The facilities at O’Chrey Primary school in Battambang province are allegedly so basic that it’s difficult to conceive of it as an actual school. The 219 grade one to four students get their lessons crowded in a wall-less storage hut at the edge of a cornfield, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japanese and Korean tourists are being turned away from hotels in siem Reap City due to an increase in bookings by Chinese visitors, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Wednesday. speaking at the tourism industry’s three-day expo on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island on Wednesday, Mr. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the new public school year gets under way this week, grade 12 students reeling from en masse failure at the national exam have a choice to make: repeat their grade or forfeit their diploma. In total, just 33,997 test-sitters, or 40.6 per cent of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen is trying to ease concerns over the social and economic costs of the country’s plan with Australia to receive refugees. U.s.-based Human Rights Watch has called for the deal to be halted until Cambodia improves its refugee support system. Hun sen ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government has given the final nod to the main opposition party to operate a radio station and broadcast throughout the country as part of a deal reached in July, opposition leader sam Rainsy said Wednesday. sam Rainsy said that the party will begin ss='cambodia-color'>...

A UN special rapporteur will take the cause of Cambodia’s land-eviction battles and the abuses faced by those waging them to the UN Human Rights Council, according to a report released today. Michel Forst, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, will file ss='cambodia-color'>...

As Cambodia braces for a cold snap expected to last through early January, the Ministry of Health on sunday evening urged citizens to take precautions against common winter maladies. In a joint statement with the World Health Organization (WHO), the ministry warned that the Kingdom is ss='cambodia-color'>...

While offering no concrete solutions to the issue, Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday appealed for graduating engineers to be aware of generally lax building standards that could have a long-term impact on public safety. Much of Cambodia’s infrastructure was redeveloped after the civil war, and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forty national and foreign NGOs yesterday called on the government to ratify the International Labour Organization’s 2011 Domestic Workers Convention in order to better safeguard the rights of Cambodian domestic workers, both inside and outside of the country. The missive, which says that the Kingdom’s domestic ss='cambodia-color'>...

A vigorous labour-rights movement outside factories has been paramount in the government essentially doubling the minimum garment wage over the past three years. sar Mora, president of Cambodian Food and service Workers Federation (CFsWF), said yesterday that the high-profile push for garment wage increases has ss='cambodia-color'>...

A global risk-analysis firm has released a grim – albeit partial – snapshot of Cambodia, noting that the Kingdom’s overreliance on essential resources from other countries leaves it vulnerable to instability, and that it is at “extreme risk” of a communicable-disease pandemic. The Global Risks and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The European Union is increasingly scrutinising abuse of its Everything But Arms treaty with Cambodia, underscoring both the importance of the zero-tariff agreement to the Kingdom’s economy and the potential for its misuse. In Cambodia’s rice sector, fears that cheap rice from neighbouring countries is ss='cambodia-color'>...

Beneath a tree in Phnom Penh’s remote Prey speu social Affairs Centre – a de facto prison used to indefinitely incarcerate some of the capital’s most vulnerable citizens – a woman yesterday chanted loudly before bursting into tears and then laughter. Like many others at the ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new player joined the Kingdom’s hospital market yesterday in a bid to boost confidence in the country’s medical capabilities and change the mindset of Cambodians who prefer to go overseas when seeking medical checkups and treatment. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Improvements to Cambodia’s banking and finance sector are expected to come about as a result of the 2013 national budget, a Council of Ministers spokesman said. “We will dedicate resources to ensuring macro-economic stability,” spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Phay siphan said. These measures, in conjunction ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has issued a six-point message on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of International Children’s Day on June 1, Cambodian Children’s Day, also on June 1 and the 19th anniversary of the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will no doubt look to partners other than the Us and the European Union to bolster its economic growth as those key export markets continue to struggle, a senior International Monetary Fund official says. One way in which Cambodia would forge new and growing relationships with higher-income ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nine out of 10 LGBT students have experienced bullying in Cambodia’s schools, which hurts their future educational attainment and makes their lives harder, according to a report released yesterday by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will receive a grant of US$3.3 million from the&nbSp;World Trade OrganiSation&nbSp;to Support rice milling, Silk production and development of the Department of International Cooperation, according to Heng Sovannarith, communication officer for&nbSp;Trade Wide Sector Approach. Sovannarith Said the MiniStry of Commerce would receive the grant from SS='cambodia-color'>...