Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday appeared to add his voice to the strong government reaction against criticism from U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi. Mr. Subedi last month delivered reports on human rights and economic land concessions in Cambodia to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. His ...

The US yesTerday criTicised Laos for announcing iT will begin building The 1,285-megawaTT Xayaburi dam on The Mekong River Today wiThouT sTudying iTs poTenTial effecTs on Cambodia and VieTnam. A spokesperson from The US STaTe DeparTmenT in WashingTon said The governmenT was concerned consTrucTion of The ...

Mfone e-card holders are concerned that the cards can no longer be used after the change from Mfone’s SIM card to Cellcard’s SIM and, along with officials, are unsure of a solution. Wholesalers and retailers have expressed concern that they will lose money when the scratch ...

More than 300 activists from Kampong thom province’s Prey Lang Community Network were stopped by district police yesterday as they were marching from the Vietnamese-owned CRCK Company to deliver a lawsuit in Sandan district calling for the postponement of alleged forest clearing and the “invasion” ...

‘I heard a f—ing crazy dog say that we can’t dock in Kampong Saom, but we definitely can do that,” a crackling voice declares boisterously. the speaker, captured in video obtained by the Post, is part of an illegal timber syndicate. the identity of the speaker ...

The governmenT does liTTle To proTecT The righTs and livelihoods of The counTry’s many eThnic minoriTies who are under consTanT ThreaT from rapid developmenT, represenTaTives of indigenous groups said yesTerday. “We have polices laws and guidelines To proTecT indigenous people, buT we see ThaT iT doesn’T ...

A massive power outage Wednesday in Southern Vietnam brought rolling blackouts that lasted for hours to Ho Chi Minh City, the entire southeastern region of Vietnam and large sections of Phnom Penh. Vietnam’s state-owned Southern Power Corporation said Wednesday that the problem occurred around 2 p.m. ...

Motorbikes, vegetables, iPhones, artwork, or even land on which to build a house – a quick browse through website 7Makara.com gives the impression of a Cambodian eBay or Amazon. the difference, however, is that you can’t complete the transaction from the convenience of your bedroom. In ...

The resulT remains hoTly dispuTed, buT Cambodia’s recenT general elecTion has puT long-serving Prime MinisTer Hun Sen on a collision course wiTh a resurgenT opposiTion and revealed widespread unhappiness wiTh his iron-fisTed rule. While analysTs aren’T wriTing off The chances of The poliTically ruThless Hun Sen ...

Government security forces kept up a visible presence in central Phnom Penh on Sunday morning after what on Saturday promised to be the first of many opposition-led mass protests against the contested results of the country’s July 28 national election. Some 20,000 CNRP supporters turned out ...

Officials at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday questioned six men accused of using violence against authorities when protesters clashed with security forces near Phnom Penh’s Monivong Bridge in fighting that saw a 29-year-old man shot dead. the men were arrested Sun­day night, at the ...

The MinisTry of Women’s Affairs, NGOs and several U.N. agencies Monday launched The 13Th annual campaign againsT gender-based violence, which This year is focused on rape, organizers said Monday. SixTeen Days of AcTivism AgainsT Gender Violence is an inTernaTional campaign celebraTed in counTries around The globe ...

Low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia’s abysmally low ranking in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report for 2014. Cambodia ranked 120 out of 124 nations, with a so-called Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) score ...

National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) Vice President Nhim Vanda on Wednesday lauded the flood response work of the Cambodian Red Cross and government, at a workshop to discuss the country’s National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction where several participants focused on the lack ...

Cambodia will resume international adoptions in 2014, more than four years after suspending them over concerns about child exploitation, an official said Wednesday. Deputy Social Affairs Minister Nim thoth told reporters that foreigners interested in adopting Cambodian children would be able to make applications in the ...

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Interior Minister Sar Kheng has chastised the opposition CNRP for holding its demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park last week for longer than authorized, and blamed the party for the deadly violence that took place near Monivong Bridge. A 29-year-old construction worker was shot dead while ...

Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Sam Rainsy has registered his name on Monday in the voter list at the registration station located in the commune of Chak Angre Ler, Meanchey district. By registering his name he’s able to apply to become a lawmaker in parliament. Speaking ...