A group of activists staged a flash mob in Phnom Penh’s Wat Botom park Thursday evening, performing the Madison and the cha-cha-cha to bring attention to women’s rights in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a move towards enhancing Cambodia’s water infrastructure, the Phnom Penh Water Authority (PPWsA) and Vinci Construction Grands Projets (VCGP) have finalised $103.3 million contract yesterday for the design and construction of the third drinking water treatment plant in Bakheng. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The value of deposits with Cambodia’s 31 microfinance institutions grew more than 96 per cent in the first nine months of the year compared to last year, a rise industry experts say is due to the political stability and economic growth of the Kingdom. Official data ss='cambodia-color'>...

A financial review by USAID, the U.S. government&rSquo;S development arm, into local health NGO Reproductive and Child Health Alliance (RACHA) haS found financial miSmanagement coupled with a lack of tranSparency and overSight within the organization that may point to evidence of fraudulent activity. Well-known for itS SS='cambodia-color'>...

At the U.S.-ASean meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh yeSterday, the U.S. and the 10 ASean member nationS agreed to further their cooperation in all areaS, including Security to enSure peace in the region. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. haS called on the Cambodian government to give fair legal treatment to the 13 women recently jailed for demonStrating againSt their evictionS from the Boeng Kak area, according to a U.S. State Department SpokeSwoman. Cambodian Foreign MiniSter Hor Namhong met with U.S. Secretary of SS='cambodia-color'>...

An increasing number of women who are victims of violence are looking for solutions outside the country’s dysfunctional court system, the president of rights group Licadho, Pung Chhiv Kek, said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four workshops at the Asean Peoples’ Forum concerning pressing issues such as land rights and events in Burma were blocked by the owner of the venue where the forum was being held on Friday, as they were considered too politically sensitive, the organizer said. Out of ss='cambodia-color'>...

In an unprecedented situation in Cambodian politics, the official results of the July 29 national elections have declared that the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will take all 125 seats in the National Assembly on the back of it receiving 76 per cent of the votes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Saturday announced the official preliminary reSultS of the Sixth Cambodian national electionS. The reviSed figureS Show voter turnout on July 29 waS in fact 83.02 per cent &ndaSh; higher than the 82.89 per cent revealed in unofficial reSultS Shortly SS='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials and public health workers met with about 100 students at the Ministry of Health’s school of nursing in Phnom Penh on Monday to mark World Rabies Day, calling for a united effort to eradicate a virus that kills hundreds of Cambodians each year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Malaysia-based retailer Giant, one of the largest players in Asia, has launched its first store in Cambodia, opening in Phnom Penh’s Grand City Mall as part of a major expansion into the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of Cambodians traveling overseas as tourists increased to nearly 700,000 in the first half of the year, up 26 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism. Experts in the industry welcomed this trend and pointed out ss='cambodia-color'>...

A commission of experts will check nearly 50 new Cambodian national ID cards today amid suspicions the card holders do not hold Cambodian nationality after irregularities were found during voter registration in Kandal province earlier this month. Provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun said yesterday afternoon that ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kep province’s Knai Bang Chatt hotel is the first in Cambodia to receive the gold certification in the international Green Growth 2050 initiative after it was accredited by industry experts. In August, an Australian team of experts conducted an independent audit and found that the hotel ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police arrested three people and confiscated about 1 kg of methamphetamine pills in a raid in Kompong Chhnang province on saturday afternoon, the latest case in a year that has seen nearly three times as many meth busts as in the same period last year, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior oppoSition member Son Chhay Said yeSterday that he and hiS fellow party memberS would enter the National ASSembly to reSolve Some ongoing problemS and planned to Summon four miniSterS for clarificationS aS well aS to appeal for the health miniSter&rSquo;S reSignation.&nbSp;After viSiting oppoSition officialS SS='cambodia-color'>...

After more than 10 months in pretrial detention, a trio of activists from environmental group Mother Nature yesterday faced court for allegedly threatening to destroy dredging equipment during a protest against sand mining in Koh Kong province last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian forests, some of the most biologically diverse areas in the world, are vanishing fast as a result of the Vietnamese, Chinese and Cambodian political interests. Cambodia has one of the largest deforestation rates in the world. Forest Trends, an influential organization with a mission to conserve ss='cambodia-color'>...

A spokesman for Cambodia’s aviation authority said yesterday that the Kingdom’s airports are “prepared and ready” for an audit by the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization that is set to commence on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...