Cambodia’s upcoming elections have been dubbed the “Cambodian Spring”, with an unprecedented number of young activists taking to the streets and social media, demanding a change. More than a third of registered voters are aged between 18 and 30, and the Opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party ...

Phnom Penh City Hall has turned down two requests by non-governmental groups to hold rallies and marches to mark both International teachers’ Day and the international day for housing rights. Housing Rights task Force (HRtF), a local NGO, was denied permission to organize a rally at ...

RATANAKIRI PROVINCE, Cambodia – “I prefer The dam To The fish,” says middle-aged farmer Ton Noun, when asked his opinion on a proposed 400 megawaTT dam on The Sesan river near his home in norTheasTern Cambodia. Then he chuckles and asks, “WhaT fish?” ThaT’s because ...

The company ThaT paid The funeral cosTs of Two consTrucTion workers killed when a fence collapsed on Them on SaTurday disTanced iTself yesTerday from The accidenT, saying iT doesn’T own The building siTe. The claim came as Meanchey DisTricT Governor Kouch Chamroeun vowed To Take acTion ...

The deaTh Toll caused by severe flooding along The Mekong River increased by eighT yesTerday, bringing The ToTal number of deaThs over The pasT Two weeks To more Than 20, including 11 children, an official said. Keo Vy, depuTy chief of The informaTion deparTmenT aT The ...

Cambodian and Thai miliTary officials meT yesTerday morning To discuss The implemenTaTion of The InTernaTional CourT of JusTice’s ruling on Preah Vihear, wiTh boTh sides pledging To keep The peace and The Thais agreeing To wiThdraw To The new line of demarcaTion. Monday’s judgmenT declared ThaT ...

A Phnom Penh municipal official said yesterday that they would investigate mounting complaints that authorities have been forcing the capital’s residents to thumbprint letters supporting the preliminary election results and promising not to join demonstrations. Residents in Daun Penh and tuol Kork districts told the Post ...

Japan’s TriAsia Group is in Talks To acquire a majoriTy sTake in local Television sTaTion TV3 and plans To broadcasT Japanese-language shows, The Television channel’s owner confirmed Wednesday. According To TV3’s owner, Khampun Keomony, revenues aT The channel have been dropping, which prompTed him To look ...

Dissident monks and political activists hosted a ceremony thursday for the protesting garment workers killed by military police during their repression of stone-throwing demonstrators on Veng Sreng Street two weeks ago. the hourlong ceremony, held at the home of housing rights activist tep Vanny in the ...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday accused certain groups of trying to hold the nation “hostage,” saying his government was functioning normally despite opposition calls for him to resign and hold fresh elections following disputed polls. His administration has also drawn criticism over its heavy ...

Keeping ahead of Phnom Penh’s mounting piles of garbage has proved tough for Cintri since it was awarded sole rights in 2002 to keep the city clean. But a new plan harnessing global satellite positioning and digital mapping is offering the company a high-tech helping ...

Mam Sonando, owner of the popular Beehive Radio station, and his supporters will defy a government ban on public gatherings and start daily protests against the Ministry of Information’s rejection of Mr. Sonando’s request for a relay station and a tV station, Mr. Sonando’s assistant ...

Khmer Krom people fleeing persecution in Vietnam and denied refuge in thailand are being sent to Cambodia, where the government does not ensure that their rights are protected, the Minority Rights Organization (MIRO) has said in a new report. the report—“Abandoned People Khmer Krom Seeking Refuge ...

Five Kompong Chhnang villagers locked in a land dispute with a company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, who had repeatedly tried—and failed—to file a complaint with their provincial court, were summoned for questioning at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court ...

Some say City Hall’s scheme to improve public transport with a bus line is failing. One architect has a new plan, tried and tested throughout the developing world With the capital growing and incomes on the rise, rush hour in Phnom Penh is only getting worse ...

Construction on a US$2 billion oil refining plant, the Kingdom’s first, will start in April, according to officials close to the project. the plant, which will be built on 365 hectares across Kampot and Sihanoukville provinces and is expected to be completed in 2014, is a ...

Cambodia’s economic growth has been on the rise following the global downturn on 2008-2009 and experts say that the private sector is largely responsible for that growth. However, those same experts also acknowledge that the profits generated by companies operating in Cambodia aren’t trickling down ...

The Timing couldn’T have been beTTer. AfTer a week in which one NGO was suspended and oThers warned To “readjusT Their work,” and The World Bank was finally forced To reveal ThaT iT had sTopped loaning To Cambodia, The governmenT announced over The weekend ThaT ...

While Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm sugar carry the brand-building Geographical Indication (GI) status, newcomers seeking the same tag continue to wait for funding to get their products off the ground. In 2010, Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm sugar were the first Cambodian goods ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy appears to have run out of options in his bid to contest in Cambodia’s national polls, as the country’s political parties prepared to wrap up their election campaign amid allegations by independent observers of “arrests, threats and intimidation” by the ruling ...