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Five jailed activists from the environmental group Mother Nature appeared at the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking provisional release nearly a year after they were sentenced to six to eight years in prison for plotting against the government and insulting the king – charges widely ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday ordered the seizure of opposition advisor and labor activist Rong Chhun’s assets, including his home, over a contested $100,000 fine linked to a 2021 incitement conviction widely criticized by rights groups. ...

 Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra strengthened 75 years of diplomatic ties, signing seven cooperation deals on labor, infrastructure, and border development, while also addressing issues like online scams, migrant workers, and security. ...

Cambodia has been hit with a steep tariff of more than 3,500% on its solar cell exports to the U.S. – the highest among Southeast Asian countries – after producers and the government failed to cooperate with a year-long U.S. trade probe now nearing its ...

Families of Cambodian migrant workers, believed to be trapped under the rubble of a 30-storey State Audit Office building in Bangkok, following a strong earthquake in Myanmar, still await compensation from Thai authorities. ...

After Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour in Phnom Penh with 37 new agreements signed, Prime Minister Hun Manet stressed that Cambodia is not taking sides in the ongoing U.S.-China rivalry. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour on Friday with 37 new agreements inked in Phnom Penh. ...

A translator who said she was brutally abused inside a building in the emerging scam compound city of Sampov Poun is demanding justice, accusing police of delaying action. Kandal provincial police met with her on Monday, following her appearance on a local media outlet. ...

Exiled-Cambodian dissident Sam Serey has been pardoned after declaring the dissolution of his decade-old organization, Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), labeled a “terrorist group” with an alleged aim of “bringing down the government”. ...

As of 2024, approximately 5.04 million Cambodians owed financial institutions, according to a report from the Credit Bureau of Cambodia (CBC). ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs, hitting Cambodia with a 49% rate set to take effect April 9. The news broke on Thursday morning in Phnom Penh, sending officials and industry leaders scrambling to make sense of the tariffs. ...

Cambodian authorities raided an online scam center in Phnom Penh on March 31, detaining 186 foreigners accused of running internet fraud schemes, the Cambodia-China Times reported. ...

Sea Sambath and Soun Sao, former residents of Boeung Tamok, are faced with the threat of arrest if they fail to pay a fine of one million riel by April 22​ after their case was dismissed by the Supreme Court last year. ...

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in central Myanmar triggered precautionary evacuations in Phnom Penh on Friday, though no damage or tremors were reported in the capital. ...

During a ceremony to promote military leaders, Senate President and former Prime Minister Hun Sen called for sweeping reforms to Cambodia’s Senate, saying it should mirror the larger National Assembly, which has broader provincial representation. ...

Independent radio stations, Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), have been suspended unexpectedly, raising concern among advocates of press freedom, unionists, and civil society in Cambodia. ...

The European Union (EU) is investing nearly $87 million to modernize Cambodia’s agricultural sector and improve farmers’ access to domestic and international markets. ...

Hope turned to shock and despair as a leaked document detailed the US government’s permanent cancellation of funding for 30 USAID programs in Cambodia, dashing expectations that the Trump administration might reconsider its January foreign aid freeze. ...

Rong Chhun, advisor to Nation Power Party, who maintains his stance on human rights, says paying 400 million riel or about $100,000, in damages to the Border Affairs Committee is a huge burden for him, requesting that he be allowed to pay in stages. ...

 As the world embraces digital transformation, young women in Cambodia are proving that technology is not just a man’s world. ...

Some 50 villagers from Prek Takong 1 gathered again at the Ministry of Interior on Monday to follow up their petition filed last month to demand the removal of their village chief who has ignored drug and online gambling issues in the village. The residents ...

Indigenous community members in Preah Vihear province sought intervention for their communal land, which has been allegedly cleared by a company said to belong to a senior provincial official — a claim that has been denied by another official on the basis that it involves ...

Thailand is looking at the feasibility of building a wall along its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings while Cambodia has yet to receive any information. ...

Sitting beside her recently jailed husband and their seven-year-old son in their stilt house near Koh Kong’s protected forests, Chey Nov fought back tears. ...