Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...

Cambodian political analysts said Prime Minister Hun Sen needs to make “serious and deep reforms” over the next five years to restore his popularity after his party survived with a slim majority in July’s disputed general election. Sok Touch, deputy director of the Royal Academy ...

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About a decade ago, global manufacturing firms staged a mass exodus to Asia in search of low-cost alternatives to increasing domestic wage demands and operational costs. The consensus was the continued development of a regional supply chain that had formed in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, ...

Construction of a special economic zone (SEZ) near the Vietnamese border in Ratanakkiri province’s eastern O’Yad­aw district is on track, but who exactly will avail of the facility and its services remains a mystery—even for senior provincial officials. The latest announced venture of agro-industry land concession ...

សហជីព​ប្រហែល​ជា​បរាជ័យ​ក្នុង​ការ​ធ្វើ​កូដកម្ម​ដោយ​ការ​ស្នាក់​នៅ​ផ្ទះ​ដើម្បីទាម ទារ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ខែ​នៅ​ក្រោយថ្ងៃ​ចូ​ល​ឆ្នាំ​ខ្មែរ​កាលពី​ដើម​ខែ​នេះ​។ ប៉ុន្តែ​កូដ​កម្ម​ទាម​ទារ​ប្រាក់​ឧបត្ថម្ភ​កំពុង​​មាន​សន្ទុះ​កើន​ឡើង​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ស្វាយ​រៀង ...

Well-known timber magnate Try Pheap is preparing to expand cross-country with a scheme that already gives him exclusive rights to buy all the wood felled on economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, a spokesman for the businessman said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Forestry Administration in February ...

កាល​ពីឆ្នាំ​២០១១​ លោក អឿន ភីរុន​ បាន​​ខ្ចី​លុយ​ចំនួន​​៤៥០​ដុល្លារ​ពី​ធនាគារ​អភិ​វឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី ដោយ​ប្រើ​លុយ​នោះ​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​សម្រាប់ទិញ​ម៉ូតូ​ចាស់​មួយ​គ្រឿង និង​​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​ទៀត​ចំណាយ​ទៅលើ​ការ​ចិញ្ចឹម​សត្វទា និងស​ត្វ​មាន់​មួយ​ចំនួន​តូច​។ គ្រួសារ​របស់​គាត់​ និង ...

ផលិតភាព​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​របស់​កម្ពុជា ស្ថិត​នៅ​ក្នុង​បញ្ហា​ដោយ​សារ​ភាព​អសមត្ថភាព ក្នុង​ការ​ប្រែ​ក្លាយ​ចំនួន​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​វ័យ​ក្មេង​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ជា​កម្លាំង​ពលកម្ម​ជំនាញ និង​ការ​រីក​ចម្រើន​យឺត​ដោយ​សារ​ការ​ពឹង​ផ្អែក​ខ្លាំង​ពេក​ទៅ​លើ​កសិកម្ម។ នេះ​បើ​តាម​របាយ​ការណ៍​របស់​ធនាគារ ...

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In an epic, six-hour address in September, Prime Minister Hun Sen apologized for the government’s many “problems” and promised a more reformist government over the next five years of his rule. Targeting corruption, deforestation and the lack of transparency across government sectors, the prime minister made ...

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Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. Sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become ...

Employees at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in Kompong Speu province where two workers were killed when one of the building’s floors collapsed on Thursday have been ordered back to work today, despite ongoing concerns from labor activists about the building’s safety. While conceding that some parts ...

The first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) on Monday blamed some of the deaths in this year’s floods on “careless” mothers. “Maybe the mothers are careless, maybe they don’t pay much attention to their children, so they drown,” NCDM First Vice ...

Like most millennium-old structures discovered in the forests of Cambodia, the locals had known all along about this one. Jarai minority villagers in this remote spot in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district not only knew about it, but they revered the red-brick temple, using it as a ...

As hundreds of riot police conducted protest suppression drills in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday morning, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s mansion in the center of the city was the focal point of a demonstration by some 2,000 garment factory workers. Municipal police, along with 16 ...

In a lush, gated compound 12 kilometres south of central Phnom Penh, the young minds that will one day lead Cambodia are being shaped – or at least that’s what one philanthropic foundation, which is investing millions of dollars in a unique, long-term project, hopes. “When ...

The International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia also gave the Kingdom sovereignty over the promontory that the temple sits on. But while the announcement was initially greeted as a resounding victory by some in ...

Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...