The Cambodian government has been taken to task in a lengthy report by Amnesty International for two years of “violent repression.” Researchers for the human rights organisation found that between Nov. 2013 and May of this year, people’s basic rights to assemble were stifled, excessive and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh is changing at a blinding pace, with major new residential and commercial projects set to transform the capital’s skyline within the next five years. Chrek soknim, CEO of Century 21 Mekong Realty, one of nearly two dozen Century 21 Cambodia affiliates, sees oversupply ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite protests from its neighbours and the international community, construction is ramping up at the proposed Don sahong dam site in southern Laos, according to Cambodians living near the border. Vanna, 34, said activity spiked last Thursday at the site, less than 2 kilometres north ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers living downstream from the controversial Lower sesan II hydropower project have claimed that they contracted unusual skin ailments causing large black spots on their bodies after the firm building the dam drained industrial waste into a river they use for bathing. Cambodia’s Royal Group, a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Every day Dr. Chhor Nareth treats injuries caused by the anarchy on Cambodia’s roads, where few drivers wear helmets, traffic lights are routinely ignored, and driving on the wrong side of the road is common. He has worked in the emergency Intensive Care Unit at ss='cambodia-color'>...

Companies that transfer their land holdings to another firm in violation of government policy will have their concessions stripped from them, the Agriculture Ministry has said.But the ministry added that in such an event a “partner” firm may be sought to develop the offender’s economic ss='cambodia-color'>...

Malaysia’s leading Insurance and Takaful Company Etiqa has started operations in Cambodia, allowing the local people to experience a fast and easy way to get insured. Etiqa has entered the Kingdom upon seeing the vast potential the local market has to offer, with 97% of ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new lottery company, Naga Lottery owned by the same company that operates Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld, will launch its first product on June 8, an official press release said yesterday. The company was licensed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in October last year said executive director ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Angkor Archeological Park received 386,093 foreign tourists during the first five months of 2020 down by 64 percent over the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s fish farming and aquaculture continue to rise in the local market despite the adverse effects felt in many other sectors in the Kingdom from coronavirus. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Civil society and government representatives met at the Royal University of Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss how both sides can cooperate to formulate climate change policies that fulfill the Kingdom’s treaty obligations in the wake of the historic climate accord reached in Paris earlier this ss='cambodia-color'>...

For the third year in row, students scoring an A on Cambodia’s high-stakes Grade 12 exit exam were granted an audience with Prime Minister Hun sen and lavished with gifts, while the Ministry of Education came in for its own accolades on reforms that are ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Labour Law amendment discussions have continued to move forward despite Cambodia’s union representatives boycotting the latest amendment meeting, said the Ministry of Labour. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has firmly reiterated the Kingdom’s commitment to contribute to global efforts in dealing with climate change issue.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government has plans to build an expressway from Phnom Penh to svay Rieng province’s Bavet city, said the Office of the Council of Ministers in a statement released today. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Amru Rice (Cambodia), one of the country’s leading rice exporters, has scaled up its BlocRice technology project to 500 households in two communities in Preah Vihear province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The sluice gate at Chamkar Te Dam in Kampong speu province’s Kirirom mountains, which holds 5 million cubic metres of water, has collapsed due to heavy rains.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The German government has pledged to support Cambodia’s small and medium enterprise (sME) sector to be more competitive, focusing on the agro-industry and food processing. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 3 million tonnes of Cambodia’s agricultural products were exported as of sept 11,  according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Unions’ workers will propose a new minimum wage for 2021 of $203.35 per month in the next National Council on Minimum Wage’s (NCMW) meeting. ss='cambodia-color'>...