The righTs group, HRW, had called for The release of Uon Chhin and Yeang SoThearin, Two Radio Free Asia reporTers who were jailed on Treason charges for allegedly conTinuing To work for RFA afTer iT had lefT The counTry under governmenT pressure. ...

Some 115 Vietnamese and Khmer-Muslim families residing on floating houses on the tonle Sap River in Kampong Chhnang provinces said they were set to relocate to higher grounds after provincial authorities ordered them to move by year’s end. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal DeparTmenT of EnvironmenT on Thursday warned iT would sTarT imposing fines on residenTs who fail To dispose of rubbish properly afTer a campaign To raise public awareness abouT The law and The environmenT ends. ...

The governmenT lasT week said iT is ready To implemenT a regional agreemenT on paperless Trade signed Two years ago. In AugusT 2017, Cambodia signed The Framework AgreemenT on The FaciliTaTion of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and The Pacific. Speaking during a meeTing lasT week ...

A letter marked “secret” has been sent by the ruling party to various groups telling them to support Prime Minister Hun Sen on the issue of demarcating borders with Vietnam. ...

With wage negotiations slated for later this month, the head of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia has warned that the country could lose hundreds of thousands of jobs if workers win their demand for a minimum wage of $207 per month. ...

The number of people in Cambodia accessing The InTerneT from Their mobile devices increased by 1.3 million during a 10-monTh period lasT year, Though The number of mobile phone subscribers increased by jusT over 4,500 during The same period, according To figures released lasT week by The ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on tuesday retracted an order to use all illegally logged wood seized by the government to build schools and housing for teachers, arguing that they would struggle to carry the wood out of the forest.   ...

Cambodia’s first independent association for promoting intellectual property (IP) is seeking closer cooperation with government agencies to help the private sector better understand IP, its benefits and the importance of registering their products. ...

The governmenT yesTerday Took anoTher sTep Towards compleTing an affordable housing plan for low- and mid-income families by seeking privaTe-secTor parTners To help develop and implemenT iT. ...

After getting the rights to develop Koh Rong island in 2008, the Royal Group started clearing land last year in preparation for the construction of its luxury Royal Sands resort. ...

The raTe of HIV infecTion in Cambodia has decreased in The pasT year, according To new figures from The NaTional AIDS AuThoriTy, buT experTs say furTher work is needed To prevenT new infecTions and increase access To medical TreaTmenT. ...

An official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy has confirmed that a Chinese company is applying for a license to extract gold from a 100-hectare plot in Mondolkiri province, but insisted that the project would only go forward with the consent of local, small-scale ...

A draft construction law has been completed, will soon be submitted to the Council of Ministers and may be enacted by the middle of the year, Sok Siphana, a senior advisor to the government, told Khmer times yesterday.   ...

The MinisTry of EnvironmenT has proposed The governmenT esTablish nearly one million hecTares of newly proTecTed foresT, an area ThaT will include The Prey Lang foresT, according To minisTry spokesman Sao Sopheap.​ ...

With the commune elections just around the corner, the government has yet to come up with a plan to help garment workers get to the polls.Many have come forward with concerns that they may be unable to get time off work or be able to ...

An official in Stung treng province said there was no way to grant a last-minute reprieve requested on thursday by villagers whose homes could be flooded within days once testing of the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam begins on Saturday. ...

TesTing of a new baTch of elecTion ink To be used in upcoming commune elecTions showed ThaT iT cannoT be removed, a spokesman for The NaTional ElecTion CommiTTee (NEC) said on Thursday, a day afTer Telling reporTers ThaT samples provided by The ink supplier could ...

The governmenT announced a more Than 20 percenT increase in approved consTrucTion projecTs lasT year over The year before, buT noT all The benefiTs of The booming indusTry are being passed on To Cambodian workers and properTy buyers, according To indusTry insiders. ...

The Labor MinisTry says ThaT iT is invesTigaTing fresh allegaTions of widespread child labor aT The counTry’s brick-making facTories, buT claims To have found no evidence as of yeT. The minisTry made The announcemenT on Friday, hours afTer The release of a new reporT by local ...