Despite progress having been made in recent years to improve girls’ access to education, there is still a gender-based inequality, particularly in rural areas, children’s rights experts said on the international Day of the Girl Child on Friday. “At the moment there is still a slight ...

In another sign of Cambodia’s deepenIng affInity with ChIna, ChInese President Xi JInpIng’s book on governance, which showcases the leader’s rulIng philosophy, has been translated Into Khmer to be used as a guide for the KIngdom, Prime MInister Hun Sen announced yesterday. ...

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was celebrated yesterday as Indigenous people livIng In Cambodia expressed their concern about their land rights and economic, cultural, political and natural resources’ rights. ...

Violence against children cost Cambodia approximately $168 million in 2013, or just over 1 per cent of GDP, according to a new report from the government and UNICEF that explores the economic impacts of physical abuse.Titled the economic burden of health consequences of violence against ...

Friday’s verdict in the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan has been hailed as “historic” for “Cambodia and all humanity”, while Minister of interior Sar Kheng said no further cases of its kind would be brought to court. “there are ...

Faced with slower growth at home and rising labour costs, Chinese entrepreneurs are seeking foreign markets as never before.But as they rush abroad, they are grappling for the first time with unruly trade unions and meddlesome journalists. ...

Cambodia last week asked the United States to increase investments in the Kingdom, claiming that working conditions here have improved dramatically in recent years. the appeal was made by Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak in a meeting on Friday with US Ambassador Patrick Murphy. Mr Sorasak ...

With a more lenient COVID-19 safety and healthy protocols, Sok Sangvar, Under Secretary of State and Representative of Dr. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, underscored Cambodia’s recovery platform program as the country opens its door to international tourists for leisure or even for business. ...

Alarmed by the low number of women experts interviewed on mainstream media, UNESCO Bangkok has launched a website that links Thai journalists and researchers to female academics, government officials, corporate leaders, and NGO activists. Keep reading ...

n a request signed by more than 500 organisations, civil society representatives on Monday petitioned the government to amend three laws on the judiciary. During the 4th Government-CSOs Partnership Forum, civil society organisations (CSOs) requested changes to improve the efficacy of the legal system and ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has fiercely defended his right to grant economic land concessions after issuing a moratorium on the leases in May, pointing to a loophole in the ban which exempts ELCs that already had in principle approval. Hun Sen attacked the Post and the ...

A question and answer session with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Dr Aun Pornmoniroth in conjunction with the 40th anniversary celebrations of the reintroduction of the riel. ...

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have brought almost 70,000 new jobs to the country, according to an Asian Development Bank report released last week. With tax exemptions on production materials, lower profit tax, and renewable leases, the SEZs have drawn foreign-owned factories manufacturing everything from bicycles ...

Cambodia has improved overall in protecting children from abuse and exploitation, the United Nations’ first Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) found in a report released yesterday, but the Kingdom has to take greater strides to further safeguard children’s rights. ...

Cambodia and the United Nations have vowed to find more funds to support the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, according to the Council of Ministers.   ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia in collaboration with The Global Green Growth institute (GGGI) and GERES – The Group for The Environment, Renewable Energy and Solidarity, an international development nongovernmental organisation set up in Marseille in 1976 – is jointly implementing The project called ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said yesterday that problems surrounding banana plantations in Laos were due to The fact that investors carried out negotiations directly with local communities instead of going through full legal channels.Deputy Minister Bounkhuang Khambounheuang told Vientiane Times that ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The inflation rate continued to rise in March, with The Lao National Statistics Bureau attributing The growth of The annual Consumer Price index (CPI) due to rising food prices, and not The depreciation of The kip as many people believed.The statistics ...

Herewith the full text of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration adopted by Southeast Asian leaders Sunday: WE, the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as “ASEAN”), namely Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that the country wanted to see more British investors in order to further contribute to developing local economy and reducing poverty. the premier made the remarks during a meeting with visiting British Minister of State at the Foreign and ...