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'>...

Cambodia will be conducting its third comprehensive and inclusive population census in March 2018. For any country, the population census is the first source of information that provides facts about the size of the population, the different age groups, the geographic distribution, the ethnical minorities lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey 2014 has revealed the balanced sex ratio in the country, according to the state news agency-AKP. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The mob that beat up two Cambodian opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly building in Phnom Penh early this week included about 200 young men from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s corps of bodyguards who were driven in trucks to the protest and later boasted about lass='cambodia-color'>...

Three men have turned themselves into Cambodian police, claiming they were involved in the beatings of two opposition lawmakers last week.The Ministry of Interior announced late Tuesday Chay Sarith, Mao Hoeurn, and Suth Vanny had turned themselves in earlier in the day. But little more lass='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 120 workers at a Kandal province toy factory fainted yesterday morning, with officials citing a nearby farmer spraying his fields with pesticide as the cause.​ lass='cambodia-color'>...

Election watchdog Comfrel criticised National Assembly President Heng Samrin for a lack of commitment to creating a quota for female parliamentarians in a report presented yesterday. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Pailin province’s first thunderstorm of 2016 claimed a victim on Friday afternoon when two farmers were struck by lightning while returning home from their fields. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The labor minister has ordered workers’ identities to be re-registered with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), according to a statement released yesterday and signed by Ith Samheng, the Minister for labor. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam will host its seventh annual trade fair in Cambodia during the second week of October of this year, the Department of Economics in the Vietnam Ministry of National Defense (MOD) announced in Ho Chi Minh City last week.   lass='cambodia-color'>...

Fifty Dangkor district security guards removed their uniforms in front of the district hall yesterday morning in protest for better pay and conditions.   lass='cambodia-color'>...

Prakas on salary contribution rate and regulatory of the contribution toward employment healthcare of all eligible persons under the regulatory of labor law. This prakas identifies the salary contribution rate on healthcare, work-related injury/accident, spouse of the employee,  spouse and dependents of passed employee and lass='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. is continuing to urge the government to change and clarify key parts of a controversial trade union law that took effect in April, including an amendment to cover civil servants, the U.S.’s international labor affairs representative said on Tuesday. lass='cambodia-color'>...