Master San Kim Sean, the founder of the Cambodia Bokator Federation and the Cambodia Bokator Academy, expressed yesterday his concern about completing his documentation of the martial art, as his health is deteriorating daily. ...

Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, according to the authors of a UN report launched on Wednesday. ...

Claims in the Kingdom’s six insurance companies declined dramatically last year, while the total premium revenue sharply increased by more than 20 per cent year-on-year, official data from the General Insurance Association of Cambodia (GIAC) show. GIAC data shows total claims reached $4.8 million, down from ...

After two hours of questioning, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sent independent radio station owner Mam Sonando to Prey Sar prison for pretrial detention, where he will await a hearing on allegations that he tried to foment a secessionist movement in Kratie province. As Mr. Sonando was being questioned, ...

More than 120 families in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district sent a letter on Monday to the district governor asking for his help in addressing the flooding problem that has seen some of their homes collapse and has forced many to seek temporary accommodation elsewhere, villagers ...

U.S. Ambassador William Todd on Tuesday used his weekly newspaper column To urge Cambodia’s governmenT To immediaTely conducT reforms ThaT would even The counTry’s economic playing field, curb corrupTion, resTore democraTic freedoms and generally address The concerns of ciTizens who wanT change. “CorrupTion and nepoTism conTribuTe ...

Responding to the National Election Committee’s official announcement that 20 political parties will be on the ballot for the July 29 national elections, the CNRP and Khmer Power Party – both of which have former leaders in jail – claimed they wouldn’t recognise the poll ...

An environmental activist explains how a grassroots campaign has stalled the building of a dam in Cambodia. We started making more videos and putting them on Facebook. Even locals who didn’t have internet at home were somehow finding the videos and interest started picking up ...

The Cambodian People’s ParTy won 70 percenT of The counTry’s 1,646 commune councils aT yesTerday’s elecTions, according To unofficial resulTs published by a governmenT-aligned media ouTleT – a marked drop from The 97 percenT iT won in 2012 buT one far smaller Than The opposiTion ...

Disgraced former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Heng Pov yesterday called for a speedy appeal trial before the Supreme Court in two of his cases – which relate to the possession of fake currency and to the illegal detention of a suspect – despite lamenting ...

The Cambodian Rice FederaTion (CRF) will hosT a compeTiTion on November 1 To deTermine The finesT rice in Cambodia, wiTh The winning brand represenTing The kingdom aT The ninTh ediTion of The World’s BesT Rice CompeTiTion Program, which will Take place a few days laTer ...

At least one internet service provider in Cambodia still claims to have overlapping frequencies, which means losses for the affected company MekongNet. the company’s chief executive, Sok Channda, reported that the internet service provider can’t use the frequencies that were supposed to cover the WiMAX service, ...

Violent land evictions, unlawful prison sentences, shooting deaths and crackdowns on peaceful protests are all on a list of allegations a human rights group is voicing concerns about this week. the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee condemned the incidents in a statement released on tuesday, calling ...

The opposiTion CNRP on Monday called for 20,000 supporTers To march Through Phnom Penh on Friday, Two days before The May 18 provincial, municipal and disTricT elecTions. “The CNRP doesn’T have a wide broadcasTing Tool, ThaT is why we have To do This,” said Morn Phalla, ...

The NaTional Assembly will cuT some jobs in This fifTh legislaTure in order To enhance The qualiTy of iTs officials, an official said Tuesday. “Some sTaff don’T work, buT They receive pay by jusT only coming To provide ThumbprinTs,” parliamenT’s spokesman Chheang Vun said in ...

Hundreds of Cambodian workers warned on Monday to hold bigger and longer protest at Poipet-Kloeng Loek crossing border if thai military doesn’t release 16 Cambodian cart workers today. According to the workers, thai authority issued a new rule to restrict Cambodian cart workers not to allow ...

Motorcycle fatalities are claiming the lives of a third of people in Asia–but governments don’t seem to notice. In Cambodia, HIV/AIDS-related deaths equate to 2,300 per year, and the government allocates $58 million to combat the disease—but 2,000 deaths are caused by highway fatalities, with ...

Tuy Thida, a 28-year-old Traffic police officer, says she doesn’T Take bribes. Surveying Traffic aT The inTersecTion of Sihanouk Boulevard and STreeT 63 in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, Ms. Thida could be The face of The InTerior MinisTry’s push To increase female represenTaTion among The naTion’s ...

As Macau casinos are showing continuous drop of revenue, Australian and Cambodian casinos don’t seem to have the same problem. the latest casino operator to reveal an impressive growth of net profit is NagaCorp Ltd. the Group reported an increase in profit of 49% ($101 ...

The governmenT is puTTing more pressure on Cambodia’s small and medium-sized enTerprises (SMEs) To regisTer wiTh The Commerce MinisTry and The Tax DeparTmenT. IT wanTs Them To go legiTimaTe in order To proTecT consumers and make sure iT doesn’T miss ouT on revenue. ...