Cambodia’s ambassador to Australia yesterday swiftly denied allegations of corruption amid reports the embassy is under investigation for links to an alleged alcohol and tobacco black market that took in roughly $200,000.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 200 families gathered last week in a village in Koh Kong’s Kiri sakor district, demanding compensation for their removal from land to make way for a Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) project in 2011. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Group’s $30-million luxury resort on Koh Rong island will not be completed on schedule as the company has faced numerous port development issues and, according to company management, a snarl of red tape. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rice exports fell almost 6 percent during the first half of the year, to 268,190 tons, according to government figures—despite the industry’s repeated calls for help to prevent such a decline.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s (NA) second Commission on Economics, Finance, Banking and Auditing yesterday asked the European Union (EU) to increase rice and clothing import quotas from Cambodia, after a discussion on EU subsidies to the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...

At 8 a.m. on Thursday, Lin sampho picked up an Australian tourist from a siem Reap City hotel to take her to the Angkor Archaeological Park for a morning trek through the site’s ancient temples. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four people – two of them police officers – were sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for selling nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine to an undercover police officer in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district earlier this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With the government placing tourism at the center of efforts to diversify and grow the country’s economy, a French development organization launched a project on Tuesday to encourage companies operating in the sector to comply with labor laws. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government’s Apsara authority will join forces with the Preah Vihear administration to establish a joint committee to prevent illegal logging and to manage state land in the protected areas around Koh Ker, officials said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government yesterday ordered the governor of Banlung town in Ratanakkiri province to return the concession granting control of Banlung market back to its original holder after he tried to switch managers without the government’s permission. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As part of a long-planned project to overhaul the country’s social security system, Prime Minister Hun sen signed into law yesterday a sub-decree effectively granting health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Cambodian workers. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Although over half of its rice exports were to China last year, it remains a highly competitive market amongst other rice exporters, namely Thailand, Pakistan, and Cambodia, said Bui Huy Hoang, Vietnam’s commercial counselor in China. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The top judge and prosecutor in Cambodia’s judiciary will see their allowances rise 300 per cent to $2,500, while those in lower courts are also in for significant hikes, according to a decree released yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 20 members of the opposition party’s permanent committee traveled to Manila on saturday night for a two-day conference with CNRP President sam Rainsy, who remains in exile, party spokesman Yem Ponhearith said on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The independence of the country’s judiciary was among the issues that UN special Rapporteur for Human Rights Rhona smith raised yesterday during a meeting with the minister of justice as part of her 10-day visit. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In an effort at promote the Kingdom’s railways, Prime Minister Hun sen will travel from Phnom Penh to sihanoukville by train on April 30, and has promised to post many pictures of his travels on Facebook. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Justice has received far fewer official requests for this year’s stricter round of pardons and sentence reductions, scheduled to coincide with the Visak Bochea Buddhist holiday, a spokesman said yesterday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The head of the World Food Programme in Cambodia has labelled the government’s drought preparation and response “insufficient” and warned that the Kingdom must be prepared to receive less help in the future.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following a meeting with Vietnam’s new defense minister, Ngo Xuan Lich, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh told reporters that rising tensions in the south China sea were not even mentioned during their discussion. “.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

To celebrate World Elephant Day today, the conservation group Wildlife Alliance (WA) celebrated its achievement of zero poaching of the Cardamom Rainforest’s Asian elephant population in the last decade, according to a press release on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...