Khmer translated by ODC

Prime Minister Hun Sen said the government will move forward in adopting the Trade Union Law despite the absence of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Friday urged Cambodians living in South Korea to attend CNRP events being held in Seoul this weekend, despite a warning from the Cambodian ambassador on Thurs­­day that people should stay away. ...

The World Bank could approve its first internally funded project in Cambodia in March, according to recently released reports, a move that would effectively end the freeze on new lending the Bank imposed on Cambodia over four years ago. ...

The Interior Ministry on Friday released a letter that it sent to Mondolkiri provincial governor Eng Bunheang asking him to respond to a petition—filed last month and thumbprinted by 900 members of 17 ethnic minority Bunong communities—requesting his removal. ...

Three Vietnamese tourists were briefly detained on Saturday for flying a drone over the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, a week after a Hong Kong national was similarly arrested and released without charge for the same offense. ...

Cambodia has issued a pamphlet to local authorities asking them to ban the practice of renting land to people from neighboring countries. From governors to district chiefs, officials were told to focus especially on Cambodians renting their land along the border to Vietnamese farmers. ...

Police in Tbong Khmum province on Friday shot one man dead and injured another—both suspects in a string of robberies—during a thwarted gun sale, an officer said. ...

Investigators from South Korea’s state-run deposit insurer have announced their largest overseas illegal assets haul ever after they tracked down and recovered large land holdings owned by a Korean fraudster near Phnom Penh.The haul, worth some $8 million, sheds light on the use of the ...

Bangladesh ranked 125th out of 132 countries on the Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI) for 2016, five places up from last year. However, there is a great internal variance within the region: Australia’s Attitude score stands at 75.2, whereas Cambodia’s 10.6, which is the lowest in ...

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which will become a reality at the end of this year, would boost the ten- nation bloc’s influence and prestige in the global stage, according to Cambodian scholars here. ...

Phnom Penh continues to flood during heavy rains, despite efforts by the city to renovate the sewage system.Cambodia remains increasingly vulnerable to rains that could grow heavier in a changing climate. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday strongly condemned a series of terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday that killed at least 127 people and extended his deepest sympathy to the bereaved families. ...

The Council of Ministers on Friday green-lighted a contentious law that labor leaders say will make it hard to form unions and collectively bargain.The draft law will now be debated in the National Assembly, where the ruling Cambodian People’s Party has a majority and will ...

An international rights group Saturday called the warrant for the arrest of Cambodia’s opposition leader in a years-old defamation case “politically motivated”, saying it should be dropped immediately. ...

Farmers in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam have called for a halt to the construction of hydroelectricity projects along the upstream of the Mekong River citing negative impact to the environment and on their livelihoods.Farmers in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam have called for a halt to ...

Hear The World Foundation, which is an initiative of the Switzerland-based Sonova Group, on Friday donated 150 sets of hearing aids to a Cambodian charitable organization in order to help children with hearing loss. Sarah said the value of the 150 hearing aids, hearing aid ...

Borei Keila residents reacted with outrage yesterday when City Hall announced only 34 of 154 displaced families will get on-site housing in the community, following a reassessment of the land dispute victims’ claims. ...

Fifty-five garment workers from three factories were injured in a traffic accident on Thursday eve­ning when a truck carrying them home from work ran off a highway in Kompong Chhnang prov­ince, officials said. ...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen reconfirmed here yesterday afternoon the dates for the next commune/Sangkat council election and national election, the State News Agency-AKP report. ...

A Cambodian court on Friday ordered the arrest of an opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, in connection with a seven-year-old defamation case, and his party accused Prime Minister Hun Sen of being behind the move to gain the upper hand in their political fight. ...

Ten people, including a soldier, have been arrested over the murders of a forest ranger and a policeman who were investigating illegal logging in Cambodia, officials said on Friday. In the last few decades a surge in illegal logging has contributed to a sharp drop ...

One of the country’s fastest-growing developers, Orkidé Villa, is making a move for a share of the premium condominium market with a $350 million condo and mall project that will cover a 36-hectare area of Sen Sok district adjacent Street 2004, it announced this ...

A new law protecting investment from Russia and Belarus will help Cambodia diversify its export markets as well as encourage more investments from Russia and Eastern Europe, Senate spokesman Mam Bun Neang said yesterday. ...

NagaCorp, the Hong Kong stock exchange-listed parent company of NagaWorld, is not bidding for a South Korean casino permit, the company said in a filing to the exchange. ...