The Ministry of Public Works and Transport officially launched a pair of new websites yesterday that will allow Cambodians to register their vehicles as well as take the written portion of their driver’s exam online. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s Permanent Committee will next week conduct an urgent plenary session to review and adopt the draft amendments to the law on political parties, despite strong requests for a delay from the opposition. ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korea&rSquo;S State-run depoSit inSurer opened itS firSt overSeaS branch in Phnom Penh yeSterday in a move to Sell off the bank and property aSSetS of Korean bankS that went belly up in 2011. SS='cambodia-color'>...

About 40 families asked the government last week to review road expansion plans at Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov Bridge, saying the proposed dimensions would force them to lose property and even parts of their homes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian mining firm Angkor Gold has agreed to accept payment by instalment on Mesco Gold’s final tranche for the purchase of its Phum syarung gold mine in northeastern Cambodia, the company said in press release. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) posted complete preliminary results online on Wednesday evening after receiving missing forms from 344 communes, an official said, with the final tallies from sunday’s commune elections expected before June 25. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS, one of the Cambodia&rSquo;S key trading partnerS, iS going to aSSeSS Sanitary and phyto-Sanitary StandardS in Cambodia, opening up the opportunity for Cambodian agricultural productS to be exported to the US. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The number of students who passed Cambodia’s high-stakes grade-12 exam saw only a slight increase this year, signalling that scores may be plateauing after an overhaul to weed out rampant cheating in 2014. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian rice exports increased nearly 17 percent during the first nine months compared to the same period last year, with exporters pushing to fill orders under China’s higher import quota as European markets remained steady. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A memorandum of understanding meant to beef up protections for Cambodian maids in Malaysia is still on hold after Malaysia’s human resources minister said he was not aware of the agreement, according to Malaysian media. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations will provide a $8 million subvention to support the 2018 operations of the Khmer Rouge tribunal, which is tasked with the prosecution of the country’s former Khmer Rouge commanders.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen called for a Green Belt to be established at the country’s main tourist areas to supply holiday-makers with locally produced vegetables and meat, instead of importing them from neighboring countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A day removed from Sunday&rSquo;S commune electionS, independent obServerS remained moStly poSitive about polling day but, troubled more by the conditionS leading up to the day itSelf, refrained from declaring the electionS free and fair. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities yesterday evacuated 190 households in four communes within Oddar Meanchey’s Trapaing Prasat district due to severe flooding, one day after 100 families were ferried to safety in Preah Vihear province, where two people died.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Fifty endangered sarus cranes have hatched from 27 nests protected by conservationists and villagers in Cambodia’s Northern Plains, according to the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs). The nests are in Kulen Promtep and Chhep wildlife sanctuaries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Seemingly Sounding the 2018 election bugle, the naScent GraSSrootS Democracy Party (GDP) yeSterday releaSed five major policy initiativeS it will implement if it manageS the herculean taSk of winning againSt the incumbent Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Businesses expect the establishment of Cambodia’s first marine national park covering seven coastal islands to boost tourism in the area, while government officials said yesterday it would not affect private development scheduled for the islands. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two separate timber busts in recent days netted some 300 pieces of illegally transported wood in stung Treng belonging to a prominent businessman, and several hidden timber stockpiles at a military officer’s Kampong speu lumberyard. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Emirates Airlines will expand its presence in Cambodia by launching a daily passenger flight between Dubai and Phnom Penh, with a stopover in Yangon, as part of the Dubai-based carrier’s push into the region. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thousands of workers will once again defy government orders and march through central Phnom Penh this morning to mark International Labor Day, the president of one of Cambodia’s largest independent labor unions said on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...