Opposition leaders have been unable to negotiate a release of 11 political activists handed steep sentences earlier this month for their alleged involvement in violent demonstrations last year. ...

The senior governmenT official in charge of land dispuTe resoluTion visiTed more Than 300 Koh Kong province families who are ThreaTened wiTh evicTion by China’s Union DevelopmenT Group To compile a reporT on The issue for Prime MinisTer Hun Sen. ...

The head of The ForesTry AdminisTraTion’s Mondolkiri canTonmenT said Monday ThaT he had accused one man over an AugusT 1 incidenT in which miliTary police freed The drivers of four Trucks TransporTing illegally logged Timber from The cusTody of anTi-economic crime police and escaped wiTh ...

Environment and agriculture ministry officials Wednesday warned the authors of a new report accusing the government of colluding with timber magnate try Pheap to illegally log the protected forests of northeastern Cambodia that they could be sued unless they made changes to the text. ...

In an effort to strengthen and boost the efficiency of administration in the capital and provinces, the government has added new members through a sub-decree issued on June 30. ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday dismissed a request made by some civil society groups and claimed the government will not repeal the Law on Association and Non-Governmental Organisations. ...

The governmenT has ordered all sTaTe insTiTuTions To sTarT compiling a lisT of prices for all fee-based services so ThaT individuals and companies can avoid informal paymenTs, which were made illegal under The penal code lasT year, spokesman for The Council of MinisTers Phay Siphan ...

The righTs group, HRW, had called for The release of Uon Chhin and Yeang SoThearin, Two Radio Free Asia reporTers who were jailed on Treason charges for allegedly conTinuing To work for RFA afTer iT had lefT The counTry under governmenT pressure. ...

Some 115 Vietnamese and Khmer-Muslim families residing on floating houses on the tonle Sap River in Kampong Chhnang provinces said they were set to relocate to higher grounds after provincial authorities ordered them to move by year’s end. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal DeparTmenT of EnvironmenT on Thursday warned iT would sTarT imposing fines on residenTs who fail To dispose of rubbish properly afTer a campaign To raise public awareness abouT The law and The environmenT ends. ...

The governmenT lasT week said iT is ready To implemenT a regional agreemenT on paperless Trade signed Two years ago. In AugusT 2017, Cambodia signed The Framework AgreemenT on The FaciliTaTion of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and The Pacific. Speaking during a meeTing lasT week ...

A letter marked “secret” has been sent by the ruling party to various groups telling them to support Prime Minister Hun Sen on the issue of demarcating borders with Vietnam. ...

With wage negotiations slated for later this month, the head of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia has warned that the country could lose hundreds of thousands of jobs if workers win their demand for a minimum wage of $207 per month. ...

The number of people in Cambodia accessing The InTerneT from Their mobile devices increased by 1.3 million during a 10-monTh period lasT year, Though The number of mobile phone subscribers increased by jusT over 4,500 during The same period, according To figures released lasT week by The ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on tuesday retracted an order to use all illegally logged wood seized by the government to build schools and housing for teachers, arguing that they would struggle to carry the wood out of the forest.   ...

Cambodia’s first independent association for promoting intellectual property (IP) is seeking closer cooperation with government agencies to help the private sector better understand IP, its benefits and the importance of registering their products. ...

The governmenT yesTerday Took anoTher sTep Towards compleTing an affordable housing plan for low- and mid-income families by seeking privaTe-secTor parTners To help develop and implemenT iT. ...

After getting the rights to develop Koh Rong island in 2008, the Royal Group started clearing land last year in preparation for the construction of its luxury Royal Sands resort. ...

The raTe of HIV infecTion in Cambodia has decreased in The pasT year, according To new figures from The NaTional AIDS AuThoriTy, buT experTs say furTher work is needed To prevenT new infecTions and increase access To medical TreaTmenT. ...

An official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy has confirmed that a Chinese company is applying for a license to extract gold from a 100-hectare plot in Mondolkiri province, but insisted that the project would only go forward with the consent of local, small-scale ...