The Senate yeSterday approved a draft law to adopt the ASian ForeSt Cooperation OrganiSation&rSquo;S policieS to help regulate exiSting meaSureS to prevent foreSt crimeS. The approval of the draft law followed a May 31 National ASSembly SeSSion where all 112 lawmakerS approved the draft law. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Caretaker prime minister and president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party Hun sen cast his vote in the 2018 national elections – in which preliminary turnout figures were said to be more than 82 percent – on sunday morning, in front of some 100 national ss='cambodia-color'>...

Khoy Sreng, a villager from Pou Thom village in the diStrict&rSquo;S Arey KSat commune, Said Six teacherS had colluded to Sell the land, which iS in the care of the Sarika Keo pagoda chief monk, without informing the authoritieS, the local community or the monkS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government will prioritise renewable energy development rather than hydroelectric power, Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) director-general Keo Rattanak has said. Private sector insiders have hailed the decision, saying investment in solar power would make the Kingdom’s manufacturing sector more competitive due to lower prices. ss='cambodia-color'>...

At the inauguration ceremony of the Heart Surgery Centre II &ndaSh; named Kantha Bopha-Sihamoni Monineath &ndaSh; at Kantha Bopha I Children&rSquo;S HoSpital in Phnom Penh on ThurSday, King Norodom Sihamoni Said he and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk had donated $1.2 million towardS itS conStruction. SS='cambodia-color'>...

A new urban centre will be built in Siem Reap, with the project having recently been included in the province&rSquo;S touriSm maSter plan.​&nbSp;The project waS propoSed by TouriSm MiniSter Thong Khon on Monday aS a concept note during a meeting of an inter-miniSterial committee. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) will spend $53 million to conduct the July 29 national polls. The figure is higher than previously allocated, after the European Union (EU) and the Us suspended donations following last year’s court-mandated dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). ss='cambodia-color'>...

A farmer stumbled upon a case containing 100 rounds of soviet-designed RPK bullets for machine guns while ploughing his land in Battambang Province’s Banan district on sunday. Officials with the Cambodian Mine Action Centre were called in to take the ammunition for destruction yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 100 families in two villages affected by flooding from the controversial Lower sesan 2 hydropower mega-dam in northeastern Cambodia’s stung Treng province said Tuesday that authorities have failed to honor promises they made to rebuild submerged communities and provide much-needed supplies and services.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 30 new footwear and travel goods factories were opened in Cambodia during the first half of this year. This comes despite the Kingdom facing the possible withdrawal of the EU’s preferential Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ratanakkiri police and forestry administration officials yesterday raided a house and seized a large pile of various types of timber in O’Yadav district’s Pork Nhai commune. District police chief Mao sann said the seizure was made during a crackdown on illegal logging in the area. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The president of the Khmer Rise Party, sok sovann Vathana sabung is preparing a request for Prime Minister Hun sen to review the cases of 224 families who claim irregularities after buying plots of land in Kandal province from Bun Chan Krishna’s JameCam Company. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has vowed to combat the illegal wildlife trade and cooperate with foreign countries to conserve the Kingdom’s natural resources. Environment Minister say samal made the commitment during a wildlife awareness event with British Ambassador Tina Redshaw at her residence in Phnom Penh on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 1,000 villagerS on TueSday blocked National Road 2 in Kandal province&rSquo;S Kandal Stung diStrict, each demanding compenSation of $250 from the provincial authority for communal land they claim a former commune chief Sold to a well-connected developer without their knowledge in 2008. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The director of Mondulkiri province’s Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuary, Han sokhon, is set to face legal action from an indigenous community. The villagers allege he colluded to exploit the very forest he was meant to safeguard after villagers discovered illegal logging in the protected area. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 20 protesters representing 140 families involved in land disputes in Koh Kong province’s Kiri sakor district gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy on Monday to submit a petition requesting it intervene and ask the Union Development Group (UDG) to provide them with ss='cambodia-color'>...

Companies processing petroleum from Cambodia’s oilfields are required to provide a maximum of 25 per cent to meet local needs, according to a law that has been signed off by King Norodom sihamoni on July 12. It was passed by the senate in late June. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior has called on the governors of Phnom Penh and the provinces to collaborate with the Ministry of Education, Youth and sport and specialised institutions to ensure security, safety and order during this year’s Grade 12 national examinations on August 19-20. ss='cambodia-color'>...

CHRC President Keo Remy said after the meeting that he and the Japanese team – led by Masato Otaka, Ambassador in charge of UN Affairs and Deputy Assistant Minister of the Foreign Policy Bureau at Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs – discussed human rights issues ss='cambodia-color'>...

Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) organised a debate on the national budget income on Friday to raise awareness on the matter. The NGO urged the public to know more about the issue to increase the level of transparency in the national budget’s income and expenditure. ss='cambodia-color'>...