The U.N. GeNeral Assembly’s vote for the Asia-Pacific NoN-permaNeNt seat oN the Security CouNcil weNt to the wire yesterday Night, as a secoNd ballot had to be held wheN NoNe of the coNteNders, Cambodia, South Korea aNd ButhaN, woN a clear two-thirds majority. After the ...

Aeronautical fees imposed at airports in countries which are members of the U.n.’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)- including Cambodia- must be uniformly and transparently applied to all airlines, a spokesperson for the ICAO said yesterday. Last week, airline officials  said that a $1,000-per-landing royalty fee ...

U.N. humaN rights eNvoy Surya Subedi met with a seNior official at the MiNistry of Justice oN WedNesday aNd reiterated a call for New legislatioN to be passed oN goverNiNg Cambodia’s judiciary. “He did Not ask us much oN aNythiNg New, but he did ask for ...

Cambodia’s main opposition party staged another mass rally in the capital on Sunday, vowing to keep up its political fight in the aftermath of national elections they say were rigged. Around 10,000 people turned out for the protest in Phnom Penh. The demonstration was part of ...

International legal experts are expressing deep concern over proposed changes to Cambodia’s legal system that critics say hand over too much power to the executive.  At a meeting in Phnom Penh Tuesday, a group recommended the three judicial reform laws should be returned to parliament ...

Almost​ 1.9 ​million​ ​vehicle​s ​h​a​d​ ​travel​l​e​d​ on ​t​h​e​ ​P​h​no​m​ ​P​e​n​h​-S​i​h​an​ouk​v​ill​e​ ​Expressway​ ​in​ ​t​h​e​ ​first​ ​f​i​v​e​ ​month​s ​since​ ​its​ ​opening​ ​to​ ​t​h​e​ ​public​ ​last​ ​October​, ​t​h​e​ ​Ministry​ o​f​ ​Public Works​ ​and​ ​Transport​ said​ ​in​ ​a​ ​news release​ on ​Tuesday​. ...

NiNeteeN oNshore blocks have beeN deliNeated for possible oil exploratioN. CoNtracts have beeN awarded for three. No oil is curreNtly extracted iN Cambodia. ...

A government spokesman on Thursday welcomed remarks of support for the ruling CPP from China’s foreign minister, saying they showed Cambodia’s main benefactor was an example to other foreign states. Following meetings with Prime Minister Hun Sen and Foreign Min­ister Hor namhong on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign ...

Amidst an opposition boycott of the national Assembly, CnRP leaders on Sunday announced to about 10,000 supporters gathered in Phnom Penh their tentative plans to push the one-party CPP government to investigate irregularities in the July election and enact a broad slate of reforms. As patchy ...

The U.N. humaN rights eNvoy to Cambodia, Surya Subedi, oN Tuesday preseNted a report to the HumaN Rights CouNcil (HRC) iN GeNeva aNd expressed his grave coNcerN about post-electioN violeNce aNd the failure of the goverNmeNt aNd NatioNal ElectioN Committee to properly iNvestigate widespread electoral ...

Since its emergence in the region more than a decade ago, the governments of Southeast Asia have been fighting to contain the human avian influenza virus through surveillance programs, rigorous inspections and widespread culling of infected birds. In Cambodia last year, 13 people died of ...

Hard Rock Cafe, the iconic U.S. restaurant franchise known for its collections of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, will open restaurants in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, in a deal with a local firm owned by the niece of Prime Minister Hun Sen, company representatives said ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, accompanied by businesspeople and senior officials, flew to nanning City of southwest China’s Guangxi province on Monday to attend the 11th ASEAn-China Expo. Senior officials accompanying the prime minister included Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol, Governor of the national Bank of Cambodia Chea ...

Cambodia, along with other ASEAn members, will make joint efforts to create an upgraded China-ASEAn Free Trade Area and contribute to the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said a senior Cambodian official at the First ASEAn ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia” by adding 1 new map feature of Grand Bokor SEZ in Preah Sihanouk province. This dataset describes the information of special economic zone (SEZ) in Cambodia from 2006 to 2024. The ...

The U.N.’s Special Rapporteur oN Adequate HousiNg, Raquel RolNik, has waded iN to the furor surrouNdiNg the imprisoNmeNt this week of two aNti-evictioN activists from BoeNg Kak aNd Borei Keila commuNities, posiNg with a poster calliNg for the release of the two womeN. Yorm Bopha, 32, ...

The European Union (EU) signs Wednesday to provide Cambodia with equipment to detect illicit trafficking and criminal use of nuclear and radiological materials. The agreement was inked between EU Ambassador to Cambodia Jean Francois Cautain and Om Yentieng, vice-chairman of the Secretariat of national Counter-Terrorism Committee. Under the deal, ...

Human Rights Watch says three draft laws on the verge of approval by the national Assembly, intended to assure the independence of Cambodia’s courts, would do just the opposite, and has called on the government to withdraw them. The Council of Ministers approved the trio of ...

For Cambodians with disabilities, the launch of two major initiatives in the past two days designed to improve their lives has brought some optimism about the future—tempered by a note of caution. At Koh Pich island on Thursday, in front of a crowd of more than ...

Seven nGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.n. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...