Cambodia’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have received a total investment of 1.65 billion US dollars since their inception in 2006, according to a government report released on Friday. Since 2006 to now, the zones have attracted 172 investment projects, mostly from China, South Korea and Japan, ...

Talks are underway between the Environment Ministry and the World Bank on a six-year project to improve the management of solid waste and plastics in the Kingdom. ...

More than 100 young people gathered yesterday in Phnom Penh to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of social media in Cambodia.At the youth forum, which focused on “Politics in the Digital Age”, youths, monks, politicians and NGO leaders spoke about the increasing importance of social ...

The Extraordinary Chambers in The Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced on Monday that The European Union (EU) has pledged a total of €3.5 million ($4.1 million) to support it in 2018, according to its press officer, Neth Peaktra. ...

The Extraordinary Chambers in The Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) are to deliver The verdict on Friday, in The trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, in a pronouncement hailed as a “historic event for Cambodia and The world”. The verdict from ...

Cambodia and Myanmar have reiterated their support for a peaceful solution to the territorial disputes involving China and several Asean countries in the South China Sea after a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Myanmar’s newly appointed ambassador to Cambodia. ...

Japan, the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s largest donor to date, has contributed a further $1.12 million to its international component, the tribunal said on Tuesday in a statement. ...

Judicial police ignored an arrest warrant for former Khmer Rouge navy commander and accused war criminal Meas Muth, putting the government in breach of the rules of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, declassified documents released by the tribunal Wednesday show. ...

Following nomination by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and approval by the Supreme Council of Magistracy, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni has appointed Fergal Gaynor as the new Reserve international Co-Prosecutor. ...

The Special Panel of The UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal yesterday “unanimously dismissed” The former Khmer Rouge’s top leader Khieu Samphan’s application for disqualification of The six appeal judges who adjudicated in Case 002/01 over crimes against humanity. ...

This year the the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) will spend $16 million for its work, meanwhile it is expected to announce Khieu Samphan’s verdict in the fourth trimester of 2022. ...

Five more investment projects worth $174.8 million have been approved, according to a press release of the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued on May 22. ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia welcomed The approval of The amendment of article 89 of The Labour Law on worker protection and severance pay by The government on Friday, but The organisation’s head said The move could financially burden employers. ...

The land erosion problem in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has assumed drastic proportions, officials warned The region’s residents at a meeting held on Monday. Organized by The General Department of Disaster Prevention under The Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, The meeting spelt out The extent ...

USAID is spending $1 million on a project the aim of which will improve nutrition across four provinces by training women in farming practices that have higher yields, produce more nutrient-rich vegetables and require less resources. ...

Ahead of International Women’s Day, the United Nations’ Committee on the ElimInation of DiscrimInation agaInst Women (CEDAW) issued a statement highlightIng the important roles rural women and girls play In society while stressIng the need to protect and promote their rights. ...

The United Nations human rights office expressed concern today over a worsening climate for opposition politicians and activists in Cambodia, and stressed that The right to peaceful assembly and to freedom of expression belongs to all. ...

Mr. Naris Chaiyasoot, Director-General of the Treasury Department, revealed that he has already signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Land to set up a Land valuation appraisal account in 2015. It aims to expand the Land valuation areas by piece of Land ...

The National Committee for The Management and Development of Coastal Zones said on Sunday that The government has provided 103 families with land to live on and develop in Preah Sihanouk province. ...

The government will “take back” land on roughly 30 islands from private companies that have not made progress on planned developments, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech on Monday that also targeted land-grabbing villagers and idle provincial governors. ...