The ruling party and opposition on Monday held a workshop to discuss two draft laws on election reform, but many civil society groups refused to attend, claiming parts of the bills fall short and are unconstitutional. Koul Panha, executive director for Comfrel, told VOA Khmer on Monday that more ...

Experts on Monday requested farmers to rethink the use of chemicals, particularly the mixing of them, a practice causing serious impacts on the health of both people and animals, and harming the natural environment. The issue was discussed at a workshop run by international development ...

The Siem Reap provincial court on Saturday put the founder of the Cambodia Landmine Museum and its senior officials in pre-trial detention on charges of illegal possession of weapons. This follows a fire on the premises after which authorities discovered old and rusty weapons in ...

The Ministry of Commerce yesterday announced revised price caps on fuel sold at retail petrol stations throughout the Kingdom from June 12-21, setting a price ceiling of 3,450 riel per litre on regular gasoline, 3,500 riel per litre on premium gasoline and 3,150 riel per ...

The National Bank of Cambodia on Tuesday officially issued a new 50,000-riel banknote (in equivalent to 12.5 U.S. dollars) in order to mark King Norodom Sihamoni’s 61st birthday, which falls on May 14. A sub-decree on the issuance of the new banknote was endorsed by ...

Continuing the spate of mass fainting at Phnom Penh garment factories, 24 workers fainted at the Heart Enterprise factory on Friday, prompting the factory to shut down for the second time in a week, officials said. The Dangkao district garment factory had reopened on Friday ...

The Ministry of Commerce has vowed to uncover more markets for Cambodian products to help buffer against price fluctuations caused by the Kingdom’s dependency on neighboring countries. In a response to concerns raised on social media, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol wrote on the ministry’s official Facebook ...

Meach Sovannara, the CNRP lawmaker who was let out of jail on bail in May, was involved in a car accident on National Road 5 on Thursday. ...

The United States urged Cambodia’s government on Tuesday to drop all charges against opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was released on bail but has been placed under house arrest. Kem Sokha was released from prison on Monday after spending more than a year in jail on ...

Violent land evictions, unlawful prison sentences, shooting deaths and crackdowns on peaceful protests are all on a list of allegations a human rights group is voicing concerns about this week. The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee condemned the incidents in a statement released on Tuesday, calling ...

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 ...

On 08 October 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On the outcomes of the phOne cOnversatiOn between His Excellency PRAK SokhOnn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn, with Senator the HOn Marise Payne, Minister ...

On 05 October 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release On the update On the treatment of COVID-19 Delta patients (cOnfirmed by the laboratory or in suspected cases) to respOnd to the new evolutiOn of​ the spread of COVID-19 and to live in ...

On 28 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On His Excellency PRAK SokhOnn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn, and His Excellency MIKAMI Masahiro, Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Cambodia, will ...

On 16 May 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On the outcomes of the meeting between H.E. Deputy Prime Minister PRAK SokhOnn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn of Cambodia, and H.E. AnthOny Blinken, Secretary of State ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday has proposed the Supreme Council of Magistracy to take urgent measure on a judge responsible for releasing parents of fugitive Thong Sarath on bail. ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has expressed concerns that recent money laundering cases involving huge sums will see Cambodia placed on a global financial blacklist. He called on the authorities to crack down hard on the crime or the Kingdom would be “dead” as it ...

The US Department of State on Monday called on Cambodian authorities to carry out a full investigation into “all credible reports” of election malfeasance, saying that it was “concerned” by various issues taking place both on, and leading up to, last Sunday’s vote. At a press ...

Civil society organisations and local communities yesterday called on the government to cancel an order banning all media from broadcasting foreign election-related reports in the five days before the election. The joint statement, signed by 21 civil society groups, comes after the government on Saturday rescinded ...

The change to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties has gone into effect after King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the amendment on Sunday. It gives the prime minister the power to request the return of political rights to those banned by the ...