Three boats carrying three containers with 53 pieces of luxury wood allegedly intended for export to Vietnam were confiscated by the Customs Navigation Office in Kampot province’s Prek Thnout commune on Tuesday, Kampot Military deputy police chief Keo sophal said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives from the Kingdom’s microfinance sector on sunday said the industry was keeping a close watch on those impacted by the Mekong River flooding, and that they were willing to take measures to reduce the financial burden on the victims. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vultures in the Kingdom are facing an increasingly high risk of extinction as the birds have shown a 50 per cent decline in numbers since the late 2000s, a joint announcement from environmental organisations said on saturday, quoting a report. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 115 VietnameSe and Khmer-MuSlim familieS reSiding on floating houSeS on the Tonle Sap River in Kampong Chhnang provinceS Said they were Set to relocate to higher groundS after provincial authoritieS ordered them to move by year&rSquo;S end. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Japan is digging in deeper in support of Myanmar and Cambodia even as the U.s. and Europe ramp up criticism of human rights violations, choosing to preserve its influence in the region by playing an alternative to China’s economic might. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Agriculture Ministry’s Fisheries Administration is drafting a directive to turn more sections of the sre Ambel river system into conservation zones for Royal Turtles following successes reported by the Wildlife Conservation society and administration monitoring teams in existing zones. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom plans to increase electric power supply to 2,870.65MW next year, up from 2,650.26MW this year, according to the Electricity Authority of Cambodia’s (EAC) 2018 annual report that The Post obtained on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forty-five families from Commune IV in Preah sihanouk province’s Mittapheap district on Thursday said they would willingly dismantle their makeshift homes and relocate in exchange for 5m by 20m plots of land in Kbal Chhay district. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a meeting of prime ministers Wednesday, Cambodia’s Hun sen appeared to eliminate neighboring Laos as a potential route by which self-exiled opposition leader sam Rainsy could return to Cambodia as he has pledged to do in November. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Interior sar Kheng has ordered commune officials to use next year’s increased annual budget of more than $100,000 “effectively, transparently and responsibly”, with local-level expenditure set to more than double from $50,000 a year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The process of obtaining geographical indication (GI) status for Kampong speu palm sugar in the European Union suffered a setback this week after a company asked for revisions to the wording of the product’s guidebook, according to a producers association. ss='cambodia-color'>...

During Prime Minister Hun sen’s official visit to the UN, rallies in support and against him took place over the weekend as planned, with supporters of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) attacking each other. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation have committed to eradicating hunger in Cambodia by 2030. The commitment was made yesterday at an event to mark World Food Day 2018 in Kampong Cham province’s stung Trang district. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Mondulkiri Provincial Court on Sunday decided to detain Te Kim San, the former head of the mining community in Keo Seima diStrict&rSquo;S Chung PhlaS commune, on chargeS of collecting foreSt by-productS and building an illegal timber proceSSing facility. SS='cambodia-color'>...

A member of the Supreme ConSultation Forum iS Set to forward to Prime MiniSter Hun Sen, the complaintS of more than 1,000 familieS againSt a military lieutenant general over alleged land grabbing in Kampong Thom province&rSquo;S Stoung diStrict. SS='cambodia-color'>...

As Rhona smith, the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, began her first official visit to the country Wednesday, leading human rights activists were at odds over how much her position could influence the situation on the ground. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A seminar scheduled by the opposition CNRP later this month on its “political image” will focus on convincing the party’s lawmakers and members to stick to a united message and keep debate inside the party, opposition leader sam Rainsy said Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government spending on social welfare and economic development could both see double-digit growth next year, according to a document summarizing expenditures in next year’s budget that will be discussed at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hun sen today. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The wife of imprisoned opposition senator Hong sok Hour on Thursday denied reports that she and the driver of her husband’s sUV fled the scene of a crash in Kandal province that left another man with a broken femur. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police arrested 36 men and one woman on saturday in the latest raid on Phnom Penh’s Trapaing Chhouk slum, a cluster of shanties above a fetid pond in sen sok district where crystal methamphetamine use and distribution are rampant. ss='cambodia-color'>...