The contribution of midwives to Cambodia’s maternal and infant health was praised by the government as the Kingdom celebrated the National Day of Midwife on sunday. Prime Minister Hun sen issued a sub-decree in 2008, designating May 5 as the National Day of Midwife – ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 30 pieces of sralao and koki timber measuring 3m long and 30 to 40cm in diameter were found by locals at three sites in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam commune in Mondulkiri province on Tuesday. The timber was hidden in a forest around 1km from ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 villagers, representing 197 families from Chi Khor Krom and Chi Khor Leu communes in Koh Kong province’s sre Ambel district, protested again on Wednesday and clashed with authorities in front of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction after the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Interior sar Kheng on saturday encouraged people to have five children per family so the Kingdom’s population can double to more than 32 million. He said the recent census found that Cambodia has a population of 15.2 million, but the country is large ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has temporarily halted the import, supply and distribution of all pesticides. The ban comes after at least 14 people died and around 300 were warded after poisonings in sre Norn and Alorch villages in Chet Borey district’s Kantuot ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee yesterday commenced the 18-day voter registration period to update the country’s voter list. Nuth sokhom, an NEC official, said during a meeting at the NEC headquarters that the election body will carry out its voter registration from October 1 to 18 ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has formed a new federation for the country’s pepper industry to enhance the market and solve challenges in the sector, as the cash crop is currently facing depressed prices. The Cambodia Pepper and spice Federation was jointly formed last Friday by the Ministries ss='cambodia-color'>...

Australia’s refugee policies were condemned during a review by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Australia automatically detains asylum-seekers who arrive in the country without visas. Hundreds of detainees are sent for processing to offshore camps in the south Pacific in Papua New Guinea and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Less than a month after Phnom Penh Tollway began collecting money from commuters using the factory-lined Veng sreng Boulevard in outer Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun sen announced on Monday that the government would buy out the private firm and, as a New Year’s gift ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kouch Pheng, president of Advanced Glory Logistics Group (Cambodia), is in the business of overcoming obstacles. His Phnom Penh-based freight-forwarding company handles a daily dose of pot-holed roads, unscripted shipping delays and Kafka-esque government red tape – yet still manages to deliver its client’s cargo ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan sorasak yesterday urged Turkey’s ambassador to follow through on a plan announced last year to establish direct flights as part of a push to enlarge bilateral trade to $500 million a year by 2020, from the current $108 million, the ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s once-promising home-grown coffee industry has been laid low by adverse weather and fierce global competition, with the total area under coffee cultivation cut in half over the last three years as desperate farmers switch to other crops, a senior official at the Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two members of Cambodia’s opposition party were beaten up Monday outside the National Assembly by protesters who were demanding that the deputy opposition leader step down as parliamentary vice president. The opposition party issued a statement appealing to authorities to immediately arrest and prosecute the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia needs a genuine “culture of dialogue” between its political parties to avert a descent into crisis, Monovithya Kem, the daughter of deputy opposition leader Kem sokha and a spokeswoman for the country’s opposition party, told The Diplomat Tuesday in an exclusive interview in Washington ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mengly J. Quach Holdings (MJH), an umbrella for companies engaged in education, health care, food, media and financial services, is undergoing a restructuring and audit, and plans to spin off of its core educational arm ahead of a possible listing on the Cambodian stock exchange, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia National Rescue Party leader sam Rainsy has called for politicians to speak politely and refrain from using insults in political debate. CPP spokesman sok Eysan welcomed Rainsy’s statement, agreeing that political campaigning should focus on policies rather than personal insults. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will host this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum in sihanoukville in July, TravelNewsAsia reported yesterday. The six member countries of the Greater Mekong sub-Region (GMs) have banded together to jointly promote sub-regional tourism and the GMs as a single destination, focusing on “authentic experiences along the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ten former Borei Keila residents who were relocated to a site in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district known as Phnom Bat filed a petition with the Ministry of Land Management yesterday requesting they either be given $5,000 and moved back to Phnom Penh or be ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 critically endangered royal turtles will be moved to a new center in Koh Kong’s Mondol seima district today with 13 siamese crocodiles also being relocated. Eng Mengey, communications officer for the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs), said royal turtles were now facing threats to ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the United states commits to admitting 10,000 refugees from the current conflict in syria, Cambodian refugees who arrived in the U.s. some 35 years ago say more needs to be done to help refugees resettle in order to prevent further suffering and future social ss='cambodia-color'>...