The National Assembly yesterday adopted a draft law to ratify the Cambodian-lao Border Demarcation Treaty following an agreement reached between both nations on the results of a joint inspection of 86% of the border line. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Acting opposition leader Kem Sokha will have a rare chance to face off against a ruling party opponent in a nationally televised debate before the election. The debate will be one of two broadcast on TVK on July 20 and 21 in a series organised by lass='cambodia-color'>...

The construction of the $300 million third ring road was 50 percent complete as of early May and is scheduled to be finished next year, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s spokesman Heang Sotheayuth. The 52 kilometre road stretches from National Road lass='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition figure Sam Rainsy has been invited to speak at the General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, according to a former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker. A government delegation is also set to attend the meeting, a National Assembly press release lass='cambodia-color'>...

As the National Election Committee seeks to reform itself and the election process, election observers say it is failing at the provincial and local level. Critics say hundreds of NEC directors and deputies across the country could potentially fail to implement the policies of the lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s new voter registration system will use a computer program to register eligible citizens who have a national identity card and are over the age of 18 before election day, according to a National Election Committee (NEC) technical officer at a media training event on lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian authorities will not pursue inquiries into the shooting death of a man killed during anti-government protests two years ago, a government spokesman said today as a Cambodian rights group slammed the Southeast Asian nation’s “dangerous path” away from democracy. lass='cambodia-color'>...

A U.S. State Department official told the country’s Senate on Thurs­day that recent political events in Cambodia, including the beatings of lawmakers outside the Nation­al Assembly and the removal of opposition officials from their seats and positions in parliament, were a cause for “grave concern.” lass='cambodia-color'>...

A senior military delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh is attending the Vietnam – Cambodia Dialogue on National Defence Policies, from October 18-20 in Cambodia, as part of the 2015 Cooperation Plan between the two Ministries of National Defence. lass='cambodia-color'>...

 Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for legal action against those who “twist” the truth to malign the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, taking aim at the nation’s political analysts and commentators, with one of its most prominent, Ou Virak, the first in the crosshairs.  lass='cambodia-color'>...

LocaL NGOs on Friday urged more participation in Land dispute resoLution by the nation’s youth. Youth participation can mean better Laws, better appLication of those Laws and greater respect for citizens, &Ldquo;especiaLLy for farmers and the poor,” said Chhit Sam Ath, executive director of the NGO Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...

Former colonial ruler France has agreed to lend a set of maps to Cambodia following a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen and amid a dispute over the demarcation of the Southeast Asian nation’s border with neighboring Vietnam, officials said Tuesday. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The government earlier this week announced the creation of a national committee tasked with improving safety standards on construction sites and ensuring the welfare of labourers. In an attempt to curb construction site accidents, the labour Ministry on Monday said that the new national committee lass='cambodia-color'>...

Quan, who is also head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, informed President of the ruling CPP and Prime Minister Hun Sen and CPP Honorary President and President of the National Assembly Heng Samrin about the outcomes of the CPV’s 12 th lass='cambodia-color'>...

Arken Imirbaki, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress ( NPC), met separately with Cambodia’s acting-head of state Say Chhum and National Assembly President Heng Samrin on Thursday to discuss ways to further enhance ties and cooperation between the two countries.​ lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s parliament will question the director of a local election watchdog to determine whether the organization should “face consequences” for its claims of irregularities in recent national polls, a spokesman for the legislative body said Thursday. Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) chief lass='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Saturday announced that it would launch a mass protest on Oct. 23 in order to submit a petition to the United Nations. “A mass protest will be held on Oct.23 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the Freedom Park (in lass='cambodia-color'>...

They can’t talk in the National Assembly, and they can’t talk in the provinces – at least at the parliamentarian level – but a new round of local dialogues held by the National Democratic Institute will see the ruling party and the opposition face off lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s top court has ordered staff of the government-appointed national election body to be punished for mishandling secured ballot records but dismissed opposition complaints of irregularities in the July 28 national polls. The decision by the Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) on Thursday came as the lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday presided over the opening session of the fifth legislature of the National Assembly, which was attended by only the ruling party’s elected lawmakers as the opposition’s elected legislators boycotted it. Sixty-eight elected lawmakers from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) lass='cambodia-color'>...