Resources to feed and educate a child, access to shelter and a life free of abuse arc fundamental rights, yet each day millions of Cambodians struggle to meet their basic needs alone. With more than 30% of the population living below the national poverty line of ...

Police on Wednesday denied any responsibility for the shooting death of a street food vendor after they fired live rounds during clashes with garment factory workers in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Tuesday, with a government spokesman saying the security forces can use “any means” ...

Meat prices on Phnom Penh’s markets have seen large gains over the first half of the year, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce’s Trade Promotion Department. Local vendors say the price increase comes due to a decrease in imports, forcing purchases of domestically ...

កម្មការនីច្រើននៅតែទទួលបានប្រាក់កំរៃទាបជាងបុរសដែលជាអ្នករួមការងារនៅការដ្ឋានសំណង់ ខណៈដែលគ្រប់ហ៊ុនសាងសង់នានាឱ្យតម្លៃកម្មករសំណង់បុរសជាអ្នកមានជំនាញជាងកម្មករស្ត្រី នេះបើយោងតាមរបាយការណ៍មួយដែលចេញដោយ CARE Cambodia កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ។ ការស្រាវជ្រាវរបស់ CARE បានគូសបង្ហាញពីរូបភាពដែលមានអត្ថន័យទូលំទូលាយមួយស្តីពីស្ថានភាពស្ត្រីកំពុងធ្វើការងារនៅក្នុងវិស័យសំណង់ – ដែលត្រូវបានប៉ាន់ប្រមាណថា កើនដល់ទៅ ៣០ ភាគរយនៃកម្លាំងពលកម្មសរុប។ វារួមបញ្ជូលទាំងការផ្តោតសំខាន់ទៅលើការបែងចែកភេទ ដែលមាននៅក្នុងវិស័យនេះ និងរបៀបដែលវាជះឥទ្ធិពលទៅលើការចំនាយរបស់ស្រ្តី លក្ខខណ្ឌរស់នៅ និងសុវត្ថិភាពជារួម។ ...

រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍ជនបទ​ លោក​អ៊ុ​ក​រ៉ា​ប៊ុ​ន​ បាន​អះអាង​ថា​ប្រជាជន​នៅ​តាម​ជនបទ​ទាំងអស់​នឹង​មានទឹក​ស្អាត​ និង​ប្រព័ន្ធ​គ្រប់គ្រង​ទឹក​កង្វក់​នៅ​ក្នុង​រយៈពេល​ ៧​ ឆ្នាំ​ទៀត​។​​លោក​រ៉ា​ប៊ុ​ន​បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា​ “​នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​ ២០២៥ ប្រជាជន​នៅ ...

Two studies have found that development on Bokor Mountain in Kampot province is threatening some of the area’s plant and animal species. The Sokimex Group has been granted development rights for the entire mountain and in May, the first of three hotels to be built ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet yesterday said it would take no action on a request from about 100 villagers living inside a social land concession in Preah Vihear province seeking a resolution to an ongoing dispute over 5,000 hectares of land. Since 2007, villagers have protested ...

About 50 families living on the site of the long-discussed Preah Vihear airport went to the provincial hall yesterday to request that local officials reconsider their earlier decision to refuse them land titles on the grounds that the airstrip would soon be rebuilt. Villagers attended ...

Many expats living in Siem Reap have found themselves on the eternal quest for a comfortable sofa. A big, squishy sofa like the one at home, that allows a body to really stretch out on. A Khmer settee – wooden, bench-like and unforgiving – just ...

Ethnic Bunong villagers living in Mondolkiri province’s Pech Chreada district have sent a petition to the Ministry of Land Management, urging the government to refrain from issuing them private land titles, local officials said yesterday. This way they may instead to eligible for a communal title ...

Some of the 200 families evicted from a village in Mondolkiri province’s Koh Nhek district last week said yesterday that they were taking up temporary residence in nearby villages and forests because they could not afford to go home, or had no land to return ...

The custodians of a community forest in Ratanakkiri have accused a company of illegally bulldozing their protected jungle. Sen Youn, a representative of the Jarai ethnic minority in O’Yadav district’s Lumchor commune, said yesterday an investigation with rights groups had uncovered that the Chea Chanrith Development ...

More than 60 families living in Preah Vihear province filed a complaint with rights group Ahdoc yesterday after officials announced that their land had been set aside for a new airport and would not be measured for private land titles, local officials said. Adhoc Preah ...

In his first public speech following this week’s ASEAN summit, Prime Minister Hun Sen offered lavish praise for China’s financial largesse and congratulations for its newly appointed Communist Party heads. Speaking to thousands of villagers during a ceremony to inaugurate National Road 8 in Prey ...

They’re known as the BK13 and they’re not prepared to let greedy developers take the very, very little they have. They’re 13 women – mothers, grandmothers – who live around what used to be Boeung Kak Lake – not far from the centre of Cambodia’s ...

The Lucky Supermarket Group opened its seventh outlet in Cambodia on the ground floor of the Rose City building on Norodom Boulevard yesterday, with company representatives saying it believed it would attract more foreign customers. Richard Seah, CEO of DFI Lucky Private Limited, said the new ...

Human rights workers and other civil society groups on Wednesday urged the competing political parties for July’s election to address the ongoing land crises and illegal deforestation that are hurting indigenous populations. About 100 people from various ethnic minority groups from five provinces attended a forum ...

ពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​រាប់រយ​នាក់​ដែល​រស់នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កូរ៉េ​ខាងត្បូង​ ​បាន​ធ្វើការ​តវ៉ា​នៅ​មុខ​សាលាក្រុង​សេ​អ៊ូ​ល​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ ​ដោយ​ទាមទារ​រក​យុត្តិធម៌​ឲ្យ​កម្មករ​កាត់ដេរ​ចំនួន​ប្រាំ​នាក់​ ​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​សម្លាប់​ក្នុង​ការ​ប៉ះទង្គិច​គ្នា​ជាមួយ​នគរបាល​កាលពី ...

The death toll from recent flooding continued to rise yesterday, with meteorology officials voicing concerns that floods in some parts of the country could rival the catastrophic ones of 1996, which claimed almost 170 lives and affected more than a million Cambodians nationwide. At least 25 ...

Scores of people in Preah Sihanouk province’s Kompong Seila district have asked the provincial court to delay proceedings in a case filed against them by three local businesspeople in September. The 88 people received summonses in September, but yesterday asked the court to postpone a hearing ...