More than 300 families in Kompong speu province this week signed a deal with senator Ly Yong Phat’s Phnom Penh sugar Company aimed at ending their long-running land dispute, though several of the families have yet to agree on compensation.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

ShareS in Phnom Penh SEZ debuted on Cambodia&rSquo;S naScent Stock exchange yeSterday morning, ending the day at 2,890 riel ($0.71), down Slightly more than 3 per cent from itS opening price of 2,980 riel after an underwhelming level of trading. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Court of Appeal on Monday denied bail to four rights workers and an election official imprisoned in connection with a sex scandal surrounding deputy opposition leader Kem sokha, upholding the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s decision last month.    ss='cambodia-color'>...

The controversial Don sahong hydropower dam was off the agenda again during the second day of talks between Prime Minister Hun sen and his newly appointed Lao counterpart Thongloun sisoulith yesterday, despite international calls to halt construction and survey the dam’s environmental impact. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Concerns are mounting among the human rights community, particularly in the wake of political analyst Kem Ley’s murder, that UN special Rapporteur to Cambodia Rhona smith is failing to fulfil her mandate in a time of what one observer termed “fear and confusion”. ss='cambodia-color'>...

After an unexpectedly lengthy review, the Ministry of Environment has approved the environmental and social impact study of Indian mining firm Mesco Gold, clearing the last major hurdle for the company to receive a licence to operate the Kingdom’s first royalty-generating mine. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The British ambassador yesterday reaffirmed to the Cambodian government that the results of a recent referendum on leaving the EU, and a cabinet reshuffle by the ruling Conservative Party, would not have a negative impact on the country’s ties with Cambodia.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Group, Cambodia’s biggest conglomerate, will be involved in funding future phases of a massive coal-fired power plant under construction in Preah sihanouk province, a government official said yesterday, although details of the size of the investment or its timeline remain hazy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A memorandum of understanding between Cambodia and the United Nations has been stalled for almost 10 months thanks to the government’s insistence that an updated version include pointed references to the concept of “non-interference” lifted from the UN charter, the Post has learned. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Close to 300 workers at Kampong speu province’s Grandis Timber Limited, a teak nursery, have sought the aid of an agricultural union after they were asked to stop coming to work last week after management said they did not have enough work for them. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry’s anti-human trafficking department will investigate a complaint made against a local maritime school Tuesday by seven Cambodian seamen who fled from a pair of cargo ships last month after enduring what they described as slave-like conditions, an official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Labor Ministry on Tuesday warned unions that if they failed to reach a consensus on a new minimum wage for the garment sector ahead of Friday’s Labor Advisory Committee meeting on the issue, the committee would not consider any proposal from the unions at ss='cambodia-color'>...

An aggressive marketing campaign for a New Zealand brand of breast milk substitute – including giveaways to new parents in a hospital – has been condemned as “appalling” and “completely illegal” by a body that monitors Cambodia’s strict rules on the marketing of formula milk. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers Mao Monivann and son Chhay visited a disputed area on the border between Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district and Vietnam on Monday and urged the government to take action over several ponds allegedly dug by the Vietnamese in Cambodian territory. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Art can represent a nation’s identity, and younger generations have a responsibility to conserve it. But that means education, to help youth appreciate art and culture, says Donna strahan, head of conservation and research at the Freer-sackler Gallery. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly four decades after fleeing Cambodia as a child, a tearful Michael Vannak Khem Misie­wicz returned to his home country in De­cember 2010 on the U.s. Navy guid­ed-missile destroyer he commanded; his fall from grace has been equally dramatic. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Recent satellite images from NAsA have captured a high number of fires blazing across Cambodia this season, illustrating what one forestry official called a chronic inability to deal with the Kingdom’s numerous illegally set fires, a problem exacerbated by especially dry El Niño conditions. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A blaze authorities have attributed to a forest fire ripped through a nearly 4,000-cubic-metre timber stockpile on a social land concession in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district on the weekend, although the company yesterday said it suspected a case of arson. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A week after an alliance of millers and exporters criticized the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) for its inaction in the face of the sector’s possible collapse, the federation Wednesday announced the formation of a new task force to manage challenges facing its members. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the Kingdom grapples with water shortages, the Ministry of Rural Development and NGO Plan International have set a goal to bring clean water sources to 60 per cent of Cambodia’s 12 million rural residents by 2018.    ss='cambodia-color'>...