The CPP won all 125 seats in the National Assembly in July after it oversaw the banning of the country’s main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party.
The EU is Cambodia's largest export market, with garment exports to the EU alone amounting to about $700 million annually.
Around 16,000 Chinese tourists visited Cambodia over the past seven months, according to the Tourism Ministry.
Kem Sokha was released into house arrest after spending more than a year behind bars awaiting trial on treason charges.
Kem Sokha, who faces controversial treason charges, has been released on bail due to poor health and following international outcry, but will remain under house arrest.
After his release following the July national election, a judge issued a warning to Sok for continuing to criticize Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The two new provinces will be formed from a land cut from Kandal province and from two districts in Mondulkiri and Ratanakkiri provinces.
William David Brenner, 63, from Houston, Texas was detained in Preah Sihanouk province.
Controversial verdict for James Ricketson follows a trial in which prosecutors failed to even identify the country he was allegedly spying for.
Meach Sovannara, the former public affairs chief of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was released from prison along with 13 fellow party activists on Tuesday.
On Sunday, five international advocacy groups, including Human Rights Watch, called for the “politically motivated” case to be dropped for lack of evidence.
The Supreme Council of Consultations (SCC), as the forum will be known, will provide a check on the power of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, according to Hun Sen.
Kem Sokha was not present at the hearing, which lasted for nearly one hour.
Famous land activist Tep Vanny freed in Cambodia as post-election pardons are granted while two former RFA journalists get a sniff of freedom.
Recently, authorities have arrested 10 people and confiscated more than 80 tons of fake products in Phnom Penh, including fake beer and bottled water.
According to an order issued Tuesday evening by Judge Pich Vicheathor, the two journalists will be freed on bail but will have stringent conditions placed on their release.
General Hing Bun Heang told VOA Khmer on Monday that his meaning had been misunderstood.
Most migrant workers will be unemployed on their return to their home country because of a lack of job opportunities and programs to get people back into work.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party won a landslide victory, claiming more than three-quarters of the votes cast and all 125 seats in parliament.
Nearly 7 million voters, or 82.89 percent of the electorate, turned out to vote, according to the NEC.
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