Cambodia’s human rights groups are continuing to seek ways to prevent three draft judicial reform bills from becoming law. The drafts have already passed the National Assembly, but they have not been signed by the king. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Minister of Economy and Finance H.E. Dr. Aun Pornmoniroth and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed grant and loan agreements worth $99 million for three development projects. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition lawmaker son Chhay will send letters to National Assembly President Heng samrin and First Deputy President Kem sokha this week urging the leaders to take legal action against the parliament’s secretary-general, Leng Peng Long. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Appeal Court has set a date to hear the case of 23 garment workers and unionists who were convicted in May in connection with violent protests calling for a doubling of the sector’s minimum wage.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia collected 884 million U.S. dollarS in taxeS in the firSt ten monthS of 2014, a 19 percent increaSe over the Same period laSt year, Said a Statement of the General Department of Taxation on Monday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced Monday that it would provide over 800 million U.s. dollars in concessional finance to Cambodia over five years to support the southeast Asian nation in economic development and poverty reduction. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Just before the regional consultation period for Laos’ Don sahong dam comes to a head at a final meeting in Vietnam on sunday, Laos government officials are already espousing plans and timelines for the project’s completion. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Five men were sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for selling nearly 1 kilogram of crystal methamphetamine to undercover police officers in the capital’s Tuol Kork district last April. ss='cambodia-color'>...

City Hall has revealed its three-pronged plan to tackle the chronic congestion on Phnom Penh’s roads, by reducing second-hand vehicle imports, introducing more one-way roads and changing the working hours of government employees. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 70 villagers representing hundreds of families living in Battambang City’s Prek Preah sdech commune protested outside the provincial hall Tuesday over fears that local authorities intend to evict them to make way for military families. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Between 40 and 80 tonnes of charcoal, made from trees logged inside protected areas of community forests in Battambang’s samlot district, have been illegally exported to Thailand over the last year, an NGO officer said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun said Wednesday that bipartisan support for the country’s two new election laws would ensure they are passed with little debate by the parliament today, despite substantial public concern about their content. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Officials delayed the bidding process for three projects funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday after heated arguments between bidders broke out in Kompong Cham province’s Choeung Prey district, local officials said on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Police Commissioner Neth savoeun on Tuesday called on Phnom Penh’s police forces to increase arrest rates in the city to 75 percent of reported crimes and also asked municipal judges to grant bail less frequently.​ . ss='cambodia-color'>...

Princess Norodom Arun Rasmey has resigned from her position as a deputy president of the royalist Funcinpec party, prompting analysts to question the viability of the party’s attempts at revitalisation under returned leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Recent studies show that Cambodia’s democratic development is backsliding. For many Cambodians the future is unpredictable, creating a sense of uncertainty for many, while political freedoms are on the wane. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Guinness World Records judge kicked this year’s Angkor sankranta festival into action Monday by officially declaring a 4-ton sticky rice cake produced for the Khmer New Year celebration to be the largest ever made. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district last week seized several logs of illegal timber, ending what they said had been a lull in illegal logging since the arrests of two officials accused of colluding with loggers. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 300 locals from Tbong Khmum province accompanied by opposition lawmakers scuffled with Vietnamese soldiers sunday morning while trying to reach a disputed 16.6-hectare plot of land along the country’s border with Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of a community in Battambang where an unlicensed doctor allegedly infected more than 200 people with HIV earlier this year have demanded free general healthcare, a provision usually reserved only for the country’s most poor. ss='cambodia-color'>...