The U.K.’s fraud office plans to request the extradition of a British national currently detained in Cambodia, after it brought charges against four people for their part in a $36 million Ponzi scheme involving a biofuel plantation. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh in March ss='cambodia-color'>...

The third phase of a project designed to revamp Phnom Penh’s drainage system, currently inundated by seasonal rains, began yesterday. Four areas of the city spanning a total of 369,445 metres will be witness to the next stage of the project’s implementation, part of an ongoing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, the men wrongfully Sentenced to 20 yearS in priSon for the 2004 murder of Free Trade Union (FTU) leader Chea Vi&Shy;chea, were exonerated WedneSday by the Supreme Court of the crime. ReSponding to the acquittal, Chea Vichea&rSquo;S brother, Chea Mony, SS='cambodia-color'>...

Rights groups on Monday shared their concerns about the treatment of women in Cambodia with member states of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva. Cambodia last updated the committee—which meets three times a year to assess how member states ss='cambodia-color'>...

in response to the flood disaster in Cambodia, the Government of Japan on Monday decided to provide emergency relief goods such as generator, water purifiers etc worth 32 million yen (approximately 320,000 Us dollars) to the Kingdom of Cambodia through the Japan International Cooperation Agency ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Royal Group subsidiary has signed a deal with two Vietnamese firms to import fertiliser, a senior official with the company said yesterday. Among several deals agreed to during Prime Minister Hun sen’s trip to Vietnam this weekend, Nitrogen Chemicals and Fertilizer Cambodia Ltd, the subsidiary ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Sunday publicly releaSed official election documentS from Kratie province after receiving orderS to inveStigate allegationS of electoral fraud, though a SubStantial amount of the evidence waS unSealed, raiSing fearS the documentS had been tampered with. After receiving orderS from the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Amidst an opposition boycott of the National Assembly, CNRP leaders on sunday announced to about 10,000 supporters gathered in Phnom Penh their tentative plans to push the one-party CPP government to investigate irregularities in the July election and enact a broad slate of reforms. As patchy ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forest land in Asia-Pacific countries has grown overall since 2002, according to a study released last week, but Cambodia was one of only three countries surveyed to buck the trend. Out of 14 countries included in the study by the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC), ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s King Norodom sihamoni came under pressure Thursday from monks and civil society organizations to delay the opening session of the country’s parliament to give more time to the ruling and opposition parties for negotiations to end their election dispute. A group of around 20 ss='cambodia-color'>...

A labour union representing a minority of workers who have been striking at sL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd for nearly three months released a statement yesterday, calling the strike bad for the industry’s reputation. Without specifically mentioning the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy on Monday visited thousands of workers from two special economic zones (sEZs) in svay Rieng province who have been on strike over wages and working conditions since December 16. More than 25,000 workers from 36 factories in the Manhattan and Tai seng ss='cambodia-color'>...

Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) said it could not vouch for the official outcome of July’s national election because of the large number of ballots cast by people without proper paperwork or forms in lieu of official identification, yet another independent report casting doubts on the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of Police and Military Police cracked down on protesters, led by Mam sonando, the director of Beehive Radio station, at the Ministry of Information. A reporter of the Cambodia Herald, who is at the scene, reported that several protesters were injured in the crackdown. And ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) on Friday took Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to call on students to “show love” by donating blood, a drive that collected 400 units of blood. “On [Valentine’s Day] we are all willing to show our love by donating blood ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior oppoSition lawmaker Mu Sochua walked into Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Freedom Park on WedneSday morning, trailed by a Small group of newS photographerS, and Stopped to poSe in front of about 100 municipal riot police exerciSing in the park. MS. Sochua&rSquo;S Small act of defiance againSt the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Workers at the Beautiful spring Footwear factory in Takeo province refused to end a two-day protest on saturday after management ceded to most of their demands but refused to raise their good-attendance bonus. The factory’s roughly 1,000 workers started protesting outside the building on Friday, two ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite a stubborn refusal by the government to act upon his electoral reform recommendations over the past two years, U.N. human rights envoy surya subedi walked away from his meeting with National Election Committee chairman Im suosdey on Tuesday espousing optimism. “The process of reform is ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sixty reStoration workerS at Ta Prohm temple in Siem Reap province put down their toolS ThurSday and proteSted in front of the temple alongSide 31 former workerS who loSt their jobS laSt year and are demanding to be rehired by the Archaeological Survey of India SS='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers in Kompong Chhnang province involved in a long-running land dispute with a minister’s wife took their grievances to the spirit world this weekend, staging a two-day ceremony during which they cast traditional curses on company officials and local authorities they say have wronged them. The ss='cambodia-color'>...