The U.S. accuSed the Cambodian government of Scaling back the Space for free Speech and the World Bank of failing to learn from itS miStakeS in juStifying itS deciSion to abStain from a recent Bank vote that approved a Sheaf of new loanS to Cambodia. SS='cambodia-color'>...

A Toyota SUV and the load of illegally logged luxury wood found inSide it on Monday belong to the wife of a diStrict police chief in Tbong Khmum province, according to local officialS, who Say they have no intention of taking action againSt the couple.&nbSp;“We SS='cambodia-color'>...

Lawmakers from both the ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) and the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) were able to reach consensus and move forward on several aspects of the draft union law yesterday, revising seven of 21 articles that had been flagged by union groups ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of social Affairs yesterday once again called on the Kingdom’s employers to hire the disabled, something mandated in a widely ignored 2010 sub-decree. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government’s anti-logging task force on Monday confiscated nearly 3,000 logs stashed in a forest clearing in Mondolkiri province, officials said on Tuesday. The owner of the 2,949 pieces of second-grade timber—Khlong, Tbeng and Trach—is unknown, said Eng Hy, spokesman for the National Military Police, which ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition lawmakers Nhay Chamroeun and Kong sakphea were viciously beaten and left seriously injured yesterday morning as a protest outside the National Assembly against Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem sokha descended into violence.The ruling Cambodian People’s Party denied any involvement in organising the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party passed the government’s $4.3 billion budget for 2016 unopposed yesterday as Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers followed through on a pledge to sit out the National Assembly session if concerns for their members’ safety were not addressed. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam, a major buyer of the Cambodian cashew nut, has unveiled a plan to purchase cashews in even greater volumes during next year’s harvest season, giving hope to farmers who rely on selling their crops at good prices from February through May. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The CPP claims to have received 390 defections as of Monday. They include one lawmaker, 33 provincial and district councillors, and 356 commune officials, of whom 33 are commune chiefs. The chiefs account for around 7 percent of the 489 CNRP chiefs elected in June, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Absent any legitimate competition, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party swept all 58 elected seats in sunday’s senate elections, giving it near-absolute control in the upper house of parliament, according to preliminary results. The four-party ballot was expected to be a blowout for the CPP, given its ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank has predicted that Cambodia’s GDP will grow at a more modest 6.9 percent this year and next, and slow slightly to 6.7 percent in 2019.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

An $8 million bond set to debut on singapore’s stock exchange will mobilise private capital to support social enterprises and microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines, providing nearly half a million women in these countries with more access to credit in order ss='cambodia-color'>...

Singapore-baSed oil and gaS company KriSEnergy iS Scheduled to Sign an agreement with the Cambodian government next WedneSday for the extraction of petroleum from Block A to develop the ASpara oil field. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen’s middle son, Hun Manith, was among 28 officers to receive high-level promotions in the military, with the now three-star general continuing his rise through the ranks of the armed forces and ruling party. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Senate election campaign kicked off with little fanfare on Saturday, with only the ruling Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party holding a large public event. The campaign period will laSt 14 dayS, ending two dayS before the February 25 pollS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Lawyers have called on Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit to implement transparent reporting on monetary donations it receives from individual politicians and government groups. During an anti-corruption training session on Friday, they pointed out the incapacitating influence the ACU would face if it tried to investigate a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two French nationals were attacked and robbed over the weekend in separate incidents near the National Museum at the corner of streets 13 and 178 in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, police and friends of the victims said Monday. Following the two robberies, a tourism ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police and deminers in Kandal province on Wednesday removed from a riverbank a 241-kg Mark 82 bomb, of the kind the U.s. dropped on Cambodia in the heavy bombing that took place during its war against neighboring Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) arrested two border officials from on corruption charges. A source said that sok Hak and Em sophat were arrested last week after they asked a Hochi Minh-Phnom Penh buses to pay UsD 250. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of vendors who have been told to vacate their positions outside siem Reap’s Angkor Kyung Yu Night Market on Monday got into a shoving match with city officials and police who were attempting to inspect the area prior to the deadline for their ss='cambodia-color'>...