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Read More Phnom Penh Court Sentences Candlelight Leader Thach Setha to Three Years Jail for Incitement
Candlelight Party leader Thach Setha was found guilty of incitement by Phnom Penh Municipality Court judge Chhun Davy on Wednesday. Setha was sentenced to three years imprisonment and a fine of four million riel for making “critical comments” over the January 7 anniversary of the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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Read More Justice minister urges focus on legal and judicial reform
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith calls on court and prosecutor’s office leaders as well as judicial and law enforcement officials at all levels to prioritise “legal and judicial reform”. He also called upon civil society organisation (CSOs) to endorse this initiative.
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Read More Cambodia’s garment, footwear, travel goods exports down 17.8 per cent in first nine months
Cambodia exported US$8.14 billion worth of garment, footwear and travel products to international markets in the first nine months of 2023, down 17.8 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce has announced.
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Read More Five Cambodian Elections
Scottish-born Gordon Conochie, an adjunct research fellow at La Trobe University in Melbourne, has just released his book, “A Tiger Rules the Mountain: Cambodia’s Pursuit of Democracy,” an honest look at the elections that the Southeast Asian nation has held over the last two decades.
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Read More Environmental activists wait to hear from ministry on travel appeal
Cambodian environmental activists who petitioned the Ministry of Justice to be allowed to travel to Sweden to receive an award have yet to hear if top government officials will intervene in their case.
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Read More Thailand arrests 1,000 migrant workers including 400 Cambodians
Thai authorities arrested about 1,000 construction workers in the central province of Ayutthaya, at least 400 of whom are undocumented Cambodians, for working illegally, Radio Free Asia has learned.
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Read More Environmental and Land Activists Freed, As Opposition Party Calls for The Release of All Political Prisoners
The Regional Court of Appeal has dropped the charges against activist Chhorn Phalla in Ratanakiri province last week for allegedly clearing state forest land, as opposition party Candlelight urged the new government to release its party members and other prisoners of conscience, who were allegedly detained on politically motivated charges.
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Read More Garment exports decline amid global slowdown
Cambodia's textile, garment, footwear and clothing exports have seen a sharp decline in the first nine months of the year, a trend attributed largely to falling global demand, particularly in the EU and US markets, the Ministry of Commerce reported.
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Read More Three Minority Parties Form Alliance with Candlelight Party
Opposition party Candlelight has formed an alliance with minority parties Khmer Will Party, Grassroots Democratic Party and Cambodia Reform Party, three parties which failed to secure any seats, to challenge the ruling party’s dominance in the National Assembly in the upcoming elections.
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Read More Cambodian would-be teacher files complaint after attack
A Cambodian man who was expelled from a state-run school because he was too short has filed a complaint with the Ministry of Interior over the beating he received from security guards during a protest earlier this week.
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Read More Communities track a path of destruction through a Cambodian wildlife sanctuary
Sometime after 10 a.m. on Friday, April 21, sweat poured down the face of veteran environmental activist San Mala as he crawled through the forest undergrowth, some 16 kilometers (10 miles) deep in the heart of Chhaeb-Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Cambodia.
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Read More Cambodian man beaten for second time in protest of school expulsion
A 20-year-old Cambodian man who was thrown out of a state-run school because he was too short has again been assaulted by security forces as he staged another protest against his expulsion.
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Read More Cambodia’s Candlelight Party forms alliance with 3 smaller parties
Cambodia’s opposition Candlelight Party announced it will join with three smaller parties in a political alliance that will aim to field candidates in the 2027 local commune elections and the 2028 general election.
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Read More 180 cases of child sex abuse uncovered this year
From January to September this year, more than 180 cases of child abuse and sexual exploitation were identified making institutions in Cambodia more determined to continue the campaign to prevent all forms of child abuse.
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Read More About 60,000 Cambodians have gained employment in the first eight months of 2023
According to a recent report issued by the Cambodian Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training 1,188 new enterprises have begun their operation in Cambodia, employing nearly 60,000 people.
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Read More Invest in mental health and well-being of children, adolescents and youth
On this World Mental Health Day 2023, with the theme “Mental health is a universal human right”, we spotlight the mental health of children, adolescents and youth in Cambodia. The Covid-19 pandemic undeniably thrust mental health issues into the global spotlight, exposing a crisis that had been quietly unfolding worldwide for many years.
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Read More Former head of UNTAC lauds Proclamation of Constitution
Yaushi Akashi, president of the Kyoto International Conference Centre and former head of the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), lauded the Kingdom’s exemplary crafting of its constitution.
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Read More A court in Cambodia has denied the requests of three activists from environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia to travel to Sweden to accept an international award.
A court in Cambodia has denied the requests of three activists from environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia to travel to Sweden to accept an international award.
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Read More STRICTER CHECKS: Governors told to beef up fight against cross-border crimes
Interior Minister Sar Sokha has instructed governors of provinces bordering neighbouring countries to strengthen the control of border checkpoints to prevent human trafficking, labour exploitation, drug trafficking and illegal crossings.
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Read More Cambodia bars Right Livelihood winners from travel to awards
Cambodia has barred three winners of this year’s Right Livelihood Awards from travel to Sweden for the award ceremony, organizers have said.
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