A representative of business mogul Kith Meng’s Royal Group yesterday hit back at a report published by the National Police accusing the company of laundering illegal timber through the Lower sesan II hydro power project. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four years ago, when the opposition snatched Kampong Cham away from the ruling party in 2013 national elections, it hinted at a deeper shift taking place in what was then the Kingdom’s most populous province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A number of Japanese companies have their eyes on Cambodia’s energy and gas sector, an opportunity welcomed by the government which has asked for studies to be carried out before any investment can be made. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Health Ministry’s Communicable Disease Control Department yesterday issued a statement urging citizens to be aware of the influenza strain H1N1 that has the potential to spread rapidly during the rainy season. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The education minister’s message for students finishing high school has been heard loud and clear since the reform of the national completion exam four years ago: Merit will buy you a pass grade—not money. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Official confiscated about 6 cubic metres of luxury timber in Preah Vihear’s Chey sen district this week in two separate busts, also detaining eight for illegally transporting timber out of the Prey Lang Wildlife sanctuary. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Garment workers at the Benoh Apparel factory in the capital’s Meanchey district returned to work this week after a two-month suspension to find the building abandoned, prompting a protest demanding compensation from the government. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Ministerand Ambassador of Kenyadiscussedan initiative to connect Phnom Penh and Nairobi through a direct flight to boost tourism and economic activities as well as the conclusion of a rice export deal ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 2,000 kilograms of Kran-houng luxury timber worth tens of thousands of dollars and a Toyota Camry car were seized by authorities in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district on Wednesday, military police said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

While Cambodia’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector has seen progress, a huge gap between ICT development in urban and rural areas still exists, industry experts said in Phnom Penh yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two ethnic Kuoy villagers in Preah Vihear province’s Tbeng Meanchey district are in hiding after rumours circulated yesterday that police were seeking to arrest them for participating in a protest against two Chinese plantation firms last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Farmers from Kampong Thom province’s Baray district filed a complaint to the authorities yesterday accusing a village chief of signing off on the sale of their land to a local businesswoman. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A village of 212 hectares in Battambang’s Bavel district has nearly become a ghost town after an alleged land grab by three tycoons has forced hundreds to find work abroad, locals and a rights group said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 100 garment workers employed by the New Wide garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district have fainted since Tuesday evening after company representatives’ allegedly sprayed insecticide throughout the factory, a local official and a worker said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president Kem sokha used the opposition’s attendance at a memorial service for the late King Father Norodom sihanouk yesterday to call for an end to the country’s political deadlock by July 28. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A ROYAL Cambodian Armed Forces helicopter, one of a group of Z-9 helicopters received from China in 2013, has crashed during a training exercise in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district, killing five people with one seriously injured. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 1,000 workers at the Manhattan (Cambodia) Co Ltd garment factory in Kampong Cham province are striking in the wake of factory management’s reaction to their last strike action. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A US diplomat SayS military aid to Cambodia iS neceSSary to improve the profeSSionaliSm of the country&rSquo;S Security forceS. The US haS been criticized for itS military aid to Cambodia, following violent crackdownS on demonStrationS thiS year. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday announced plans to build a promenade down the city’s waterfront, picking up where the current riverfront walkway ends around the Chaktomuk theatre and extending some four kilometres south to the Monivong bridge. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ahead of a national consultation meeting about Laos’s Don sahong hydropower dam later this week, communities that will be affected by the project have made their opinion clear: suspend the dam. ss='cambodia-color'>...