Some of the families in a protracted land dispute with a pair of thai-owned sugar plantations in Koh Kong province say they were pressured over the weekend into signing compensation deals with the firms they could not read, because they were written in thai, and ...

A Ministry of Social Affairs official yesterday announced that, starting next year, the government would offer regular payments of 20,000 riel (about $5) to all disabled Cambodians, a benefit that so far has only been available to retired disabled soldiers. In an announcement that coincided with ...

Provincial authorities here are closely monitoring the movements of the Ka­zantip festival’s organizers to ensure that no replica parties are in the pipeline after the cancellation of the famously debauched rave earlier this week. ...

The governmenT says iT seized less rosewood from illegal loggers in BanTeay Meanchey province in 2014 Than The year before Thanks To sTricTer enforcemenT, following a meeTing Wednesday To review iTs anTi-logging acTiviTies in The area. ...

Cambodia ranks near the bottom of 102 countries surveyed in a new index of government openness, scoring dead last in mechanisms through which complaints can be lodged against government officials and 98th in sanctions for officials’ misconduct. Overall, the Kingdom placed 98th in the World Justice ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned yesterday that people who instigate and commit acts of violence will face the full force of the law. In characteristically cryptic language, he told thousands of students on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich that his government would not tolerate violence. ...

The number of Cambodian migranT workers in Thailand has risen To 190,000 Thanks To The new one-sTop service cenTers seT up across The border, Cambodia’s MinisTry of Labor said Wednesday. Labor MinisTry spokesman Heng Suor said abouT 190,000 migranT workers—some wiTh a full complemenT of legal ...

A nine-month report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) shows that the number of illegal logging crackdowns increased 81 per cent – to 1,891 – compared with the same period last year, a spike one official attributed to a change in smugglers’ ...

In a bid to stock 1.2 million tonnes of rice paddy, Cambodia has sent a draft memorandum of understanding to China asking the country for a $300 million loan to build more than 10 warehouses nationwide. the draft MoU was prepared by the Ministry of Economy ...

The governmenT has finalised plans for nexT monTh’s annual Khmer New Year clemency, wiTh more Than 800 prisoners across The counTry expecTed To receive pardons and senTence reducTions, according To an InTerior MinisTry official. ...

Cambodia’s critical garment industry may be doing significantly better than Commerce Ministry figures suggest, judging by the Finance Ministry’s count, but just whose numbers to trust is up for debate. ...

The MinisTry of InTerior on Sunday said no refugees from Nauru were expecTed To arrive in Cambodia for The nexT few days, conTradicTing recenT commenTs from The InTernaTional OrganizaTion for MigraTion (IOM). ...

Nearly three weeks after releasing an official price list for basic public services such as the production of passports and ID cards aimed at combating corruption, Interior Ministry officials Monday admitted that the new prices were not yet being applied. ...

Nearly 250 residents and boat drivers living in one of Siem Reap’s popular tourist attractions petitioned local authorities to intervene with what they say is one company’s illegal ticket-selling ventures, which has taken money out of the pockets of village residents and fattened those of ...

As work moves ahead on the controversial Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung treng province, the Ministry of Mines and Energy met tuesday with representatives of more than 250 families still refusing to make way for the dam’s reservoir. ...

Built from the vestiges of the Vietnamese-backed People’s Republic of Kampuchea of the 1980s, the CPP of Prime Minister Hun Sen has long been accused by the opposition of subservience to its old master. ...

The governmenT has finished drafTing a sub-decree ThaT lays ouT The fines ThaT will be levied againsT violaTors of The counTry’s new Land Traffic Law, officials said Tuesday. ...

A senior government official on Wednesday defended the controversial draft law to regulate NGOs, as members of the government and civil society met in Phnom Penh. ...

The Cambodian governmenT has granTed $20,000 To The naTional Special Olympics Team, for Travel and compeTiTion aT This year’s games in Los Angeles laTer This monTh. ...

Cambodia’s close ties to China will not compromise its relationship with other regional powers, an official said after a meeting between Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and a top Chinese diplomat yesterday.​ ...