<p>The phnom penh Municipal Court on Tuesday resumed the trial of the “Adhoc 5,” the name for a group of rights activists accused of bribing a hairdresser to lie about an alleged romantic relationship with jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha. The full-day hearing proceeded without ...p>

<p>Koh kong provincial authorities have announced a plan to temporarily ban heavy trucks from travelling on National Road 48, while it’s being repaired by the Ministry of public Works and Transport. According to the ministry’s assessment, about 22.26 per cent of the road or around ...p>

<p>poverty in Cambodia has fallen dramatically over the last two decades, and continues to fall at a rapid pace, said a high official of the UNDp to&nbsp;Khmer Times&nbsp;yesterday. All the poverty rateslines, either based on income and other dimensions, have seen big reductions at a ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s construction boom has pushed thousands of families into modern slavery in the brick industry through debt bondage, a report by researchers from London’s Royal Holloway University say. The blood bricks report was released on Tuesday following the sharp rise in Cambodian brick prices in ...p>

<p>The poipet Airport development project, which had been abandoned for more than 10 years, will resume construction in 2020 as the city welcomes more Chinese, say provincial authorities. Hotel and casino investment firm Holiday palace began construction of the airport in 2007 and had already ...p>

<p>The Cambodian government said it is actively working with China Road and Bridge Corporation, a Chinese company seeking to speed up construction of an expressway linking phnom penh to preah Sihanouk province, says Ministry of public Works and Transport officials. The planned expressway will span ...p>

<p>protests initially started almost two weeks ago over pay and conditions. The factory subsequently issued an ultimatum – supported by the phnom penh Municipal Court – that striking workers return to their jobs within 48 hours or they would be terminated. The workers responded to ...p>

<p>Seventeen families from phnom penh’s Meanchey district, who claim they have lived in the area for two decades and are Cambodian by birth, protested against district authorities on Wednesday for designating them as Vietnamese immigrants. The families, from Chak Angre Krom commune’s Tuol Roka village, ...p>

<p>The Sustainable Rice platform (SRp) has called for private-public partnerships to secure a sustainable global rice supply while the sector is being increasingly impacted by climate change. At the 8th Annual plenary and General Assembly of the SRp held in Siem Reap this week, 150 ...p>

<p>The preah Sihanouk provincial authority has taken tougher measures against land grabbing and encroachment on mangrove and flooded forests at the protected prek Kampong Smach sanctuary in prey Nub district. In a directive released on Monday, provincial governor Yun Min said the encroachment severely affected ...p>

<p>The newborn Irrawaddy dolphin which was discovered earlier this week in Kratie province is the first one recorded this year, a World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)-Cambodia report said. According to the report, a group of dolphin-watching tourist-boat operators on Monday spotted a dolphin calf, ...p>

<p>Villagers and local freshwater vendors on Thursday expressed concern about fresh water supply in preah Sihanouk province, after a private company partially filled fresh water reservoir Boeung prek Tup with sand for tourist development. Boeung prek Tup is a natural lake located in Sihanoukville’s Village ...p>

<p>Cambodian authorities have ordered an investigation into violent clashes over a land dispute in which a protester was shot, after a video clip of the incident sparked outrage on social media. A man was shot and a 10-year-old boy injured in the clash last week ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology called on Wednesday for increased vigilance as Cambodia continues to be in a trough of low atmospheric pressure while facing high pressure from Thailand, leading to dry season rains, sudden strong winds and lightning strikes. The ministry’s notice ...p>

<p>Save the Children launched an EU-funded project on Wednesday – Responsive and Effective Child Welfare Systems Transformation (React) – which aims to ensure proper legal protection and quality services for children, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the EU’s diplomatic service said. The launch of ...p>

<p>A dozen Cambodian migrant workers suspected of cutting down trees in a Thai protected forest were arrested on Sunday by military police at a rubber plantation in Thailand’s Nakhon Reachasima province. According to a report by the Bangkok post, Thai military police conducted a raid ...p>

<p>The National Election Committee yesterday said that three out of seven political parties registered for the sub-national elections will kick off their campaigns on the main streets in phnom penh over the weekend. In a statement, the NEC noted that the ruling Cambodian people’s party ...p>

<p>Several families in O’Raing district’s Sen Monorom commune in Mondulkiri province express concern that they will lose their plantation and community burial land after seeing machinery arrive to excavate soil for the construction of an airport. They say the excavation is taking place in a ...p>

<p>Minister of Environment Say Sam Al laid out a work plan on Friday to address the issues of security, social order, construction management and the environment in preah Sihanouk province. Sam Al said preah Sihanouk, “an important economic pole in Cambodia”, is currently facing “complicated ...p>

<p>Cambodia is calling for the establishment of tourism institutes and universities to provide relevant skills in compliance with an Asean curriculum, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said. He was speaking during the Sub-Forum on Yunnan-South Asia &amp; Southeast Asia Tourism Vocational Education and personnel Training ...p>