Cambodia’s national corruption watchdog has added two more firms to its list of private sector companies committed to stamping out corruption, a government news source said yesterday. ...

The National Committee on Combating Human Trafficking released its annual report yesterday, with figures showing an improved effort by authorities since 2014 to crackdown on the trade. ...

Seven Vietnamese nationals were arrested during a timber bust on Wednesday when Mondulkiri authorities intercepted eight trucks loaded with illegal timber in the Keo Seima protected area. ...

National Police Commissioner Neth Savoeun yesterday issued an order to have all police officials’ starting dates and ranks recorded in a computer database to avoid corrupt promotions.​ ...

The World Bank is to train police, prosecutors and court staff on how to combat money laundering and financial terrorism under a national scheme to fight corruption. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday denied that he used money to buy a Member of Parliament of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), saying that it is just defamation. ...

Two new laws governing elections and the functioning of the National Election Committee are expected to be passed without further debate during a session of parliament later this week. ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a local journalist and a Chinese national accused of selling nearly 40 grams of methamphetamine to undercover police last August. ...

Lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have urged the government to file a complaint with the InterNational Court of Justice over the ongoing border dispute with Vietnam. ...

At the Cambodia National Rescue Party Headquarters on Sunday, the party’s president declared that bloody clashes with the government like those of July 1997 will never happen again. ...

CNRP leader Sam Rainsy on Thursday publicly announced the opposition’s intention to conduct a campaign of civil disobedience in line with peaceful demonstrations organized by the charismatic leader of Indian nationalism Mahatma Gandhi, who helped win independence from Great Britain. Mr. Rainsy made the remarks at ...

Thailand will free five Cambodian migrants jailed for working illegally, who will be returned alongside some 100 other nationals as part of a joint crackdown on migrant labour. ...

The National Assembly yesterday passed a contentious trade union law, just hours after a group of pro-union demonstrators and Daun Penh district security guards clashed violently outside. ...

Twenty-eight Cambodian nationals were arrested last week by Thai authorities for illegally crossing the border into Khlong Yai district, according to a Bangkok Post story on Saturday. ...

In 2016, the ministry reported 52 cases of sexual exploitation involving 87 victims who were rescued and 64 perpetrators who were arrested, of which 27 were foreign nationals. ...

Ente Nazionale Risi (ENR), Italy’s national rice agency, has raised concern over increased European rice imports from countries such as Cambodia, according to rice industry publication Oryza. ...

States, United Nations officials and civil society representatives continued to heap criticism on Cambodia’s approach to civil and political rights at the UN Human Rights Council yesterday. ...

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre will receive $1.2 million from the United Nations Development Program for a one-year mine clearance project in three provinces in 2018. ...

The first group of Cambodian domestic workers will be sent to Malaysia next month following the recently lifted ban between the two nations, a Malaysian news outlet reported. ...

11 Senators of Sam Rainsy Party on Friday boycotted the extraordinary session of the Senate, insisting that the two political parties urgently discuss the independence of the National Election Committee. ...