Kou Chansina, chairman of the National Committee for Drug Control of laos, and Kao Khondara, vice chairman of Cambodia’s National Committee for Drug Control, attended the conference. Today, senior officials from the three countries will sign a joint statement on anti-crime, which will focus on lass='cambodia-color'>...

The head of the government’s National Malaria Center said on Tuesday that mefloquine-based malaria drugs began arriving in western Cambodia earlier this month, two years after local and international health experts agreed they were needed to combat the parasite’s growing resistance to other medicines. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Facing threats of retaliation if Prime Minister Hun Sen is met by protests during his first official visit to the U.S. next week, the opposition CNRP said on Monday that it would seek a meeting with government officials this week over security concerns. lass='cambodia-color'>...

An ad hoc task force set up by Prime Minister Hun Sun last month to go after illegal timber stocks in eastern Cambodia has started sending cases to the pro­vincial courts for prosecution, Na­tional Police spokesman Eng Hy said on Monday. lass='cambodia-color'>...

An opposition official in Kampot was arrested yesterday evening over his involvement in collecting thumbprints for a Royal petition calling for the release of detained human rights officials and politicians in the Kingdom. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Late Last year, in one of his provocative Facebook posts from abroad, opposition Leader Sam Rainsy faLseLy accused Heng Samrin’s 1980s regime of sentencing King Norodom Sihanouk to death. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...

Key members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party met Monday to prepare a strategy for ongoing political strife with the ruling party, over border demarcation and alleged Vietnamese encroachment into Cambodian territory. lass='cambodia-color'>...

A survey of foreign direct investment by the National Bank of Cambodia due to be completed at the end of this month will help fill data gaps in the construction industry and could lead to new regulations in the property market that will pave the lass='cambodia-color'>...

A girl has died and thousand hectares of agricultural plantation have been flooded by flashflood in two separate districts in Battambang province, said Keo Vy, spokesman for the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management said today.   lass='cambodia-color'>...

From a simple stall on a street corner in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district, Khuon Andy sells SIM cards, between 40 and 60 per month. Half of his customers provide identification to make their purchase, and half of them do not. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s central bank will temporarily suspend its eight-month campaign to bring informal moneylenders into its fold as it lacks the resources to review the mountain of registration applications it has received and needs time to tweak the licensing requirements, a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) lass='cambodia-color'>...

The government yesterday announced that it has extended deadlines for all Montagnard refugees and unregistered asylum seekers to leave Cambodia. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia needs a genuine “culture of dialogue” between its political parties to avert a descent into crisis, Monovithya Kem, the daughter of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha and a spokeswoman for the country’s opposition party, told The Diplomat Tuesday in an exclusive interview in Washington lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is ranked one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. Many of its people rely on agriculture, and the changes to the country’s climate, whether more droughts or more floods, makes them particularly vulnerable. lass='cambodia-color'>...

An Australian fugitive wanted by Thai authorities for the murder of a former Hells Angels member was arrested in Phnom Penh on Thurs­day and is being held by immigration police, officials said Friday. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Lawmakers for the opposition Cambodia NationaL Rescue Party (CNRP) attended a pLenary session at the NationaL AssembLy Wednesday, ending a parLiamentary boycott that has Lasted for weeks. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...

Land prices in Krang Thnong commune, in Takeo’s Bati district near NationaL Road 2, have recentLy muLtipLied by up to ten times compared to five years ago after two garment factories started being constructed in the ruraL community this year, LocaLs cLaim.MeanwhiLe, the area might Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...

About 2,800 supporters attended the first congress of Nhek Bun Chhay’s Khmer National United Party (KNUP) in Phnom Penh yesterday, a party spokesperson said, weeks after splitting from the Prince Norodom Ranariddh-controlled Funcinpec party. lass='cambodia-color'>...

With members still languishing in jail and under fresh attack via a now two-week-old infidelity scandal, the Cambodia National Rescue Party emerged from a two-day meeting in Manila yesterday to announce it will not be hitting back, instead opting to focus on  the upcoming elections. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) marked the 36th anniversary of its reintroduction of the national currency on Sunday, using the event to continue its calls to boost use of the riel in a highly dollarized economy. lass='cambodia-color'>...