Nearly a tonne of rosewood was uncovered in a raid yesterday in Kampong Speu in which the suspect successfully fled after injuring an officer, police officials said. “According to the quality assessment, i can say a rough value of that rosewood is $300,000,” he [Keo ...

A 31-year-old man was killed on Monday when part of an illegally dug gold mine collapsed in Battambang’s Phnom Proek district, commune officials said yesterday. Bon Boern, 31, died at the scene, while Ath Kri, 21, was treated at the provincial hospital for a head injury, ...

Factories in Svay Rieng province’s Manhattan Special Economic Zone have fired or suspended at least 50 workers – and are pursuing legal action against some – for participating in a strike last month that saw some 30,000 walk off the job. Heads of the Collective Union ...

Ten land activists are set to be questioned today by Preah Vihear provincial court over their involvement in halting the drilling of a well in a community forest in November last year, rights monitors said yesterday. Lor Chhan, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, told the Post the ...

A Japanese national is being accused by a Preah Sihanouk farmer of shooting him over a logging dispute in Kampong Seila district, the alleged victim and a rights monitor said yesterday. Kanha Phan, 32, is alleging that Peter Ly, 39, shot him in the waist after ...

Twenty judges and prosecutors may soon find themselves pulling up stakes and tackling new jurisdictions, according to a draft list detailing a wide-ranging judicial reshuffling obtained by thePost yesterday. in the proposed shake-up, Phnom Penh Municipal Court president Chiv Keng will be moved into a position as ...

A growing number of red-headed Sarus cranes are reportedly flocking west from Vietnam to a protected sanctuary in Kampot province’s Kampong Trach district, and conservationists observing the trend aren’t sure why. The Tuoitrenews website reported on Saturday that unusually large numbers of the birds, which are classified as ...

After admitting there were “major problems” with its resettlement projects earlier this month, the World Bank has come under fire from Boeung Kak lake residents in a new report from a human rights group. The report by the international Accountability Project (iAP), titled Back to Development, ...

The Ministry of information is finalizing the long-overdue draft law on the access to information, known as the “A2i draft law”, as highlighted in its work direction for 2024. The draft law is currently being reviewed by the Ministry of Justice, according to documents viewed ...

Danish beer giant Carlsberg, a partner in Cambodia’s largest brewery, Cambrew, said it is not concerned by a call to boycott its popular Angkor Beer brand over a partner company’s investment in a Laos dam. Ben Morton, vice president of Carlsberg’s international media relations and issues ...

At Chak Angre Krom Primary School in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Sunday, 82-year-old Kat Om slowly made his way out of one of the classrooms, his forefinger darkened with ink. Mr. Om is a seasoned voter, having thrown his support behind the ruling CPP—which claims ...

Opposition supporters in Ratanakkiri yesterday said that local authorities aligned with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party have actively obstructed their efforts to circulate petitions ahead of Wednesday’s planned rally in Freedom Park. After collecting more than 100 thumbprints, local government and police officials in Bakeo district ...

Cambodia is changing fast. Over the past decade, the capital city, Phnom Penh has expanded exponentially: its bodies of water have been filled in and green spaces diminished. Rural to urban migration has changed the shape of the countryside. Great shifts are under way and ...

The authorities are at a loss over who had cleared and demarcated more than 50ha of mangrove forests in Village i, Tumnob Rolok commune, Stung Hav district, in Preah Sihanouk province. Kim Hak, who heads the community protecting the flooded Tumnob Rolok forest and the ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has issued two sub-decrees reclassifying two communes in Phnom Penh as districts, as per a request made by interior Minister Sar Kheng last week.​ in the separate sub-decrees, obtained by Khmer Times yesterday, Boeng Keng Kang i, Boeng Keng Kang ii, Boeng Keng Kang ...

King Norodom Sihamoni on Wednesday appealed once again to the 55 elected lawmakers of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to attend the first session of the National Assembly to be held on September 23. “i asked His Excellencies, and Her Excellencies to attend the first ...

Despite the country remaining trapped in a tense political stalemate that shows no signs of abating, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday reiterated that the government would continue working as normal while the opposition’s boycott of parliament continues. “i will not talk about the political situation, as ...

More than 600 workers have fainted on factory floors so far this year, compared with about 800 such incidents over the whole of 2013, a Labour Ministry official said yesterday. Pok Vanthat, deputy director of the ministry’s labour health department and head of a committee that ...

ក្រុម​បាតុករ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ប្រមាណ​ជា ៥០០​នាក់ បាន​នាំ​គ្នា​បិទ​ផ្លូវ​ជាតិ​លេខ​៥ ត្រង់​ចំណុច​ភូមិ​ផ្សារត្រាច ឃុំ​លង្វែក ស្រុក​កំពង់ត្រឡាច ខេត្ត​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង ជាង​មួយ​ម៉ោង បណ្ដាល​ឲ្យ​រថយន្ត​ធ្វើ​ចរាចរណ៍​នៅ​លើ​ដង​ផ្លូវ​រាប់​រយ​គ្រឿង​មាន​ការ​ កកស្ទះ។ ការ​សម្រេច​ចិត្ត​បិទ​ផ្លូវ​ជាតិ​របស់​ហ្វូង​បាតុករ​នេះ គឺ​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​បន្ទាប់​ពី​មាន​មន្ត្រី​ប៉ូលិស​ចរាចរណ៍​ផ្លូវ​គោក និង​កង​កម្លាំង​ប្រដាប់​អាវុធ​ចម្រុះ​ខេត្ត​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង បាន​ព្យាយាម​រារាំង​រថយន្ត​ដឹក​ក្រុម​បាតុករ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ មិន​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ចូល​រួម​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​នៅ​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ ក្រោម​ហេតុ​ផល​ផ្សេងៗ។ «សំឡេង​បាតុករ​ស្រែក​ហ៊ោ» ក្រុម​បាតុករ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ខេត្ត​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង ជា​ច្រើន​រយ​នាក់ ប្រដាប់​ដោយ​ឧបករណ៍​បំពង​សំឡេង នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៥ ខែ​កញ្ញា បាន​ស្រែក​ព្រមាន​ទៅ​ក្រុម​សមត្ថកិច្ច ដែល​បាន​ឃាត់​រថយន្ត​ដឹក​ក្រុម​បាតុករ​ទៅ​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​នៅ​រាជធានី​ ភ្នំពេញ ថា​ខ្លួន​នឹង​បិទ​កំណាត់​ផ្លូវ​ជាតិ​លេខ​៥ រយៈពេល​បី​យប់​បី​ថ្ងៃ ប្រសិន​បើ​អាជ្ញាធរ​មិន​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ក្បួន​រថយន្ត​របស់​ពួក​គាត់​ចូល​ទៅ​ ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​នៅ​ក្នុង​ក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ ទេ​នោះ។ បេក្ខជន​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​ជាប់​ឆ្នោត​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ សម្រាប់​មណ្ឌល​ខេត្ត​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង លោក គី វណ្ណដារ៉ា មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា សកម្មភាព​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ​ច្បាប់​ចរាចរណ៍​របស់​ក្រុម​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ខេត្ត​ កំពង់ឆ្នាំង នា​ពេល​នេះ គឺ​ជា​ហេតុផល​នយោបាយ និង​ចង់​បន្ទច់បង្អាក់​សកម្មជន​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ មិន​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ចូល​រួម​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​នៅ​ភ្នំពេញ៖ «គេ​ឃាត់​ឡាន​យើង​គេ​ យក​លេស​ថា អត់​នេះ​អត់​នោះ ប៉ុន្តែ​យើង​បាន​ពន្យល់​ថា បើ​ជា​អត់​នេះ​អត់​នោះ ...

On his second day of questioning by prosecutors at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday, the deputy director of the foreign commerce bank during the Pol Pot regime, Sar Kim Lomouth, said he feared for his safety following the purging of several superiors at the Ministry ...