The Ministry of Environment is close to finalising a draft environmental impact analysis (EIA) law for development projects, but NGOs and civil society groups raised concerns that the draft law, as it stands, prevents indigenous people who live on the land from opposing such projects. Speaking ...

Police are probing a suspected arson attack on a Mercedes-Benz coupe in Sihanoukville, which caught fire shortly after its driver, a Turkish national, stepped out of the vehicle early Tuesday morning. ...

A Ukrainian member of parliament and former television executive is being sought by Cambodian authorities for allegedly raping a minor in Phnom Penh in 2011 and has been placed on interpol’s list of most-wanted criminals. ...

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 judge at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court suspended the trial of an opposition activist Monday after the defendant demanded that his alleged victims face him in court and declared that his trial was a politicized sham. ...

The former common-law wife of tycoon Khaou Phallaboth appeared in court yesterday to face allegations she breached the terms of her 2013 divorce by not letting her ex-husband, and his family, see their 8-year-old daughter. ...

Nineteen Cambodian men were repatriated Sunday morning after being rescued by indonesian authorities from slavery on Thai fishing boats, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong. ...

Both the number of accidents and casualties caused by old landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) rose by nearly 40 percent last year, according to the latest government data, though the two figures were still the second lowest on record following years of progress in ...

A deputy commune chief in Battambang province’s Roka commune, where an outbreak of HIV has infected nearly 250 villagers, died Monday. ...

Recent studies show that Cambodia’s democratic development is backsliding. For many Cambodians the future is unpredictable, creating a sense of uncertainty for many, while political freedoms are on the wane. ...

At least 58 Cambodians were among the more than 300 enslaved fishermen recently rescued from a remote island in indonesia’s Maluku province, an intergovernmental migration body said Tuesday. ...

Phnom Penh residents are spending big bucks eating at restaurants, thanks to rising demand for high-quality meals among office workers and other members of the middle class, a new study by Park Cafe Food and Beverage revealed yesterday. The study estimated that about $1.53 million was ...

Thong Sarath, a senior Defense Ministry official wanted for the November murder of tycoon Ung Meng Chue, was arrested by Vietnamese police Thursday after months on the run, the head of Cambodia’s interpol office said on Friday. ...

Police and military officials in Kompong Speu province are searching for a soldier with six wives who shot and killed his sister-in-law and mother-in-law on Saturday morning after berating his second wife for talking to another man the day before, local officials said Sunday. ...

The Siem Reap Provincial Court on Saturday charged a Vietnamese man with possessing and transporting illegal drugs after he was arrested on Thursday at the Siem Reap international Airport with 5.25 kg of cocaine hidden inside a musical keyboard, a court official said Sunday. ...

Police in Kompong Speu province on Monday began patrolling the base of Thmar Poun mountain while a small military detachment started searching its densely forested slopes for an armed soldier who allegedly shot dead the sister and mother of one of his six wives on ...

After five months in jail, a woman whose family is embroiled in a bitter land dispute with tycoon Khun Sear was released on bail from Prey Sar prison on Friday, though the fight between the two parties remains unresolved. ...

After months of fraught negotiations and secretive planning with Cambodia, Australia on Thursday flew the first four refugees into Phnom Penh under a highly controversial deal that could bring dozens—or hundreds—more in their wake. ...

In a recently released report, Licadho says that children who live In prisons should receive proper care so that they can develop physically and psychologically. The UN Convention on the Rights of Children states that countries have a duty to provide children with the right ...

A blood-testing lab in Siem Riep was closed down yesterday morning after it was discovered to be operating without a licence. ...