The National Assembly will hold an extraordinary session on Wednesday on some agendas including an amendment to the Penal Code that gives jail time to anyone insulting the King.The National Assembly’s permanent committees held a meeting yesterday afternoon presided by assembly President Heng Samrin to lass='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities have cracked down on nearly 500 illegally modified trucks throughout the country in the past few days after Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened to sack officials who fail to protect the nation’s roads and bridges. According to a Facebook post made by the Prime Minister lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party haven’t yet initiated new meetings as they are busy campaigning for upcoming city, provincial and district council election. An opposition official called the current political situation as deadlock, but is denied by the ruling party, lass='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy said Saturday that he ranged Interior Minister Sar Kheng to discuss issues which haven’t been agreed by the two parties’ working groups, and autonomy of National Election’s affairs. “We have further discussion between the two parties’ top lass='cambodia-color'>...

A member of the ruling party’s election-reform negotiating team has told the Post that expectations of the depth of reforms that can actually occur before the 2017 commune and 2018 national elections need to be “realistic”. Prum Sokha, a secretary of state at the Interior Ministry, lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will begin its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from January 2022, having set the theme as “ASEAN ACT – “Addressing Challenges Together”.​ lass='cambodia-color'>...

Having contributed $844 million to the Cambodian government and pledged to continue investing in the nation’s telecommunications infrastructure, Metfone is championing the kingdom’s digital revolution. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member nations have adopted a declaration to manage digital technologies to protect migrant workers and combat transnational human trafficking. lass='cambodia-color'>...

President of Cambodia Aquaculturist Association (CAA), Sok Raden, said the nation’s aquaculture sector faces challenges, including fish species and technical training. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Inspection is dedicated to carefully examining all sectors, both national and sub-national, to prevent and adopt various actions to combat corruption, said Minister Huot Hak. lass='cambodia-color'>...

A draft law on water transportation has been created to strengthen the sector and find solutions to serve national and international trade, while supporting national economic growth. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and long-time opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday still disagreed over opposition’s request for an independent committee to look into the contested July 28 election, officials said. “The two leaders remained at odds over this point as the Cambodia National lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Labour and Education ministries, in coLLaboration with Unesco, yesterday jointLy Launched three more Basic Education EquivaLency Programme centres in Phnom Penh for schooL dropouts to continue their education onLine. The new centres are at the NationaL Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, JVC TechnicaL CoLLege Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...

The National Military Police vowed to act on the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ order to crack down on forestry crimes which allegedly occurred beyond the perimeter of concession land near the Vietnamese border in Mondulkiri province. Eng Hy, National Military Police spokesperson, claimed lass='cambodia-color'>...

Leaders of the ruLing and opposition parties yesterday met to hash out disagreements over commune eLection Laws, but seemingLy steered cLear of sensitive matters such as the imprisonment of an opposition party senator and 14 poLiticaL activists.Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng and Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...

Criticism of the Cambodian People’s Party has been overt in recent months as those from Boeung Kak lake and Borei Keila have taken to the streets to vent their frustration and anger at their housing situations. But an equivalent backlash at the polls was nowhere to lass='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) official hinted that the working groups of the CPP and CNRP ( Cambodia National Rescue Party) would discuss new formula requested by the opposition to break the disagreement, local website reported Friday. The CPP which previously strongly insisted to approve lass='cambodia-color'>...

All fifty-five politicians from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) took their oaths as parliamentarians on Tuesday afternoon after boycotting the parliament for ten months against disputed election results in July last year. CNRP president Sam Rainsy led the group to a swearing-in ceremony, which lass='cambodia-color'>...

Despite demining operations exceeding targets, landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXOs) continue to plague Cambodia, injuring and killing people in the provinces and along the nation’s borders. lass='cambodia-color'>...

In July 2011, Cambodia opened its stock market in a much-anticipated move that aimed to bring the nation’s financial sector in line with other regional countries. lass='cambodia-color'>...