Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ...

A day after its opening session and still devoid of the 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition CNRP, the country’s new, one-party National Assembly voted Prime Minister Hun Sen in for yet another five-year term Tuesday and approved an extensive re­shuffle of his Cabinet. In a ...

Damage to Cambodia’s rice crop from widespread flooding earlier this year will likely cause economic growth to fall below 6 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which yesterday offered the lowest gross domestic product (GDP) prediction so far In a statement, the IMF chose ...

Human rights groups are warning that Cambodia’s new Prison Law will create financial incentives for violations of human rights within the Kingdom’s prisons and tarnish the image of the country’s most lucrative export industry: footwear and garments. They point to Article 71 of the new law, ...

Siem Reap City – With a host of uncertainties still hanging over the U.S. economy, more than 100 American businesses—the largest delegation to ever visit Cambodia—gathered here over the weekend, and all of them were in agreement about one thing: The slowdown in the U.S. ...

Climate change will have a significant effect on major industrial and food crops in the Lower Mekong basin countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, says a new study. The study, conducted by the Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change Project for the U.S. Agency ...

Cambodia’s share of modern biomass in total energy consumption is among the highest in the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Bank and the International Energy Agency. The report also found that growth in Cambodia’s dependence on renewable energy excluding traditional biomass ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has raised its forecast of global paddy production in 2012 by about 1.5 million tonnes to 730 million tonnes (487 million tonnes, milled). The scaling up of production mainly concerned Asian countries, in particular Cambodia, ...

The Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) study on the potential long-term effects of large-scale dam building on the Mekong River needs to be expedited, members of the MRC agreed at the Fifth Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo on Saturday. However, they did not set a date for the ...

With an aim of facing the growing challenge in Southeast Asia concerning money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime has stepped in to provide Cambodian police with skills in order to curb this threat, according to a statement ...

As Laos pushes toward its goal of becoming the “battery of Asia” through hydropower, its newfound claim that the location for the proposed Don Sahong dam is not on the Mekong River’s main stream is provoking incredulity from some observers. Less than two kilometres north of ...

Japan’s prime minister failed to address major issues, by leaving aside Cambodia’s political deadlock and its poor human rights record on a visit last week, rights activists say. “It was a missed opportunity for the government of Japan, which has a great deal of leverage with ...

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CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha used a radio interview on Wednesday night to clarify his stance on the talks last week between Prime Minister Hun Sen and CNRP President Sam Rainsy to end the post-election deadlock, in which a date for a new election was ...

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The International Monetary Fund has revised Cambodia’s economic growth projection to between 6.5 and 7 per cent, up from 6.2 per cent in April, saying the country could manage a sound macro-economy because of the growth in four main sectors: manufacturing, tourism, agriculture and construction. According to Ek ...

យោងតាម​របាយ​ការណ៍​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​មនុស្ស (HDR​) ឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ ដែល​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ ដោយ​កម្មវិធី​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​ (UNDP) បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា ​រូបភាព​នៃ​ការងារ ដែល​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់​ និង​បន្ទាប​បន្ថោក​ នៅតែ​ជា​បញ្ហា​ប្រឈម​ចម្បង​​ចំពោះ​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា។ក្រោម​ប្រធាន​បទ «ការងារ​ដើម្បី​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ ...

Investors, along with the next two companies expected to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, will watch carefully this morning the action on the country’s first initial public offering, nine months after the CSX officially opened. After a book-building process that was 17 times over-subscribed, Phnom Penh ...

​មន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់​នៃ​មូលនិធិ​កុមារ​របស់​អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ​ (UNICEF)​ កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ​បាន​អំពាវនាវ​ឱ្យ​បង្កើន​កិច្ច​ខិតខំ​ប្រឹងប្រែង​ដើម្បី​បញ្ចប់​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​លើ​កុមារ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ ខណៈ​កុមារ​ចំនួន​ ៦៦​ភាគរយ​ នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​បាន​ជួប​ប្រទះ​នឹង​ការ​ប្រៀនប្រដៅ​ដោយ​ប្រើ​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​។ ...