A report released today by glo­bal advocacy group Child Rights In­­­­ternational Network (CRIN) ranked Cambodia 166 out of 197 coun­tries for the effectiveness of its courts in protecting children. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian People’s Party Central Committee yesterday added more than 300 members to its ranks, the largest-ever class of inductees from government, civil society and law enforcement. The new members, which bring the committee’s ranks to more than 800, were sworn in to conclude a three-day ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s Panha Chiet University has informed the local NGO silaka that it cannot hold a meeting on women’s rights planned for today because the event might deal with political issues. silaka had rented a conference room at the university for the meeting, intended to mark ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia people never forget the invaluable supports Vietnam had given to Cambodia and will continue enhancing ties between the two countries, King Norodom sihamoni told visiting President Truong Tan sang Tuesday. sang met with the Cambodian King right after his arrival in Phnom Penh on ss='cambodia-color'>...

The lawyer for Duong Udomchorvin, who slapped the son of logging tycoon Try Pheap in a Phnom Penh tattoo parlor in April, told a hearing at the municipal court Thursday that his obese client’s poor health should be taken into account in sentencing. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 100 residents embroiled in land disputes in Phnom Penh submitted a petition to the U.s. Embassy yesterday requesting that President Barack Obama raise the issue of evictions and reform of the country’s land concession policy when he visits Cambodia later this month. The plea comes ss='cambodia-color'>...

THIRTY workers involved in the restoration of the Angkor complex’s Ta Prohm temple were barred by their manager from entering the work site yesterday because of their unionism, labour representatives said. The stand-off followed the manager’s announcement that on February 1, he would dismiss the 30 ss='cambodia-color'>...

An Australian businessman who once fronted a telecommunications firm in Cambodia has been sent to Prey sar prison on fraud charges in a case one of his associates said was triggered by a disgruntled partner in a failed business venture. Frank May, 63, the former chief ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly has announced that it will discuss a draft law on the financing of a controversial dam project in stung Treng province on February 15, a move environmental groups called premature. Meach Mean, coordinator for 3s Rivers Protection Network – which has been ss='cambodia-color'>...

With demand for shopping space in Cambodia on the rise and investor interest growing, the Japanese developer Aeon Mall (Cambodia) Co Ltd last week broke ground on the construction of a Us$205-million mall in Phnom Penh. “We are happy to contribute to the development of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have closed an investigation into suspicious payments to officials in Cambodia by the world’s largest mining company BHP Billiton, according to a report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Although the report, released last month, does not ss='cambodia-color'>...

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Prime Minister Hun sen, in his capacity as the 2012 AsEAN chair, has called for investors within the AsEAN member states as well as around the globe to invest in Cambodia in various sectors, particularly agriculture, food processing and manufacturing. The premier made the appeal on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Laos yesterday defended its decision to begin building the Xayaburi dam amid criticism from Cambodia on a lively final day of the Mekong River Commission’s annual council meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos. According to separate sources who attended, Cambodia spoke out against Laos for “misinterpreting” the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government on Monday re­quested that manufacturers look at raising the minimum wage for garment workers, but only after divided trade unions agree on what that wage should be. “After discussions, those present at the meeting agree in principle to discuss raising the minimum wage ss='cambodia-color'>...

bout 100 chefs and kitchen staff walked off the job at the capital’s NagaWorld casino yesterday as a workers’ strike at the luxury entertainment venue entered its fifth day. More than 1,000 protesters — the majority of the casino’s workers — rallied outside the front entrance ss='cambodia-color'>...

Climate change will have a significant effect on major industrial and food crops in the Lower Mekong basin countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, says a new study. The study, conducted by the Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change Project for the U.s. Agency ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly nine out of 10 Cambodians have confidence in local financial institutions, a trend that stands in sharp contrast to Europe and the Us, a poll published last week found. However, industry insiders question the results, as the Kingdom’s financial services are still under-developed. The poll ss='cambodia-color'>...

In Washington today, attendees of the World Bank’s Annual Conference on Land and Poverty will hear a flattering account of Prime Minister Hun sen’s ambitious project to furnish nearly half a million Cambodian families with new private land titles just in time for July’s national ss='cambodia-color'>...

International pharmaceutical companies are increasingly looking to sell their products to Cambodia, although the market is full of obstacles, according to experts. After several big international players announced sales expansion plans, two companies from Indonesia, a major manufacturing hub in southeast Asia, are planning to follow. Kalbe ss='cambodia-color'>...