Human Rights Watch yesterday took the key donor governments of Japan, Australia and France to task for congratulating Prime Minister Hun sen on his official election victory in a strongly worded statement that called on them to support an independent investigation into July’s disputed poll. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has called on the Ministry of Information to accelerate the drafting of a long-awaited freedom of information law that could see more transparency in the Kingdom’s government. According to a press release issued by the Council of Ministers after a cabinet meeting ss='cambodia-color'>...

The unions behind several days of strikes that turned deadly this month said they will officially ask the Labor Ministry today to resume negotiations on a new minimum wage for the country’s critical garment sector, and said they would hold more street protests if their ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thailand’s restriction on agricultural imports earlier this year caused dramatic declines for Cambodia’s cassava exports during the harvest season, provincial border officials said yesterday. Cambodia’s exports of cassava reached 288,109 tonnes in the first six months of this year, a decline of 55 per cent from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 500 Cambodian-Americans gathered at a rally on Capitol Hill Wednesday, demanding a transparent investigation into Cambodia’s alleged election irregularities. The rally was addressed by three Republican congressmen who called on a change in Cambodia’s governance. Rep. steve Chabot, a Republican who chairs the House Foreign ss='cambodia-color'>...

Disabled Cambodians were promised a “society without barriers” by Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday in a speech on Cambodia’s Day of Persons with Disabilities in Phnom Penh. About 1,500 disabled Cambodians marked the day at a gathering of more than 2,000 people in the capital’s Koh ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local human rights group Adhoc has called on the government to investigate the alleged detention and torture of a Cambodian woman at a Bangkok casino where she was employed. In a statement released Friday, Adhoc said the government must push for a “full investigation” into the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand have all called on Laos to submit its planned Don sahong hydropower dam to an intergovernmental assessment. According to the dam’s opponents, the Laos National Mekong Committee has acted unilaterally in the planning of its second Mekong dam, a project they fear ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of villagers in Preav Vihear’s Kulen district cut down a palm tree on Monday and used it to block provincial officials attempting to confiscate tonnes of luxury timber from their village, their representative said yesterday. Ri sothun, a spokesman for more than 400 families in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s chief prosecutor yesterday attributed an alleged rise in Cambodia’s crime rate to an increase in public demonstrations. Prosecutor general of Phnom Penh Municipal Court Ouk savuth’s theory came out during a speech he made at a meeting of police and prosecutors held at City ss='cambodia-color'>...

With at least eight opposition officials facing controversial charges of “leading an insurrection,” opposition leader sam Rainsy is set to meet face-to-face with Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday morning for the first time since september in what he has described as “final talks” to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGA), which operates casinos and slot machines in Cambodia and the Philippines, recorded a 9 percent drop in revenue last year compared to 2012, from $26.8 million to $24.3 million, according to the company’s annual report. EGA operates casinos in Pailin and Poipet ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ang Mealatey, the former president of Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court, was appointed president of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday, ending the eight-year tenure of Chiv Keng. Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana and supreme Court President Dith Munty presided over the ceremony of around 100 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mondolkiri provincial villagers on Tuesday accused authorities there of colluding with a development company involved in serious deforestation. The Phnong minority villagers say the wife of the deputy provincial governor owns the company, Villas Development, which is allegedly involved in illegal logging. The activists spoke Tuesday ss='cambodia-color'>...

News of an end to a year-long political deadlock has labour union leaders believing the opposition party can bring their interests to parliament, but a lack of follow-through could cost the Cambodia National Rescue Party vital support from one of its key interest groups. Different union ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian farmers will open three prawn farms this summer in the mountain region using Japanese technique of ‘third water’ for creating artificial river and seawater The artificial water is a blend of fresh water and a carefully measured mix of minerals, including salts of sodium, potassium ss='cambodia-color'>...

Judges in Cambodia’s Court of Appeal fail to inform defendants of their rights and a high number of hearings do not even have the defendants or their lawyers present, according to a study by a local rights group. In addition, the quality of evidence presented at ss='cambodia-color'>...

On the side of a well-trafficked street in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, a man with a razor blade bends over a small rectangle of sheet metal overlaid with a vinyl stencil. As letters and numbers are lifted away, the plate begins to take on a ss='cambodia-color'>...

A “shadow cabinet” will be created inside the National Assembly once the CNRP’s lawmakers-elect swear into office, senior opposition party officials said Thursday, in a move that nine years ago saw an opposition lawmaker imprisoned on charges of inciting a rebellion. Prime Minister Hun sen and ss='cambodia-color'>...