The filling of Boeng Kak lake and the eviction of thousands of residents was necessary to root out the “prostitutes and terrorists” that were drawn to the area’s once-popular tourist zone, the Phnom Penh Municipality said in a statement yesterday. In a statement posted to its ...

The Chinese Embassy in Cambodia on Friday issued a statement singling out the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), not the US government itself, as the culprit in the 1970 Lon Nol coup d’etat, apparently mocking last week’s denial by the US Embassy in Cambodia of ...

The National Election Committee yesterday said 19 national institutions will participate in monitoring Sunday’s municipal, provincial and district council elections. NEC spokesman Dim Sovannarom said all-in-all, the 19 institutions consist of 1,010 observers from groups such as the Union of Youth Federations in Cambodia and ...

A total of 13 out of 14 families locked in a land dispute with the Union Development Group in Koh Kong province on Tuesday accepted a compensation offer over crops destroyed by the company in January. Negotiations are also under way with the one family ...

Military Police in Ratanakkiri province on Wednesday confiscated 70 pieces of luxury timber that traders hid behind villagers’ homes in Pak Thom village, Pak Nhai commune, in O’Yadav district. Forestry Administration officers are set to confiscate the wood, which was intended for export to Vietnam ...

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court yesterday found four villagers guilty of clearing and encroaching on land belonging to businessman Tan Tap in Stung Hav district. Each villager was sentenced to a year in prison, but after five months were suspended and with time served, each have ...

A land dispute working group in Preah Sihanouk province yesterday started measuring land for three communities in Smach Daeng village in Prey Nob district’s Ream commune, who had a long-running land dispute with the Yi Yea Group Company who had received an economic land concession ...

In the wake of recent illegal digging in the capital, Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem has called on the Phnom Penh city governor to stop issuing licences allowing businesses to dig soil in the city and to strengthen its enforcement on a longstanding ...

Construction of a restored rail link with Cambodia to improve transport in the Mekong sub-region will be completed by the end of 2016, Khmer officials say. The railway connection between Aranyaprathet and Sisophon stopped in the 1970s due to internal conflicts in Cambodia. ...

The rising incomes of Cambodians and the growing middle class as the Kingdom enters lower-middle income status is leading to a new trend in consumer spending, which in turn is fuelling a boom in the construction of malls to cater to changing lifestyles and the ...

Australia and Cambodia have agreed to enhance cooperation in the health sector, with Australia pledging $36 million for health improvements in the Kingdom. The commitment was made on Monday at the Health Ministry in a meeting between Minister Mam Bun Heng and newly appointed Australian Ambassador ...

Eight years after CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin signed off on a 99-year lease of Boeng Kak lake in one of the most controversial real estate deals in Phnom Penh’s recent history, a Chinese firm has begun construction on the first major development project on ...

The cause of a fire that destroyed more than 30 houses on Tuesday in a small slum inhabited by recycling collectors, in an area surrounded by new housing developments in southern Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, will likely be determined today, according to officials.    ...

A district governor in Battambang province was accused of corruption in an anonymous letter received by provincial authorities over the weekend. Thmor Kol district Governor Kong Ly allegedly used state funds for personal gain, according to the letter addressed to provincial Governor Chan Sophal that was ...

Authorities in Siem Reap yesterday blocked a march celebrating International Human Rights Day (IHRD), as officials in Phnom Penh reiterated their threat to shut down a planned mass rally in the capital on Thursday.As IHRD, officially on December 10, approaches, associated demonstrations across the Kingdom ...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial hall has started providing land to nearly 300 families living illegally around the Kbal Chhay waterfall in Sihanoukville’s Muoy commune. The decision to provide land came after villagers blocked National Road 4 in September, burning tires in protest of resettlement from the ...

Cambodia has improved its ranking in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index.​​ The nation was ranked 101 of 136 countries in the 2017 report, thanks to performance improvements that drove an overall score increase from 3.2 points in 2015 to 3.3 ...

Vertiv, formerly known as Emerson Network Power, officially announced its new branding on Wednesday in Cambodia to tap more markets in the country’s fast developing economy.Vertiv is a global provider of infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centres, communication networks, and commercial and industrial ...

The investor in Cambodia’s first large scale marine fish farm project in Preah Sihanouk province, that was approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in April, has been asked to submit an environmental impact assessment study to the Ministry of Environment before ...

The new U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, William E. Todd, presented his credentials to King Sihamoni on Friday at a ceremony in the Royal Palace. Mr. Todd, who was sworn in by the U.S. Senate on April 17, replaces former U.S. Ambassador Carol Rodley, whose mission officially ...