In response to the vision of land policy in Cambodia, which is to administer, manage, use and distribute land in an equitable, transparent, efficient, and sustainable manner in order to contribute to achieving national goals of poverty alleviation, ensuring food security, national resources and environmental lass='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s public housing policy, aimed to provide affordable housing for the middle income class and low income class, is expected to boost the construction sector in Cambodia as an increased population and rapid urbanisation is expected to create a demand of more than a lass='cambodia-color'>...

King Norodom Sihamoni flew to Beijing on Monday, accompanied by Queen Mother Norodom Monineath for a routine medical checkup, but will return to Cambodia to preside over the opening session of the fifth mandate of the National Assembly, according to a statement released by the lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cabinet Minister, Sok An on Tuesday has accused the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party of conspiring with Comfrel and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) over the forgery of the election figures. Speaking at the fifth general election book launching ceremony, he said the opposition party lass='cambodia-color'>...

Acting Prime Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday said that opposition leader Sam Rainsy, now doesn’t want the parliament chairmanship chair post, but equal committee posts within the parliament. Speaking to reporters after delivering certificates to 3,000 police officers, he said Sam Rainsy phoned him and told lass='cambodia-color'>...

In a bid to reinforce the legitimacy of his government amid an ongoing parliamentary boycott by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday looked west for an analogy. He chose one that didn’t involve a ballot box. Instead, he pointed to Thailand’s National lass='cambodia-color'>...

Five political parties have registered to take part in provincial and district elections in May, officials said Tuesday. The elections are approaching despite a deadlock in national politics between the ruling party and the opposition—which wants election reform and a recall national vote. Only members of local lass='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) swept 2,540 out of the country’s 3,324 seats in the second elections for municipal, provincial, and district councilors, which were held on May 18, according to the official results released by the National Election Committee late Tuesday. The main opposition lass='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) senior official has appealed to opposition leaders to let their lawmakers to fight with the CPP lawmakers who are waiting in the National Assembly. “I appealed to Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha to be brave, and free their 55 ‘roosters’ to lass='cambodia-color'>...

Hopes that the ruling and opposition parties would finally reach full accord on a new National Election Committee draft law were dashed yesterday as talks foundered on the qualifications the secretary-general of the new institution must possess. After a meeting that lasted more than two hours, lass='cambodia-color'>...

The prime minister yesterday praised three women as national heroines for their inspiring international achievements in the arenas of education and sports. During an awards ceremony for scholars at the National Institute of Education, Prime Minister Hun Sen congratulated local teacher Neang Phalla for her abilities lass='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told supporters Friday that the goal of his party remains the same: to change the current regime. The president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party has worked to assure his supporters that the party is working for change, following a political deal lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has adopted its Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), setting a national goal to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 42% across key sectors by 2030. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday warned that he will give the CNRP parliamentary seats away if they refuse to take their seats at the National Assembly, German Ambassador Wolfgang Moser said. Ambassador Moser said Mr. Hun Sen asked him to pass that message along to lass='cambodia-color'>...

King Norodom Sihamoni used a speech during celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Cambodia’s independence from France on Saturday to call for unity amid growing concerns over the long-term harmony of the nation since July’s disputed national election. Government officials, military officers and foreign diplomats turned lass='cambodia-color'>...

Despite the return of police checkpoints around Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning ahead of the opposition CNRP’s latest protest against July’s still-disputed national election, most demonstrators coming in from the provinces were let through. Typifying what turned out to be a lighter security touch compared to lass='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said that he made “tentative” plans with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday to appear before King Norodom Sihamoni on Friday to sign a deal ending the CNRP’s boycott of its 55 National Assembly seats. Government and CPP officials said they could lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday stood firmly behind its refusal to consider a proposal by the opposition CNRP for an independent investigation into the July 28 national ballot. Statements sent between the CNRP and NEC—the last day for political parties to file reports of lass='cambodia-color'>...

Election observers on Wednesday released a joint statement regarding the fallout from the disputed national election, calling for a recount of votes in Kandal province’s Takhmao City, where a particularly large number of irregularities were reported. The Situation Room, a conglomerate of NGO’s and election monitors lass='cambodia-color'>...

A joint investigative committee will be established to re-examine the killing of activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana, the head of the armed forces told the Post yesterday, after providing his own version of the incident to radio. Pressure from the families of victims and lass='cambodia-color'>...