A day after a bipartisan election reform committee put the neutrality of the armed forces into a list of proposed areas of reform, Defence Minister Tea Banh reiterated that the armed forces would not tolerate opposition supporters calling for Hun Sen to step down. ...

Fifteen people from Siem Reap yesterday delivered a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet claiming they were left out of a recent land-titling drive in their village, though local authorities said the group had only settled in the area once the titling began. ...

A parliamentary commission leader wants Cambodia’s tourism ministry to manage revenue generated by the country’s iconic Angkor Wat temple complex, amid concerns that the government is losing money by retaining a private company to oversee ticket sales. A quasi-government group, Apsara Authority, which is responsible ...

The Permanent Mission of Cambodia to The United Nations dismissed The comments made by UN Human Rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan who urged The government “to review The charges” of The 10 MoTher Nature environmental activists as it was “highly prejudicial” against The integrity of Cambodia’s ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has condemned The use of fake high school certificates to sit for entrance exams for medical courses and called on The authorities to take legal action on those involved. ...

Malnutrition remains a challenge that threatens the lives of thousands of children and leads to annual economic losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, senior government officials and experts said yesterday. ...

With 10 days remaining until a government-imposed deadline for the U.N.’s human rights office to either sign a new agreement to operate in the country or close down, there is no sign that the two sides have come any closer to reaching a deal. ...

Export to Vietnam climbed more than 57 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2012 as farmers looked for alternative destinations for products that went to Thailand last year. the primarily agricultural exports to Cambodia’s eastern neighbour were worth US$201.5 million, up from ...

The atmosphere in Phnom Penh 20 years ago today was one of jubilation and optimism as Then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk signed Cambodia’s new Consti­tution into law and reclaimed The throne as King. The promulgation of The Constitution—which marked The end of The U.N. Transitional Authority in Cambodia’s ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training is working for The signing of MOU for Cambodian laborers to work in Arab Emirates, Minister Ith Samheng said. ...

Maina Kiai, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on the freedom of assembly and association, met with a Foreign Affairs Ministry official Thursday and raised concerns about the government’s blanket ban on gatherings in Phnom Penh. His visit wraps up today, and a thematic report he will issue ...

Hundreds of demonstrators marched through central Phnom Penh yesterday morning calling for a controversial refugee resettlement deal between Australia and Cambodia to be scrapped. While the protesters echoed human rights concerns that have been repeatedly made about the scheme, an undercurrent of xenophobia was also present. After ...

The World Bank has revised its growth prediction for Cambodia upwards to 7 per cent for 2013, from its January prediction of 6.7 per cent, a revision it attributes to The performance of The Kingdom’s agriculture, tourism and garment sectors. Cambodia’s outlook is generally positive, according ...

Many female garment workers still do not know their rights and work in unsafe and substandard conditions, a new study has found. ...

Dozens of military police were deployed in Phnom Penh on Wednesday as about 80 truck drivers rallied outside the General Department of Cus­toms and Excise demanding tax breaks and for right-hand drive vehicles to be legalized, an official said. ...

China promised Cambodia funds for a variety of projects during a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese Prime Minister Li Kequiang during this week’s Asean Summit in Vientiane, a minister attached to Mr. Hun Sen told reporters on Thursday night. ...

It has been five months since the government updated the country on how far along they were with the demarcation process along the border with Vietnam. Yet Prime Minister Hun Sen has an entirely different focus: the border posts slowly being replaced. In a directive sent out ...

The government was urged yesterday to follow The spirit of The 1991 Paris Peace Agreement as a model to solve The current political problems with dialogue and partnership raTher than conflict. At a ceremony marking The 25th anniversary of The signing of The agreements, which saw ...

The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation’s economic and technology exhibition 2017 kicked off yesterday in Phnom Penh to enhance trade and investment between China and Cambodia, plus oTher Mekong countries. ...

Unemployment rate in Cambodia stood at 2.7 percent in equivalent to 202,300 persons aged 15 or older in 2012, according to the first-ever Cambodia Labor Force Survey Report released on Thursday. Conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and the International Labor Organization (ILO), the survey ...