have negatively affected human or animal health. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has thrown his weight behind China’s ambitious multi-billion dollar plan to revive the Silk Road, the ancient trading route crossing three continents to link China with Europe. ...

While Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries aims to increase fish production by 1.3 per cent this year, members of fishery organisations believe that is an unlikely target as drought conditions have tapped out natural resources. ...

The Kingdom’s investment authority signed an agreement yesterday to promote and protect investments between The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Cambodia, a move government officials hope will attract foreign direct investment from The oil-rich Gulf state, which currently stands at almost zero. ...

Experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have confirmed that barrel bombs discovered in three provinces are chemical weapons. the confirmation was made yesterday after the OPCW ended an operation to inspect the bombs sites in Mondulkiri, Tbong Khmum and Svay Rieng provinces. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said the Council of Ministers would hold a meeting today to prepare amendments to the constitution and the penal code to create laws against insulting the king. ...

The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) heaped praise upon China yesterday for its continual support of The Kingdom, claiming that without its investment The local economy would never have managed to take off. ...

A pig farm in Banteay Meanchey province has drawn the ire of the world’s largest animal rights non-profit after videos of its abnormally muscular pigs went viral. ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) would like to inform that The ministry has closely cooperated with International Labor Organization (ILO) aiming at strengThening The mechanisms as well as defining The criteria for determining minimum wage for workers and employees in The textile, ...