June 15, 2014, On the anniversary of Cambodia’s Constitutional Council, LICADHO urges the Council to reject the three new laws affecting the judiciary in their current form. The passage of these laws in their current form will codify and indefinitely prolong the lack of independence ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on Thursday revamped its organisational structure and elected a further seven people to the Permanent Committee of its Central Committee to add to the existing 30 members. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government on Saturday announced a plan to decreaSe the number of maternal deathS in the Kingdom by 50 per cent in the future by promoting countrywide pregnancy-related preventative meaSureS among women. In the recently releaSed preliminary reSultS of the 2014 Cambodia Demographic and Health SS='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh City Hall’s plans to undertake the largest redrawing of the city’s administrative boundaries in decades, by creating five new districts before May’s district and city-level council elections, is likely an effort to gerrymander voting constituencies, a senior opposition party member said Monday. Municipal government ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) received a landslide victory in elections to elect capital, provincial, town and district councillors on sunday, National Election Commission (NEC) secretary-general Tep Nytha said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s energy market, like many emerging economies, is a fascinating blend of challenges and opportunities. The country’s rapid economic growth over the past decade has significantly increased its energy demand, necessitating a comprehensive analysis of its energy market dynamics. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Analysts are at odds over Prime Minister Hun sen’s remarks regarding protecting the Kingdom’s hard-won peace and the government’s policy that there can be no forgiveness for those who threaten peace through “revolutionary acts”. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Chinese animal feed mill officially opened at the Phnom Penh special Economic Zone (PPsEZ) on Aug 28. It is the first animal feed mill from China and the fifth animal feed factory to operate in Cambodia Cambodia has strongly depended on the imports for animal ss='cambodia-color'>...

The prime minister has urged government ministries and public institutions to speed up work on an action plan to prevent violence against women and children, calling for education on the issue to start from an early age. ss='cambodia-color'>...

UNESCO and the Women&rSquo;S Media Centre are promoting media freedom through the project “Strengthening Media Development and Freedom of ExpreSSion in Cambodia”, having Seen women journaliStS and media workerS face increaSing offline and online attackS that make them Subject to diSproportional, and often Specific, threatS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials and a representative at Unesco in Phnom Penh yesterday said that sotheby’s in New York had no right to a 10th-century Khmer statue worth more than $2 million that Us federal agents were expected to seize from the auction house today. On Wednesday, New ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) official said at least 2,000 people from Candlelight (CP), currently the country’s second-largest party, have joined the ruling CPP, just days after the latter was warned of supposed links to former opposition leader sam Rainsy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Political analyst Kem Ley plans to create a diverse set of independent political parties in the new year, tackling what he says is an autocratic “disease” infecting both the ruling party and the opposition. Using his newly founded “social network” Khmer for Khmer as a springboard, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of social Affairs yesterday signed agreements with three NGOs to promote Cambodian children’s rights and their studies in the community. The NGOs were MIKI Home Cambodia, New Hope For Cambodia Children, and Meta and Mission Community. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Fears of COVID-19 caused bars and restaurants that had already been closed for months to put their businesses back to bed. At 11:30pm, Monday, August 17, Pub street businesses pulled down their shutters early due to heavy crowds and worries of spread of the deadly ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has approved 150 fixed-asset investment projects worth about $3.45 billion in the January-september period of 2022, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)’s report yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s 2013 election was characterised by both the growing engagement of young voters and by numerous instances of collective violence. How will these developments impact Cambodian politics in the lead-up to the 2018 National Assembly election? ss='cambodia-color'>...

The prosecutor’s office at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court questioned vice-president of Candlelight Party (CP) son Chhay over his allegations made in a recent interview that the June 5 election “did not reflect the will of the people” and was marred by “threats, vote-buying and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 200 villagerS living in Kandal province&rSquo;S Kandal Stung diStrict and Takhmao town gathered at Kandal City Hall on TueSday demanding to know whether they would be joining the hundredS of otherS who are being diSplaced by the new Phnom Penh International Airport. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first leader of a Western democracy to congratulate Prime Minister Hun sen on his party’s landslide victory in the July 29 national elections, issuing a letter wishing him success over the course of his new term of office. Observers, ss='cambodia-color'>...