Cambodia, in its role as Asean chair, has decided that the thorny issue of the South China Sea will not be on the agenda at next month’s Asean Summit in Phnom Penh, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap announced yesterday. “Cambodia is a neutral country, and based on ...

Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy has called on the country’s king to step in to resolve a political crisis over recent disputed polls as time runs out for legal challenges before officials announce final election results this weekend. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president made ...

A month after a company owned by tycoon Kith Meng was ordered to suspend logging the reservoir area of the controversial Lower Sesan ii dam, the government yesterday threatened legal action against it if its orders aren’t followed. in a letter obtained by the Post yesterday, the Council ...

Civil servants including police officers in a supervisory role who cut into their subordinates’ salaries will face consequences including criminal charges, interior Minister Sar Kheng announced last week. in an order obtained by the Post yesterday, Kheng urged civil servants who handle payroll to immediately report to the ...

A monk, an opposition lawmaker-elect and a journalist, all assaulted by Daun Penh district security guards near Freedom Park on Friday, said they are in the process of filing legal complaints against the district forces as they recover from their injuries. “i am planning on filing ...

Under an agreement with Malaysia, Cambodian migrant workers will be allowed to hold on to their passports and copies of their contracts but will be banned from any “political activities”, according to a draft version of the document obtained by the Post. The memorandum of understanding ...

Researchers have discovered a new population of banteng (Bos javanicus), a species of wild cattle, in northwestern Cambodia. The discovery was announced June 4, 2014 by Fauna and Flora international (FFi), and efforts are underway to implement conservation initiatives to protect the area and its newfound banteng, ...

On 17 September 2022, Australian Embassy Phnom Penh issued a media release on Cambodia – Australia partnership for resilient economic development. CAP-RED is a five-year partnership that is built on more than a decade of Australia’s support to Cambodian agriculture and infrastructure through the now ...

Fires set by plantation owners in indonesia may be to blame for the smog hanging over Phnom Penh, the Ministry of the Environment said yesterday. “i know there is a serious problem with haze,” Ministry spokesman Sao Sopheap told Khmer Times. “We have noticed haze ...

Cambodia rose five places in the World Bank’s annual Doing Business study to 133i’d out of 185 countries, largely due to the establishment of a credit bureau, which makes acquiring loans easier. The report, which ranks countries in 10 categories on the ease of doing ...

United Nations human rights expert for Cambodia Surya Subedi has welcomed the political breakthrough reached between the two main political parties in Cambodia. “i welcome the agreement reached between both parties that finally breaks the deadlock that has gripped the country for almost a year,” said ...

Three parties – the Cambodian People’s Party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party and Funcinpec – were registered for the May 18 municipal, district and provincial council election as of Saturday, according to the National Election Committee. “As the deadline will close on March 3rd, i think ...

The opposition CNRP on Monday called for 20,000 supporters to march through Phnom Penh on Friday, two days before the May 18 provincial, municipal and district elections. “The CNRP doesn’t have a wide broadcasting tool, that is why we have to do this,” said Morn Phalla, ...

U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Jeff Daigle visited in Komar Primary School in Kampong Thom province today to highlight a $20 million U.S. government school feeding program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and implemented by the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP), ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has congratulated Joko Widodo on his election as indonesian president. “On behalf of the Royal Government and people of Cambodia, i have the honor to extend to you my warmest and heartfelt congratulations on your election as the President of the ...

The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that phones, iPads and other possessions confiscated from six opposition lawmakers during the violent July 15 protest at Freedom Park would not yet be returned. Presiding judge Yos Sokhoeun said that the items could not be returned based on the ...

GreenYellow announces the successful completion of Phase i of the Bakheng Water Treatment Plant Solar Power project in Cambodia, boasting a capacity of 1.9MWp. ...

Harassment of monks and their supporters, who are marching to Phnom Penh to participate in international Human Rights Day rallies in the capital, continued Friday when three suburban utility vehicles were used to block the entrance to a pagoda in Kompong Speu province where marchers ...

គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) ទទួល​ស្គាល់​អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍​ជាតិ និង​អន្តរជាតិ អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ ប្រមាណ​ជិត ១​សែន​នាក់ ចូលរួម​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​បរិយាកាស​បោះឆ្នោត​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៨ ខែ​កក្កដា ខាង​មុខ​នេះ។ អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍​បោះឆ្នោត​នឹង​អង្កេត​មើល​ពី​ភាព​ស្រប​ច្បាប់​នៃ​ដំណើរ​ការ ​បោះឆ្នោត វាយ​តម្លៃ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត និង​ផ្តល់​អនុសាសន៍​អំពី​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​បន្តបន្ទាប់​ទៀត​មាន​ភាព​ល្អ​ប្រសើរ។ លោក ទេព នីថា អគ្គលេខាធិការ គ.ជ.ប កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍ ទី២៥ កក្កដា មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា គ.ជ.ប ទទួល​ស្គាល់​អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍​ជាតិ​មាន​ចំនួន​ប្រមាណ​ជាង ៤​ម៉ឺន​នាក់ មក​ពី ៣៩​អង្គការ។ ចំណែក​អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍​អន្តរជាតិ​ចំនួន ១១៤​នាក់ ត្រូវ​បាន គ.ជ.ប ទទួល​ស្គាល់​ហើយ។ គ.ជ.ប កំពុង​សិក្សា​ផ្តល់​សិទ្ធិ​អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍​អន្តរជាតិ​ប្រមាណ ១០០​នាក់​ផ្សេង​ទៀត មក​ពី ២២​ប្រទេស។ អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍​អន្តរជាតិ​មួយ​ចំនួន​មក​ពី​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក និង​សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប។ លោក ទេព នីថា អះអាង​ថា ចំនួន​អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍​អន្តរជាតិ​បាន​ថយ​ចុះ ប្រៀបធៀប​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឆ្នាំ​២០០៨ ...

Access to information and open budgets is the first component of the implementation Plan for the Social Accountability Framework (i-SAF).1 The other three components are citizen monitoring, facilitation and capacity building, and learning and monitoring.2 Three types of local services providers are at the focus: ...