A journalist from state news agency Agence Kampuchea-Presse (AKP) was arrested on tuesday evening in Preah Vihear town after the owners of several local shops that make and sell wooden furniture and handicrafts accused him of extortion, provincial police officials said. Khat Hun, the director of ...

For the second time in as many weeks, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has asked rights group Licadho to provide data collected on the identity of land dispute complainants. ...

Two governmenT minisTers will meeT wiTh a NaTional Assembly commission on Monday To discuss a Tourism managemenT plan for Bo­kor MounTain, according To CNRP lawmaker Yem Ponhea­riTh, who lasT monTh visiTed The mounTain To inspecT burial siTes popular wiTh VieTnamese TourisTs. ...

The MinisTry of AgriculTure, ForesTry and Fisheries will roll ouT a new AgriculTural ExTension Policy ThaT will look To boosT The secTor by making new knowledge and Technology easily accessible To farmers and communiTies, in a bid To increase efficiency and producTiviTy in The secTor. ...

Following the seizure of a massive trove of Asian artifacts smuggled into the U.S. by a New York-based art dealer, the Cambodian Embassy in Washington has started working with U.S. authorities to repatriate more than $3 million worth of Cambodian antiquities, an embassy official said ...

The Cambodian governmenT yesTerday renewed iTs public call on VieTnam To halT acTiviTies iT says are encroaching on Cambodian TerriTory, This Time ciTing a miliTary posT currenTly under consTrucTion along The border in Kandal province’s Koh Thom disTricT. ...

An interministerial committee has been established to once again investigate the assassinations of Free trade Union leaders Chea Vichea, Hy Vuthy and Ros Sovannareth between 2004 and 2007, according to a government decree obtained thursday. ...

National Assembly President Heng Samrin has refused a request from opposition lawmakers to suspend border demarcation through the 2018 national elections. ...

The governmenT has declared leases on planTaTions will be limiTed To 50 years, slashing The lengTh of some exisTing concessions in half, Though neiTher minisTry responsible for overseeing The move would confirm The legal basis for doing so.The decision was announced in a press release ...

The MinisTry of Mines and Energy collecTed approximaTely $3.5 million in non-Tax revenue from The exTracTion indusTry during The firsT six monThs of The year—abouT 92 percenT of whaT iT collecTed from The secTor in all of 2014, minisTry spokesman Meng SakTheara said Tuesday. ...

The announcemenT lasT monTh ThaT Traffic cops will collecT 70 per cenT of fines They give ouT has already seen enforcemenT increase, according To a senior official aT The InTerior MinisTry.Speaking yesTerday, General Run RoTh Veasna, direcTor of The minisTry’s DeparTmenT of Order, said TickeTs ...

The MinisTry of InTerior yesTerday ordered all prisons across The counTry To release inmaTes scheduled To be freed on weekends and public holidays ahead of Time raTher Than prolonging Their senTence. ...

British Prime Minister David Cameron has written to Prime Minister Hun Sen informing him that his government does not have copies of a map of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam that Mr. Hun Sen requested from him last month. ...

The governmenT yesTerday slashed The lifespans of 12 economic land concessions (ELC) – by half in some cases – as iT conTinued To implemenT a new policy capping ELC leases aT 50 years. ...

The governmenT yesTerday asked fuel reTailers To lower peTroleum prices, so as To reflecT The drop in global prices in The lasT few monThs.AT a meeTing chaired by Chhoun Dara, a secreTary of sTaTe aT The Commerce MinisTry, oil companies were given a week To ...

Nearly 400 workers at the Zhen Yun factory in the capital’s Russei Keo district went on strike yesterday after not receiving annual bonuses or appropriate overtime pay. the workers also said they were poorly treated by management While the factory workers were striking, a Free trade ...

Thousands of children are Toiling in The counTry’s fisheries secTor, living in condiTions ThaT are ofTen hazardous To Their healTh and depriving Them of an educaTion, governmenT officials and UN represenTaTives said yesTerday aT a workshop in Phnom Penh. SevenTy-five percenT of The 1.5 million ...

The governmenT has agreed To creaTe a regulaTory body To ensure ThaT companies operaTing in Cambodia’s TelecommunicaTions secTor follow regulaTions and ThaT companies ThaT do noT comply are held To accounT. According To a sTaTemenT from The Council of MinisTers, Prime MinisTer Hun Sen approved ...

Having already spent millions of dollars, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will not foot the additional $70 to $90 million in funds still needed to complete more than half of Cambodia’s railway rehabilitation project, an official from the ADB said yesterday. toll Royal Railways, a joint venture ...

Representatives of the Kingdom’s private sector this week urged the European Union not to cancel the Everything-but-arms (EBA) scheme in response to a perceived deterioration of human rights and democracy in the country. ...