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Capacity problems at ports and soaring real estate and labour costs are among the hurdles that foreign investors face.

The Ministry of Commerce plans to promote the development of pottery products in Kampong Chhnang province, which currently has a small market.

School cooks across the world are relied on for providing healthy and nutritious school meals for hungry students at snack times and lunchtime. But how often ...

A father's story of sacrifices topped the country's best short films at the 11th preliminary in-country contest in Cambodia for the Asian International Children's Film ...

Chinese state-run media says reports of 100000 Chinese nationals fleeing Cambodia after online gambling ban are overblown.

PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cambodia is planning to cap hefty recruitment fees imposed by labor brokers on people seeking jobs abroad in ...

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Sand mining accounts for 85 percent of all worldwide mineral extraction, a $70 billion industry. In Cambodia, the practice is big business -- but it comes with a ...

The National Committee for Minimum Wage has noted three different wage figures proposed by unions, employers and the government, according to a unionist.

Prime Minister Hun Sen has praised the strong relationship Cambodia enjoys with China, saying the Asian giant plays a significant role in promoting peace, ...

The renewables technology revolution continues to reshape the power industry and disrupt the global thermal coal markets. In India, the Chhattisgarh state ...

The 280-room Hilton Phnom Penh, located in Cambodia's capital city, will be near landmarks like the Phnom Penh Central Market. Photo credit: iStock / Getty ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expressed concern on Wednesday over the detention of political activists in Cambodia and called on the ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has denied ordering provincial and municipal governors to instruct the police to prevent the public from celebrating the 15-day ...

The Thailand-based Bodhigayavijjalaya 980 Institute announced on Wednesday that its second Dharmayatra in October is to end in the Kingdom's Siem Reap ...

The government is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Czech Republic on developing its mining and energy sector next month, ...

Chinese observers dismissed rumors that about 100000 Chinese left Cambodia in seven days as the country clamped down on illegal gambling.

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong urged U.S. lawmakers Tuesday to support human rights and democracy in the semiautonomous Chinese territory, ...

A U.N. fact-finding mission is calling for an international investigation into the dangers faced by 600,000 Rohingya, who the UN says are living under the threat of ...

US, China seeking to resume negotiations to end bitter year-long trade war.

Southeast Asian countries are intensifying their efforts to attract companies planning to move production bases outside China, as the US and China have ...

18 Sep 2019 --- The National Pig Association (NPA) in the UK has called for a more robust approach from Government and the UK port authorities to prevent the ...

The Cambodian government should end its “assault” on opposition members and drop all politically motivated charges against them after a spike in arrests ...

The Ministry of Environment has issued a total of 59 notices to souvenir vendors in the capital and Siem Reap and Preah Sihanouk provinces instructing them to ...

Increasingly, the arena of international affairs is being shaped by soft power. Where traditional economic and military might once reigned supreme, a nation's ...

The government is set to roll out the Four-Strategic Plan for Tourism Development aimed at reviving tourism in the Kingdom`s northern provinces, ...

BANGKOK -- Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, Thailand's powerful army chief, is shifting the kingdom's security architecture, and U.S. military equipment is he.

This edited article by Saut Sok Prathna is from VOD News, an independent news site in Cambodia, and is republished on Global Voices as part of a ...

The UK government will continue a preferential trade scheme for Cambodia even after Brexit, according to Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Asia ...

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A court in Cambodia has issued a new warrant for the arrest of acting president of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy ...

World Bank approves the disbursement of $1 billion to develop priority sectors.

Oknhas, a title that can only be conferred by the King, places great responsibility.

All the 83 containers of plastic waste illegally imported into Cambodia by Chungyuen Plastic Manufacture Co Ltd have been returned to their originating ...

The Cambodian government summoned three human rights organizations to meetings in Phnom Penh to examine research they published and comments one ...

Cambodia's banned opposition party has earmarked a budget to support members of the armed forces who defect from Prime Minister Hun Sen's regime and ...

Kith Meng is re-elected as the president of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce.

The social media giant Facebook said Thursday it is expanding its 'Today In' *service* to 6000 cities and towns across the U.S., up from 400 in its previous ...

TEHRAN - Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that the Iranian women can buy tickets to watch the match between Iran and Cambodia.

Minister for Asia and the Pacific, Heather Wheeler will discuss strengthening ties with the region, the role of women, climate change and de-mining.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian authorities arrested six political activists over the weekend for alleged plots to rally in support of former opposition ...

Extremist figures have long dotted the landscape of Cambodian politics. One of them in contemporary Cambodia is Sam Rainsy, a master illusionist who thrives ...

The 32nd Phnom Penh SEA Games 2023 will be hosted between May 5 – May 15, 2023.

A court in Cambodia on Friday charged acting president of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy with “insulting the King ...

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha failed to include the phrase 'I will also uphold and comply with the constitution of the kingdom in every aspect'

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia may walk back its decision to shut down its online gaming industry, risking the ire of closest regional ally China.Online gamin.

As Cambodia continues its aggressive pursuit for the yuan and arrivals from China continue to rise exponentially, questions are being raised about the impact on ...

In an era of the globalisation and internationalisation of higher education, it is difficult, if not impossible, to disregard the regional and global trend toward ...

A lawyer for arrested Cambodian opposition chief Kem Sokha on Wednesday rejected government claims this week that his transfer by authorities from prison to ...

In about nine weeks, Cambodia opposition figure Sam Rainsy will presumably return to his country, along with other exiled CNRP politicians, after spending the ...

The United States called for the immediate release of Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha Tuesday in a statement issued one week after the second ...

PHNOM PENH: Tens of thousands of Chinese nationals are reportedly leaving the kingdom following a government ban on online gambling intended to reduce ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet hit out on Monday at Cambodian authorities' harassment of members of the banned Cambodia ...

The gov't says it is ready to implement a regional agreement on paperless trade.

This matters to Cambodia's MFI borrowers because so many of them now count on money they earn in the nation's apparel, footwear and sporting goods ...

Cambodia's war on drugs might be pushing drug abusers underground and preventing children from getting the help they need.

Cambodian authorities arrested a former opposition party activist on Thursday, taking him into custody in northwestern Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia, a government agency that oversees investment, says Malaysia has been the fifth largest foreign investor in ...

A verdict has been delayed in the espionage case against two Cambodian journalists who worked for Radio Free Asia.

A verdict has been delayed in the espionage case against two Cambodian journalists who worked for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Asia. Uon Chhin ...

The undersigned civil society organizations, representing groups working within and outside Cambodia to advance human rights, rule of law, and democracy, ...

The two defendants are accused of sending secret information to Radio Free Asia after it closed its office in Cambodia. They acknowledged sending news to ...

Reports of a secret military deal between Cambodia and China have sparked increased tensions between the Southeast Asian nation and the United States.

Cambodian authorities routinely infringe on the people's right to assembly, especially in protests about land disputes, according to a fact sheet released this ...

Sam Rainsy “the acting president” of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), told supporters in Australia at the weekend that ...

Edgar hopes the Cambodian government will respond positively over the concerns from the EU on some compliances.

The US government will provide an extra $425,000 to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) for it to clear the remnants of cluster bombs dropped on ...

IN CAMBODIA, journalism can be a crime. That is the meaning of the charges against two Cambodian journalists, Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin, who worked ...

Rights group calls for dropping of charges and release of Nuth Pich, a member of the dissolved opposition party.

The Chinese government has expressed support for Cambodia's decision to ban all online and arcade gambling in the Kingdom.

The Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh on Friday accused the United States of interfering and, in certain cases, abetting the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, ...

When Minister of National Defence Tea Banh honoured 280 peacekeepers who recently returned from Mali and South Sudan on August 9, the ceremony also ...

Authorities in Cambodia are in the process of banning all local online gambling operations. They are doing so to try and preserve public order. This directive ...

Cambodia's Information Ministry recently warned that it would revoke the licenses of print and online media outlets which distribute fake news that could ...

U.S. embassy officials in Cambodia should “pack up and leave” if they do not like the country, a Cambodian government spokesman said Thursday.

Fantastic news for Asia's Critically Endangered vultures! Following tireless advocacy from NGOs including BirdLife, the Cambodian government has banned the ...

Exiled opposition leader says country has become de facto colony of Beijing.

Wall Street Journal says US officials have seen pact but Cambodian PM denies move.

Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng has instructed all residence owners around the country of the need to report foreigners who come to stay in their ...

Cambodia is moving to bar foreigners from performing certain local jobs such as taxi drivers, rickshaw or tuk-tuk drivers, street food vendors, or small business ...

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(New York) – Cambodian authorities should drop all charges and release people arrested for commemorating the third anniversary of the killing of the political ...

The Cambodian government is abolishing a controversial “hotel” prison project, according to Ministry of Interior officials. The government had announced earlier ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose government is accused of suppressing human rights, said on Thursday that foreigners were ...

Attendees at an Asian media conference agreed to develop a regional road map for combating fake news throughout the region, which is in the midst of ...

The group told VOA Khmer that the Cambodian government needs to restore democracy and human rights in the country in exchange for the EBA trade ...

(Bangkok) – Cambodian authorities should drop the politically motivated espionage charges against two former Radio Free Asia (RFA) journalists and quash the ...

(Bangkok) – Holding an Asian media meeting in Cambodia makes a mockery of freedom of expression and press freedom.

(New York) – Cambodian authorities should immediately end the harassment of former opposition party members and their supporters.

Mony is being punished solely for his role in exposing the horrors of child sexual exploitation in Cambodia, Amnesty International said.

Phnom Penh – Cambodian political observers say intimidation has been a widely used tool in the government for decades but that recently, there has been a ...

A lobbyist with connections to prominent Republican leaders recently registered as a foreign agent for the increasingly authoritarian Cambodian government.

The British Embassy in Phnom Penh is pleased to announce a call for project proposals for the fiscal year 2019 to 2020.

(New York) – Cambodian authorities should immediately cease harassing former opposition party members in the courts, Human Rights Watch said today.

BANGKOK — Cambodia faces a serious blow to its economy as the European Union investigates the government's deteriorating human rights record and ...

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Water shortages have been reported in 16 Cambodian provinces. El Niño is behind higher-than-average temperatures. About 75 per cent of Cambodia is ...

Survivors of acid attacks in Cambodia are being denied free government treatment that they are legally entitled to, Human Rights Watch says. Its report focused ...

(New York) – The Cambodian government's revocation of a repressive regulation on nongovernmental organizations should jump-start genuine efforts to repeal ...