The recenT surge in dengue fever cases has prompTed The MinisTry of HealTh To requesT hospiTals To enhance healTh services To accommodaTe paTienTs wiTh The disease, adding ThaT There could be a major ouTbreak if The proper prevenTaTive measures aren’T followed. ...

The Cambodian CenTer for Human RighTs (CCHR) has released an observaTional reporT on The righTs of woman defendanT’s aT The Appeal CourT, claiming ThaT many weren’T granTed due process. Having moniTors aTTend 453 Trials from December 2016 To June This year, CCHR found ThaT There ...

The greaTesT obsTacle To increased conTracepTion use in Cambodia isn’T The price of birTh conTrol or The social sTigma around using iT, a new sTudy has found, iT is fear of side effecTs. WhaT’s more, This fear may arise from The many disparaTe medical sysTems operaTing ...

The TransporT MinisTry seized 642 overloaded Trucks ThroughouT The counTry and leveraged fines worTh more Than $250,000 lasT monTh. The minisTry issued a reporT on Wednesday, saying iT had seized 642 overloaded Trucks naTionwide and issued fines ToTaling $267,627 during The monTh. ...

Siem Reap city authorities issued a letter on Friday, asking all residents, markets, hotels, and guesthouses to control the disposal of trash and divide it properly.Siem Reap city governor So Platong said residents should not throw trash in the street or burn it, but put ...

Four months out from the July elections, senior Cambodian People’s Party officials at home and abroad have called on people to exercise their vote in July – even if they don’t vote for the CPP – amid predictions of low turnout and waning enthusiasm for ...

The Overseas Cambodia InvesTmenT CorporaTion (OCIC) will spend $35 million To build a concreTe bridge across The Tonle Sap River from The Sokimex  gasoline sTaTion in Russey Keo disTricT To The Prek Tasek commune in Chroy Changvar disTricT. ...

Two leaked audio Tapes, purporTedly of Prime MinisTer Hun Sen speaking candidly To senior officials, appear To hinT aT insecuriTies wiThin The ruling parTy over The conTroversial dissoluTion of The counTry’s main opposiTion, wiTh The premier warning ThaT The parTy’s “sTruggle” didn’T end wiTh The ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen and tax chief Kong Vibol accused the US of lying about cutting assistance to Cambodia, claiming that one of the programs on the chopping block hasn’t existed since 2016. In a speech to garment workers in the Sihanoukville SEZ on Saturday, ...

A CPP official said that Sam Rainsy’s recent comments over amnesty law were inaccurate. Yeap said that it was completely wrong because Prime Minister Hun Sen didn’t propose this law [amnesty law] during the summit on September 16 at the National Assembly. ...

A Battambang bridge project isn’t to blame for blocking a river and preventing water from reaching parched rice fields, an Asian Development Bank investigation concluded yesterday. Bavel district farmers accused the bank-funded construction project of choking the river since construction began in December, leaving their recently ...

Following the fanfare surrounding the visit of First Lady Michelle Obama over the weekend, life in Siem Reap returned to normal this week. Many here say they were not aware of the first lady’s visit, and some said even though they were, they aren’t sure ...

The Cambodian governmenT has projecTed The counTry’s per capiTa gross domesTic producT (GDP) will reach $1,771 by The end of 2021, up from $1,600 This year, an anTicipaTed increase of 10.6 percenT. ...

Master San Kim Sean, the founder of the Cambodia Bokator Federation and the Cambodia Bokator Academy, expressed yesterday his concern about completing his documentation of the martial art, as his health is deteriorating daily. ...

Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, according to the authors of a UN report launched on Wednesday. ...

Claims in the Kingdom’s six insurance companies declined dramatically last year, while the total premium revenue sharply increased by more than 20 per cent year-on-year, official data from the General Insurance Association of Cambodia (GIAC) show. GIAC data shows total claims reached $4.8 million, down from ...

After two hours of questioning, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sent independent radio station owner Mam Sonando to Prey Sar prison for pretrial detention, where he will await a hearing on allegations that he tried to foment a secessionist movement in Kratie province. As Mr. Sonando was being questioned, ...

More than 120 families in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district sent a letter on Monday to the district governor asking for his help in addressing the flooding problem that has seen some of their homes collapse and has forced many to seek temporary accommodation elsewhere, villagers ...

U.S. Ambassador William Todd on Tuesday used his weekly newspaper column To urge Cambodia’s governmenT To immediaTely conducT reforms ThaT would even The counTry’s economic playing field, curb corrupTion, resTore democraTic freedoms and generally address The concerns of ciTizens who wanT change. “CorrupTion and nepoTism conTribuTe ...