Phnom Penh’s lack of a clear master plan for development has hurt its communities and allowed private developers to collude with authorities to push out poorer residents, speakers at a land rights conference said yesterday.  ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Labor Ministry has called on authorities to find the source of rumors that the country’s garment factories were planning to close for the month of December and arrest those responsible, according to a statement issued saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Judge and prosecutors were called to a two-day workshop to address the sector’s pervasive ethics challenges, but legal experts said change could not occur until there were concrete rules, instead of vague moral guidelines. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Royal Railways is conducting a feasibility study on a rail line that would whisk passengers from the center of Phnom Penh to the airport in less than 15 minutes, the company’s CEO said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On an average day, more than 100 Cambodians are sent back from Thailand through the Poipet International Checkpoint amid the Thai government’s crackdown on undocumented foreign workers, according to the Banteay Meanchey provincial governor yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport officially launched a pair of new websites yesterday that will allow Cambodians to register their vehicles as well as take the written portion of their driver’s exam online. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s Permanent Committee will next week conduct an urgent plenary session to review and adopt the draft amendments to the law on political parties, despite strong requests for a delay from the opposition. ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korea&rSquo;S State-run depoSit inSurer opened itS firSt overSeaS branch in Phnom Penh yeSterday in a move to Sell off the bank and property aSSetS of Korean bankS that went belly up in 2011. SS='cambodia-color'>...

About 40 families asked the government last week to review road expansion plans at Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov Bridge, saying the proposed dimensions would force them to lose property and even parts of their homes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian mining firm Angkor Gold has agreed to accept payment by instalment on Mesco Gold’s final tranche for the purchase of its Phum syarung gold mine in northeastern Cambodia, the company said in press release. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) posted complete preliminary results online on Wednesday evening after receiving missing forms from 344 communes, an official said, with the final tallies from sunday’s commune elections expected before June 25. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS, one of the Cambodia&rSquo;S key trading partnerS, iS going to aSSeSS Sanitary and phyto-Sanitary StandardS in Cambodia, opening up the opportunity for Cambodian agricultural productS to be exported to the US. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The number of students who passed Cambodia’s high-stakes grade-12 exam saw only a slight increase this year, signalling that scores may be plateauing after an overhaul to weed out rampant cheating in 2014. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian rice exports increased nearly 17 percent during the first nine months compared to the same period last year, with exporters pushing to fill orders under China’s higher import quota as European markets remained steady. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A memorandum of understanding meant to beef up protections for Cambodian maids in Malaysia is still on hold after Malaysia’s human resources minister said he was not aware of the agreement, according to Malaysian media. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations will provide a $8 million subvention to support the 2018 operations of the Khmer Rouge tribunal, which is tasked with the prosecution of the country’s former Khmer Rouge commanders.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen called for a Green Belt to be established at the country’s main tourist areas to supply holiday-makers with locally produced vegetables and meat, instead of importing them from neighboring countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A day removed from Sunday&rSquo;S commune electionS, independent obServerS remained moStly poSitive about polling day but, troubled more by the conditionS leading up to the day itSelf, refrained from declaring the electionS free and fair. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities yesterday evacuated 190 households in four communes within Oddar Meanchey’s Trapaing Prasat district due to severe flooding, one day after 100 families were ferried to safety in Preah Vihear province, where two people died.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Fifty endangered sarus cranes have hatched from 27 nests protected by conservationists and villagers in Cambodia’s Northern Plains, according to the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs). The nests are in Kulen Promtep and Chhep wildlife sanctuaries. ss='cambodia-color'>...