Former Environment Minister Mok Mareth on Tuesday accused the media of having “twisted the truth” in reporting on illegal logging in Ratanakkiri province, where rights groups and independent forestry monitors say the natural environment is being pillaged and ethnic minority communities impoverished by illegal loggers ss='cambodia-color'>...

After nearly two years of silence on its draft NGO Law, the Ministry of Interior on sunday said it was aiming to have the highly contentious piece of legislation ready for the Council of Ministers early next year and voted on by July. Meas sarim, deputy ss='cambodia-color'>...

When one of Australia’s top intelligence agencies in 2009 presented staff with a slideshow detailing their attempts to intercept mobile telephone calls by Indonesia’s president, first lady and top officials, it also revealed other possible spying targets—including one of Cambodia’s largest mobile operators, MobiTel, according ss='cambodia-color'>...

For Cambodians with disabilities, the launch of two major initiatives in the past two days designed to improve their lives has brought some optimism about the future—tempered by a note of caution. At Koh Pich island on Thursday, in front of a crowd of more than ss='cambodia-color'>...

The UN and human rights groups called on the government Friday to honor its obligations as a party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and thoroughly investigate the disappearance of 16-year-old Khem sopath, who was last seen lying ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Defense Ministry official has requested that vehicles bearing Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) license plates be exempt from paying the country’s road tax, noting that a recent increase in inspections by tax officials could hurt “military officers’ feelings.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than half of Cambodians living in rural areas still do not have access to treated water, about 200 people heard yesterday at a forum at the Phnom Penh Hotel. The event was sponsored by WatersHED, an NGO funded by UsAID’s Regional Development Mission-Asia and the stone Family Foundation. According ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia postponed U.s.-backed military assistance programs immediately after the July 28 national election, officials of both countries confirmed Tuesday, in a move that analysts said reflects a strain in relations after years of strengthening military ties. The U.s. has in recent years expanded training and other ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian garment makers are filling orders for the 2012 London Olympics in what insiders say is the first time the country has supplied the Games. shenZhou International Group Holdings Ltd, one of China’s largest apparel exporters, makes shirts and other sportswear for Adidas that will supply ss='cambodia-color'>...

A TelekomunikasiI Indonesia official said yesterday the company had cancelled plans to acquire a majority stake in Cambodian mobile operator CamGsM, just a month after officials at CamGsM parent Royal Group claimed a deal was imminent. Telkom finance director sudiro Asno made the statement in Jakarta, ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.S. Trade RepreSentative Ron Kirk announced Friday that the U.S. and Cambodia have agreed to explore the creation of a bilateral&nbSp;inveStment&nbSp;treaty that would regulate the ruleS of foreign direct&nbSp;inveStment between the two countrieS, the U.S. EmbaSSy Said in a&nbSp;Statement. According to the EmbaSSy, Such a treaty SS='cambodia-color'>...

A breached flood protection dyke near Prey Ven city that, had it burst during the disastrous 2011 flooding, would have added a further 30,000 to the almost 52,000 households evacuated, is one project nearing completion in Cambodia’s Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project. But the Asian Development ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS will Sign up to provide 18.5 million U.S. dollarS to Cambodia to Support the country&rSquo;S prioritieS in agriculture, food Security, and climate change adaptation and mitigation, according to a media releaSe from the U.S. EmbaSSy here on ThurSday. The agreement will be Signed SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government expects U.s. oil major Chevron Corp. CVX -0.53%to begin developing the country’s first offshore oil field early next year, and hopes the nation will become a regional hot spot for oil and gas investment, a government official said Wednesday Chevron discovered commercial resources ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Garment Manufacturer’s Association in Cambodia (GMAC) signed a $3.5 million loan agreement with French international development agency Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) yesterday to build Cambodia’s first garment sector training school. The school will train Cambodia’s unskilled garment workers and other Cambodians who wish to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The director of a recruitment agency in Siem Reap will face fraud chargeS today at the provincial court for allegedly taking money from victimS in exchange for promiSed jobS in the U.S., police Said yeSterday. Hong Bunhav, chief of reSearch and inveStigationS Section of the Siem SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency (CRRT) wrote a letter to Ms. Elizabeth M. Murphy, secretary of U.s. securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2012 to back up PWYP’s recommendations and to encourage the Commission to define the “Project” in relation to each lease, license ss='cambodia-color'>...

British ambassadors and high commissioners from the AsEAN region convened last week in singapore; among the range of topics discussed was the increase of the UK’s economic involvement in the region. According to Mark Gooding, British Ambassador to Cambodia, UK trade with Cambodia has been increasing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Changes in demography and technology have altered the behavior of Cambodian media consumers, with youth increasingly using social media platforms to share news and information. Pen sophal, a graduate student in media management at sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, says print and electronic media outlets in ss='cambodia-color'>...

When the harvest season for Kampot pepper starts next month, farmers in Kampot province expect this year’s crop to yield more than 17 percent above last year, a representative of the farmers said. Nguon Lay, president of the Kampot Pepper Association, said last week that ss='cambodia-color'>...