Activists in Kratie province’s snuol district seized seven chainsaws over the weekend and collected evidence that four police checkpoints were used to solicit bribes from illegal loggers, representatives of the network said yesterday. After scouring thousands of hectares of protected forest from Friday through yesterday, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian officials say they will focus on nine different sectors in a bid to diversify and ensure continued national economic growth. Among the nine priorities, rubber will play a crucial role in Cambodia’s trade integration strategy. After opening a workshop on Cambodia’s trade strategy for the coming ss='cambodia-color'>...

Just recently, the Philippines government signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on rice trade with the Kingdom of Cambodia to pave the way for the National Food Authority (NFA) to import rice from that country for the next two years. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ss='cambodia-color'>...

Student volunteerS from acroSS the country yeSterday took a break from their land-meaSuring dutieS to attend a pre-Khmer New Year ceremony at Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Koh Pitch where they were preSented with a thank-you letter from Mr. Hun Sen. Since Mr. Hun Sen launched the land titling SS='cambodia-color'>...

The road to Srekor I village in Stung Treng province&rSquo;S SeSan diStrict iS a bumpy one. The Small diScomfort cauSed by being jolted about on a motorcycle or being thrown around in a car, however, iS offSet by the Striking Scenery that SurroundS a traveller SS='cambodia-color'>...

A massive power outage Wednesday in southern Vietnam brought rolling blackouts that lasted for hours to Ho Chi Minh City, the entire southeastern region of Vietnam and large sections of Phnom Penh. Vietnam’s state-owned southern Power Corporation said Wednesday that the problem occurred around 2 p.m. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Newly-designated Ambassador of China to Cambodia Bu Jianguo on Thursday vowed to help further deepen all rounds of cooperation with Cambodia for the benefits [sic] of the two countries and peoples. Paying a courtesy call on Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Bu ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three companies accused of illegal logging in Ratanakkiri province are in possession of a combined 30,000 hectares of economic land concessions (ELCs) that are likely illegal because they are owned by the same parent firm. Hoang Anh Andong Meas, Hoang Anh Lumphat and Hoang Anh Ouyadav ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new air route may connect Macau and Cambodia this year, a move industry experts say would reduce travel costs in the region and reflects tourist interests in both destinations’ gambling industries. several airlines are in contact with CAM, Macau International Airport Co, “seeking to launch ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday inaugurated a rubber processing plant here, saying the factory would contribute to developing the country’s fast-growing rubber sector. The 7 million U.s. dollar plant, invested by Cambodia’s sopheak Nika Investment Agro-Industry Company, was built on the area of 9 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Logging baron Try Pheap’s MDs Import Export Co, Ltd has been granted a licence to collect and process the controversial plant known as yellow vine around the stung Atay hydropower dam in the Cardamom Mountains, according to documents received by the Post yesterday. The vine has ss='cambodia-color'>...

Asia’s largest sugar company has been accused of torching hundreds of homes, orchestrating the imprisonment of a pregnant activist and using security forces to beat villagers – among a raft of other grave human rights abuses – by communities in Oddar Meanchey province. The allegations levelled ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two days after Huawei introduced the world’s thinnest smartphone in London and singapore, the Cambodian representative office of the China-based company announced that the sleek device would be sold in the Kingdom in July. While the Chinese telecom giant hopes to increase its market share of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Only one of the 241 Cambodians questioned for the largest survey of the notoriously abusive Thai fishing industry’s workforce to date said he was forced into the job, according to a new report by the International Labor Organization (ILO). Though some of the findings are in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three monks at the sansam Kosal pagoda were beaten by the deputy chief monk as they left to participate in saturday’s opposition rally, though the deputy maintained yesterday that the incident had more to do with truancy than politics. The incident came just days after ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian political analysts say the opposition is now facing a dilemma, as public pressure continues for a just solution for alleged election fraud. That has limited the opposition’s ability to deal for a political solution, analysts said this week. However, with the return of King ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than two weeks after the slaying of 29-year-old Mao sok Chan in clashes at Phnom Penh’s Kbal Thnal overpass, police have yet to launch an internal investigation into the use of force, officials said yesterday. National military police spokesman Kheng Tito said he had no ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite concerns that political uncertainty would be a drag on the economy, Cambodia’s garment exports continued on an upward trend in the first nine months of the year, the latest data show. Though volume increased, factory profit margins were squeezed due to labour disputes and demands ss='cambodia-color'>...

Yet another ruling in the tumultuous trial of former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith has been set, with the Appeal Court yesterday announcing a verdict date for next week. After Bandith was convicted in absentia on the charge of unintentionally causing injury in June for non-fatally ss='cambodia-color'>...

While the streets of Phnom Penh were quiet this holiday period after the Water Festival was cancelled, numbers swelled in the provinces as tourists flocked to Cambodia’s temples and beaches, provincial officials said yesterday. Chhoeuy Chhorn, director of the siem Reap Provincial Tourism Department, said Angkor ss='cambodia-color'>...