Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties on Monday agreed to create a law governing the regulation of financing for political parties, as they opened negotiations to end the longstanding political deadlock and in hopes of reforming the election process. A joint statement by the ruling Cambodian People’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three villagers in Mondulkiri’s sen Monorom district appeared in court yesterday after filing a complaint against a land concessionaire for illegally bulldozing community forest. The three represented more than 160 Phnong villagers in allegations that the provincial deputy governor’s company cleared 30 hectares of community forest ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ohio University is poised to hold its sixth annual Khmer studies Forum, beginning later this month. Topics for discussion at the three-day conference include Cambodia’s current political climate, the Khmer Rouge tribunal, and the country’s art, media and culture.​ The forum will be held at the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) says it has prepared a “briefing paper” ahead of a European Union meeting with Cambodia in Brussels next week. In a statement late Thursday, the Paris-based group said the paper “documents the deteriorating situation in Cambodia and make(s) recommendations ss='cambodia-color'>...

Lightning killed two people sheltering from rain on Wednesday in Preah sihanouk’s stung Hav district. Ros Ky, the district police chief, said Khem Nget, a 40-year-old motodop from Kampot, and a second victim identified only as Vanny, 50, were taking shelter near Vanny’s home in Tomnup ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mixed security forces led by Kratie province’s court prosecutor yesterday arrested six people in a huge illegal logging bust, confiscating more than 100 cubic metres of protected luxury-grade timber. The arrests of both Cambodian and Vietnamese nationals were the culmination of a three-day crackdown by prosecutor ss='cambodia-color'>...

“The shortage of trained teachers at all levels of education but particularly at the primary level is the single most important constraint on narrowing the country’s skill gap”, argues a Working Paper entitled “Cambodia’s skill Gap: An Anatomy of Issues and Policy Options”, published by ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Minister of Industry and Handicrafts on Monday said the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC), the country’s most prominent private-sector lobbying group, should be doing more for the country’s entrepreneurs. “Honestly, even though the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce has more resources, it has not provided ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday questioned the jailed daughter of a family locked in a bitter land dispute with tycoon Khun sear over a complaint alleging that the businessman’s company was involved in an attack in October 2013, when a canvas bag containing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia had spent about 229 million U.s. dollars buying construction materials from foreign countries in the first six months of 2014, up 3 percent from 223 million U.s. dollars over the same period last year, a report of the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With Asean integration growing closer, Cambodia’s workers will need new skills if they are to compete in an open region, labor experts say. Cambodia’s industry brings in billions of dollars for the economy and employs more than 600,000 workers, but it will not be able ss='cambodia-color'>...

The formalisation of Cambodia’s derivatives sector will provide budding investors with more choices for their portfolio – although at a risk, insiders say.After years of deliberation, the securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (sECC) on July 2 passed a prakas, or regulation, which allows individuals ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ranking of the Philippines has improved from 82nd in 2013 to 74th in the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015.​ In terms of air transport infrastructure, the Philippines scored 2.77 versus singapore’s 5.26 and Cambodia’s 2.1. ss='cambodia-color'>...

ScientiStS Say the SoutheaSt ASia&rSquo;S rapid development iS driving deforeStation in the vital Mekong Subregion, and threatening ScoreS of SpecieS in one of the world&rSquo;S moSt biodiverSe ecoSyStemS. Trafficking in plant and animal wildlife iS accelerating the trend, and governmentS are being preSSed to do SS='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 workers at a construction site in Preah sihanouk province’s sihanoukville protested and demanded four month’s worth of missing wages. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A leading SoutheaSt ASia energy firm&rSquo;S planS to create the Kingdom&rSquo;S firSt wind turbine farm are one Step cloSer to being realiSed. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Trade of wild orchid flowers, typically found in the Kingdom’s protected areas, has officially been banned following yesterday’s announcement by the Ministry of Environment. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The price of  Cambodia’s premium fragrant rice export market is promising compared with Thailand and Vietnam’s, according to a rice exporter. ss='cambodia-color'>...

While commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements on October 23, the government reaffirmed commitment to embracing and defending the country’s independence, sovereignty, neutrality and territorial integrity as stated in the accord and established in the nation’s Constitution.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

An awareness campaign communicating the details of two new anti-money laundering laws launched by several ministries has been underway ahead of Cambodia’s Financial Action Task Force (FATF) evaluation, in which the Kingdom is expected to be removed from the organisation’s money laundering “grey list”.   ss='cambodia-color'>...