Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have brought almost 70,000 new jobs to the country, according to an Asian Development Bank report released last week. With tax exemptions on production materials, lower profit tax, and renewable leases, the SEZs have drawn foreign-owned factories manufacturing everything from bicycles ...

As parties prepare for Case 002/01 appeal hearings, set to resume on Tuesday, a new report by the Open Society Justice Initiative examines the legacy of the Khmer Rouge tribunal, identifying political interference and insufficient outreach as the court’s primary shortcomings. ...

Grow Asia, which formally launched a partnership with Cambodia late last year, will reconvene on June 13 in Phnom Penh to kick-off working groups between the public and private sector, including NGOs, after targeting six crops for market potential. ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday urged The Cambodian government to guarantee all political and civil rights ahead of next year’s election, while The government’s Human Rights Committee dismissed allegations of wrongdoing. ...

In a 10-page filing, the lawyer for independent radio station owner Mam Sonando yesterday urged the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to release his 71-year-old client on bail, arguing that he is no flight risk and the legal arguments for keeping him are flimsy. But while ...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — Floods have killed at least 20 Cambodian people, including 11 children in the last two weeks, a disaster control official said Thursday. Keo Vy, chief of the Cabinet of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said nearly 5,000 families ...

Cambodian and Vietnamese foreign ministers are to meet on Feb 10-11 to boost the economic, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries, according to a statement of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...

A British conservation group says its hidden cameras have taken photos of a wild cattle species in an area in Siem Reap province where it was previously thought to be extinct. In a statement released Wednesday, Fauna and Flora International said the cameras recorded six individual ...

The Ministry of Commerce has vowed to uncover more markets for Cambodian products to help buffer against price fluctuations caused by The Kingdom’s dependency on neighboring countries. In a response to concerns raised on social media, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol wrote on The ministry’s official Facebook ...

A plan floated in Thailand to cut state educational support to migrant workers’ children has drawn the ire of rights groups, which say thousands of Cambodian youths could be denied their basic right to education. According to Thai media, Kamol Rodklai, secretary-general of the office of ...

Three Montagnards, including a 10-year-old girl, arrived yesterday morning at the government’s Refugee Department in Phnom Penh to process their asylum claims. ...

Cambodia, with support from the World Economic Forum (WEF), on May 12 launched the Supplier Database with Sustainability Dimensions (SD2) database, the first of its kind, to provide information on the sustainability operations of domestic companies. ...

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) yesterday met Roeuida El Hage, Representative of office of The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to Cambodia to assess The human rights condition in Cambodia and to strengThen The cooperation between The two human rights organisations. ...

State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) have been committed for a world free of chemical weapons. ...

Cambodia’s state-owned news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) recently published an article, forecasting the foreign policy of the Royal Government for the seventh term under the leadership of new Prime Minister Hun Manet. ...

The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued month-to-date reveal that it has greenlit 10 new projects worth nearly $50 million, mostly involved in garments, footwear and packaging. ...

China actively participates and firmly supports the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-centered regional cooperation architecture, Wang Yi, director of the office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said during the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen who is also President of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), yesterday stated that the people’s votes for CPP in the recent general election clearly revealed  three points. ...

On Monday, the Australian Embassy, World Bank, the National Committee for sub-National Democratic Development Secretariat (NCDDS) and World Vision International in Cambodia (WVI-C) launched the next phase of the Implementation of Social Accountability Project (ISAF). ...

An in-depth study by the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) has revealed that debt bondage and child labour continue in brick factories. ...