Land Management Ministry officials met with a consortium of NGOs at their main office in Phnom Penh on Monday to discuss 11 of the country’s largest land disputes, despite decisions on resolving such matters normally being made at a sub-national level, a land rights advocate ss='cambodia-color'>...

The capital’s state-owned water utilities firm Phnom Penh Water supply Authority (PPWsA) reported strong earnings in the first quarter of 2017, according to a filing to the Cambodian stock exchange (CsX) yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A CNRP television spot featuring former party president sam Rainsy may have been rejected on Monday, but the country’s main opposition has found other ways to promote the exiled leader in its campaigning ahead of the June 4 commune elections.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Controversial amendments to the Law on Political Parties have steamrolled through the legislative process and are likely to be signed into law this week, kicking up a chorus of concerns from the opposition, civil society and international rights groups. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of human rightS in Cambodia will pay her fourth viSit to the country from AuguSt 8 to 18 to examine children&rSquo;S rightS, among other iSSueS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday took a swipe at a recent democracy report that labelled his regime “authoritarian”, before declaring no one is capable of “toppling Hun sen besides Hun sen”. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly will conduct a session on Friday to announce the new parliamentary representative for Takeo province, replacing Deputy Prime Minister sok An who died last month.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Facebook has long been the key battleground in Cambodian politics, with parties wrestling for the ear of a young and increasingly connected electorate. But recent analytics show a particularly political brand of social media addiction in the Kingdom, even by regional standards, pushing the stakes ss='cambodia-color'>...

Axiata Group sold a 10 percent stake of its Cambodian subsidiary smart Axiata to Japanese group Mitsui Co Ltd to form a strategic partnership and further the firm’s activity in the Kingdom, according to a company release on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Amnesty International today accused the ruling CPP of using its grip on the judiciary to systematically harass and intimidate civil society and urged the government to drop cases against opposition activists and human rights defenders. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry plans to monitor the Facebook page of former opposition president sam Rainsy for violations of newly passed amendments to the Law on Political Parties, which will also force the CNRP to spend upwards of half a million dollars to erase his image ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will open a museum on finance and monetary matters in January 2018, a representative of the central bank has announced. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s former opposition leader sam Rainsy’s reverence for political change is exceeded only by his reverence for himself as the instigator of it. That may be why, this weekend in the United states, he launched the Cambodia National Rescue Movement (CNRM), a new body that is ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Vietnam signed an agreement earlier this month to greatly expand Cambodia’s cashew exports by 2028, but the proposed export level would require several hundred thousand hectares of additional land and there is no concrete plan yet to meet the target. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior government figureS yeSterday noted major flawS in an ongoing drug crackdown, among them a lack of rehabilitation for incarcerated uSerS, during a day-long review of the campaign yeSterday. The government alSo propoSed eStabliShing five ill-defined “white villageS” &ndaSh; or drug-free locationS &ndaSh; on the SS='cambodia-color'>...

About 300 people from 11 provinces gathered at Prime Minister Hun sen’s cabinet near Wat Botum pagoda yesterday to ask for help in their ongoing dispute with Empire Big Capital Limited, an investment company that cheated thousands of victims out of nearly $60 million. In May ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia currently faces significant foreign policy challenges amid great power rivalry in the Asia-Pacific. Against the backdrop of Us President Donald Trump’s uncertain and unpredictable foreign policy in the region, China’s economic, military, and strategic influence over Cambodia continues to grow. China is now Cambodia’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities in Tbong Khmum province seized two trucks that were about to break the government’s ban on timber exports to Vietnam by carting wood across the border for a company owned by business mogul Kith Meng. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s national debt stood at $5.8 billion at the end of 2016, totalling nearly a third of GDP, according to the latest debt bulletin released by the Ministry and Economy and Finance earlier this month. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat was yesterday named the world’s number one landmark in TripAdvisor’s 2017 Traveller’s Choice awards. The World Heritage site beat competition from the likes of India’s Taj Mahal, Peru’s Machu Picchu, and st Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City to take the top spot. ss='cambodia-color'>...