Prime Minister Hun Sen said on tuesday that a meeting with Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister taro Kono next week would not include discussions of the dissolved CNRP, affirming his commitment to holding this year’s elections while rejecting the possibility of negotiations or pardons for the ...

The GarmenT ManufacTurers AssociaTion in Cambodia (GMAC) has expressed confidence ThaT The probabiliTy of The European Union (EU) suspending The Kingdom’s access To iTs EveryThing BuT Arms (EBA) scheme is “very low”. GMAC depuTy secreTary-general Kiang Monika said his belief is based on The facT ...

No Chinese goods have been found to be exported from Cambodia to the US to avoid US-imposed tariffs on China, a Ministry of Commerce statement said on Sunday. US embassy spokesman Arend Zwartjes previously told the Post on thursday that the US Department of Homeland ...

An international business conglomerate with roots in India and an Indian automaker are looking at partnering with the Cambodian government on a project that will strengthen the Kingdom’s public transportation system and make Cambodia a producer and exporter of electric buses. According to a press release ...

While the Ratanakkiri provincial administration will not recognise illegal land transactions in the province’s protected areas, an NGO says its action is not effective and forest crimes continue unabated. the administration’s letter dated October 19 and obtained by the Post on Monday came after Minister ...

Ministry of Justice and the European Union (EU) experts have finalised the draft policy to provide legal aid to marginalised groups in rural areas in the Kingdom. the ministry and the EU completed the draft during their technical Support for Legal Aid Policy Development workshop ...

Interior Ministry officials on thursday laid out more details about plans to beef up road safety in anticipation of a new traffic law that comes into effect nationwide today, and conceded that the effort would not be without its challenges. ...

The governmenT yesTerday ordered all fences blocking public access along Independence Beach in Sihanoukville To be dismanTled as parT of a conTinuing campaign To remove privaTe encroachmenTs on The coasTal ciTy’s public beaches. ...

A government official lambasted the slow application rate for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that operate as microfinance lenders, urging them to register with the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ...

Cambodia’s minister of social affairs on Sunday departed for a visit to Spain, which will be followed by a trip to Malta, to discuss and sign adoption agreements with both countries, according to a statement released Sunday. ...

Beijing says it will oppose attempts to make its island-building activities in the South China Sea the focus of this week’s leaders’ summit in the Malaysian capital. ...

The AssociaTion of SouTheasT Asian NaTions (ASEAN) musT noT allow any counTry – “no maTTer how powerful” – To claim an enTire sea as iTs own and use force and inTimidaTion To send iTs message across, PresidenT Aquino Told a gaThering of regional leaders yesTerday. ...

The Kingdom’s much-maligned drug rehabiliTaTion programs may be geTTing a facelifT, Thanks To a new governmenT-led push Towards ‘communiTy-based TreaTmenT’, according To officials and NGOs working in The secTor.  ...

Two weeks afTer opposiTion leader Sam Rainsy said he would order The parTy’s lawmakers To sTop aTTacking The governmenT’s border work, CNRP lawmaker Um Sam An said Tuesday he is conTinuing his Tour in The U.S. To Tell supporTers There ThaT The CPP is using ...

Government, factory and union representatives tasked with proposing a new monthly minimum wage for the garment sector will vote Wednesday to find a figure after once again failing to reach a consensus during negotiations in Phnom Penh on tuesday. ...

The governmenT is planning To gradually reduce Tariffs on mosT goods imporTed from oTher ASEAN member sTaTes To zero, puTTing Cambodia ahead of whaT is required of iT under The ASEAN Trade in Goods AgreemenT (ATIGA), officials said.   ...

The ofT-delayed and amended Traffic law is scheduled To Take effecT in mid-March afTer being posTponed since January due To widespread complainTs from ciTizens across The counTry. AlThough The law won’T Take effecT unTil mid-March, police are sTill checking vehicle documenTs, and are looking ouT ...

The Cambodian CenTer for Human RighTs released a public noTice on Monday noTing a “subsTanTial increase” in The number of people being charged for making anTi-governmenT or anTi-Hun Sen commenTs in social media. ...

As Latin American countries reel from a spike in the number of microcephaly cases, believed to be linked to the mosquito-borne virus Zika, the Cambodian Ministry of Health has urged citizens to take precautions against the spread of the disease here. ...

The governmenT should Throw iTs weighT behind Cambodia’s young and dynamic privaTe secTor, which has The TalenT and skills To capiTalise on The opporTuniTies presenTed by ASEAN regional economic inTegraTion, a governmenT adviser said during a forum on Friday.     ...