Cambodia News News Cambodia » Government: Cambodia government to set garment worker minimum wage for 2026
This decision follows a consensus between worker and employer representatives, who have resolved that they are unable to recommend a precise wage figure, according to local Cambodia newspaper The ...
News Cambodia » Government: Cambodia’s Government proposes $9.9bn spending in 2026 budget
In October 2025, the Cambodian Government approved a draft 2026 national budget, with a total expenditure of 40.9 trillion reils ($9.9bn), representing an increase of 7.8% compared to the 2025 State ...
News Cambodia » Government: Cambodian Government Blocks News Sites Before Unopposed Election
The Cambodian government has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block the websites and social media accounts of nine domains of at least three news outlets, including the Cambodia Daily ...
News Cambodia » Government: Cambodia government critic arrested for defamation
Ny Nak, an outspoken Cambodian critic who was assaulted along with his wife by men with batons in 2023, was arrested on charges of defamation brought forth by a cabinet minister regarding posts he ...
News Cambodia » Government: In Cambodia, Hun Sen Searches for the Magic Political Formula
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, second from right, watches dancers during the Cambodian People’s Party’s election campaign launch in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Saturday, July 1, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Heng ...
News Cambodia » Government: Cambodia: Government urged to move on organic food law
Cambodia’s private sector has called on the government to speed up enacting the organic food law, which has been languishing in the draft stage. Having the law, it said, will provide product ...
News Cambodia » Government: WWF Applauds Cambodian Government Approval of the Cambodia Tiger Action Plan
The Cambodian government approves the Cambodia Tiger Action Plan (CTAP), a critical step toward reintroducing tigers into the country. Phnom Penh, Cambodia – 06 April 2016 – WWF congratulates The ...
News Cambodia » Government: As Cambodia launches $36.6bn building drive, China, Japan fight for spoils
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Cambodia is pushing for an infrastructural renaissance, but it will need some help from its friends abroad to chip away at an estimated price tag of $36.6bn. That was the final ...
News Cambodia » Government: Sent back to Cambodia from Thailand, six government critics face charges, trial
Experts tell VOA that Thailand’s deportation last month of six Cambodian activists back to Cambodia shows Bangkok continues to participate in “transnational repression” — coordination among ...
News Cambodia » Government: Cambodia: Arrests Target Critics of Regional Development Zone
(Bangkok) – Cambodian authorities have arbitrarily arrested at least 94 people since late July 2024 for publicly criticizing the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV), Human Rights ...
News Cambodia » Government: Cambodia government approves updated anti-genocide law
The Cambodian government Friday approved a draft law that aims to punish those who ignore, minimize or deny the crimes committed by the communist regime between 1975 and 1979. Under the revised law, ...
News Cambodia » Government: WWF-Cambodia congratulates government on the designation of Sambo and Prasob as Wildlife Sanctuaries
WWF-Cambodia applauds the Cambodian Government’s decision to establish two new protected areas totalling more than 62,000 hectares in Kratie Province as a big step toward saving the country’s forests ...