The country’s second most senior border affairs official on Sunday warned against oversimplifying territorial disputes after opposition leader Sam Rainsy claimed that Vietnam has flagrantly annexed land on Cambodia’s side of a demarcated border area in Svay Rieng province. ...

The government could be forced to shell out more than $120 million [≈ Finance industry 2011 political donations] to build new landfills over the next decade unless it invests in preventing Phnom Penh’s current site from reaching capacity, according to a pair of new reports. ...

The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) have expressed support for suggestions the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has given to financial institutions to reduce the impact of Covid-19 on the local economy. ...

Following nomination by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and approval by the Supreme Council of Magistracy, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni has appointed Fergal Gaynor as the new Reserve international Co-Prosecutor. ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has stated approximately 60 percent of its factories have been severely affected by cancelled orders of ready-made garment exports, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has stated approximately 60 percent of its factories have been severely affected by cancelled orders of ready-made garment exports, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The Special Panel of the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal yesterday “unanimously dismissed” the former Khmer Rouge’s top leader Khieu Samphan’s application for disqualification of the six appeal judges who adjudicated in Case 002/01 over crimes against humanity. ...

This year the The Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) will spend $16 million for its work, meanwhile it is expected to announce Khieu Samphan’s verdict in the fourth trimester of 2022. ...

Cambodia’s apparel exports increased by 16.56 per cent year-on-year to $8.366 billion during January-November 2022. This constituted 40.89 per cent of Cambodia’s total foreign income of $20.457 billion during the period under review, according to data from the general department of customs and excise under ...

Orders for garments and footwear have not picked up in Cambodia last year, and it will continue to decline, according to a senior official of the Textile, Apparel, Footwear & Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC). ...

Top officials from the Royal Academy of Cambodia’s (RAC) International Relations Institute, along with various non-governmental organisations, have expressed differIng views over the International observers’ claim that the general election, which took place on July 23, was orderly, transparent, and fair. ...

The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) has committed to further increase the usage of riel through its members’ operations, as the local currency is now increasingly used in cash and digital transactions. ...

In a significant stride towards ensurIng equitable healthcare access for all citizens, Prime MInister Hun Manet has officially launched the Roadmap for Universal Healthcare Coverage In Cambodia 2024-2035. ...

Prominent Boeung Kak villager and protester Yorm Bopha was yesterday jailed in Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison, after she and her husband – en route to check for their names on a voting register – were pounced on by police in plain clothes in what ...

Police in Phnom Penh blocked all attempts by anti-eviction protesters to march out of the city’s Boeng Kak community yesterday, but made no attempt to stop a counter-demonstration against the marchers by a little-known association of tuk-tuk and motorcycle-taxi drivers. About 150 residents of the Boeng ...

Sao Sareoun and Ly Chanary, the two land-rights activists arrested outside the three-hour trial of 13 women from Boeung Kak lake in May, hope an easing of bail conditions is a sign authorities are planning to drop charges against them. The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled ...

 A Millennium Development Goal Acceleration Framework action plan presented yesterday by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) seeks to address Panha’s and other women’s lagging economic opportunities in Cambodia. The plan will help Cambodia achieve targeted Millenium Development Goals by 2015. Though no date of ...

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 ...

Cambodia has made little progress on gender equality and is the lowest-ranked country in the region, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2013 Gender Gap index released Friday, slipping a place from last year to rank 104 out of 136 countries. The index examines the ...

The Japanese and U.S. governments are set to launch a joint project to help empower women in developing countries in Asia, including Cambodia and Myanmar, as well as Africa, officials of both governments said Saturday. The two governments came up with the project as both Prime ...