The presence of dozens of riot police yesterday swiftly ended the first day of Boeung Kak land-rights activist Yorm Bopha’s planned month-long protest in the capital’s Freedom Park. At virtually the same time, surya subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, visited a ss='cambodia-color'>...

The EU’s decision came in response to the government’s crackdown on the Kingdom’s largest opposition party – the Cambodia National Rescue Party – which was summarily dissolved last month, a development that the EU said rendered credible elections impossible. But in a speech to garment workers ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s tourism industry this year will perform much better than the government expects thanks in part to Cambodia’s growing popularity as a vacation destination, investment firm Cambodia Capital has said. Total tourist arrivals to Cambodia for 2011 will reach 2.85 million, while total revenues ss='cambodia-color'>...

A nationwide survey was under way by the Ministry of Commerce’s Rice Exporter Union to measure Cambodia’s milled-rice industry in order to give international buyers an accurate picture of the Kingdom’s current capacity, insiders said yesterday. Although data for the survey was still being collected, those ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two people detained at Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey speu social affairs centre died last month after being rounded up from the streets as part of the city’s preparations for the Pchum Ben festival, a local rights groups has said, prompting renewed calls for the facility’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday said he would “eliminate” opponents who dare to protest against his government during a speech in which he also declared that he personally ordered the military to deploy around the CNRP’s headquarters late last month. speaking at a graduation ceremony ss='cambodia-color'>...

Almost $400 million will be invested in Cambodia’s airports over the next eight years, the trade magazine Airport World has reported. The investment will fund the extension to the international terminal at Phnom Penh’s airport, the upgrading of siem Reap’s airport and improvements to the sihanoukville ss='cambodia-color'>...

Negotiators for Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties say they will meet on Friday ahead of potential talks between party leaders, in an attempt to end a months-long political stalemate. Three persons each from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party will ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and its neighboring Vietnam has hit 2.7 billion U.s. dollars in the first nine months of the year, up 10 percent compared with the 2.45 billion U.s. dollars over the same period last year, a Cambodian trade official said Thursday. Kem ss='cambodia-color'>...

Labour activist Vorn Pov, who is facing serious health issues while being held in pre-trial detention in Kampong Cham’s Correctional Centre 3 prison, has been denied bail by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. His NGO-provided lawyer, san sokunthear, immediately filed an appeal against the bail denial ss='cambodia-color'>...

Talks between the opposition and ruling parties to break the political deadlock that has now dragged on for more than six months could soon occur, Cambodia National Rescue Party officials said yesterday, ahead of party leader sam Rainsy’s return from abroad. Kuoy Bunroeun, head of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

US credit ratingS agency Standard & Poor&rSquo;S haS ranked Cambodia&rSquo;S economy and creditworthineSS aS the moSt vulnerable to the effectS of climate change. Of 116 nationS meaSured by S&P aS part of a vulnerability index publiShed laSt month &ndaSh; with a number 1 ranking being the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian women are bumping up against a steadfast glass ceiling, according to an annual report by the Cambodian National Council for Women. The report, released yesterday, tracks what the government has done to execute the prime minister’s 16 recommendations regarding women’s access to and engagement in ss='cambodia-color'>...

City Hall announced on Friday plans to train five security guards from each of Phnom Penh’s 12 districts to drive garbage trucks as back-up in the event of another strike by Cintri workers, part of a three-step solution to tackle the much-publicized shortcomings of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The general manager of Cambodian mobile operator Beeline has left the company, following brand-owner Vimpelcom’s selloff of Vietnamese assets and a more than Us$500 million over-valuation of its Cambodia and Vietnam markets. General manager Gael Campan’s departure raised questions about Amsterdam-based Vimpelcom’s future in the Kingdom, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s first Marine Protection Area will be established around two emerging tourist destinations, Koh Rong and Koh Rong samloem islands, a British conservation group has announced. NGO Coral Cay Conservation said last week that it has been invited to map out a 300-square-kilometre MPA by the ss='cambodia-color'>...

A wildlife conservation organisation has called animal training methods at Phnom Penh’s largest zoo cruel. Wildlife Alliance’s Wildlife Programmes Director Nick Marx told The Post on sunday that the Kingdom’s rare wild animals, such as tigers, elephants, bantengs, gaurs, Eld’s deer, monkeys and other birds ss='cambodia-color'>...

A ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said the Kingdom cultivated over 2.3 million hectares of rice during this year’s rainy season, but Minister Veng sakhon expressed concern over the abnormal weather. The ministry’s report on crop cultivation and agricultural exports was posted on ss='cambodia-color'>...

An industry analyst has issued a dire forecast for Cambodia’s rice sector, claiming the long-grain “white gold” that has been credited with lifting millions of Cambodia’s farmers out of abject poverty, and which seems a natural fit for the Kingdom’s agrarian workforce, is on a ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s rice exports to the European Union (EU), which now enjoy duty and quota free access, could be threatened if the regional grouping agrees to Italy’s request to limit rice imports from least developed countries (LDCs). Italy is Europe’s top premium rice producer and ss='cambodia-color'>...