A day after a military officer fired off a round from his handgun at a Phnom Penh restaurant, another officer and a government bodyguard were involved in separate drunken shootings on Sunday, police officials said Monday. ...

About 200 people representing 816 families who have been promised a 1,337-hectare land concession in Kampot province protested in Phnom Penh on Monday, just days after authorities began measuring off their land. ...

In the wake of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) clearing him of any wrongdoing, a Phnom Penh commune police chief yesterday refuted allegations that he had accepted protection pay-offs from neighbourhood drug dealers. ...

Ten years in the making, the “Five Countries, One Destination” single-visa program may finally kick off next year, encouraging and facilitating tourism between Siem Reap and Southeast Asian hotspots in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. ...

Fifty-five garment workers from three factories were injured in a traffic accident on Thursday eve­ning when a truck carrying them home from work ran off a highway in Kompong Chhnang prov­ince, officials said. ...

The fifth edition of the Cambodian fruits and vegetables show kicked off here on Friday, aiming to promoting local products and reducing imports of foreign fruits and vegetables, officials said. ...

Cambodia’s strongman premier Monday brushed off recent criticism over a string of lengthy jail sentences handed to opposition activists, adding that there would be no political deal for their release.​ ...

New houses built for 100 families who were pushed off of their land by the construction of the Sesan Krom II Dam have been slammed as substandard by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Adhoc). ...

Residents of Koh Rong Island, off the coast of Sihanoukville, have this week called on government officials, including Prime Minister Hun Sen, to review what they are labelling “abusive activities” by the Royal Group (RG) conglomerate. ...

Mines Minister Suy Sem has dismissed a claim by Industry Minister Cham Prasidh, who said that villagers in Kratie province were poisoned and killed by cyanide-tainted water due to run-off from gold mines. ...

The Council of Ministers on Friday signed off on a potentially sweeping draft law that would regulate the country’s telecommunications sector, which a rights group warned in May could effectively nationalize private service providers. ...

A cassava farmer received injuries to his legs and hands when an old bomb fuse went off near his home in Pailin province on Sunday after he threw a rock at it, police said yesterday. ...

Local authorities in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district stand accused of selling off 370 hectares of protected land to different private buyers who have erupted into a dispute over who rightfully owns the area. ...

As the third year of strictly regulated national high school exams drew to a close on Tuesday, the Ministry of Education brushed off evidence of widespread attempts at cheating and declared the event a success. ...

Labour officials sent off 14 maids to Hong Kong yesterday in celebration of a pilot program that hopes to funnel up to 1,000 maids to the Asian financial hub despite concerns from rights groups. ...

Authorities yesterday chased a Vietnamese fishing boat suspected of conducting illegal fishing off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province. Police reported that a Vietnamese trawler was damaged during the operation conducted by Cambodian coastal guards. ...

Nearly 1,000 workers from the Collective Union of Movement of Workers on Saturday kicked off a campaign to demand government intervention to end short-term contracts being peddled to a majority of garment workers. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s time spent posting selfies and broadcasting speeches live on Facebook appears to be paying off, according to a new study that ranks world leaders’ Facebook pages by level of engagement. ...

Around 600 hectares of the protected Southern Cardamom National Park in Koh Kong have been illegally cleared and sold off for cultivation since 2013, sometimes by local authorities, according to the conservation organisation Wildlife Alliance. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) heaped praise upon China yesterday for its continual support of the Kingdom, claiming that without its investment the local economy would never have managed to take off. ...