The government has refuted claims by The Cambodia League for The Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho) that thousands of families have been involved in land disputes for The last two years and some are detained in prison for voicing Their grievances. ...

The water level in The Mekong river has dropped quickly and was only about 1.90 metres deep in this norTheastern border province on Monday, The lowest this year. The lack of water is being blamed on The many dams upstream in China, and this year’s poor ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), or Central Bank, has issued ASEAN Commemorative Coins to mark The establishment of The ASEAN Community on December 31, according to its statement on Friday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said today that declaring a state of emergency will be unlikely as COVID-19 is under control. ...

Acting Head of State Say Chhum yesterday signed the draft law on “State of Emergency” into legislation after the Constitutional Council of Cambodia unanimously approved it earlier this week, a decree obtained yesterday evening revealed. ...

The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved two more investment projects which are expected to create almost 687 jobs for The locals. ...

MANDALAY’S fisheries are unable to keep pace with demand, with industry figures saying more than 48.9 tonnes of fish is imported daily from Yangon. Keep reading  ...

The prime minister has urged government ministries and public institutions to speed up work on an action plan to prevent violence against women and children, calling for education on The issue to start from an early age. ...

Phnom Penh — Cambodia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong and his Singapore’s counterpart K Shanmugam agreed on Wednesday that the territorial dispute in the South China Sea between China and some ASEAN countries should be solved peacefully. “We have exchanged ideas on the issue of ...

Like many other countries in the region, Việt Nam faces the question of how to care for its ageing citizens, most essentially when it comes to providing health care. ​the issue was the focus of the workshop on “Health security of older persons: a survey ...

Some travel firms have expressed disappointment about the latest draft version of the amended Tourism Law, which removes the regulation on allowing foreign-invested enterprises to organize outbound tours. the current Tourism Law does not allow FIEs to provide the services. A hope arose among foreign travel ...

The population of Myanmar totalled 51.5 million in The nationwide census conducted jointly by The Myanmar government and The United Nations last year, according to a Bangkok Post article quoting The Kyodo News Agency on 30 May.Keep reading ...

Japan’s investment in Cambodia continues to grow and its investors are playing a leading role in developing and diversifying the Kingdom’s light industrial sector. ...

The Association of SouTheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) did not take any sides in South China Sea disputes, but supported The settlement of The disputes based on international law and agreed documents, a senior Cambodian official said in Phnom Penh on Sunday. “ASEAN made The statement based on a principle that ...

French owned plantation firm Socfin has restarted talks with indigenous villagers affected by its plantations in Mondulkiri province, with the UN saying the process could be replicated across a region dominated by agro-industrial firms. ...

Hong Kong-listed firm North Asia Resources Holding Ltd announced yesterday that it has purchased 14,000 hectares of an economic land concession in Pursat province from Henan Tianguan Enterprise Group for $53.2 million.​ ...

The Tax Department’s Kong Vibol on Saturday said English-language newspaper The Cambodia Daily faced shuttering and The seizure of its assets if it failed to pay back taxes it allegedly owes by September 4 – a seeming escalation in The government’s recent targeting of NGOs and ...

Seven pre-Angkorian temples have been discovered on two land concessions in Preah Vihear province, but while an Environment Ministry official said Tuesday that the ministry had no knowledge of the temples when they granted the concessions, the Culture Ministry said their existence had long been ...

Minorities and indigenous people are often among the most marginalised communities in many societies. Systemically excluded from participation in the socio‐economic life of many countries, they lack access to political power and encounter obstacles to asserting their identity. indigenous communities comprise 6% of the world’s population ...

Cambodia attracted the fixed asset investment of 333.4 million U.S. dollars from its ASEAN member states in 2017, according to a government’s report on Friday.   ...