A campaign organised by Cambodians has led the country’s first vice-president of the National Assembly to urge Australia to back down from its bid to resettle refugees there. Kem sokha said in a letter to the Australian Ambassador to Cambodia, Alison Burrows, that the deal to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite the Cambodian stock Exchange (CsX) getting off to a sluggish start over the past three years, local university students are seemingly already on the way to becoming good stock-pickers. The winners, two students from Zaman University who went by the team name of Dark ss='cambodia-color'>...

Many types of Vietnamese goods have faced strong competition of imported products from nations in the southeast Asian region, while local businesses have met difficulties in broadening the presence of their products in these markets. For the last ten years, many businesses in Ho Chi Minh ss='cambodia-color'>...

Child labor has been a problem plaguing Cambodia for years, and a new agreement between the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) is the latest effort to eradicate it. “The agreement emphasizes collaboration between BFC and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Health Minister Mam Bunheng announced yesterday he has proposed that a reserve budget be used to help victims of the mass HIV outbreak in Battambang province’s Roka village, as he vowed to strengthen health services across the country. speaking at a press conference following questioning by ss='cambodia-color'>...

Less than a week after Laos declared its “sovereign right” to develop hydropower regardless of neighbouring countries’ objections, the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) gathered an “extraordinary meeting” to stress the importance of sustainable waterways. During the two-day discussions in Pakse, Laos which concluded yesterday, the Us ss='cambodia-color'>...

A surge in land disputes in Cambodia affected more than three times as many families last year as in 2013, a local rights group said Thursday, urging Prime Minister Hun sen’s government to address the issue with “long-term lasting solutions” instead of making empty promises. Rights ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s National Police chief Neth savoeun has told foreign embassies that it won’t tolerate “foreign mafia” in the Kingdom, in what appears to be a thinly veiled message to Russia concerning recent conflict between Russian nationals in sihanoukville. According to the statement, savoeun has been ss='cambodia-color'>...

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Cambodia ranks near the bottom of 102 countries surveyed in a new index of government openness, scoring dead last in mechanisms through which complaints can be lodged against government officials and 98th in sanctions for officials’ misconduct. Overall, the Kingdom placed 98th in the World Justice ss='cambodia-color'>...

As more than 90,000 students across the country sweat over results that will rule them in or out of university, Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday announced that those who failed the tightly monitored 2014 national exam would be given a second chance to pass. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The 123 Cambodian Members of Parliament (MPs) from the ruling and opposition parties will vote on Tuesday next week to elect their leadership, Prime Minister Hun sen, vice president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said on Monday. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rights groups are calling for the release of three opposition activists who have been held in detention since violent clashes with security forces in July. The activists have been held despite a political deal last month between the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Kompong Chhnang province on Thursday were prevented from arresting workers and union officials outside a samakki Meanchey district garment factory by a mob of irate protesters who pulled two of their colleagues out of a police car to thwart their arrests. About 3,000 employees ss='cambodia-color'>...

Days after the Australian government announced it had approved the export of 10,000 live cows to Cambodia, a local firm has revealed that it is nearing completion of the Kingdom’s first modern slaughterhouse in Preah sihanounk province – and that it is set to be ss='cambodia-color'>...

A sense of panic is growing inside Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building, with residents unsure of their fate after Phnom Penh Governor Pa socheatvong said on Tuesday that the iconic apartment block was condemned and would be torn down. Most residents spoken to Wednesday say they ss='cambodia-color'>...

The last of 16 shacks that once clung to the edge of a mammoth development project in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district were demolished by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) on Monday. seven families in Doeum Kor 2 village—where marshlands are quickly being pumped full ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite being hemmed in by construction on all sides as NagaWorld expands its casino empire in Phnom Penh, the Buddhist Institute will not be sold off or rented out, Cults and Religion Minister Min Khin told a National Assembly commission on Thursday. In May, the institute’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha will make an official visit to Cambodia on Oct. 30-31 to boost bilateral ties and cooperation, a senior Cambodian official said sunday. The official added that the two leaders also pledged to enhance bilateral ties and cooperation in politics, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Months after announcing the resignation of its founder and promising to start afresh to continue its “vital work” protecting vulnerable girls in Cambodia, the U.s.-based somaly Mam Foundation (sMF) announced saturday that it has ceased operations, telling supporters to turn to other organizations to help ss='cambodia-color'>...