British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Lord Puttnam will visit Cambodia from March 4 to 7 to strengthen bilateral trade and investment relations, according to a press statement from the British Embassy here on Monday. During his visit, Lord Puttnam will call on Prime Minister Hun ...

The Ministry of Water and Meteorology has warned farmers of a rainfall shortage forecast to last at least anoTher month, with average daily temperatures also forecast to remain above average. The announcement, issued on Monday, says that up until mid-July Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Takeo, ...

Lao National Assembly and the National Assembly of Cambodia have vowed to continue the exchange and mutual support between the two legislative bodies. the vow was made at a meeting held in Vientiane between the high-level parliamentary delegations led by the Lao National Assembly President Ms ...

181 national and international non-governmental organizations handed over their petitions to foreign embassies on Thursday to seek the release of 23 people who were arrested in protest crackdowns. A group of some 50 representatives marched along the streets and submitted the petitions to the German, Sweden ...

Foreign direct investment in the Kingdom soared 250 per cent year-on-year through August even despite the West’s economic woes, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An said yesterday. A total of 87 projects worth US$5.6 billion were approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia during the ...

A code of Conduct governing the South China Sea remains only an “eventual” prospect, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, despite it dominating discussions during this week’s ASEAN Summit. From the beginning of Monday’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the question of China’s potential involvement in the drafting ...

Thailand and Cambodia will launch the first bus services linking Bangkok with Siem Reap and Phnom Penh in the next two weeks. the first bus service between the two countries will debut on Dec 29, said the Transport Co, a state enterprise under the Transport Ministry. the ...

The U.N.’s General Assembly released its latest round of recommendations to improve The human rights situation in Cambodia on Thursday following a review held last week in Geneva. The statements made by delegations from 76 countries during The review urged Cambodia to fulfill its promise to ...

A union representative is accused of beating a rival over the head with a walkie-talkie during a factory protest yesterday in the latest burst of violence in one of Cambodia’s special economic zones. Bou Sokray, 25, a representative for the Coalition of Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union ...

Twenty-two factories that did not take the appropriate measures to shut down their businesses have 30 days in which to rectify the problem or face legal action from the government, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said in a public announcement yesterday the announcement ...

Approximately 65 percent of the country’s 3,492 registered international and local NGOs are inactive, leaving only about 1,350 active NGOs in the country, according to a report issued yesterday by NGO network Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC). the report, “CSO Contributions to the Development of Cambodia ...

The spokesperson for The UN Office Of The High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) claimed a significant proportion Of The Cambodian population was left alienated in The July 29 elections after The dissolution Of The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). ...

Ahead of International Women’s Day, the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued a statement highlighting the important roles rural women and girls play in society while stressing the need to protect and promote their rights. ...

The ninth session of The Conference of The State Parties to The Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) took place at UN headquarters in New York last week. ...

Two garment and textile factories in Preah Sihanouk province have signaled their insolvency, and called on creditors to file for compensation with their administrators before Monday. ...

The interim representative of The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia met yesterday with The head of The Cambodian government’s rights body, voicing concerns about The threatened closure of a prominent outspoken local NGO. ...

The Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) planned to invest US$235 million in two Cambodian mega projects, one of which was The modernisation of a TV station that one analyst said might not be necessary given The country’s level of development. During a meeting with Prime Minister ...

Two journalists who were present when environmental activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana were killed last month have reportedly been summonsed to Koh Kong provincial court. Neang Boratino, Koh Kong provincial co-ordinator for the rights group Adhoc, said court sources had told him ...

Security guards working for a firm building a resort in Koh Kong province beat a woman who was trying to farm the land from which she had been evicted, she has told police. Khun Phall, 40, said that on Monday evening, she and family members returned ...

The Association of The SouTheast Asian Nations, known as ASEAN, has chosen 2015 as The year to realize its economic integration as The ASEAN Economic Community. Yet, There are only several months left, ASEAN doesn’t seem​ to be ready. How can ASEAN realize this goal? Although ...