Prime Minister Hun sen of Cambodia believes that within 6 months, Cambodia will have direct flight from Japan, which will help promote tourism and investment in the Kingdom. The Premier made such comment January 31 during his meeting with Delegates of World Tourism led by Mr. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A police officer who has been implicated in a fatal hit-and-run has been asked by local police in Kandal province to come to their office and negotiate a settlement for the victims’ families, police said sunday. Ek sovannara—the son of Ek Krit, a former Kandal provincial ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new U.S. government program, NOURISH, will combat malnutrition among Cambodian children. On September 8, Deputy Prime MiniSter Yim Chhayly jointly with DeniSe RollinS, Acting ASSiStant AdminiStrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)&rSquo;S Bureau for ASia, announced the launch of USAID&rSquo;S five-year, $16.25 SS='cambodia-color'>...

The number of dengue cases in the Kingdom is continuing to dwindle, but health officials noted a spike of rainy season-induced Japanese encephalitis over the weekend. On saturday alone, 112 children at Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital were diagnosed with encephalitis – brain-swelling – that was caused ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government will allow UN representatives to seek out a group of Montagnards reportedly in hiding in Ratanakkiri province. Interior Minister sar Kheng gave the green light for UN offices of human rights and refugees to look into the case, where at least 13 Montagnards ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is visiting Cambodia to further promote ties and cooperation between the ruling parties of the two countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of families newly affected by land disputes last year was three times that of 2013, according to figures documented by local rights group Licadho. In a statement released yesterday, the group “strongly expresse[d] its concern” at the surge in disputes, noting that in 2014 ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 United Nations has declared 9 August to be International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Every year, events and activities around the world celebrate indigenous peoples (IPs), their cultures, beliefs and traditions. It is also a day to reflect and raise awareness about the 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'>...