<p>prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday threatened legal action against anyone who touted claims of irregularities in the voter lists during the 2013 election, telling reporters yesterday that if this year’s round of voter registration finishes and the final tally of voters compiled is similar to ...p>

<p>About 200 people representing 540 families from the prek Takong 1 and Kva communities in the capital’s Meanchey and Dangkao districts gathered in front of the Land Management Ministry for the fourth time yesterday, asking to receive titles from land cut from the ING City ...p>

<p>The government of India announced yesterday that it will give $50,000 to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), the tribunal tasked with the prosecution of the country’s former Khmer Rouge commanders.&nbsp;“On behalf of the ECCC we would like to express our gratitude ...p>

<p>Falling demand for land in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City has ensured that land prices have remained stable in the first eight months of the year, according to industry insiders.&nbsp;Relatively stable property sales and a few industrial development projects have helped to ensure that land ...p>

<p>At the unveiling of the new Japanese-owned Sunrise Hospital in phnom penh, prime Minister Hun Sen said that such tourist-focused medical facilities would boost confidence in visitors and investors to Cambodia.&nbsp;Mr. Hun Sen described the $35 million hospital in Chrouy Changvar district, which on its ...p>

<p>prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday responded to calls from acting opposition leader Kem Sokha for Cambodia’s “political family” to unite for the upcoming pchum Ben festival, saying he would observe a “ceasefire” amid the escalating war of words between himself and the opposition.&nbsp;Speaking at a ...p>

<p>The government plans to create “cheque de vacances” or holiday vouchers by 2017 to encourage middle-income Cambodians to travel within the country, according to an official from the Ministry of Tourism yesterday.&nbsp;Chhay Khunlong, deputy director-general of tourism at the ministry, said holiday vouchers will enable ...p>

<p>phnom penh Municipal Court has rejected an appeal from an opposition senator to be released from trial detention on bail. At least 10 other activists and supporters of the Rescue party have been similarly arrested, charged and detained in recent months, as the two sides ...p>

<p>The fate of 70 million people rests on what happens to the Mekong river. With world leaders meeting in paris next week for crucial UN climate talks, John Vidal journeys down south-east Asia’s vast waterway – a place that encapsulates some of the dilemmas they ...p>

<p>As soon as the clock struck seven in the morning, a commotion broke out in front of an old, yellow building inside the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital.&nbsp;More than 40 people flocked to the main metal door separating them from the waiting area and consultation rooms. Some ...p>

<p>Cambodia lost 10 percent of its gross domestic product (GDp) last year to the negative effect of climate change, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).&nbsp;In announcing a $96 million package to help the Kingdom cope with the loss of livelihoods and income due to ...p>

<p>Minister of Foreign Affairs prak Sokhon on Tuesday met with US Ambassador William Heidt to discuss a pair of upcoming meetings of mutual interest: the ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit (EAS). The events will be held in Laos on September 3-8, and will ...p>

<p>Cambodia is looking to secure its first commercial contract for the export of swiftlet nests to China, but must first demonstrate compliance with the Asian giant’s hygiene protocols, a government official has said.&nbsp;Hean Vanhan, undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, said swiftlet nests, ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s general taxation department plan to jointly operate an online business tax registration system in a bid to strengthen tax collection in the country and root out corruption.&nbsp;Sok Sopheak, under-secretary of state of the Ministry ...p>

<p>A group of environmental NGOs working to protect the prey Lang forest called on the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to intervene and protect the region’s resin trees, or they will all be logged within six months, they claimed in a joint-statement issued yesterday.&nbsp;The ...p>

<p>The International Criminal Court in the Hague has issued a statement acknowledging the work of civil society organizations in helping maintain international standards of justice. In 2014 and the first quarter of 2015, some 60,000 people were affected by land grabs, according to a report ...p>

<p>Thanks to improved collection efforts, a total of $34.7 million in taxes was taken in from Cambodia’s casinos in 2015, a 33 percent increase on the previous year, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. Ros phearun, deputy director-general of the ministry’s finance industry department, said ...p>

<p>With the threat of climate change, a long-lasting drought, and contentious dam construction in Laos, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has its work cut out for the rest of the year. Composed of delegates from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, the MRC is in charge ...p>

<p>Three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships dropped anchor in Cambodian waters yesterday, mooring at a Sihanoukville provincial port for a three-day visit meant to strengthen the relationship and boost bilateral ties between Cambodia and Japan, according to General Chhum Socheat, spokesman for the National Defense ...p>

<p>As China opened one of its six dams on the upper Mekong River last month to help parched Southeast Asian countries down river cope with a record drought, it was hailed as benevolent water diplomacy.&nbsp;But to critics of hydroelectric dams built on the Mekong over ...p>