Local authorities investigating a house in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kok district confiscated more than 260 containers of fertilizer and insecticide Wednesday morning after neighbors of a Chinese man complained of a noxious smell emanating from his house, which they feared might have been a dangerous ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government will set up a $5 million fund to allow Cambodia’s 26 provinces and municipalities to take responsibility for waste management in their cities, it was announced recently. With a focus on garbage management, the decentralisation initiative, revealed at a two-day workshop in Phnom Penh ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Thoy Kimsean, the wife of Takhmao town Governor Eam samay, over allegations she issued a fake cheque worth $185,000 in 2013. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Russian businessman Nikolai Doroshenko was imprisoned Wednesday evening after being arrested at his family’s snake House restaurant in sihanoukville for failing to appear in court to be questioned over fraud charges related to a dispute with his rival, fugitive developer sergei Polonsky. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday delayed the trial of fugitive Defense Ministry official Thong sarath’s parents, who are facing charges of possessing illegal firearms. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An NGO partnered with Phnom Penh’s municipal government in a scheme to help poor children get off the street Wednesday blasted the city’s ongoing catch-and-release strategy. In June, City Hall partnered up with two NGOs in a campaign to remove beggars from Phnom Penh’s streets. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

Dy Vichea – son of the late National Police chief Hok Lundy and son-in-law to Prime Minister Hun sen – has been appointed director of the Central security Department at the Ministry of Interior, the National Police said yesterday. National Police spokesman Kirt Chantharith said that ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy told supporters Friday that the goal of his party remains the same: to change the current regime. The president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party has worked to assure his supporters that the party is working for change, following a political deal ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some Say City Hall&rSquo;S Scheme to improve public tranSport with a buS line iS failing. One architect haS a new plan, tried and teSted throughout the developing world With the capital growing and incomeS on the riSe, ruSh hour in Phnom Penh iS only getting worSe SS='cambodia-color'>...

A livestock industry representative has called on the government to cap Cambodia’s only live pig export company’s trade with Laos, citing shortages in the local market. CP Cambodia, a subsidiary of the Thai conglomerate CP Global, exported some 25,000 head of live swine – boars, sows ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vorn Pao was re-elected president on Thursday of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA), a labor group comprised mostly of tuk-tuk drivers and moto-dops, in an uncontested ballot after his vice president withdrew from the race over allegations of irregularities. sok Chhun Oeung, who ss='cambodia-color'>...

The lawyer of a 70-year-old widow whose land was stolen by a cousin of Prime Minister Hun sen, Dy Proem, has filed a letter to the National Assembly’s human rights committee asking the body to help speed up the long-stalled case. Dy Proem was sentenced ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kratie Provincial Court on Tuesday brought murder charges against three men arrested for the killing on sunday morning of 49-year-old journalist Taing Try in snuol district and sent them to the provincial prison to await trial, a court official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian children are less prone to diarrhea and fever and perform better on cognitive tests after regularly eating nutrient-fortified rice, according to a new study, the results of which were announced Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A consortium of journalists on Wednesday sent a report to the governor of Kompong Chhnang province claiming that a man arrested last week for murdering one of their associates was framed in an attempt to cover up an illegal fishing syndicate with close connections to ss='cambodia-color'>...

A key component of the enormous ING City satellite city south of Phnom Penh – samdech Techo Hun sen Boulevard – is nearing completion. It will also provide access to ING City – previously known as AZ City – which is being constructed on land ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian and U.S. naval perSonnel on Monday began a five-day exerciSe here at the Ream Naval BaSe, aiming to enhance maritime Security SkillS and cooperation, officialS Said. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia made a rare show of defending its migrant workforce in south Korea on Friday, calling attention to a labour scheme that has come under fire for perpetuating exploitation and abuse. During meetings with the outgoing south Korean ambassador, president of the National Assembly Heng samrin ss='cambodia-color'>...

The son of a high-ranking customs official was involved in a shooting incident at the Rock nightclub in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district early sunday morning that left one man injured, according to police. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy opposition leader Kem sokha marked his arrival back in the Kingdom from a trip to the Us on Wednesday by saying he was not afraid of Prime Minister Hun sen’s threats to have him prosecuted for allegedly attempting to lead a revolution. ss='cambodia-color'>...