Three families involved in a land dispute with a private company filed a complaint Monday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court accusing the company’s owner, businessman Khun sear, of waging an ongoing campaign of intimidation as he tries to force the families from their homes ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TuberculoSiS and Malaria on ThurSday denied reportS that itS SuSpenSion of all contractS with two major moSquito net SupplierS found to have bribed Cambodian officialS would cauSe a Shortage in the worldwide Supply of the critical malaria deterrent, but SS='cambodia-color'>...

Unemployment rate in Cambodia stood at 2.7 percent in equivalent to 202,300 persons aged 15 or older in 2012, according to the first-ever Cambodia Labor Force survey Report released on Thursday. Conducted by the National Institute of statistics and the International Labor Organization (ILO), the survey ss='cambodia-color'>...

In areas where electoral irregularities were the most pronounced during July’s national election, the ruling CPP saw a significant increase in its share of votes compared to that of the opposition CNRP, according to a report compiled by a coalition of human rights NGOs known ss='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition CNRP has written to the embassies of singapore and Malaysia requesting copies of draft agreements with the Cambodian government on sending migrant workers to the countries that they say they were not privy to. A Ministry of Labor official last month said the government ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 31,000 households were evacuated and 168 people died across 20 provinces during this year’s rainy-season flooding, according to the Humanitarian Response Forum (HRF), which released its final report on the flooding Monday. In general, flooding did not affect Cambodia as badly as in 2011, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Interior sar Kheng yesterday called on authorities in each province and municipality to ease demonstrations in the capital by creating a site for non-violent protests ahead of a planned opposition rally on saturday. In a two-page letter sent to provincial officials, Kheng – who ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite progress having been made in recent years to improve girls’ access to education, there is still a gender-based inequality, particularly in rural areas, children’s rights experts said on the International Day of the Girl Child on Friday. “At the moment there is still a slight ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has dismissed two complaints submitted by two local human rights groups, Adhoc and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), against local officials who they alleged had de­famed and intimidated their staff, court officials said Friday. Adhoc filed a complaint against Pheng ss='cambodia-color'>...

Less than a week after she was released from prison pending a retrial on controversial criminal charges laid down last year, housing rights activist Yorm Bopha on Thursday led a march of about 500 people to deliver a petition calling on the government to end ss='cambodia-color'>...

An expatriate living in Phnom Penh has set up a fund to raise $3,000 over the next month to help pay the medical expenses of a student shot in the spine by a police officer at the sL Garment Factory workers’ protest last month. Hoeurn Chann, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on saturday visited troops stationed at Preah Vihear temple territory to explain the interpretation of the recent World Court’s ruling over disputed land with Thailand. Addressing more than 1,000 soldiers at a military headquarters about 20 km ss='cambodia-color'>...

Since 2011, an eStimated 3,000 reSin treeS have been illegally razed by rogue loggerS and a land conceSSionaire operating in Mondulkiri&rSquo;S Sen Monorom diStrict, villagerS claimed yeSterday. ReSin treeS are a vital Source of income for the Phnong ethnic community in Sokdom commune, according to Thleuk SS='cambodia-color'>...

For the second time in as many weeks, an NGO has accused tycoon Try Pheap of facilitating illegal logging in a protected forest during the election campaign and post-election period, and with the protection of authorities. In a report set to be released today by the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of women serving as lawmakers in the next mandate has dropped from last term, even after parties made final adjustments that saw more women moved up into key positions. According to official results released by the National Election Committee on sunday, women will hold ss='cambodia-color'>...

Flooding across the country has now killed seven people, including four children, since water reached emergency levels in some areas on Friday, the National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) said Monday. Flooding is affecting a total of seven provinces and authorities have already evacuated hundreds of families ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some prayed for their buSineSSeS to proSper and for the CPP and CNRP to reconcile, otherS for peace and development. TheSe and other wiSheS were made at pagodaS acroSS Phnom Penh and the reSt of the country on ThurSday, aS the Pchum Ben feStival got SS='cambodia-color'>...

In a bid to make Cambodia more business-friendly, the government will cut back on red tape and reduce industry membership costs, sun Chanthol, the new minister of commerce, said yesterday. speaking to representatives from the private sector at a conference at the InterContinental Hotel in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than two months of research into relations between NGOs and the government was officially presented in Phnom Penh on Thursday, with an overriding message of distrust, and concerns that the proposed NGO Law will be repressive. Following the release on Wednesday of a summary of ss='cambodia-color'>...

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