The body overseeing the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has made public internal regulations that prohibit ACU personnel from receiving gifts worth more than $25 and require them to report business dinners in advance, while also making rare disclosures about the kinds of items proffered to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

A mother whose daughter was trafficked into the Malaysian sex industry has pleaded with lawmakers to help rescue her child, as new figures from Cambodia’s Interior Ministry reveal an upswing in human trafficking victims rescued last year. According to the ministry, although sex trafficking cases ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 400 teachers who took part in an eight-month teaching course at the National Institute of Education (NIE) are demanding the government pay them scholarship funds that were initially promised only to be later axed over cost concerns. In a petition sent yesterday to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia was the only country in the Greater Mekong subregion to have increased its rate of exports following the 2008 global financial crisis, thanks largely to garments accounting for the majority of its manufacturing exports, a new report has found. The Greater Mekong 5 – Cambodia, ss='cambodia-color'>...

An opposition leader yesterday rejected criticism that his party is becoming too friendly with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, assuring supporters they would fight to win power and not be lured into the same trap as the now marginalised Funcinpec royalist party. speaking to hundreds of ss='cambodia-color'>...

With less than three weeks left until the deadline, over 300,000 Cambodian migrants registered in Thailand have not completed the verification process necessary to receive work visas, raising the possibility of a repeat of last year’s mass exodus. According to figures from the Thai Labour Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...

It is a simple solution to a wildlife water shortage. During the annual dry season [November through April] in a protected forest in eastern Cambodia, wildlife scientists hired local workers with shovels to dig out accumulated sediment from six remote and dried-up waterholes. The result: During ss='cambodia-color'>...

In another effort to cement the so-called culture of dialogue between the two major parties, Prime Minister Hun sen and opposition leader sam Rainsy brought their families together on saturday for what Rainsy billed as a “historic” meal during which they posed for selfies, while ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two of Cambodia’s leading commercial banks – locally owned Acleda Bank Plc (Acleda) and south Korean-owned Phnom Penh Commercial Bank Plc (PPCBank) – have been granted listing eligibility from the Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX). This paves the way for the banks to move forward with plans ss='cambodia-color'>...

A dolphin weighing over 200kg and 2.3m long was found dead by fishermen downstream of the Koh Pos Bridge on Wednesday morning. Officials in Preah sihanouk province’s Fisheries Administration decided to bury the carcass not far from where it was found. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the indigenous Bunong tribe and civil society organisations on Wednesday filed a complaint against local authorities in Mondulkiri for illegally clearing 300ha of protected forest. The cleared land is located in O’Raing district’s Pou Les village. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Prambei Mom Forest Community in Kampong speu province’s Thpong district has raised concern over a spike in illegal hunting within the forest. Community forest chief soeun Lay said on Thursday that he and his community members patrolled the forest from January 25-27 to combat ss='cambodia-color'>...

As of 2019, Cambodia has in total 54 special Economic Zones, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia. In 2019, the exports from Cambodia’s special Economic Zones were Us$2,688 million, up 27 percent compared to 2018, continued the source. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three royal turtle nests containing 51 eggs have been found in Koh Kong province’s sre Ambel district. The discovery was made by the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs), fisheries administration officials, and conservationists from the local community. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) report has warned of the danger of extreme weather in Cambodia and a need to take action. The NCDM’s first vice-president, Kun Kim, attributed 95 deaths to 336 rainstorms which hit 22 provinces in 2019. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training yesterday vowed that it would continue to promote workers’ rights and fair working conditions for those in the garment sector amid the recommended partial withdrawal of the European Union’s Everything but arms (EBA) preferential trade scheme in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs plans to form an inter-ministerial working group soon to monitor, disseminate, educate and take action against those who spread and share pornographic pictures or videos on social media. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The draft law on transfer of convicted inmate treaty between Cambodia and Vietnam will be debated at the National Assembly’s special sitting next week, the first-ever treaty the Kingdom has with a foreign country. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 800 garment workers in Kandal’s Khsach Kandal district protested on Wednesday to demand their last wages and severance pay after the company suspended its operation due to the shortage of raw material.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...