The fate of the last surviving Irrawaddy river dolphins on the Laos-Cambodian border hangs in the balance after a Laos government official was reported as saying this week that construction of the dam would begin by the end of the year.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prince Norodom Ranarridh, leader of the royalist party Funcinpec, says he has offered support to Prime Minister Hun sen, to verify Cambodia’s maps in its demarcation discussions over the Vietnam border. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The son-in-law of senator Kok An has rejected accusations the tycoon is attempting to grab six hectares of land from a plot he sold to a south Korean development company 10 years ago. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday warned that a CNRP victory in the 2018 national election would inevitably lead to war when the opposition party starts redistributing land from the rich to the poor, something that opposition leader sam Rainsy said would only be done ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government ministries bound by sexist traditions and a lack of support are keeping women officials across Asia from implementing their ideas, female leaders gathered for a four-day seminar in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Economists say Cambodia is not facing the risk of an aging population, as is happening in richer countries around the region, but it must still plan for a future when its younger generations grow old. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the remote province of Ratanakiri, in northeastern Cambodia, deforestation and climate change are taking a heavy toll on communities.Drought has damaged crops, from rice to sesame, cashews, beans and potatoes, making it hard for farmers here to earn a living. And deforestation has greatly ss='cambodia-color'>...

With the return of the Cambodia National Rescue Party to the National Assembly this week, following a boycott that began in November, analysts say there is a chance some of the party’s activists could be released from jail. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The flow of Korean investment into Cambodia has been in the spotlight for more than a decade, primarily foreign direct investment in the construction and property sectors. Investment from the East Asian nation continues its rise, and in 2014 south Korean investment in Cambodia ranked ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Commerce Ministry has created a special taskforce to study challenges threatening the sustainability of the nation’s rice industry and will report its findings within two weeks, a ministry official said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association (CVEA) will set out a framework to build a professional training school by April to enable its agents to compete with those from other countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen will attempt to renegotiate the $1.5 billion of soviet-era debt Cambodia accrued during the 1980s when he visits Russia in May, according to a post on the premier’s Facebook page.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Vihear’s deputy governor has vowed not to let protesters near Prime Minister Hun sen as he cuts the ribbon on a $360 million sugar mill in Tbeng Meanchey district today. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Adhoc president Thun saray on Tuesday defended his rights group’s pro-bono legal representation of the alleged mistress of deputy opposition leader Kem sokha, who last week rescinded her denials of the affair and accused Adhoc staff of convincing her to lie. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Russia is looking to expand its crude oil exports to AsEAN countries – including Cambodia – despite the Kingdom being years away from having refinery capabilities. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Officials and environmentalists have congratulated Vietnam and the United states on a recent climate changed agreement signed between the two former adversaries, saying the co-operation will have a positive impact on mitigating the effects of the phenomenon in the region. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A community of ethnic Phnong people in Mondulkiri’s Keo seima district has accepted a settlement from a Vietnamese rubber firm ending a five-year land dispute. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new report has ranked Cambodia 125 out of 163 countries in terms of its protection of children’s rights, even as the government works to finalise a sub-decree and code of conduct to better shield children from abuse, exploitation and neglect. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Russian state Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom and Cambodia’s National Council for sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Cambodia (NCsD) today said they held their first working group meeting towards implementing nuclear power energy cooperation. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Turkish companies looking to expand operations in the Kingdom’s health care industry were among the most visible participants of a trade exposition held in Phnom Penh over the weekend. ss='cambodia-color'>...