Story Archive
2016-05-18
The former employees of a wood-processing factory were heading to Naypyidaw to take up their concerns with the government.
2016-05-18
The Cambodia National Rescue Party says the current situation violates the key tenets of a peace accord and the country’s commitment to ensure the protection of human rights.
2016-05-17
The court refuses to release opposition lawmaker Um Sam An for fear he will foment unrest as other Cambodian National Rescue Party members duck judicial proceedings.
2016-05-17
The move is intended to foster economic growth and political reform under the new pro-democracy government.
2016-05-16
Protesters take on the government arrests of activists jailed over what they see as trumped-up charges.
2016-05-16
The attacks by unknown assailants have destroyed heavy vehicles and buildings.
2016-05-16
The National Reconciliation and Peace Center will speed up preparations for a major peace conference.
2016-05-13
Six shells were fired at a Bangladeshi outpost from across the border, Bangladesh says.
2016-05-13
Monks and the members of a local nationalist group are calling on the government to denounce the U.S. embassy’s use of the word.
2016-05-13
Government spokesman fires back, saying U.N. can learn from Cambodia's experience.
2016-05-12
Media outlets are ordered to use the Khmer honorific for Prime Minister Hun Sen and other high-ranking office holders or face the consequences.
2016-05-11
The body of high-ranking Buddhist monks that oversees the clergy in the country has failed to stop Myaing Kyee Ngu’s activities.
2016-05-11
Acting Cambodian National Rescue Party leader speaks about the controversy for the first time as he questions the government's motives.
2016-05-10
Rights groups, however, say there are no grounds to trust judicial system controlled by ruling party.
2016-05-10
New US ambassador brushes off official request and nationalist protests over how to call persecuted Muslim minority.
2016-05-06
Protestors are calling for China’s Wanbao Mining Copper Ltd. Company to stop operations after restarting them on Thursday.
2016-05-06
The deaths highlight the dangers for jade scavengers and the difficulty the government faces in ensuring safety.
2016-05-05
Cambodia opposition leader says his party will focus on 2017-18 elections and not take actions that give the government an excuse to deepen a crackdown.
2016-05-05
The members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee want to revamp their organization before peace negotiations with the government resume.
2016-05-04
The Chinese company that operates the Letpadaung project says it will begin activities on Thursday.
2016-05-04
Myaing Kyee Ngu plans to build more pagodas on the grounds of an Anglican church in Karen state.
2016-05-04
A local official calls authorities' failure to include the CNRP members' names on a list requesting help a 'minor mistake.'
2016-05-04
The CNRP says court action against sitting lawmakers violates parliamentary immunity that is enshrined in the country's constitution.
2016-05-03
Two other opposition party lawmakers have been summoned to testify on charges regarding Kem Sokha’s alleged mistress.
2016-05-03
Initial reports say 14 people have been injured in the accidental blaze believed to have been started by an unattended kitchen stove.
2016-05-02
The illegal clearing of forestland is killing more wild animals amid a severe drought.
2016-04-29
Civil society groups have demanded that the government form a commission to inspect mines that have violated industry regulations.
2016-04-29
Authorities are working to alleviate the acute water shortages in Kampong Thom, Stung Treng and Battambang provinces.
2016-04-28
CNRP members ask King Norodom Sihamoni to intervene as the political situation grows more difficult.
2016-04-28
Hundreds of monks and others marched in Yangon over use of term for western Myanmar’s Muslim nationals.
