Eight months after the anti-graft provisions of the Anti-Corruption Law came into effect, the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) announced yesterday that it would start a widespread campaign to introduce standardized fees for government services in every commune office—though it will likely be months before any visible steps are taken. More than 2,000 ...

Two rival workers unions continued to trade barbs Thursday, each blaming the other for a violent clash between striking garment workers and police at a factory in Kompong Speu province on Monday that saw eight people arrested. The Free Trade Union (FTU) has led strikes for ...

The European Union (EU) signs Wednesday to provide Cambodia with equipment to detect illicit trafficking and criminal use of nuclear and radiological materials. The agreement was inked between EU Ambassador to Cambodia Jean Francois Cautain and Om Yentieng, vice-chairman of the Secretariat of National Counter-Terrorism Committee. Under the deal, ...

While more Japanese companies are flocking to Cambodia for investments in recent years, they are more diversified, ranging from restaurants to manufacturing industries and electronics. Yoshihito Katsuo, first secretary in charge of trade at the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh, told Kyodo News on Friday that ...

The Cambodian Council of Ministers on Friday approved a five-year development strategic plan (2014-2018), which needs financial resources of 26.5 billion U.S. dollars to achieve the target, according to a news statement released after a weekly cabinet meeting. The plan is designed to develop infrastructure, ...

គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ​​ប្រកាស​​ជា​​ផ្លូវការ​​ពី​កំណែទ​ម្រង់​​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​ នា​ពេល​ខាង​មុខ ដោយ​ស្នើ​ឲ្យធ្វើ​វិសោធនកម្ម​ច្បាប់ និង​នីតិវិធី​ទាំងឡាយ ដែល​​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការបោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​ស្រប​តាម​គោលការណ៍​នៃ​លទិ្ធប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និង​នីតិរដ្ឋ​។ ការប្រកាស​នេះ ធ្វើឡើងខណៈ​ដែលគណបក្ស​សង្រ្គោះ​ជាតិ កំពុង​ប្រមូល​ស្នាម​មេដៃ​ពីពលរដ្ឋ​ដើម្បី​ដាក់​ជូន​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​ ឲ្យជួយ​ពិនិត្យ​ពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រ​តី​នៃការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នៅកម្ពុជា។ នៅក្នុង​សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍​ របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ចុះ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៤​ខែតុលា​​ឆ្នាំ​​២០១៣ បានឲ្យដឹងថា ការ​ប្រកាស​នូវ​ជំហរ និង​ប្តេជ្ញា​កែ​ទម្រង់​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​នេះ គឺ​​ផ្អែក​​លើ​​រដ្ឋ​ធម្ម​នុញ្ញ និង​ច្បាប់​ជា​ធរមាន​នានា និង​ស្ថាន​ការជាក់ស្តែង​ក្រោយ​ការបោះឆ្នោត​​ជ្រើសតាំង​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​កន្លងមក ព្រមទាំង​យោង​តាម​ជំនួប​រវាង​ថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា និង​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៦​ខែ​កញ្ញា ។​ ...

Local and foreign dignitaries offered their condolences to the royal family on news of the death in Beijing yesterday of King Father Norodom Sihanouk, who led his country out of colonial rule in the 1950s and went on to play a leading role in the country’s ...

Archeologists and researchers have identified rare fish fossils buried in the ground in Phnom Svay of Banteay Meanchey province.​The news was released in a press release from the Ministry of Environment, stressing that the discovery was made by Mr. Lim Vanchan of the Fossil Study ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Unions”. This bilingual new topic page gives the overviews of Unions in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as law and regulations, daily news and publications.=>Please click here to go to “Unions”.  ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Sugarcane”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of sugarcane in Cambodia, together with the related contents as well as relevant reports, news and statistic.=>Please click here to go to “Sugarcane”.   ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Jatropha”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of jatropha crop in Cambodia, together with the related contents as well as relevant reports, news and statistic. =>Please click here to go to “Jatropha”.   ...

Decked out in camouflage military uniforms shipped fresh from Indonesia and wearing soldier’s caps emblazoned with the Ministry of Land Management’s logo, 1,100 students who have volunteered to measure land in an ambitious titling project attended a speech by Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. The uniformed ...

Cambodian fish farmer checking on fish quality. Photo by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), taken on 16 October 2012. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia’s inland capture fisheries are among the largest in the world. The fishing industry encompasses subsistence, commercial and recreational fishing, as ...

For the first time since Phnom Penh municipality slated some 4,000 mostly poor families for forced eviction in 2007 to make way for a CPP senator’s controversial real estate project, City Hall yesterday promised them what they have always wanted most: titles to their land. ...

Government Palace, the imposing gray headquarters of the Cambodia Development Council next to Wat Phnom, should be buzzing this morning with the country’s top foreign diplomats and government officials discussing aid and reform. Instead, with the government’s decision to indefinitely postpone this year’s Cambodian Development Cooperation ...

The Governor of Bavet city Chhouk Bundit, who is suspected of being involved in shooting three garment workers last month, was removed from his position to make way for the court to look into the case. “Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a letter on Monday to ...

It’s not a claim every country can make, but Cambodia builds its own cars. A country known for its low-skilled workforce, the Kingdom exceeded expectations with its January release of the Angkor Car, a mini-electric vehicle able to get up to 300 kilometres per charge. ...

Cambodian milled rice exports are gradually lessening their dependency on a single market by expanding their shipping destination in Asia, a sign insiders say is good news for the industry. Kim Savuth, president of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Exporters, told the Post yesterday that milled ...

Cambodia’s main opposition party accused long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen of a ‘constitutional coup’ on Wednesday and said it could call a general strike as it steps up protests over its complaints of vote-rigging in July’s general election. “We condemn this National Assembly, this government ...

Cambodia could soon get its first Chinese-run digital television station, the latest local project hailing from a country that represents one of the Kingdom’s largest foreign investors. Yu Hua, deputy director of Yunnan Mobile Digital TV Corporation, based in China’s Yunnan province, met with Cambodia’s Minister ...