<p>Cambodia has become more autocratic and its government’s claim of stable economic development rests on uncertain basis, according to a comprehensive new report. The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI), published on Thursday, claims that the quality of Cambodia’s democracy, market economy and governance performance has ...p>

<p>More than 300 families briefly blocked the entrance to the Kandal provincial Hall on Monday morning to ask the governor to intervene in a land dispute with well-connected conglomerate ING Holdings, which they say has built a fence around Boeung Chi po, one of multiple ...p>

<p>A new marine protected area has been established off the coast of Kep province to protect biodiversity and prevent illegal fishing, officials said on Sunday. A directive by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially established the marine fisheries management area, which spans more ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has temporarily halted the import, supply and distribution of all pesticides. The ban comes after at least 14 people died and around 300 were warded after poisonings in Sre Norn and Alorch villages in Chet Borey district’s Kantuot ...p>

<p>City Hall yesterday began to distribute plots of land to 153 families being relocated during a project to restore Stung Meanchey canal. In August last year, phnom penh Municipal Governor Khuong Sreng said that authorities would measure the land and distribute titles for a total ...p>

<p>The ruling Cpp held its first rally for the national election here on Saturday with the aim of drumming up enough support to reclaim the two seats that it lost to the former opposition in 2013. The rally was led by Deputy prime Minister Men ...p>

<p>Delivering a campaign speech from his home via Facebook Live on Thursday, caretaker prime Minister Hun Sen said his Cambodian people’s party (Cpp) had carried the country through danger in its latest mandate. He was specifically referring to the threat of a “colour revolution” from ...p>

<p>Nearly 1,000 families residing in provinces along the Mekong River had been evacuated to safe areas as of Tuesday, while 1,133 houses in Kratie province had been inundated, according to provincial authorities. The water levels in the provinces had risen significantly, they said, leading schools ...p>

<p>As International Vulture Awareness Day approaches, conservationists have called for a boycott of bushmeat and a halt to using poison to hunt wildlife. Ny Naiky, BirdLife International Cambodia programme coordinator who has been tasked with vulture conservation, said yesterday that red-head, white-romped and slender-billed vultures ...p>

<p>Newly-elected Cpp lawmakers, who held positions in the government, officially resigned yesterday from the National Assembly in order to keep their government posts. In a five-page document submitted by the Cpp to the National Election Committee yesterday, 38 lawmakers with senior minister, minister and secretary ...p>

<p>The National Election Committee yesterday commenced the 18-day voter registration period to update the country’s voter list. Nuth Sokhom, an NEC official, said during a meeting at the NEC headquarters that the election body will carry out its voter registration from October 1 to 18 ...p>

<p>Market vendors in Stung Treng province claim the wildlife trade is still continuing despite frequent clampdowns and awareness-raising campaigns by the authorities and NGOs. Stung Treng market vendor Roth Sary said the meat of wild animals such as muntjac, deer, banteng, wild boar, snake and ...p>

<p>The government has formed a new federation for the country’s pepper industry to enhance the market and solve challenges in the sector, as the cash crop is currently facing depressed prices. The Cambodia pepper and Spice Federation was jointly formed last Friday by the Ministries ...p>

<p>The production of Nutrix, a new fish-based wafer snack, was launched in phnom penh on Monday to assist in the fight against “severe acute child malnutrition” in Cambodia. The Nutrix facility is the first of its kind in the Kingdom and only the second in ...p>

<p>The 41st Congress of the Central Committee of the Cambodian people’s party (Cpp), headed by its president and prime Minister Hun Sen has laid out key policies and far-reaching reforms across all sectors in order to win provincial, municipal, district and national elections, party spokesman ...p>

<p>Try pheap Engineering &amp; Construction Co Ltd has requested permission from prime Minister Hun Sen to pump and restore the banks of the Mekong river, according to a Council of Ministers’ letter. The restoration area in question stretches from the Kaam Samnor Cambodia-Vietnam border checkpoint ...p>

<p>On the first day of his trial on Friday, opposition senator Hong Sok Hour—who was charged with forgery and incitement in August for posting a video to Facebook that showed a fake border treaty with Vietnam—denied having fabricated the document, saying that he found it ...p>

<p>The Cambodia Culture Week 2015 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City and Soc Trang province from November 8th – 14th. The event will be co-organised by the Viet Nam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Cambodia Ministry of Culture and Fine ...p>

<p>Australia’s refugee policies were condemned during a review by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Australia automatically detains asylum-seekers who arrive in the country without visas. Hundreds of detainees are sent for processing to offshore camps in the South pacific in papua New Guinea and ...p>

<p>Less than a month after phnom penh Tollway began collecting money from commuters using the factory-lined Veng Sreng Boulevard in outer phnom penh, prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Monday that the government would buy out the private firm and, as a New Year’s gift ...p>