The spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Energy's General Department, Victor Jona, told VOA on Tuesday that no further hydropower dams were needed on the Mekong River main stream for the next 10 years to meet energy demand.
Cambodia’s government has announced a crackdown on female online sellers who dress “too sexily,” prompting criticism from human rights organizations who say the move discriminates against women.
A government spokesman denied the findings of the labor groups.
The Cambodian government will have to enact substantial political reforms if it wants to retain a preferential trade agreement with the European Union, a Swedish lawmaker warned.
In its concluding observations adopted on Friday, the U.N. Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) decried ongoing harassment and discrimination against women in Cambodia.
Rainsy arrived in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, at about 4 p.m. Saturday, joining his deputy Mu Sochua. She had been detained at the airport on Thursday evening before being released on Friday
More than a dozen others have been charged over the past week with incitement to commit a felony or with conspiracy to topple the government for attempts to mobilize citizens for the return of the opposition leaders.
In their report Collateral Damage: Land Loss and Abuses in Cambodia's Microfinance Sector, Licadho and STT highlight cases of Cambodians having lost their land when their land titles were used as collateral for taking up a loan. The report tells of Cambodian citizens being left deep in debt.
Effort to end child labor in the country by 2020 has officially begun, but observers remain skeptical as to whether the goal is attainable
The government had announced earlier this month that it would soon open the new prison facilities, in which inmates can pay to stay.
After four Montagnard asylum-seekers were deported from Cambodia to Vietnam, remaining refugees are concerned about persecution in their country of origin if they are forced to return.
To avoid encounters with authorities, many of the country’s performers choose to tone down their lyrics.
Cambodian children face stunting, low education and child mortality, despite improvements in recent years, experts say ahead of Children's Day in Cambodia on Saturday.
Opposition activist thinks developments are part of long-term strategy by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party to secure victory in elections scheduled for 2023
Having left Cambodia in October 2017, reporter Aun Pheap speaks to VOA about press freedom issues in the country.
Until now, independent Voice of Democracy had been published only in the Khmer language.
Reporters Without Borders downgrades Cambodia's world ranking ahead of World Press Freedom Day.
To help out with her parents’ debt, a 10-year-old child was working in a brick kiln factory.
Socha's supporters say his more than 18-month-long detention is illegal; but it is also galvanizing their efforts.
Critics say prime minister’s pledge to women, including garment factory workers, driven by fear of losing EU preferential trade agreement.
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