Joint forces in Stung Treng province temporarily shut down 16 timber processing facilities on Tuesday after an inspection revealed they did not have proper permits. the joint forces comprised of forestry officials, environmental officials, police officers and Military Police officials. It was led by provincial Military ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $3.16 billion in the first nine months – an increase of 14.08 per cent year-on-year. Imports to Cambodia were worth $2.65 billion, representing a 19.26 per cent increase in contrast with exports to Thailand that was valued at ...

Although many jailed political opponents and civil society workers may disagree, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said he has “mercy, compassion, and sympathy” for those who oppose him, telling a crowd of students that the political situation was up to interpretation: those who believe there ...

The sexual abuse case involving a 57-year-old German national and at least five underage boys continued in Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday. Udo Sabiniewicz, owner of FX Animation Studio in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district, could be sentenced to one to three years in prison ...

Labour Minister Ith Samheng yesterday urged young people to take up technical training to address severe shortages in the jobs market. He said there are 113 institutes for technical skills training nationwide, which could accommodate 50,000 students per year. However, there is a lack of interest from ...

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, ...

Units of a newly deployed, 100-strong military police force stationed around Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town after Pchum Ben snared 23 workers seeking to illegally cross the border into Thailand for work on Tuesday. Twenty mobile, five-man units were patrolling in rotating day and night shifts ...

Two men died in Mondolkiri province’s Pech Chreada district on Sunday after a gold mining pit they were digging collapsed in on top of them, police said yesterday. Provincial police chief Nhem Vanny said that the victims, Sao Leng, 20, and Tharn Kim, 19, had been ...

CPP Senator and business tycoon Ly Yong Phat has convinced to more families in Koh Kong province to take a cash payout in exchange for dropping out of a lawsuit involving two local sugarcane plantations he once co-owned, official said. More that 200 families in Sre ...

Loun Savath, a monk and rights activist who was detained by plain clothes security officials Thursday, was released that night, after he agreed to sign a letter vowing to stop leading and participating in protests. However, he has promised he will not halt his activism. Loun ...

Travelers bound for Cambodia can now take direct flights from Ha Noi to both Phnom Penh and Siem Reap via new routes launched by Cambodia Angkor Air. Along with the official opening of a representative office in Ha Noi late last month, Angkor Air ...

Grandis Timber Ltd.’s teak plantation in Kompong Speu province is the fist company in Cambodia to receive a certification from U.S-based Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for its best practices in forest management, Grandis announced yesterday. “FSC certification recognizes FSC standard’s commitment to sustainable development of ...

Police detained nearly 100 suspected loggers from crossing into Thailand from Oddar Meanchey’s Trapaing Prasat district on Friday to illegally cut timber, Provincial Governor Sar Thavy said yesterday. The 95 would-be border crossers were arrested in several different groups and were in possession of logging equipment, ...

Twelve representatives of 50 families in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district are seeking aid from a rights group after being summonsed to court last week over a land dispute with a Malaysian company. The villagers gaThered in Adhoc’s provincial office in Srayong commune yesterday to draft and ...

Nevada-based Verde Resources Inc says it has signed memoranda of understanding with Cambodia’s Black Stallion Mining Group Ltd and Vietnam’s Phu Duc Mineral Joint Stock Company to prospect for and develop rare earth resources. In a statement released in Malaysia late Tuesday, Verde Resources said the ...

China is the Kingdom’s top rice importer, and is also bringing in Cambodian cassava, rubber, cashews, peppers and a small amount of corn. But experts say efforts to increase export shipments and open Asia’s biggest market to new products will fall short unless Cambodia addresses ...

When Asean more closely integrates economically later this year, more goods and services will flow freely between member states.But that will likely mean a greater outflow of Cambodian workers abroad, and not the reverse, workers say. That includes travel to countries outside Asean, like South ...

Gen. Meas Virith, Secretary General, National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) requested Greater Mekong Sub regional (GMS) countries to foster the implementation of drug control action plans. ...

The Institute Pasteur du Cambodia has announced it has tested over 16,000 samples for coronavirus since January in Cambodia, of which 125 have been positive. ...

State-owned Cambodia Post has announced its international delivery service will be temporarily suspended because of logistical issues caused by the virus. ...