Mysterious vendors are skirting a legal ban on Cambodians gambling by promoting online gaming platforms that use mobile apps and private money transfer services such as Wing and True Money to buy and withdraw gaming credits.
A Bangkok court will this week hold a hearing to consider whether to accept a class-action lawsuit against the Thailand-based Mitr Phol — the fourth-largest sugar producer in the world — filed by 700 Cambodian families who were declared illegally dispossessed of land by Thailand’s Human Rights Commission.
The critically endangered Bengal florican’s population is down to just 104 in Cambodia after its numbers plummeted by half over six years, researchers said.
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn told a visiting E.U. delegation assessing supposed political abuses and human rights violations in Cambodia to instead consider the country’s progress and development.
A joint statement issued this morning by 85 NGOs, local community groups, trade unions and political observers called on citizens to “join forces” over a recent deterioration in Cambodia’s human rights environment.
A government telecoms official has said that Cambodia will continue to work with Huawei to roll-out a 5G mobile telephone network around the country and has no concerns about U.S. claims the Chinese company represents a security threat.
Twelve police officers have been questioned by Interior Ministry investigators about a complaint filed against Kandal provincial police chief Iv Chamroeun accusing him of being a “dictator,” mistreating his officers and taking part in corrupt practices.
PREY KABAS DISTRICT, Takeo province — In September 2017, the Cambodian government shut down a number of independent radio news programs across the country, including VOD, Radio Free Asia (RFA) and the Voice of America (VOA), by claiming that they were being broadcast without the proper F.M. licenses.
Personal loans taken out by Cambodians reached a total of $6.7 billion in the first three months of the year, a 7.5 percent increase on the previous quarter, credit reporting firm Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC) said.
Workers chanted slogans and unfurled banners outside the Council for the Development of Cambodia building in Phnom Penh last week. The building — standing between
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