Born with cerebral palsy, 5-year-old Chhen Sivong has trouble walking, standing and raising his arms, but he also struggles with an even more fundamental motor skill: swallowing. Around the time he turned one, the little boy began having problems eating solid food, which upset both Sivong ...

Those living along the Mekong, Tonle Sap and Tonle Bassac rivers were warned Sunday by the Ministry of Water Resources to exercise caution in the coming days as a tropical depression is expected to lead to flooding. Typhoon Rammasun has killed more than 100 people in ...

The Cambodian Red Cross, which bills itself as The country’s largest humanitarian organization, is building a six-story luxury hotel in Preah Vihear City. Government officials said Tuesday that The hotel would be used to generate revenue for The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC). The hotel is being ...

Khmer Krom monks, youth and activists marched on Tuesday to present a petition to the National Assembly President Heng Samrin as their protest against Vietnam entered the fourth day. the protesters will also submit a petition to the UN Office Of High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) plans to borrow at least $400,000 for international marketing campaigns if it fails to meet its goal of raising $777,000 for The plans through imposing export fees on its members, The organization’s president said Friday at CRF’s annual conference. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $40 million policy-based loan to support poor and rural households and improve Their financial access, it said. ...

UNESCO and the organization Conserve Indigenous Peoples Languages (CIPL) have launched a new project to empower indigenous communities in Cambodia and amplify their voices in the media. ...

The government has slammed broadcasters Radio Free Asia and Voice of America as “political instruments serving The interests of The opposition party” and accused Them of fabricating news in a speech delivered by Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on Tuesday. The US-government-funded broadcasters have been taken ...

The Broadcasting Board of Governors, The US agency that oversees The Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, has rejected claims by The Cambodian government that its broadcasters fabricate or manipulate news. In a statement responding to a report by The Cambodian Council of Ministers this ...

Officials from the Council Of Ministers and the Justice Ministry will meet today to discuss the arrest Of former opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour. ...

The commerce minister yesterday urged European businesspeople in Phnom Penh to invest more in Cambodia and not to envy The Chinese firms now dominating The foreign investment scene. Speaking at The gaThering of The European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, Minister of Trade and Commerce Cham ...

Cambodia’s European aid donors said Tuesday they are working on a new five-year “cooperation strategy” designed to increase the impact of the millions of dollars in loans and grants they give the country each year. With a combined $209 million in aid to Cambodia in 2012, ...

The interior and labour ministries have launched three new offices to speed up The process of providing passports and labourer cards to migrants hoping to work abroad. ...

Police in Phnom Penh raided a factory on Monday, collecting thousands of items of evidence linked to an alleged counterfeiting scheme producing soft drinks illegally marked with the logo of a popular regional brand. ...

Despite a large increase in exports during the first quarter, natural rubber producers continue to see declining revenues, as world prices fall further. the latest figures from the Ministry of Commerce show natural rubber exports grew 26 per cent during the first quarter of 2014, compared ...

More people are buying furniture thanks to a growing construction sector and solid economic growth. Cambodia’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in 2011 and is expected to grow by 6.5 percent for the next two years, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Meanwhile, the ...

The International Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBS) on Friday took a step to formulate industry-wide construction standards by signing a memorandum of understanding with The UK’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), an accreditation agency that monitors quality and safety across The property market.  ...

The government has approved a second phase of a pilot project in Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provinces that will this time see professional caregivers raTher than volunteers visit The homes of The elderly to assist with domestic work, hygiene needs and general companionship. “Families are The ...

The U.N.’s envoy for freedom of as­sembly on Tuesday presented a report to The U.N. General Assem­bly that calls for an approach to election monitoring that looks be­yond polling day to assess wheth­er elections in countries such as Cambodia are “free and fair.” The report, compiled ...

At around 6 p.m. in Phnom Penh each evening, about 5,000 large brown bats, having spent the day dangling upside down from a tree at Wat Phnom, spread their huge wings and fly out to begin their nightly search for fruit. And as useful and ...