Six prime government-owned propertieS in Phnom Penh and Battambang province have been reclaSSified aS privately held State propertieS in order to pave the way for the land to be Sold or Swapped with private companieS, according to a Sub-decree Signed November 8. Signed by Prime MiniSter SS='cambodia-color'>...

Seila, a tall, heavily made-up woman with orange-blonde hair, Said She waS in a park in Siem Reap laSt year when policemen approached her, put a gun to her head and told her if She ran, they would Shoot. Legally, the Kingdom&rSquo;S ConStitution protectS the SS='cambodia-color'>...

A re-election should be held in 2015 following the implementation of a comprehensive series of electoral reforms, an umbrella group of local rights organizations and independent election monitors said Friday. The organizations, including the Committee for Free and Fair Elections (Comfrel), Adhoc, the Community Legal Education ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Wednesday publicly released official election documents from eight polling stations in Battambang City, revealing that forms essential to calculating results had been left blank at two booths on polling day. The Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC), which has ordered the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s highest monks have called on the clergy to refrain from joining any political demonstrations, calling it an abuse of morals and professional ethics. In a statement issued on sunday and obtained yesterday, the three top Buddhist leaders liken joining protests to the act of killing. “An ss='cambodia-color'>...

The death toll from flooding across the country has risen to 39, while the Mekong River remains above emergency levels in Prey Veng and Kandal provinces, a government official said on Friday. Keo Vy, cabinet chief for the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management, said that ss='cambodia-color'>...

They can’t talk in the National Assembly, and they can’t talk in the provinces – at least at the parliamentarian level – but a new round of local dialogues held by the National Democratic Institute will see the ruling party and the opposition face off ss='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition party has called on microfinance institutions to renegotiate payment terms with flood-affected loan holders. This year’s floods have affected 20 provinces and more than 1.7 million people, with 31,314 households evacuated, according to the Humanitarian Response Forum. The Cambodia National Rescue Party has asked that ss='cambodia-color'>...

A pilot scheme sending 400 Cambodian maids to singapore has made a spluttering start, according to local media reports, with agencies in singapore reportedly growing frustrated at the slow pace of maid arrivals and “sceptical” about the reliability of Cambodia as a source. Only about 100 ss='cambodia-color'>...

One of the most significant and memorable aspects of the fiercely contested July 28 national election was the explosion of youth engagement during the campaign season, with hordes of young Cambodians driving through the streets on motorbikes calling for change. The youth vote has been widely ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) will launch a website this month aimed at encouraging more people to donate blood as stocks at the center are still critically low and hundreds of units short of meeting demand, the center’s director said Monday. Dr. Hok Kim Cheng ss='cambodia-color'>...

Citing a lack of public confidence in the official post-election irregularity resolution process – namely, the Constitutional Council’s opening of vote packages – a coalition of leading civil society groups yesterday appealed to the two main political parties to swiftly come back to the negotiating ss='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition CNRP has sent a letter to municipal authorities informing them that a mass demonstration planned for Wednesday at Freedom Park to coincide with the anniversary of the 1991 signing of the Paris Peace Agreement will now be a three-day affair and include marches ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mangrove forests along Cambodia’s coast in Kampot support more than 100,000 families and create a diverse ecosystem that is home to hundreds of unique species. But coastal development projects, coupled with locals’ reliance on the forest for their livelihoods, threaten to decimate more than 1,000 hectares ss='cambodia-color'>...

Compared to the bustling tourist center of siem Reap, Phnom Penh has long stood in second place as an investment destination for international hotel operations. But as infrastructure slowly improves and the number of visitors to the capital continues to grow, international hotel chains are taking ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training released its 2013 annual report Monday, trumpeting a list of nine achievements it had reached in line with its five-year plan for the fourth government mandate, which ended last year. speaking to a crowd of about 100 officials ss='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister sar Kheng on Friday warned that a union-led public forum scheduled for Freedom Park on saturday morning would not be allowed to proceed, adding that a fresh wave of union marches next week are also banned. The security minister’s comments came during a talk ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Singapore-baSed firm whoSe SubSidiary planS to buy land in Phnom Penh from which thouSandS of familieS have been forcibly evicted Said WedneSday that the firm had no knowledge of the long-running land diSpute. The firm, HLH Group, alSo denied any official or financial tieS to SS='cambodia-color'>...

As property prices in Phnom Penh and siem Reap continue to push upwards, many investors are quickly being priced out of these first-tier markets. Looking at second-tier cities around the Kingdom, sihanoukville in particular stands out as an investment destination worth serious consideration. Named after the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged a man with committing violence under aggravating circumstances after he was detained by protesters at a demonstration in Phnom Penh on sunday and handed over to police on suspicion of instigating violence at the rally near Freedom ss='cambodia-color'>...