As 10 land-rights activists and a monk prepare to take their appeal against one-year prison terms to the Appeal Court today, rights groups yesterday called for an end to government influence over the judiciary. “It’s time for Cambodia’s courts to act professionally and independently from the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of indigenous families from Ratanakkiri’s Andong Meas district have demanded the government cancel the economic land concession of a Vietnamese rubber company that they say is illegally prospecting for gold. About a dozen people representing 384 families handed a petition to CNRP lawmakers yesterday requesting ss='cambodia-color'>...

Businesses in Phnom Penh have been ordered to dismantle signs and advertisements erected on public property without the permission of City Hall. In a letter sent to businesses on Wednesday and published on the city’s website yesterday, City Hall said companies found to have been flouting ss='cambodia-color'>...

China’s shandong Airlines is planning to launch direct flights between shandong province and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia’s state secretariat for Civil Aviation spokesman, sin Chansereyvutha, told local media that the flights are pending approval from the ssCA. If approval is granted in time, the airline will link ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two solar-powered buses will soon be put to the test on Phnom Penh’s bus line 1, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said yesterday. The test buses will operate from 6am to 6pm, saving enough energy to run more than four hours at nighttime along the route, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of people killed in traffic accidents during this year’s Pchum Ben holiday and preceding two days increased by nearly 50 percent over the same period last year, a senior police official said on Thursday. From saturday through Wednesday, there were 49 fatalities, compared to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kratie Provincial Court has freed on bail two of three men arrested for the October slaying of 49-year-old reporter Taing Try after the third man told the court that he carried out the murder on his own, the court’s chief prosecutor said sunday. Taing Try, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s natural silk industry is on the verge of extinction due to the widespread use of pesticides that have severely damaged the health of silkworms, leading producers to rely on imported synthetic fibers to meet demand, experts say. Men sinoeun, executive director of the Artisan’s Association ss='cambodia-color'>...

Montagnards hiding in Ratanakkiri province, speculation grew that more would arrive in the coming weeks. sev Lyn, chief of Pak Nhai commune’s Lom village, said police were searching the area for 18 Jarai Montagnards — indigenous villagers from Vietnam’s Central Highlands — and were under orders ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minority Kuoy and Phnong community members from Preah Vihear and Mondulkiri provinces are demanding that the government cancel economic land concessions granted to two Chinese companies and a Vietnamese firm for allegedly violating land laws. In a press conference yesterday in Phnom Penh, representatives from the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Garment workers continue to die in traffic accidents on their way to and from the factory, a new report highlighting the deadly commute in Cambodia’s largest industry shows. In the report, titled The Dangerous Journey of Garment Workers in 2014, the Ministry of Labour’s National social ss='cambodia-color'>...

At a celebration of International Women’s Day yesterday, Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) vice president Kem sokha said women play key roles in the Kingdom’s development, but noted that women in his own party still lack total equality. About 200 people came to LyLa restaurant in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition lawmaker son Chhay has requested the government release its concession arrangement with the French company that controls Cambodia’s three international airports, alleging the Kingdom might be getting ripped off under the deal. Following a site visit to Phnom Penh International Airport two weeks ago, Chhay, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Exports of Kampong speu palm sugar with geographical indication status increased sharply this year thanks to growing demand from south Korea and France, according to a representative of the Kampong speu Palm sugar Promotion Association’s (KsPsPA). According to KsPsPA president sam saroeun, exports of Kampong speu ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the grade 12 national exam kicked off yesterday, the Ministry of Education said early indicators suggested a marked improvement on last year’s dismal results, though incidents of students caught cheating and others buckling under the pressure of the high-stakes test remained.The two-day exam began ss='cambodia-color'>...

In search of Cambodia’s next economic growth driver, the government yesterday laid out the Cambodia Industrial Development Policy 2015-2025, which aims to expand the Kingdom’s narrow industrial base beyond garments and rice.The new policy, launched by Prime Minister Hun sen at the Peace Palace in ss='cambodia-color'>...

In an apparent defence of his frequent absence from the Kingdom, opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party president sam Rainsy said that visiting Cambodians in wealthy Western countries such as France or Australia was just as important as visiting them in Cambodia itself. A recent war ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has expressed disappointment at the European Commission’s (EC’s) recent decision to suspended one-fifth of the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme awarded to Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Families forced to move by the rehabilitation of the Phnom Penh stretch of the national railway petitioned the Asian Development Bank yesterday for help with their livelihoods. About 50 people gathered outside the ADB’s office to submit a petition representing more than 160 families relocated to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Canopy SandS Development Co Ltd, a member of Prince Holding Group, one of Cambodia&rSquo;S largeSt and faSteSt-growing conglomerateS, approved a maSter plan to develop Preah Sihanouk province&rSquo;S Ream bay into the $16 billion Ream City. SS='cambodia-color'>...