Cambodia has been removed from the United Nation’s list of states not complying with Article 17 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). ss='cambodia-color'>...

Families in Preah sihanouk province’s Muoy commune are withdrawing their request for the Land Management Ministry to intervene in a land dispute with sihanoukville Autonomous Port official Chan Kang as the matter has been resolved. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin yesterday joined representatives of 16 political parties to draft a royal decree that would cement the supreme Consultative Council’s government adviser status, an adviser to Prime Minister Hun sen said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) has warned the public to be cautious when crossing the stung samrong Bridge in Preah sihanouk province’s Kampong seila district as rising water levels threatened to flood it. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The director of Kampong Speu&rSquo;S protected Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary and hiS predeceSSor have been charged with illegally clearing foreSt in a caSe dating back to 2013, and have been Summoned to court for queStioning. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Land Management Ministry on Friday announced that it will solve a land dispute in the province following a weeks-long demonstration by hundreds of villagers who descended upon the ministry’s office in Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday blamed the Kingdom’s rising population as a factor contributing to deforestation. He also told government critics who lived on deforested land to return it to the authorities for replanting. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tour guides at the Kingdom’s historical sites are voicing concern over an audio tour app they said is threatening their careers. Developed by local company Angkor Audio, the app provides spoken tours in 14 languages. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Dozens of villagers representing 170 Prek Khsach community households in Koh Kong province’s Kiri sakor district gathered at the Provincial Hall yesterday to petition authorities to speed up land dispute resolution involving two development companies. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian conglomerate Royal Group has acquired the remaining shareholding of One TV from Russian-owned General satellite Group in a move to boost the distribution of Cambodia’s niche pay for digital terrestrial television (DTT) market. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tourism authorities in siem Reap are anticipating that more than a million tourists will descend on the temple town for the Angkor sangkran festival, the country’s biggest cultural attraction over the Khmer New Year holiday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Gay and transgender people yesterday called on the government to legalise same-sex marriage and change identity cards to reflect a person’s true gender during an event to mark International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Workers are labouring day and night to build a new pumping station at the Boeung Trabek reservoir to relieve the capital’s flood risk ahead of the rainy season, city authorities said yesterday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of villagers living on siem Reap’s historic Phnom Kulen are reeling after the government announced they would be relocated as part of a scheme to secure a UNEsCO World Heritage Listing for the site. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 10 residents of Kandal province’s Mok Kampol district gathered in front of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction yesterday morning to ask for intervention from officials in an ongoing land dispute. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s fledgling public transportation system received a welcome boost on Thursday as Japan agreed to donate 140 new buses to the city over the next four years, according to City Hall.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Investors in Cambodia’s garment industry are increasingly purchasing modern equipment as they look to produce higher value-added products to compete in the international market and counter rising labour costs, an industry insider said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia rice exports saw a small rebound in October, notching up 12 per cent as compared to a year earlier, as harvests from the delayed rainy-season planting began to reach the nation’s rice mills. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Court of Appeal will on Monday hear opposition senator Hong sok Hour’s request to overturn a municipal court decision to seize his computer to reinvestigate the forged border treaty that landed him in prison in August. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nagacorp Ltd, the parent company of NagaWorld, Cambodia’s biggest casino, is expected to bid on a licence to operate the first casino resort in Cyprus, according to a media report from the Mediterranean island. ss='cambodia-color'>...