Seemingly Sounding the 2018 election bugle, the naScent GraSSrootS Democracy Party (GDP) yeSterday releaSed five major policy initiativeS it will implement if it manageS the herculean taSk of winning againSt the incumbent Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Businesses expect the establishment of Cambodia’s first marine national park covering seven coastal islands to boost tourism in the area, while government officials said yesterday it would not affect private development scheduled for the islands. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two separate timber busts in recent days netted some 300 pieces of illegally transported wood in stung Treng belonging to a prominent businessman, and several hidden timber stockpiles at a military officer’s Kampong speu lumberyard. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Emirates Airlines will expand its presence in Cambodia by launching a daily passenger flight between Dubai and Phnom Penh, with a stopover in Yangon, as part of the Dubai-based carrier’s push into the region. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thousands of workers will once again defy government orders and march through central Phnom Penh this morning to mark International Labor Day, the president of one of Cambodia’s largest independent labor unions said on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A representative of business mogul Kith Meng’s Royal Group yesterday hit back at a report published by the National Police accusing the company of laundering illegal timber through the Lower sesan II hydro power project. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four years ago, when the opposition snatched Kampong Cham away from the ruling party in 2013 national elections, it hinted at a deeper shift taking place in what was then the Kingdom’s most populous province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A number of Japanese companies have their eyes on Cambodia’s energy and gas sector, an opportunity welcomed by the government which has asked for studies to be carried out before any investment can be made. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Health Ministry’s Communicable Disease Control Department yesterday issued a statement urging citizens to be aware of the influenza strain H1N1 that has the potential to spread rapidly during the rainy season. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The education minister’s message for students finishing high school has been heard loud and clear since the reform of the national completion exam four years ago: Merit will buy you a pass grade—not money. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Official confiscated about 6 cubic metres of luxury timber in Preah Vihear’s Chey sen district this week in two separate busts, also detaining eight for illegally transporting timber out of the Prey Lang Wildlife sanctuary. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Garment workers at the Benoh Apparel factory in the capital’s Meanchey district returned to work this week after a two-month suspension to find the building abandoned, prompting a protest demanding compensation from the government. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Ministerand Ambassador of Kenyadiscussedan initiative to connect Phnom Penh and Nairobi through a direct flight to boost tourism and economic activities as well as the conclusion of a rice export deal ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 2,000 kilograms of Kran-houng luxury timber worth tens of thousands of dollars and a Toyota Camry car were seized by authorities in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district on Wednesday, military police said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

While Cambodia’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector has seen progress, a huge gap between ICT development in urban and rural areas still exists, industry experts said in Phnom Penh yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two ethnic Kuoy villagers in Preah Vihear province’s Tbeng Meanchey district are in hiding after rumours circulated yesterday that police were seeking to arrest them for participating in a protest against two Chinese plantation firms last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Farmers from Kampong Thom province’s Baray district filed a complaint to the authorities yesterday accusing a village chief of signing off on the sale of their land to a local businesswoman. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A village of 212 hectares in Battambang’s Bavel district has nearly become a ghost town after an alleged land grab by three tycoons has forced hundreds to find work abroad, locals and a rights group said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 100 garment workers employed by the New Wide garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district have fainted since Tuesday evening after company representatives’ allegedly sprayed insecticide throughout the factory, a local official and a worker said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president Kem sokha used the opposition’s attendance at a memorial service for the late King Father Norodom sihanouk yesterday to call for an end to the country’s political deadlock by July 28. ss='cambodia-color'>...