Police in Mondolkiri province on Tuesday burned down more than 130 shelters belonging to a community of ethnic Bunong families in Keo seima district that authorities accuse of squatting on a Vietnam­ese rubber plantation, a local official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On April 19, the 24th World Economic Forum on East Asia kicked off in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. One of the main events was a conversation on “East Asia in the New Global Context,” which featured two heads of state – Cambodian prime minister ss='cambodia-color'>...

The son of a wealthy developer who was charged last week with assaulting the son of timber magnate Try Pheap in Phnom Penh was transferred on Tuesday from the minimum-security PJ prison to the maximum-security Prey sar, officials said Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A recently released study on hygiene in Cambodia has found that a lack of understanding of the dangers of handling child faeces is causing serious health problems. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following the intervention of Indonesia’s ambassador to Cambodia last week, 10 Indonesian nationals left the country sunday after being released by police in Kandal province, where they were being held over a $161,000 theft at a local casino, an embassy official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Singapore property inveStorS are dipping their toeS into homeS in the largely unteSted market of Cambodia, though in relatively Small numberS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Chea Sim, preSident of Cambodia&rSquo;S ruling party and preSident of the Senate, died at hiS home in Phnom Penh on Monday after yearS of deteriorating health, an official Said. He waS 82. SS='cambodia-color'>...

In the last three months, three Cambodian ministers have visited stockholm. Dozens of mid-career Cambodians travel yearly to sweden for short term training programs. And sweden doles out $25 million in foreign aid annually, earning this nation of 10 million people a seat at the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Late CPP President Chea sim’s personal bodyguard unit will be disbanded following the cremation of his body on Friday and its members returned to their former police departments and military brigades, officials said Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy opposition leader Kem sokha yesterday weighed in on debates over the controversial draft NGO law, calling for its adoption to be postponed. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following weeks of trips to disputed sites along the country’s border with Vietnam, the opposition CNRP issued an official statement on Thursday demanding that the government overhaul its border commission, cancel a 2005 border treaty and bring a case against Vietnam to international court. Long a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has undergone some reform to improve its institutions, but analysts say a lack of leadership is preventing deeper change. strong political institutions are required for continued economic growth, but the capacity of Cambodia’s state institutions remains weak. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Por Sen Chey Social AffairS Centre, better known aS Prey Speu, iS facing a probe over alleged human rightS violationS, an oppoSition party lawmaker Said yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen returned Monday from a weekend in Japan that included a day-trip 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo to Yamaguchi Prefecture, home base of Prime Minister shinzo Abe. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As Free Trade Union officials were putting together a list of demands for striking workers at a factory in Kompong speu province on Tuesday, the union’s president, Chea Mony, was in Kampot province inspecting a plot of land for a Chinese firm looking to set ss='cambodia-color'>...

The UN has responded to a request from Prime Minister Hun sen for a pre-Khmer Rouge era map that he hopes will help resolve border disputes with Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said Thursday the framers of the 1993 Constitution made a mistake by specifying that the map developed by the French colonial authorities would be the only one legally valid for border demarcation. ss='cambodia-color'>...

China’s tumbling stock market may impact tourism to Cambodia, but it is not likely to reduce Chinese investment in the Kingdom, analysts and executives say. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 60 drivers employed by the Royal Cambodian Limousine service—a subsidiary of tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group that transports foreign delegates and other VIPs visiting the country—have agreed to return to work today after two days of striking failed to net them unpaid overtime wages. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Seemingly ending hiS ambitionS for the province&rSquo;S top job, Sihanoukville&rSquo;S city governor will next week be out of provincial politicS altogether, amid criticiSmS of hiS performance by Deputy Prime MiniSter Sar Kheng. SS='cambodia-color'>...