The request from the Ministry of Agriculture came a day after the Royal Ploughing Ceremony, which symbolically marks the start of farmers’ cultivation period.
Hello VOA radio listeners said they had a hard time understanding the difference between what constitutes an individual’s right to free expression and defamation.
Human Rights Watch also called on international donors to press the Cambodian government to reform its security forces and press for judicial independence.
The statement came just days after Cambodian garment workers gathered to express their concerns over stagnated wages, forced overtime and low standards of living.
The decree, signed by Hun Sen on May 24, sets a June 4, 2017, date for the polls, which will come a year ahead of the next general election, due in 2018.
Amid increasing political tensions, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has called for a resumption of dialogue with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.
Sam An, who holds American citizenship, was arrested in Siem Reap province on April 9 after he returned from the United States.
Despite making up half of the student population, only 14% of students in information technology in 2010 were female. Most of these women chose the subject without the clear end goal of working in the sector.
The projects will be supported by $130 million in concessional credits from International Development Association.
Government officials say limitations on freedom are necessary to avoid what they cast as the potential for catastrophic “color revolution” in Cambodia.
Located on the Thai-Cambodian border, Anlong Veng was one of the main redoubts of the Khmer Rouge after their regime was toppled in January 1979.
It serves as a reminder of the regime’s use of rail transport in its attempts to force Cambodians into the leadership’s vision of the country as an agrarian utopia.
General Tea Banh, the minister of defense, accused civil society groups in a speech on Thursday of trying to topple the government of the Cambodian People’s Party, led by long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The summit holds particular significance as it falls on the 20th anniversary of Asean-Russian Federation relations.
Cambodian officials on Wednesday welcomed the meeting of old enemies, but the possible easing of the arms embargo was greeted with caution.
From the comprehensive “A History of Cambodia” to his dissection of the Khmer Rouge’s main torture center in “Voices from S-21,” Chandler has charted more of the country’s turbulent and often bloody past than any other scholar.
Hun Sen said Manet had sent him a text message suggesting he have an DNA test performed to establish the truth and that if he was found to be Hun Sen’s biological son the opposition “should withdraw from politics” and “if I am not your son we can withdraw from politics.”
The five-time U.S. national champion diver and his adoptive-parents visited orphanages and showed off his diving skills to the Cambodian national diving team at one of the capital’s most iconic buildings – Olympic Stadium.
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