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Cambodia’s leading human rights groups have condemned the ruling and opposition parties’ reported efforts to stymie their voices during election campaigns, arguing such restrictions would violate freedom of expression. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have been negotiating changes to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Amid reports of hundreds of workplace deaths at World Cup construction sites, Qatar invited Cambodia on saturday to discuss implementing a long-signed agreement to send labourers there ahead of the tournament in 2022. The issue was discussed during a meeting between Foreign Ministry secretary of state ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Commerce will lead a series of provincial forums next week aimed at promoting greater awareness of the AsEAN Economic Community (AEC) among rural businesses. Commerce Minister sun Chanthol is to talk about both the challenges and opportunities that deeper regional economic integration will ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following negotiations yesterday with Phnom Penh Governor Pa socheatvong, representatives of 12 Boeung Kak community families complained that City Hall was not offering them nearly enough land to replace what had previously been taken from them. During yesterday’s meeting, City Hall offered to give the ss='cambodia-color'>...

A woman accused of organ trafficking was tried at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for allegedly persuading her two cousins and a neighbor to sell their kidneys in Thailand last year. Anti-human trafficking police arrested Nhem sinuon, 29, in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian and Indonesian foreign ministers discussed ways to further enhance ties and cooperation between the two countries on Wednesday. Both sides also agreed to boost bilateral trade volume, which was still relatively small — around 500,000 U.s. dollars last year, he said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior has asked the government to grant what would have been the new location of the Ministry of Environment in Meanchey district’s Niroth commune to the newly created General Departments of Identification and Immigration instead, according to an official spokesman. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The director of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court last week formally accused a property developer of attempting to defraud him of more than $200,000 he paid for a villa in Tuol Kok district when his name was not transferred to the land title, the businessman’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forestry activists say at least 55,000 tons of luxury wood were sent from Cambodia to China this year alone. Activists from communities that live near or among some of Cambodia’s last forests told reporters Wednesday that illegal logging is ravaging their homelands, part of a “systematic” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ten tonnes of protected rosewood found stashed in a tanker truck bearing the logo of petroleum giant sokimex was seized by police in Oddar Meanchey province on Friday. In August, police found 14 tons of rosewood hidden in the tanker of another truck bearing the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong yesterday defended the independence of Cambodia’s judiciary following concerns raised by a UN official about the whirlwind imprisonment of 11 activists arrested for protesting last week. Kuong accused surya subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur for human rights, of making a habit ss='cambodia-color'>...

Parliamentary investigators will visit siem Reap province on a wide-ranging fact-finding mission from sunday following complaints about alleged corruption and misuse of funds. son Chhay, an opposition MP who is vice chairman of the National Assembly’s Commission on Economics, Finance, Banking and Auditing, said the group ss='cambodia-color'>...

The shooting of a Cambodian woman by Thai soldiers was left off the agenda during recent talks between Cambodia and Thailand’s prime ministers, which instead focused on issuing migrants passports and the ownership of ancient treasures. Prime Minister Hun sen and his Thai counterpart General Prayuth ss='cambodia-color'>...

In an effort to boost Cambodia’s entertainment industry, local television broadcasters will soon dedicate an hour of prime time programming to airing Cambodian-produced shows and films. During a meeting with the Ministry of Information on Monday, TV station representatives agreed to broadcast locally produced films and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The head of the country’s largest teachers’ association sent an open letter to Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron on Wednesday contending that there is a serious shortage of textbooks and teacher manuals due to corruption and indifference on the part of ministry officials. Rong Chhun, president ss='cambodia-color'>...

Currentlt, CEDAC exports fragrant organic rice to the U.s. and Hong Kong. But is exploring export opportunities to Arab countries as well. According to the CEDAC’s organic rice Export Officer, though the price of organic rice is higher, prices are much stable in the international ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior National Military Police commander has denied accusations he’s been skimming his officers’ wages, insisting the money docked covered their food. Via a statement by military police spokesman Kheng Tito, the deputy chief of the security Information Department, Hong Vynal, hit back at claims on ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new union has been founded pledging to offer members a post-retirement pension with a novel twist – it will be funded by sponsorship from private companies. The head of the new Workers Retirement Fund of Cambodia Union president, sidney sok Ke, claims to have spent ss='cambodia-color'>...

First Lady Michelle Obama embarks on a five-day Asia trip Wednesday to launch the Obama Administration’s initiative “Let Girls Learn,” promoting the education of millions of girls worldwide. Ahead of her stops in Japan and Cambodia, Obama and her husband said the inability of an ss='cambodia-color'>...