The core of one of Cambodia’s most important and abused forests —Prey Lang—was officially de­clared a protected area this week af­ter years of campaigning by local ac­tivists and foreign conservationists.    ss='cambodia-color'>...

Land rights activists from 10 communities in the capital yesterday submitted a request to City Hall requesting permission to march to the Anti-Corruption Unit’s headquarters and deliver a petition in support of human rights activists jailed this week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two Ratanakkiri Referral Hospital officials have been ousted from their posts following an audit that found that more than $13,000 from the hospital’s travel allowance account was mismanaged, causing the hospital to run out of money to pay staff. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An elderly man and his two grandchildren were killed after he accidentally detonated an artillery shell yesterday morning in Prey Veng province’s Preah sdach district, after attempting to dismantle it to create parts for his bullock cart, according to police. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An overloaded truck’s owner was ordered to pay 7.8 million riel ($1,917) in fines yesterday after his driver was caught with 61 tonnes of wood in his truck, 26 tonnes above the legal limit.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

An NGO has filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against senior National Election Committee members for “colluding to commit corruption inside an independent institution”, relating to a transfer of the body’s employees from independent contractors to government officials. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The garment industry is the linchpin of Cambodia’s economy, and the single biggest employer of women. some 500 factories hire almost 500,000 female workers, many of whom are young and have migrated to the city from the countryside. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The E.U.’s ambassador to Cambodia said he would weigh appeals from pro-government unions critical of a call by opposition party leader sam Rainsy to push the government to improve its human rights record through increased economic pressure. ss='cambodia-color'>...

 Cambodia’s foreign minister, Prak sokhon, has said that the country is working behind the scenes to mediate disputes between its ally China and partners in the Association of southeast Asian Nations over the south China sea. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The international community should put “maximum pressure” on the Cambodian government to improve the country’s human rights situation, including possible sanctions on top officials, former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans said on Friday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has implored those living along the border with Vietnam to stop renting land to Vietnamese nationals and ordered his government to speed up a demarcation process that has been slow to accurately define the country’s borders.  ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s microfinance sector continued to expand rapidly during the first half of the year, despite concerns over rising default rates as the industry’s main borrowers – provincial farmers – struggle to repay their loans after successive seasons of drought and poor harvests. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A girl has died and thousand hectares of agricultural plantation have been flooded by flashflood in two separate districts in Battambang province, said Keo Vy, spokesman for the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management said today.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

After more than two years of denials from Prime Minister Hun sen that a Facebook fan page bearing his name really belongs to him, the premier’s cabinet has acknowledged that it does—shortly after the page garnered its one-millionth “like.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

From a simple stall on a street corner in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district, Khuon Andy sells sIM cards, between 40 and 60 per month. Half of his customers provide identification to make their purchase, and half of them do not. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Troops assigned to a light infantry unit destroyed village fields in southern Cambodia’s Kampot province on Monday in a bid to expand the property used by a commune set up for retired army soldiers, sources said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A broad spectrum of villager representatives, civil society organisations and government officials – large land-concession holders among them – met in the capital for the ninth year in a row yesterday to discuss the Kingdom’s seemingly intractable issue of land disputes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Loans from Japan to Cambodia will help finance work on a key highway upgrade. The loan package totals Us$150 million and will be used for the project to upgrade Cambodia’s National Road No 5. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hun Many, the youngest son of Prime Minister Hun sen and a CPP lawmaker, revealed during a radio show on Wednesday his ambition to follow in his father’s footsteps and become the future prime minister. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Health Ministry has yet to respond to a request from the Interior Ministry last week seeking assistance in dealing with drug abuse in the country’s prisons and rehabilitation centers, Interior Ministry secretary of state Nuth sa An said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...