Drawing from a long list of human rights abuses, the European Parliament has urged the Cambodian government to stop forced evictions, called on the European Commission (E.C.) to investigate the country’s controversial land concessions policy, and raised the prospect of sanctions. In a resolution passed Friday ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 300 activists from Kampong Thom province’s Prey Lang Community Network were stopped by district police yesterday as they were marching from the Vietnamese-owned CRCK Company to deliver a lawsuit in sandan district calling for the postponement of alleged forest clearing and the “invasion” ss='cambodia-color'>...

‘I heard a f—ing crazy dog say that we can’t dock in Kampong saom, but we definitely can do that,” a crackling voice declares boisterously. The speaker, captured in video obtained by the Post, is part of an illegal timber syndicate. The identity of the speaker ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thailand’s recent announcement of a 20 per cent price cut within the government rice-pledging scheme will have little impact for Cambodian exports, but farmers may feel the effects, say industry insiders. In an article published in the Bangkok Post on June 19, Thailand’s cabinet had agreed ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Election Committee (NEC) Secretary-General Tep Nytha reiterated ThurSday that the NEC had no authority to eStabliSh a joint-party inveStigation into alleged irregularitieS during Sunday&rSquo;S national election, while oppoSition leader Sam RainSy Said he would now Seek an inveStigation outSide the NEC. Prime MiniSter Hun Sen SS='cambodia-color'>...

Five men working for Ratanakkiri rubber concessionaire DM Group, including a soldier, have been arrested for allegedly beating a villager and his children – one of whom, doctors say, may not survive – in a scuffle over their family’s land, the father said yesterday. Police confirmed ss='cambodia-color'>...

The father of three children attacked with wooden sticks and steel poles by employees of well-connected DM Group in Ratanakkiri province has filed a lawsuit against the firm, and is asking for tens of thousands of dollars in compensation. .. The provincial court has charged the ss='cambodia-color'>...

As volatility strikes Asian markets in anticipation of the Us Federal Reserve winding down quantitative easing – the practice of injecting money into the economy – the National Bank of Cambodia says the Kingdom will remain largely insulated thanks to an investment market still in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two dozens of Chinese entrepreneurs in the World Eminence Chinese Business Association have been visiting Cambodia to seek possibilities to broaden trade and investment ties between China and Cambodia. The group, led by Xia Lingsheng, the Association’s executive vice president, met with Tep Ngorn, the 2nd ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong on ThurSday rebuked oppoSition CNRP preSident Sam RainSy for allegedly breaking hiS promiSe to keep Monday&rSquo;S CNRP rally at Freedom Park to 6,000 people and bar the participation of SupporterS from outSide of the city. Well over 10,000 CNRP SupporterS attended SS='cambodia-color'>...

Government security forces kept up a visible presence in central Phnom Penh on sunday morning after what on saturday promised to be the first of many opposition-led mass protests against the contested results of the country’s July 28 national election. some 20,000 CNRP supporters turned out ss='cambodia-color'>...

Low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia’s abysmally low ranking in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report for 2014. Cambodia ranked 120 out of 124 nations, with a so-called Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) score ss='cambodia-color'>...

Former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith, who was convicted in June of shooting into a crowd of protesters and injuring three garment workers, is still at large avoiding an 18-month prison sentence, the national police spokesman said yesterday. “We have ordered all of our authorities to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Although the Svay Rieng Provincial Court announced the ex-governor&rSquo;S Sentence in June and ordered hiS immediate arreSt, he haS remained eluSive to the authoritieS. HiS lawyerS filed an appeal in July to the Appeal Court challenging the provincial court&rSquo;S verdict. Sun Bunnarith, Chhouk Bundith&rSquo;S lawyer, claimed SS='cambodia-color'>...

Malaysian telecommunications company Axiata Group Berhad reported Wednesday that its Cambodian brand smart has seen strong growth in the first nine months of the year, with revenue increasing by 36 percent compared with the same period last year. In its third quarter financial report, Axiata said ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least one union leader is butting heads with the Ministry of Labour as he encourages workers to join the planned opposition party demonstration on saturday. A letter from the ministry sent to factories on Monday called on workers and unions to avoid participation in the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s opposition leader called Wednesday for a halt to land concessions granted by the government to foreign companies in the country’s vast Prey Lang Forest, calling for greater protection of one of southeast Asia’s last remaining lowland evergreen woodlands. Cambodia National Rescue Party President sam ss='cambodia-color'>...

Axiata, the Malaysia-based parent company of Cambodia’s second-largest telecommunications provider, smart, posted a rise in total revenues for 2013 to $5.5 billion. The boost represents a 4.1 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of the previous year. Driven by its Malaysian, Bangladeshi and Cambodian operations, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Environment Minister say sam Al is scheduled to visit Koh Kong province today, while a representative of Chinese-owned company Union Development Group said the minister is expected to pay a visit to their 45,000hectare land concession, which has been the cause of a long-running land ss='cambodia-color'>...

European Union (E.U.) Ambassador to Cambodia Jean-Francois Cautain distanced himself Monday from a European Parliament resolution calling for an independent investigation into July’s disputed national election and the killing of five striking garment workers this month. The European Parliament on Thursday passed the resolution, which urges ss='cambodia-color'>...