The allocation of two new seats to Preah sihanouk province and absence of seats for Phnom Penh in the recently distributed draft law on electoral reform has prompted concerns that attempts are being made to manipulate the playing field ahead of the 2018 election. Ou Virak, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP made a rare show of fraternity Wednesday morning in unanimously passing the country’s first tobacco control law—which bans sales to minors, smoking in public and most advertising—in a bid to combat related illnesses. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Dengue fever cases in the Kingdom have increased by nearly 80 per cent compared with the same period last year, and the Cambodia National Malaria Center (CNM) said yesterday that it expects a continued surge throughout 2015. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian migrant worker was shot dead by a Thai foreman at the construction site where he was working last week in Thailand’s Chachoengsao province, a border official said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four children were removed yesterday from Bethel Children’s Home of Cambodia and the centre’s director was arrested in Chhbar Ampov following a complaint alleging child abuse and neglect, including forced labour and sexually inappropriate conduct.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. State Department releaSed itS 39th annual human rightS report on Friday, reviewing abuSeS againSt the citizenS of 199 countrieS and painting a forenSic picture of the ShortcomingS of the Cambodian government&rSquo;S effortS to protect the rightS of itS population. Under the heading “Arbitrary or SS='cambodia-color'>...

Social affairS officialS met ThurSday with the U.N.&rSquo;S Office of the High CommiSSioner for Human RightS to diScuSS the notoriouS Prey Speu Social affairS center, with the government giving permiSSion for the U.N. to viSit the center Friday and identify reSidentS who require pSychiatric aSSiStance SS='cambodia-color'>...

Two women were charged with extortion and placed in Kandal Provincial Prison on Wednesday for accepting $4,500 from the factory where they worked and had recently set up a union, a court official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. Department of State haS launched the Mekong Dam Monitor in collaboration with the StimSon Center and EyeS on Earth. The new Mekong Dam Monitor iS a Significant Step toward improving underStanding of the water conditionS in the Mekong River BaSin. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnamese Minister of Public security To Lam and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior sar Kheng co-chaired a virtual talk on issues related to trans boundary crime. ss='cambodia-color'>...

FacebookTwitterEmailShareCambodia&rSquo;S banking and financial induStry continued to enjoy healthy growth in both loanS and depoSitS in the firSt half of 2023, Said the biannual report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) releaSed on Monday.​​ SS='cambodia-color'>...

Former Prime Minister Hun sen said that he  supports reforms in ministries and other institutions but prefers retention of senior officials who worked hard and served the country and people in the past. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has asked the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) to do more to help Cambodia become mine-free by 2025. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A delegation from Laos visited Cambodia and exchanged experiences on mine action and relevant work experiences on management, information gathering, planning and prioritising mine action in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hem Vanndy, Minister of Industry science Technology & Innovation, on May 2, 2024 received representatives from Life and Building safety (LABs), led by its Country Manager, Mr Emerald Am, to explore avenues for enhancing factory safety in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a move to reinforce Cambodia’s food system sustainability, sok silo, secretary-General of the Council for Agriculture and Rural Development, highlighted Cambodia’s commitment to enhancing food security and nutrition, a priority that has seen considerable advancements. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Airlines, a majority-owned Cambodian company, and san Miguel Corp., the Philippines’ most diversified conglomerate, on Tuesday signed a joint venture agreement to set up a Cambodia-based airline – Cambodia Airlines – to service domestic and regional flights. The agreement was inked between Cambodian tycoon Kith ss='cambodia-color'>...

Looking to compete with Chinese influence in the region, the U.s. government is making plans to help American companies win large-scale infrastructure projects in Cambodia, U.s. officials said yesterday in Phnom Penh. The plans, which come as part of a strategic and economic embracing of Asia ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has made almost no progress over the past six years when it comes to gender equality, and is still the lowest-ranked country in the region, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2012 Gender Gap Index. Ranked 103 out of 135 countries surveyed, Cambodia placed last ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.N.’s envoy for freedom of as­sembly on Tuesday presented a report to the U.N. General Assem­bly that calls for an approach to election monitoring that looks be­yond polling day to assess wheth­er elections in countries such as Cambodia are “free and fair.” The report, compiled ss='cambodia-color'>...