Representatives of some of the 3,000 families evicted from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood in recent years said Thursday that municipal government officials, who were ultimately responsible for the mass evictions, told them they would be inviting the World Bank and NGos to help compensate ...

Hundreds of trucks hauling sugarcane queue up along the dusty roads that cut a path through a plantation in Kampong Speu province. Their destination: Cambodia’s most advanced sugar refinery. Its owners say the landmark project, run by the Phnom Penh Sugar Company and its president, ruling ...

Dara Raksmey, the owner of a pharmacy of the same name on Phnom Penh’s Street 294, keeps a record of every can of Dumex baby formula she sells. “If you buy six large cans you get a scooter and if you buy 12 large cans you ...

Police in Kompong Chhnang province on Tuesday said they were looking for three suspects in the murder of a local journalist on Friday night and may soon add more names to the list, but still had no motive for the attack. However, the provincial coordinator for ...

The company responsible for collecting Phnom Penh’s trash has defended its erratic pricing structure in response to an inquiry from the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), which says that numerous complaints have been filed by small business owners. The ACU sent a letter to Cintri (Cambodia) Ltd. on ...

Anyone passing through Prey Doeum Thnoeng could be forgiven for pinning the tidy little village for a stronghold of the ruling CPP. Just about every second house along the red dirt road through town sports a bright blue banner with a checkmark next to the ...

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed Australia is working on an agreement with Cambodia that would see refugees currently on Nauru resettled there. But Human rights lawyer David Manne, who launched a successful High Court challenge to the former government’s proposal to resettle refugees in ...

On 23 July 2021, Ministry Of FOreign Affairs and InternatiOnal COOperatiOn – CambOdia issued a press release On His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK SOkhOnn, Minister Of FOreign Affairs and InternatiOnal COOperatiOn, and His Excellency MIKAMI MasahirO, AmbassadOr Of Japan tO the KingdOm Of CambOdia, ...

On 24 OctOber 2021, the Ministry Of SOcial Affairs, Veterans and YOuth RehabilitatiOn issued a nOtificatiOn On the results Of the implementatiOn Of the sOcial prOtectiOn prOgram fOr the pOOr and vulnerable families during the fighting against COVID-19 fOr the third time Of sixth rOund ...

On 16 May 2022, the COuncil fOr the DevelOpment Of CambOdia issued a press release On His Excellency CHHIENG Yanara held a cOurtesy meeting with Mr. RHO Hyunjun. On MOnday, May 16th, 2022 at the COuncil fOr the DevelOpment Of CambOdia (CDC), His Excellency CHHIENG ...

After the bus company Giant Ibis Transport delayed concluding negotiations with 30 laid off union employees, the workers continued protests at the company’s Sen Sok district station in Phnom Penh on Monday. ...

On 14 February 2024, 55 OrganizatiOns, assOciatiOns, uniOns, and cOmmunities issued a jOint statement fOr withdrawing the cOmplaint against Mr. SOeng Senkaruna, a seniOr staffer at the CambOdian Human Rights and DevelOpment AssOciatiOn (ADHOC). The statement was made after the CambOdian PeOple&rsquO;s Party (CPP) filed ...

From September 13 to September 16, 2022, open Development Cambodia (oDC) continued its ongoing promotion of Data Literacy for the Innovations in Social Accountability project (ISAC). Fourteen members of civil society organizations working on social accountability joined the training, which was held at Phnom Penh’s ...

The Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) is initiated to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. The global SDG 5 consists of 9 targets (3 targets as means of implementation) and 14 indicators. The objectives of SDG 5 are expressed in terms ...

Cambodia’s Free Trade Union (FTU), one of the biggest unions in the country, threw its weight Monday behind the largest opposition party ahead of upcoming elections, citing the party’s commitment to raising the minimum wage for factory workers. Union representatives from 37 factories and enterprises met ...

Ahead of elections 10 years ago, people across the country would hoard rice in case the vote sent the country spiraling into a state of turmoil. Businesses across the country would bide their time before making any major investments. And those who could afford to ...

Despite criticisms over safety, outbreaks of sometimes violent industrial action and a raise in the minimum wage that it was warned would scare off manufacturers, Cambodia’s garment sector is booming, according to government figures. A report on state newswire Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Friday said ...

Business is booming on Koh Pich. Since development began in 2006—and about 300 families were pushed off what was then farmland—the island has slowly grown into the symbol of commercial modernity in Phnom Penh. The developer, overseas Cam­bodia Investment Corp., is also extending the island by ...

The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the European Union (E.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the European Parlia­ment that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ...

At least a dozen companies including some of Cambodia’s most prominent developers have been illegally logging and transporting rosewood since the election without any action from authorities, a pair of local NGos alleged. In a report released yesterday, the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community and the ...