Environment Minister say samal claims Cambodia has put an end to illegal logging and timber exports to Vietnam, despite reports of continued, and even rising, levels of forest clearing and timber being transported to the Kingdom’s neighbor. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Slow action from courtS and police, a dire lack of mental health counSelling and SparSe government funding were named aS ongoing challengeS in Cambodia&rSquo;S queSt to eliminate violence againSt women at a conference yeSterday. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...

The first-ever study to measure compliance with Cambodia’s new Law on Accounting and Auditing found few companies willing to talk about their accounting practices, and a low rate of compliance among those that did.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the price of natural rubber tumbles due to a slowdown in the global economy and falling demand for the commodity, the Kingdom’s hard hit rubber industry investors are now calling on the government to revise export taxes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The chairman of the National Assembly’s human rights commission on Thursday requested that Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim intervene on behalf of two villagers who were arrested upon returning to Kampot province on Tuesday after protesting in Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of a community-based organization in Cambodia responsible for protecting local forest resources have confessed to illegally cutting down trees to sell to local businessmen, prompting the group’s leader to threaten to resign. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of families were evacuated from their homes in Pailin province over the weekend as tropical storm Vamco brought torrential rain to the country’s northwest after causing serious flooding in Kampot and Battambang provinces last week, officials said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Koh Kong provincial court yesterday handed a life sentence to a man who murdered a toddler in April, with investigators saying the killing was an act of revenge following a disagreement with one of the child’s parents.  ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior leader of Cambodia’s opposition party has been removed as the vice-president of parliament in an unexpected vote that was attended only by the ruling party and boycotted by his supporters. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Chinese company that operates the hydroelectric power plant on the Kamchay River in Kampot province yesterday denied that a decision to open the dam’s gates during a recent storm was the cause of severe flooding in the area. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government and business representatives continue to remain optimistic about Cambodia’s prospects after the AsEAN Economic Community integration next year, saying that the Kingdom had upped production levels and strengthened quality measures to remain competitive in the region. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government officially took charge of the ticket sales at the Angkor Archeological Park on January 1, after Prime Minster Hun sen announced in November an end to the sok Kong-owned sokimex’s control of the service. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government should invest more in sustainable energy, with a focus on solar power, experts told a conference on energy security yesterday, adding that this could reduce Cambodia’s dependence on large-scale hydropower projects and coal-fired plants. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s modest navy is ap­parently a point of sensitivity for its commander, who on Wednesday said he would seek to acquire two warships from China to prevent neigh­boring countries from “looking down” on his fleet. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Chinese developer has announced new partnerships in its bid to develop a massive tourism project in a protected national park in Preah sihanouk province – a project it claims could become Cambodia’s second-biggest tourism draw after Angkor Wat. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government is considering candidates who are eligible for Royal pardons and sentence reductions ahead of Khmer New Year. Nut savenea, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons, said discussions about pardons are ongoing. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia will launch a new payment system to increase inter bank activity in a move to shore up confidence in the Kingdom’s rapidly expanding banking sector, it said in a press release yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A day after the ruling party filed a defamation complaint against one of the country’s most prominent political commentators, Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday defended limitations on freedom of speech as being necessary for peace and stability. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two farmers were arrested and charged yesterday after police found more than 100 liters of safrole oil in their sala Kumrou village residence in Pursat City’s Phteash Prey commune, according to police chief Lieutenant Colonel Chhorn Rith. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An environmental youth group has asked the National Assembly’s head of the Environment and Water Resource Commission, Pol Hom, to visit and investigate the pollution that will be caused by construction of Laos’ Don sahong hydropower dam. ss='cambodia-color'>...