Environmental rangers in Preah Vihear’s Prey Lang Wildlife sanctuary are preparing to file a complaint against 15 people for inciting an armed mob of villagers on saturday to “liberate” three rice tractors impounded at an environmental office. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia should continue to see steady economic growth at about 7 percent this year despite potential investor caution that could arise ahead of July’s national election, officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economic health remains strong at about 6 or 7 percent annual growth, but the country needs to harness its young population and invest in training and skills to ensure this trend continues, the World Bank said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has reminded media outlets to abide by the Code of Conduct for Media during the coming campaign season for July’s national elections, and called on reporters to remain professional, fair and transparent. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hun manet, the son of Prime Minister Hun sen, rose to the rank of Commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) – the second most powerful position in the Kingdom’s military – on Thursday after a royal decree. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Beat Richner, a SwiSS pediatrician who opened a network of children&rSquo;S hoSpitalS in Cambodia at a time when quality health care waS all but non-exiStent in that country, died Sept. 9 in Zurich. He waS 71. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Kampong Cham commune council in Kratie province’s sambo district is representing 1,294 families to lodge a complaint against Prey Lang Wildlife sanctuary head Nhem Visal for abusing villagers and allowing traders to haul timber illegally. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre has announced the arrival on Monday of a male gaur calf to a female that was brought from the Kingdom’s northeastern region seven years ago as part of a pioneering breeding programme. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government is going ahead with its plans to revamp part of Phnom Penh’s largest water reservoir into a vegetable market, despite complaints from villagers, fishermen and vegetable vendors that the market would be counterproductive to their livelihoods. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of 19 non-governmental organisations and associations have urged the Kingdom’s legislative and executive bodies to expedite the passage of a draft law on freedom of information, which the group said had been delayed for years. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three community activists from Bou sra commune in Mondulkiri province’s Pech Chreada district have claimed that they received death threats from the owner of four sawmills after they took photographs of alleged illegal logging from the community forest. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Borey Kang Meng construction site in the capital’s Dangkor district on Monday to demand the developer honour its promise to divide the site into plots and give them land titles. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Changhaon village community claims that many hectares of mangrove forest in the coastal area in a village in Teuk Chhou district’s Prek Tnort commune, in Kampot province, were being cut down to grab land for private ownership. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Around 1,500 protesters marked World Habitat Day on Monday by marching through Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh and calling on the government to put a stop to forced evictions in the southeast Asian nation. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government set the new monthly minimum wage for the country’s multibillion-dollar garment industry at $140 Thursday—up from $128—after months of tough negotiations that failed to bring employers and unions even close to a consensus. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s external public debt is well within acceptable limits, but remains vulnerable to financial shocks such as export slowdowns or exchange rate fluctuations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest assessment of the Kingdom’s economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

By 8 a.m. on Tuesday, ornately decorated boats were already gliding down the siem Reap River while other paddlers lounged on its shaded banks in preparation for the races at the center of this year’s biggest Water Festival celebration. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An official at the Ministry of Justice says he hopes a new law on information access will help improve the country’s attitude toward its judiciary, which is widely seen as politically biased and corrupt. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government ministries were yesterday urged to continue their efforts in shifting responsibilities towards local authorities at an annual meeting to discuss ongoing decentralisation reforms, reforms one top official called key to the ruling party’s upcoming election hopes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A journalist who accused a military police commander of accepting bribes from illegal loggers in Mondolkiri province was arrested and briefly detained on Thursday on the commander’s orders, a move that was criticized by the Ministry of Information. ss='cambodia-color'>...