Caretaker Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday credited liberating Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge as among the reasons why people will vote for his ruling Cambodian People Party (CPP) in the July 29 national elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 270,000 SupporterS of competing political partieS will participate in rallieS in Phnom Penh on Friday when campaigning endS &ndaSh; the largeSt Such gathering in the Kingdom&rSquo;S hiStory. It will be the final puSh aS the 20 partieS taking part in the July 29 national SS='cambodia-color'>...

Civil society organisations and government representatives expressed concern on Tuesday about the limited job opportunities for the Kingdom’s disabled people and other challenges that regularly face them. They complained that most job seekers with disabilities still had limited skills and education. This contributed to their ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Arbitration Council will share its experiences in settling labor disputes at a series of workshops in Myanmar, a nation with a growing garment industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Russian authorities have temporarily detained a cargo ship flying the Cambodian flag near Crimea in the Black sea on January 3, a spokesman for Russia’s Federal security service (FsB) said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. State Department&rSquo;S annual Human RightS Report, releaSed on WedneSday, highlightS poor treatment of Cambodia&rSquo;S political oppoSition in 2015, and raiSeS concernS about the judiciary&rSquo;S “broad interpretation” of the crime of incitement. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen’s official visit to France sparked demonstrations organised by Cambodian expatriates in Paris over the weekend, prompting the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to issue a statement on saturday condemning them for incitement and claiming they have no right to interfere with the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Almost a year after cassava producers in Pailin were fingered as the source of pollution in a local water source, little has been done to address the problem, commune officials said yesterday, while affected villagers are being forced to buy bottled water to avoid getting ss='cambodia-color'>...

At a workshop to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organisation Ngin saorath decried the lack of progress on equal treatment of disabled people ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) added 342 new members to its central committee during an extraordinary congress on sunday, bringing the total number of the central committee members to 865, said the party’s resolutions. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ruling Cambodian People’s Party working groups are being handed a list of 10 diktats from Prime Minister Hun sen, bringing the party’s recent vows to increase surveillance and restrict dissent to the local level. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ban on surrogate pregnancies announced by the health minister on Monday will remain in place until the government drafts a law protecting Cambodian women giving birth to the children of other parents, an official said on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Cabinet has not held its constitutionally mandated weekly meeting since June 16, fueling speculation about Prime Minister Hun sen’s health and confusion over why officials have forgone the meetings. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday pledged to remain in power 10 more years to “maintain stability” in Cambodia, going on to blame the fatal crackdown on wage protests in 2014 on a “conspiracy” orchestrated by the beleaguered opposition. ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korea will manage the replanting of treeS on former economic land conceSSionS&mdaSh;with an eye toward eventually entering Cambodia&rSquo;S logging induStry&mdaSh;under a tentative agreement between the two countrieS, Agriculture MiniSter Veng Sakhon Said on WedneSday. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials are working to settle compensation claims for 50 families living alongside a kilometer of rail track in Poipet town, to allow a rail link between Cambodia and Thailand to open by the middle of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The needs of disabled Cambodians have not been taken into account in the forthcoming local elections, a disabilities group has said. Ngin saoroth, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO), told reporters this week that politicians were not putting “the issue of the disabled ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior government officialS yeSterday gathered to celebrate the 24th anniverSary of the adoption of the Kingdom&rSquo;S ConStitution, laviShing praiSe on the ConStitutional Council &ndaSh; while SimultaneouSly appearing to threaten legal action againSt thoSe who queStion the body&rSquo;S independence or deciSionS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Fresh off a clean sweep in the senate elections on sunday, a ruling party spokesman and newly elected senator yesterday espoused the benefits of one-party rule in Cambodia, pointing to the example of chief patron China while glossing over longstanding concerns about the superpower’s human ss='cambodia-color'>...

Last week marked the end of the annual fishing season and many who had gathered on the riverbanks to buy and sell fish in the Russei Keo district of Phnom Penh called it the best season in years. An abundance of fish, there were bargain prices ss='cambodia-color'>...