Weakness of the court system is a major obstacle in the fight against corruption which hampers the country’s development, a corruption expert said today. Chairman of Transparency International-Cambodia, Mr. Preap Kol said that because of the poor court system, it hard to get rid of corruption. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four Vietnamese women claiming to be working for a Vietnamese company attempted to obtain residency papers reserved for Cambodian citizens by bribing authorities in Ratanakkiri’s sre Angkrang commune last week, police and an NGO said yesterday. The news comes as the government continues a “foreigner census” ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s mixed-party commission on finance will meet Monday to begin discussing the 2015 draft budget, its deputy chairman said sunday. CNRP chief whip son Chhay said the CPP-chaired committee would meet this morning to discuss the $3.8 billion budget and plan a meeting with ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh police’s fire brigade is creating a new committee to determine the cause of a blaze at O’Russei market on sunday night, an official said. The fire, he said, was extinguished within an hour and led to what vendors are saying equates to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives of 163 families from Phnom Penh’s sen sok district submitted a request to the Agriculture Ministry on Monday to meet with Minister Ouk Rabun over his request that the Phnom Penh Municipal Court delay the allocation of nearly a hectare of land the families ss='cambodia-color'>...

Impoverished girls in siem Reap say they hope for a better education, in the wake of First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit. Girls in siem Reap province say they are aware of the importance of education, especially higher education, to escape poverty. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Former Phnom Penh governor Kep Chutema strongly reacted recently over sand dredging beyond the permitted-area.​ The current parliamentarian in Phnom Penh, Kep Chutema’s reaction has been done after 3 dredged-boats operated near his residence at the river bank of Mekong. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier arrested last week by Thai authorities over a hit-and-run that killed a man was released from custody on sunday after compensating the victims and paying money to the court to the tune of $60,000, according to a post on ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Khmer People Power Movement on Tuesday handed the Interior Ministry the last of the paperwork it needs to form a political party, just days after its self-exiled founder, sourn serey Ratha, was pardoned by King Norodom sihamoni, at Prime Minister Hun sen’s request, for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thailand’s state-owned Transport Co plans to run its first three-country passenger bus service with Laos and Vietnam following the success of its transnational services. The services to Cambodia runs from Bangkok via Poipet to siem Reap and Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction had granted licenses to 915 construction projects with a total investment of 808 million U.s. dollars in the first six months of 2015, an official said Thursday.       ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries was valued at $ 9.75 billion in the first six months of 2015, an increase of 9.5 percent from $ 8.9 billion over the same period last year, according to Chinese News Agency-Xinhua quoted the ministry of commerce’s statistics. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new collective of transportation workers unions was announced on sunday by the Cambodia Labour Confederation, Cambodia’s largest association of independent unions.The Cambodian Transport Workers Federation (CTWF) is composed of seven transportation workers unions and currently represents about 2,000 workers, according to Ath Thorn, president ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 Free Trade Union of Cambodia supporters gathered in front of the union’s office to express their discontent with a deal struck between the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union and their employer, Puma supplier Thai Pore Garment Manufacturing, FTU officials said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s draft law of anti-money laundering bill has been approved today at the Council of Ministers meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hun sen. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Wildlife Alliance yesterday discovered over 200 hectares of mangrove forests within Koh Kong province’s Peam Krasaop Wildlife sanctuary were illegally cleared. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese government has agreed to provide $227,736 worth of second-hand fire engines to Phnom Penh Administration to help improve Cambodia’s firefighting capability. ss='cambodia-color'>...

For nearly 40 years, Ing Choeun, a 63-year-old fisherman in Prek Pnov district’s samraong commune north of Phnom Penh has relied on fishing at Tamouk Lake to make a living and to feed his family. ​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

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An $80 million domestic airport project in Mondulkiri province is shaping up to be a main driver for ecotourism development in the Kingdom’s northeast corridor. ss='cambodia-color'>...