Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana has called for all provincial court presidents and prosecutors’ offices to appoint spokespeople to answer questions from the public and the media “as soon as possible,” citing rising interest in the judiciary as the reason. ...

Trade between Cambodia and the United Kingdom is expected to increase after Britain’s exit from the European Union, according to the British ambassador, saying that after Brexit, the UK will independently negotiate trade agreements with Cambodia.   ...

The government has injected anoTher $23 million through The Rural Development Bank (RDB) to provide loans to rice mills and exporters who lack working capital to buy rice from farmers in The up-coming harvest season and stabilise The rice price. ...

Although the official results will not be released until June 25, the closely watched vote for Cambodia’s commune council elections showed the opposition’s growing strength and suggest that the national elections in 2018 will be a race between two parties. ...

Following a bail hearing for CNRP information department chief Meach Sovannara at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the opposition party’s spokesman said he was “optimistic” that the court would decide to release the official when it announces a verdict on March 11. ...

The European Union has committed to provide more than $11 million to The National Election Committee over The next three years to assist with voter registration before The 2017 commune elections and 2018 national election, election committee spokesman Hang PuThea said Monday. ...

Opposition negotiators were demanding last year’s July 22 political deal include concrete vows to depoliticize the military and courts in a comparable fashion to the National Election Committee (NEC) but suddenly abandoned the demands in the final days, those involved have said. ...

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) saw its profit after tax drop for The second quarter this year, when compared to The same period last year, according to its quarterly statement published on The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) on Wednesday. ...

According to the report on Cambodia Forest Cover 2018 issued on December 2020 by the Ministry of Environment (MoE),1 Cambodia has conducted eight national forest assessments in 1958/65, 1992/93, 1996/97, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2018. the forest cover assessment from 1958-1965 has not ...

The Arbitration Council yesterday ordered protesting workers in Kampong Cham province to return to Their factory today, as a union official reported that Their numbers had swelled to nearly 3,000 outside The provincial hall in Their third demonstration this week over an ongoing labour dispute. Free ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday removed a ban by Phnom Penh authority which didn’t allow political parties to parade and campaign at public places during council election campaign. In a letter yesterday, The NEC called on The city and provincial authorities to maintain security ...

Police in Kampot province say they cannot pursue a criminal case against 10 Chinese supervisors at the Kamchay dam worksite for severely beating four Cambodian workers, because the Cambodian men are not cooperating with the investigation after receiving monetary compensation from the Sinohydro company. ...

The election in Takeo province’s 1,585 polling stations went smoothly on Sunday, though it was relatively quiet compared to The 2013 national polls and The 2017 commune council elections, officials from The provincial election committee (PEC) and participating political parties said. ...

After nearly two months tied to a tree near the Lumphat district office in Ratanakkiri province, a female elephant has finally been rehoused by the Mondolkiri Project Elephant Sanctuary, which purchased the animal in early October, according to the sanctuary’s founder. ...

A new political party has entered the election race, becoming the seventh to launch since the 2013 poll.the Cambodian Youth Party (CYP), which claims to have 3,000 members, will hold a press conference today to publicise its platform. ...

The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) jointly operated by a China-based conglomerate and The Cambodia International Investment Development Group Co. Ltd reached a milestone yesterday with The 100th factory set up to operate in The economic and trade cooperation zone. ...

Motorists who have not paid their tickets since the new traffic law came into force in January will be sent to court if they do not produce the cash in the next 15 days, according to the National Police.   ...

Cambodia’s GDP growth fell below the 7 percent mark for the first time since 2011 last year, signalling a need for the government to address the country’s low productivity and insufficient public infrastructure spending, according to a World Bank report released yesterday. ...

Cambodia needs more than $5.41 billion for its three-year public investment plan, a government report says. The plan involves 586 projects which include The social sector, economic development, public infrastructure and The public service, The report said. ...

Garment workers from the Gawon Apparel factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao town have agreed to stop blocking a road leading to the factory for the next 15 days as they await a solution to their labour dispute from the Arbitration Council. ...