The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday sent a diplomatic note to india’s Ministry of External Affairs expressing its concern over a planned temple that resembles Angkor Wat and insisting that its construction be halted. ...

An interministerial committee has been established to once again investigate the assassinations of Free Trade Union leaders Chea Vichea, Hy Vuthy and Ros Sovannareth between 2004 and 2007, according to a government decree obtained Thursday. ...

Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh made a five-day trip to China last week, meeting with high-ranking military officials and receiving pledges of assistance from the Chinese military. ...

Youths raised concerns about the potential environmental impact of petroleum discovery and use at a roundtable discuss on Saturday during which they debated with officials eager to continue searching and tapping into new energy resources. ...

The 2017-18 National Planning Bill from The Union government was approved by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on March 15, following a K296 billion cut from The original allocated amount. After reviewing The projects to be implemented by The ministries and Union-level organisations during The coming fiscal year, ...

Some 300 workers from CINTRI, a garbage collection company, protested on Monday to ask for better pay and workINg condition. The workers demanded The mINimum wage shall be INcreased to $150 per month. They also asked for oTher benefits such as bonuses for health care, rent, ...

Driving on National Road 6 through recently harvested rice fields, six 10-meter-tall structures emerge like vortexes from the sparse terrain. Not far along is the commotion of a country fair: bale mazes, archery games, face painting, a ferris wheel and blaring Khmer pop music. Welcome to ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport on January 21 reiterated a call to The public to report road damage via The ministry’s “Road Care” app, to ensure prompt repair. ...

Eight of the 11 union leaders and members who were formerly employed at the NagaWorld integrated resort and were arrested for organising protests over their layoffs were released on bail by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on March 14. ...

Cambodia’s public debt is still relatively low as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), at nearly 25 per cent, compared to the 40-per-cent threshold, affording the government ample fiscal space to borrow to develop the country, experts have said.   ...

The government has called on farmers across The country to grow plants that require less water than rice amid The ongoing risk of drought. “Farmers, for example, can grow corn-for-animal feed and pods instead,” government spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on 4 October. Keep reading ...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered key ministers to go to China for negotiations on the delayed Thai-China railway project after China set a high interest rate on loans to finance it. the cost of the project is now estimated to reach around 500 billion baht. Keep reading ...

Cambodia’s parliament is reviewing a five-year ban on more than 100 members of the main opposition party, which could allow them to return to politics, following threats by the European Union to deny duty-free trading access to the Southeast Asian nation. Keep reading ...

About 80% of Cambodian children aged between 12 and 16 are living under psychological stress because of their parents’ debt, according to a report released on the sidelines of international Children’s Day, which falls on every June 1. ...

The list of registered voters must be distributed to all political parties, irrespective of wheTher They are recognised or not, as it a mandatory requirement for Them to check it during an election.   ...

Canopy Sands Development Co Ltd, a member of Prince Holding Group, one of Cambodia’s largest and fastest-growing conglomerates, approved a master plan to develop Preah Sihanouk province’s Ream bay into the $16 billion Ream City. ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will co-chair the second Mekong-US Partnership Ministerial Meeting, which will be held on August 3 via video conference. ...

The government has tasked The Cambodia Human Rights Committee with preparing a draft law on establishing The National Human Rights Unit in The Kingdom, a move in line with The Paris Principles adopted by The United Nations in 1993. A CHRC statement yesterday said that on ...

The Grassroots Democratic Party has created a 125-point policy document outlining its priorities were it to be elected to office in The July national elections. The fledgling party has said that it will contest The elections, though any furTher deterioration in The country’s current political ...

A former inmate at Kampong Speu and Trapaing Phlong prisons claimed yesterday he witnessed rampant drug dealing at both facilities and plans to file a complaint with the support of NWRPO, a local NGO. ...