While the luxury timber trade continues to eat away at Cambodia’s forests, there is another industry that poses a growing threat to the Kingdom’s trees: pepper farms.   ...

The International Monetary Fund says Cambodia’s young population compared with oTher regional countries will be a driving force for financial development and contribute to The emerging finance technology sector, or Fintech.  ...

Phnom Penh City Hall has set its sights on the many pawn shops in the city, ordering police to check that each shop has proper registration papers. ...

China’s growing presence and investment in a fast-developing Cambodian port and province have pushed up the crime rate and brought instability, its governor said in a letter to the government. ...

The Senate, as predicted, passed contentious changes to The Law on Political Parties yesterday in a bid to erase – in some cases literally – opposition figure Sam Rainsy from Cambodia’s political scene. ...

Opposition lawmakers plan to submit proposed amendments to the national election law next week in order to allow Cambodians who work and live outside the country to register and vote from abroad. ...

Local officials who were sent to interview Cambodians facing deportation from the US allegedly attempted to extort bribes from the detainees and their families, according to documents filed in a California court. ...

The first Cambodian maid to successfully sue her employer in a Malaysian court came home on Sunday, and is leveraging her landmark case to insist that more victims seek compensation through The legal system. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced a former Banteay Meanchey provincial court clerk to two years in jail after finding him guilty on corruption and bribery charges brought by The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). ...

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) exploded in the sky over Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple, a world heritage site, on Sunday, causing panic among troops stationed along the Cambodian-Thai border, a Cambodian spokesman said. ...

The World Health Organization has declared Cambodia measles-free, having not registered a confirmed case in over three years, marking a success in combating what was once The country’s most deadly communicable disease. ...

Another Montagnard asylum-seeker has arrived in Phnom Penh, joining 10 others who are still in the capital after having their requests to have their refugee claims processed rejected, according to the U.N. ...

A woman was arrested on Wednesday in Banteay Meanchey province for allegedly smuggling 12 methamphetamine pills into the provincial prison by slashing open green beans and tucking the pills inside, local police said Thursday. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the Southeast Asian country will benefit from the China-proposed Belt and Road initiative, according to Chinese News Agency Xinhua. ...

Up to 700,000 international visitors are expected to visit Cambodia this year, after the Royal Government had recently eased the entry rules. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has urged political parties to be tolerant, respectful and avoid violence during The upcoming election campaign.  ...

The government has launched a public fundraising campaign to build infrastructure in border areas, with NGOs calling for transparency and accountability throughout The entire process. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has recently updated an exiting topic page on “Environment and natural resources policy and administration“. With the content updating, the public now can access to the most up to date information in the current context and legal documents, downloadable datasets, news ...

A new high-end private hospital in Phnom Penh, a collaboration between Cambodia’s Sokimex and Ho Chi Minh City’s well-known Cho-Ray Hospital, is set to hire 280 Cambodian health care workers in the next year, according to a Sunday satatement posted on the City Hall website. ...

More than 300 kakoh logs were confiscated on Monday by Ratanakkiri provincial anti-financial crime police, in cooperation with Banlung district authorities at a secret timber storage site in Yeak Loam commune’s Labo village. The logs have been handed over to local Forestry Administration officials pending legal procedures. ...