Cambodian migrant workers sent home $256 million last year, according to a report from a U.N. agency and the World Bank, which was released in Bangkok yesterday. The report from the bank and Rome-based International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), titled Sending Money Home to Asia, ...

The European Union’s ambassador to Cambodia raised issues of judicial reform, land reform and the upcoming national elections in a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday morning. The European Commission’s directorate-general for trade is currently reviewing a report by the U.N.’s human rights envoy ...

Kratie province – Cambodia’s transformation from war-torn basket-case to one of Asia’s most promising emerging economies is being overshadowed by a backwards lurch in human rights and land policies that critics say are entrenching poverty. Next week’s visit by Barack Obama, the fist by a U.S. ...

Six months after Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered a moratorium on the granting of economic land concessions (ELCs) and a legal review of the concessions that already exist, the Agriculture Ministry has yet to begin the review process due to rain, and the danger of ...

Siamese Rosewood, which is illegally logged and exported from Cambodia in large quantities, will be protected internally as a threatened species following a decision taken in Bangkok yesterday. A meeting of the 177 countries party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...

Ministry of Interior officials held a closed-door meeting Monday with NGO representatives to contest Cambodia’s recent downgrade on the U.S. State Department’s Global Trafficking in Persons Report, which the ministry will discuss in a meeting with the U.S. Em­bassy this week. The annual report, released last ...

Despite a moratorium on the granting of new economic land concessions (ELCs), the government has approved at least 32 ELCs since Prime Minister Hun Sen announced their suspension in May. According to sub-decrees dated from May onward and provided by local human rights group Adhoc, Mr. ...

U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi on Tuesday received a thorny reception from hundreds of students at a Phnom Penh university, who angrily questioned his impartiality and unfurled banners calling for him to end his work in Cambodia. Special rapporteur Subedi delivered a lecture to about ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on a directive last week to trans­fer 11 government bodies, previously overseen by Cabinet Minister Sok An, to relevant ministries and institutions, further cutting the expansive portfolio of the deputy prime minister in the wake of July’s national election. ...

​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​គ្រប់គ្រង​គ្រោះ​មហន្តរាយ​ (NCDM)​ បាន​រាយការណ៍​ថា​រហូត​មក​ដល់​ពេល​នេះ​មាន​ទឹកជំនន់​ដែល​បាន​សម្លាប់​មនុស្ស​ ៤០​ នាក់​។​ ...

The president of the Bar Association of Cambodia has hit back at the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), which called for assurances that the Bar Association’s newly launched Code of Ethics, which was unveiled on Friday, would allow Cambodian lawyers to freely express themselves without ...

មេ​​​ដឹក​​​នាំ​​​ក្រុម​​​ប្រឆាំង​មួយ​​​មាន​​​មូលដ្ឋាន​​​នៅ​​​សហរដ្ឋ​​​អាមេរិក​​​ដែល​​​ជួយ​​​ផ្តល់​​​ហិរញ្ញ​​​វត្ថុ​ ...

ប្រេសិត​​​សិទ្ធិ​​​មនុស្ស​​​អង្គការ​​​សហ​​​ប្រជា​​​ជាតិ​​​ប្រចាំ​​​ ប្រទេស​​​កម្ពុជា​​​នឹង​​​មក​​​ដល់​​​នៅថ្ងៃ​​​នេះ​​ ...

ក្រសួងសុខាភិបាលបាននិយាយកាលពីម្សិលមិញថាខ្លួនបានរកឃើញជាលើកដំបូងក្នុងរយៈពេលជិត ១០ ឆ្នាំនៃករណីស្លាប់ដែលបណ្តាលមកពីជំងឺផ្តាសាយបក្សី H5N1 ឬហៅថាជំងឺផ្តាសាយបក្សី។​ ...

យោង​​​តាម​​​អ្នក​​​ជំនាញ​​​ពិសេស​​​របស់​​​អង្គការ​​​សហប្រជា​​​ជាតិ​​​នៅអង្គ​​​ជំនុំ​​​ជម្រ​​​ះ​​​វិសាមញ្ញ​​​ក្នុង​​ ...

The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) issued a statement on Friday praising the U.N. General Assembly for not voting in favor of Cambodia during its bid for a non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. U.N. member states cast their votes on Thursday in ...

​សកម្មជន​ ​និង​ព្រះសង្ឃ​ជាង​៥០​អង្គ​នាក់​ដែល​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​បម្រាម​ថ្មី​ចំពោះ​សកម្មភាព​ប្រមូលផ្តុំ​ ​បាន​ជួបជុំ​គ្នា​នៅ​ខាងក្រៅ​ការិយាល័យ​អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ប្រចាំ​នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ​កាលពី​ព្រឹក​ម្សិលមិញ​ ​ដើម្បី​ទាមទារ​ឲ្យ​មានការ​ដោះ​លែង​បុរស ...

កាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៧ ខែកក្កដា លោក ហ៊ុន សែន នាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តីបានប្រកាសបរិច្ចាកម៉ាសធម្មតាចំនួន១លានម៉ាស់ ម៉ាស់ N95 ចំនួន ១០០,០០០ ម៉ាស់ ម៉ាស៊ីនផលិតអុកហ្ស៊ីហ្សែនចំនួន១០០គ្រឿង និងថវិការចំនួន២០០,០០០ ដុល្លារអាមេរិក។ ...

អង្គការសុខភាពពិភពលោក (WHO) បាននិយាយនៅក្នុងសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍មួយកាលពីល្ងាចថ្ងៃអាទិត្យថា ហានិភ័យចំពោះសាធារណជនទូទៅពីជំងឺគ្រុនផ្តាសាយបក្សី A (H5N1) នៅកម្ពុជា នៅតែមានកម្រិតទាប បើទោះបីជាករណីឆ្លងរបស់មនុស្សពីរនាក់ត្រូវបានរកឃើញនាពេលថ្មីៗនេះក៏ដោយ។ ...