<p>Activists in the northern provinces of Cambodia claimed on Tuesday that while police forces are busy providing security for the July 29 national elections, they are witnessing a worrying spike in forest crimes. prey Lang Community Network activist phok Hong told The post that forest ...p>

<p>Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Sunday revealed the story behind the transfer of former opposition party leader Kem Sokha from Trapaing phlong prison in Tbong Khmum province to his house in the capital. Speaking at the ruling Cambodian people’s party (Cpp) headquarters in prey Veng ...p>

<p>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 ...p>

<p>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.​&nbsp;In the separate sub-decrees, obtained by&nbsp;Khmer Times&nbsp;yesterday, Boeng Keng Kang I, Boeng Keng Kang II, Boeng Keng Kang ...p>

<p>General Sao Sokha, the deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and commander of the National Military police, on Monday, ordered relevant authorities to put more effort into combating natural resource-related crimes. According to Fresh News, Sokha, who also chairs the National Committee ...p>

<p>Membes of Battambang province’s forest community and relevant authorities on Tuesday claimed that over 100ha of forest land in Samlot protected Area have been illegally cleared by wealthy citizens and armed forces in order to place it under their ownership. Samlot community representative Yat Neang, ...p>

<p>In order to counter criticisms made by journalists and the general public, the government has created a unit made out of ministry spokespersons to ensure speedy responses. The decision to create the unit was sanctioned by prime Minister Hun Sen on March 6 via a ...p>

<p>NAGACORp Ltd, which owns phnom penh’s only licensed casino NagaWorld, announced its $4 billion Naga 3 project on the site of the former “White Building” in Tonle Bassac commune, a 29-page document filed with the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited said. The company’s announcement ...p>

<p>A conservationist group said on Wednesday that a recent Ramsar site status for Cambodia’s Stung Sen wetland is crucial to help protect the habitat of a number of globally near-threatened species. The rich and biologically diverse Stung Sen wetland has been designated as a unique ...p>

<p>With more plans for rice storage and silos in Cambodia, industry insiders have expressed their optimism that a lack of facilities will not pose a challenge for the Kingdom’s rice market this year. Cambodian Rice Federation vice-president Norng Veasna said thanks to efforts from the ...p>

<p>The Indian government has provided Cambodia a grant for 18 projects worth nearly $900,000 to implement the Quick Impact projects (QIps) under the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) framework. The two governments on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the grant at the Ministry of ...p>

<p>The National Assembly yesterday unanimously approved plans by SpHp (Cambodia) to invest in a new hydroelectric dam in pursat province, as well as plans by Schnei Tech to build solar farms in pursat and Kampong Chhnang province. Since power cuts began in March across the ...p>

<p>plans to build a 19km-long railway along six roads in phnom penh will begin this year. The line is set to contribute to the capital’s urbanisation while reducing traffic congestion. The Ministry of Environment said on its Facebook page on Monday that its secretary of ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s footwear sector will provide more opportunities for investment and production than the garment sector due to significant growth over the last five years, said an International Labour Organisation (ILO) research bulletin on Cambodia’s garment, textile, and footwear (GTF) industry. The bulletin said the footwear ...p>

<p>Nearly 40 homes have been relocated from the Mekong riverbank in Tboung Khmum province’s Kroch Chhmar district, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said yesterday.&nbsp;“About 500 metres of the riverbank in Chsach Brochhes village will collapse and 28 houses were in danger and have ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed provincial authorities and relevant institutions to take preventative measures and prepare for rescue operations as floods caused by heavy rains take their toll on northern provinces across the Kingdom. In Stung Treng, provincial hall spokesman Men Kong told The ...p>

<p>Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang has reclaimed 413ha of state land that he said had been illegally occupied in phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Oral district’s Trapaing Chor commune. In a letter seen by The post on Sunday, the governor said You Sithat had ...p>

<p>The Environment Ministry and representatives of European Union member states yesterday reminded people to reduce single-use plastic waste, which make up 20 percent of 10,000 tonnes of garbage produced in the Kingdom daily.&nbsp;The appeal was made at the end of the EU’s Green Weeks campaign ...p>

<p>Cambodian rice exports in the first nine months of the year rose two per cent year-on-year, led by the Chinese market, a Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) report said. Rice exports to China increased more than 44 per cent, the report said, while exports to the ...p>

<p>Speaking at the third Budapest Water Summit in Budapest, Hungary, prime Minister Hun Sen said water security would be under threat due to poor management of water resources and chemical waste, global warming, and population growth. “Climate change, forest logging, insufficient public investment, lack of ...p>