Defending the fact that the leadership has remained largely the same in the sixth mandate of the government, Prime Minister Hun sen said reforms were more about improving job efficiencies. several analysts have begged to differ, however, saying reforms won’t make much progress under an ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Minister of Agriculture has rejected a request from a Vietnamese company for Cambodia to allow it to export pigs into the Kingdom, while Vietnam continues to suffer a serious outbreak of African swine fever. General Directorate of Animal Health and Production director-general Tan Phannara ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the National Police have dismissed complaints by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that high-ranking members of the armed forces campaigned for it before and during the election period – a violation of the Cambodian constitution. ss='cambodia-color'>...

After winning all 125 seats in the National Assembly, senior officers of the Cambodian People’s Party on Thursday defended their victory by taking to international and local media to call out countries that condemned the election. They also criticised members of a former opposition party. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The high-profile trial of a British entrepreneur charged with fraud was postponed Wednesday after his lawyer cited a conflict of interest and withdrew from the long-running case, two days after a member of the European Parliament used the case to highlight “systematic problems” in Cambodia’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Tbong Khmum province on Friday shot one man dead and injured another—both suspects in a string of robberies—during a thwarted gun sale, an officer said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry has struck a deal with China to buy 200 fire­trucks this year, nearly doubling Cam­bodia’s current fleet in a bid to bet­ter serve the country’s rural reach­es, officials said on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Institution-based sex crimes against children and the threat of online pedophiles are a “growing concern” in Cambodia, child protection organisation APLE said in its annual report yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite having enough members to make a significant difference in the next elections, disability rights groups are struggling to get the National Election Committee (NEC) to take their needs seriously ahead of the 2017 commune elections and the 2018 national elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 30 workers fainted at a garment factory in Kandal prov­ince over the past two days after inhaling noxious fumes circulated by a ventilation fan located near the facility’s toilets, an official said.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Testing on anxious villagers began in earnest yesterday as Health Ministry officials arrived in Peam, the Kandal province village recently discovered to have 14 confirmed HIV diagnoses. ss='cambodia-color'>...

It has now been some time since the special summit between the leaders of the Association of southeast Asian Nations (AsEAN) and U.s. President Barack Obama at sunnylands, California, on Feb. 15-16. The meeting was the first of its kind to be held on American ss='cambodia-color'>...

The release last week of camera-trap photos showing fishing cats prowling wetlands in Koh Kong and Preah sihanouk provinces drew cheers from environmentalists as well as a note of caution – ensuring their survival will require plenty of work. ss='cambodia-color'>...

After five years of building and delays, the $24 million Angkor Panorama Museum in siem Reap was opened on Friday by Deputy Prime Minister sok An, cementing growing ties between the Kingdom and North Korea, especially in siem Reap. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A private English tutor in Battambang province has confessed to repeatedly molesting multiple female students as young as 6, following his arrest at the home of one of the girls on Tuesday, an official said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The CPP appears set to pass a controversial trade union law next month despite conceding it is “not 100 percent perfect” and failing to address a litany of objections from unions, employers and the opposition party. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cracks are beginning to appear in Phnom Penh’s property market following news this week that singapore developer TEHO International has placed its troubled, $500 million upscale real estate project on hold. Citing an “unfavourable macro-economic outlook” in Phnom Penh’s condo sector, the singapore-listed firm blamed poor ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s three-year reign as holder of the World’s Best Rice Award came to an end last year, but the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) is confident it will regain the title at next month’s ceremony in Thailand. CRF secretary-General Moul sarith told Khmer Times yesterday that they ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite flood damage causing reduced production levels, cassava farmers in Pailin province are benefiting from an increase in the purchasing price, provincial department of agriculture officials say. “This year’s harvest dropped to 25 tonnes per hectare from 30 tonnes per hectare last season because of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on saturday met with Australia’s visiting counterpart to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Hor Namhong briefed Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop about the political situation in Cambodia, assuring her that there is no political deadlock in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...