The GovernmenT-PrivaTe SecTor Forum was held here on Tuesday afTer iT has had a hiaTus for Two consecuTive years because of Cambodia’s ASEAN chairmanship in 2012 and general elecTion in 2013.     The Tuesday’s dialogue was presided over by Prime MinisTer Hun Sen wiTh The parTicipaTion of ...

As a child growing up in a poor family in Banteay Meanchey, Yang Leaphea struggled to imagine a world outside her province. She turned to her desperately under-resourced local library, but found few books there to expand her horizons. All that changed when the intelligent daughter ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said thursday that he and his government have no rights to order the courts to arrest or release any suspects who have committed crimes. “I and the government have no rights to order the judiciary, the court to arrest anyone based ...

About 40 workers from Phnom Penh’s Meroson garment factory delivered a petition signed by 700 of their colleagues to a representative of Prime Minister Hun Sen on tuesday, calling on the premier to intervene in their dispute over what they say is the factory’s failure ...

A group of eight trade unions thursday said the government has turned down every one of their applications to form local branches at the country’s garment factories since early last year and threatened mass strikes if the rejections continue. At a press conference in Phnom Penh, ...

Environment Minister Say Sam Al on Wednesday announced the creation of a recurring annual $5-million fund to help Phnom Penh and every provincial capital clean up their trash-strewn streets, especially outside homes and restaurants. ...

Authorities will not renew operating licenses for sand-dredging companies in Cambodia if impact studies on the industry are not completed by the time the licenses expire at year-end, a ministry official said Friday. ...

In an effort to demonstrate government measures to prevent the potentially fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome from entering Cambodia—days after the disease was found in thailand—the health minister showcased machines that detect people’s body temperature at Phnom Penh International Airport on tuesday. ...

NGOs on Monday vowed to press ahead with a protest march through Phnom Penh on tuesday against a draft law that threatens to rein in the country’s non-government groups and associations despite City Hall’s threat to stop them by “any means.” ...

The human righTs non-governmenTal organizaTions (NGOs) Licado and Adhoc boTh say They will noT aTTend Wednesday’s consulTaTion workshop on The conTroversial drafT Law on AssociaTions and Non-GovernmenTal OrganizaTions (LANGO) hosTed by The NaTional Assembly. ...

Svay Rieng provincial authorities refused to take responsibility Monday for a group of thugs armed with wooden clubs who worked together with police and soldiers on Sunday to prevent a group of nationalist activists from visiting a post demarcating the eastern border with Vietnam. ...

The SenaTe is scheduled To voTe Friday on The conTroversial Law on AssociaTions and Non-GovernmenTal OrganizaTions (LANGO), despiTe a boycoTT by The opposiTion parTy and heaTed opposiTion from civil socieTy.  ...

The Council of MinisTers on Friday approved a plan To increase The amounT of borrowing from foreign counTries by as much as 33 percenT over The nexT Three years, in a bid To counTer a decrease in granTs and concessional loans. ...

Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith have told the owners of television stations to ban the broadcast of the movie Methagu at the request of the Sri Lankan government, saying the movie reflects the life of the former Liberation tigers of tamil Eelam (LttE).   ...

The MinisTry of EducaTion has seT prioriTies To promoTe early childhood educaTion and human resource developmenT in The counTry. ...

The governmenT is seT To amend Traffic laws as The naTionwide deaTh Toll from road accidenTs conTinue To rise. Speaking aT The 2nd annual conference on road safeTy on Thursday, MinisTer of Public Works and TransporT Sun ChanThol, who is also vice-chairman of The NaTional ...

Representatives of 24 indigenous groups from 15 provinces on thursday urged the government to solve their outstanding land dispute and expedite the process of registering their collective farmland to prevent private companies grabbing it. ...

A survey of foreign direct investment by the National Bank of Cambodia due to be completed at the end of this month will help fill data gaps in the construction industry and could lead to new regulations in the property market that will pave the ...

An official at the Council for the Development of Cambodia confessed during his trial on Monday to soliciting bribes from a garment factory to process its import applications, but said he did not believe at the time that he was committing a crime. ...

Marking the Cambodian Day of Persons with Disabilities on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An encouraged all government ministries to make an effort to employ more people with disabilities, though experts say the government should be more proactive. ...