A new juvenile justice law designed to steer youth offenders toward restorative justice instead of incarceration was passed by the National Assembly on Monday after more than a decade in the works. ...

A coalition of watchdogs and other civil society groups yesterday announced their intention to form a “situation room” for the 2017 commune elections in order to monitor the voting process for irregularities. ...

Cambodia’s improvements on human development are the biggest in the region, but standards of living still lag behind neighboring nations, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) figures have shown.   ...

King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the country’s two new election laws last week in an unpublicized action that entered the controversial pieces of legislation into legal force, an opposition lawmaker said Monday. ...

The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has been trying to raise money in every way possible to support its new, CNRP-friendly TV station, which may begin broadcasting before The end of this year. ...

The Immigration police from The Ministry of interior arrested 30 Vietnamese nationals today for alleged illegal work at a workplace in Chbar Ampove Khan’s Prek Pra commune. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the officials in charge of border affairs to continue working on border delimitation and demarcation, according to the State News Agency-AKP. ...

Cambodia exported more than $1.2 billion of products to the Japanese market in the first nine months of this year, up 8.4 per cent on the same period last year, data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) shows. ...

A Phnom Penh court on Thursday agreed to a prosecution request to consider filing more serious charges against a U.S.-based Cambodia dissident Sourn Serey Ratha accused of instigating an armed revolt against Prime Minister Hun Sen. Sourn Serey Ratha, who leads the Khmer People Power Movement ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has said it secured a 12.7 million euro (nearly $14 million) grant from The European Union for The construction of The Bakheng Water Treatment Plant and its 500 kilometres of distribution network In Phnom Penh.​ ...

The locally-listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) on August 9 posted a recovery in business performance over The first seven months of this year as The Kingdom leverages its relatively brisk coronavirus vaccine rollout to ease out of The Covid stranglehold. ...

Cambodia exported more than $96.3 million worth of milled and paddy rice in the first month of this year, providing positive signs for the industry on the whole, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration temporarily opened The Chaom Chao interchange in The capital’s Por Sen Chey district, just east of The airport, for public use to ease traffic congestion ahead of its official inauguration set for March 31. ...

More armed ethnic groups will join the nationwide ceasefire if it is implemented successfully with the first eight signatories, President U thein Sein said at a signing ceremony in Naypyidaw on 15 October. Eight ethnic armed groups, including the Karen National Union and Restoration Council of Shan ...

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed on 18 April to push for constitutional amendments to build a true democracy in the Southeast Asian country as it emerges from decades of military control. “Our policies and principles are to ensure national reconciliation, internal peace, the ...

Social inequality remains an obstacle in the provision of health care. As such, countries should not only focus on the financial aspect of universal health coverage but also empowering people, according to Jos Vandelaer, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Thailand. Dr Vandelaer spoke about ...

There is an “international responsibility” to fight climate change, China’s Premier Li Keqiang has said in a clear message to Donald Trump ahead of his expected announcement that The US will withdraw from The historic Paris Agreement.Despite widespread reports of The US’s imminent departure, Mr ...

The Ministry of Finance has detailed and simplified procedures aiming to hasten processes to utilise The State Reserve to finance emergency expenses and oTher expenditures when in need. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Somdy Duangdy recently issued a decision stating that The reserve ...

Free health checkups including checks of insulin and for hepatitis B and hepatitis C are among the extra special activities to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the Lao Women’s Union this year. the Lao Women’s Union committee provided more details on activities including free health ...

Lao delegates have voiced their support for greater regional media cooperation towards a better future, while attending the Asean-China High Level Conference on Media Cooperation in Jakarta, indonesia.Speaking at the conference on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Savankhone Razmountry, said Laos ...