Villagers who have suffered from the American bombs and chemicals used in the Vietnam War want the Us to cancel the war debt and would like it to compensate Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An elephant was electrocuted by a high-power electric line early on Wednesday in a village in Preah sihanouk province frequented by the animals, according to provincial authorities. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local residents in Battambang town took part in a political debate organized by U.s. Democracy promotion group, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) on Monday ahead of local elections early next month. Attendees asked prospective candidates questions related to citizen’s concerns over unemployment, migration, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Environmental activist Ven Vorn has been given a second chance to have an illegal logging conviction overturned after the supreme Court on Wednesday ordered his case sent back to the Appeal Court for review. ss='cambodia-color'>...

King Norodom Sihamoni will once again be out of Cambodia on the day that widely condemned new lawS are due to be Signed into force, prompting Some obServerS to SuggeSt he iS abStaining from affixing hiS Signature to politically queStionable legiSlation. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Council of Ministers spokesman Phay siphan said he did not believe social Affairs Minister Vong sauth would face any disciplinary action after he repeated the gist of a seemingly confidential CPP meeting, including an alleged threat by Prime Minister Hun sen to beat protesters with ss='cambodia-color'>...

After losing more than 400 communes to the opposition in June’s local elections, the Cambodian People’s Party is embarking on a membership drive – among its own members – according to a leaked document, which describes plans to monitor the mentality of supporters of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government has approved plans to build one of the world’s largest airports in Kandal province, though key actors have yet to work out the details and one economist noted yesterday that the current proposal may be short-sighted. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Cambodia last year surged 29.7 per cent against the previous year to nearly Us$3.8 billion, the General Department of Customs reported. Of the total, Việt Nam’s export turnover to this market was $2.77 billion, rising 26.1 per cent against the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian Development Bank has announced an additional $30 million in grants and $10 million in loans to Cambodia as part of the organization’s Green Climate Fund. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The capital’s listed water utility posted higher revenue against lower earnings during the third quarter of the year in a filing to the Cambodian stock exchange yesterday. Phnom Penh Water supply Authority (PPWsA) saw its revenue rise by $1 million, or 8 percent, year-on-year to $13.9 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen’s time spent posting selfies and broadcasting speeches live on Facebook appears to be paying off, according to a new study that ranks world leaders’ Facebook pages by level of engagement. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Preah Sihanouk province land management committee iS in the proceSS of iSSuing land titleS for 82 familieS in a recently converted foreSt area, aS well aS from an economic land conceSSion (ELC) belonging to the Mong Reththy Group. SS='cambodia-color'>...

William A. Heidt, U.S. AmbaSSador to Cambodia, SayS he iS “very aware” of the hiStorical role the United StateS played in the conflict in Cambodia, which iS why he iS Seeking to prioritize the clearance of unexploded ordinance left behind by yearS of bombing. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Dozens of Laotian soldiers started building a post on a disputed tract of land along the border on Thursday, breaking a deal made just a day earlier between Laos and Cambodia to withdraw forces until after the Khmer New Year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has been a vocal supporter of the BRI since the initiative’s conception in 2013. The BRI will offer a new framework of cooperation between Cambodia and her neighbours, through the increased connectivity that will arise in the region once the work on the improved ss='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister sar Kheng announced yesterday that he would introduce an amendment to the Constitution banning individuals from doing “anything to impact the national interests” of Cambodia, singling out ex-opposition figure Kem Monovithya as an example. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The head of a Khmer Krom advocacy association yesterday issued a statement urging his followers not to join ex-opposition leader sam Rainsy’s newly minted Cambodia National Rescue Movement, claiming it will provoke violence. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Jailed opposition leader Kem sokha may not face trial until after the July elections, after a Phnom Penh Municipal Court decision on Monday to extend his pre-trial detention up to another six months. Meng sopheary, sokha’s lawyer, confirmed that Investigating Judge Ky Rithy extended the ss='cambodia-color'>...

While the humanitarian objections to Mondulkiri’s proposed Lower sesan 2 hydropower dam project are well documented, a report from conservation NGO International Rivers yesterday highlighted an objection of another sort: the Lower sesan wouldn’t be a very good location for a dam in the first ss='cambodia-color'>...