Although currently there are a lot of development projects for resorts and guesthouses on various islands off Cambodia’s coast, experts say it is not the right time for such developments. Po Eavkong, managing director of Asia Real Estate Cambodia, said the development activities on islands in ss='cambodia-color'>...

AKEO Province – In Takeo province, three political parties are vying for votes in the July 28 election. In interviews with VOA Khmer, villagers in Rovieng district say they are listening to the campaign promises, but many remain skeptical that they will be fulfilled once ss='cambodia-color'>...

The largest complex of sugarcane, ethanol and thermal power plants in Cambodia was inaugurated in Okrieng commune, sombour district, Kratie province on May 26. Addressing the ceremony, Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chay Ly emphasized that the complex inauguration in Kratie was the outcome of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Court of Appeal will hear the case of former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith, who was convicted for shooting and injuring three garment workers but remains at large, at the end of this month, a court official said Wednesday. Although the svay Rieng Pro­vincial Court ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Stung Treng province diStrict official on Sunday contradicted claimS that logging in the area deSignated for the SeSan 2 dam had ceaSed a month ago, Saying that it had only Stopped laSt week after direct orderS from the government to do So. On ThurSday, MiniStry SS='cambodia-color'>...

A month after a company owned by tycoon Kith Meng was ordered to suspend logging the reservoir area of the controversial Lower sesan II dam, the government yesterday threatened legal action against it if its orders aren’t followed. In a letter obtained by the Post yesterday, the Council ss='cambodia-color'>...

If Information Minister Khieu Kanharith is any indication, even the government is tiring of state television. Mr. Kanharith announced on Facebook on Wednesday that he had personally ordered the state-run TVK channel to stop broadcasting the comings and goings of state officials on foreign excursions. Mr. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Civil servants including police officers in a supervisory role who cut into their subordinates’ salaries will face consequences including criminal charges, Interior Minister sar Kheng announced last week. In an order obtained by the Post yesterday, Kheng urged civil servants who handle payroll to immediately report to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

As opposition party leaders sam Rainsy and Kem sokha returned from separate overseas trips yesterday, the party said it had more than enough cash to finance continuous mass demonstrations, with the bulk of funds coming from Cambodians living abroad. Today’s demonstrations in Phnom Penh and siem ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) study on the potential long-term effects of large-scale dam building on the Mekong River needs to be expedited, members of the MRC agreed at the Fifth Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo on saturday. However, they did not set a date for the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The South Korean EmbaSSy on WedneSday denied a newS report that it had lobbied Cambodian military authoritieS to “crack down on proteSterS” in a bid to Shield Korean inveStmentS in the garment induStry, prior to Friday&rSquo;S killing of five proteSterS and the wounding of more SS='cambodia-color'>...

Relatives and human rights activists on sunday called on the government to release 23 men beaten and arrested during clashes between police and garment workers just more than a week ago, and said they would defy a ban on public gatherings if they were not. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Monday morning released its first official election results, which were nearly identical to unofficial results released by the NEC in the days following the election, showing a clear CPP victory in the July 28 poll. The official preliminary results showed ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong will on saturday visit Royal Cambodian Armed Forces troops stationed in the Preah Vihear temple territory to explain the interpretation of the recent U.N. court ruling on the area, a Foreign Ministry official said. On November 11, the International ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has charged the Cambodian chairman of a local conglomerate and a Chinese business associate with fraud and using forged public documents, officials said Wednesday. Al Romny, 41, and Chinese national Chin Mongxin, 45, were arrested saturday after an un­known complainant said ss='cambodia-color'>...

A storm on saturday night killed one, badly injured two others and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in svay Rieng province’s Rumduol district, officials said sunday. Ros Pharith, provincial administration director, said a rainstorm with strong winds hit the prov­ince about 8:30 p.m. [svay Rieng ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy plans to call CPP Interior Minister sar Kheng on Thursday to discuss restarting negotiations between the two parties. Mr. Rainsy said that he hoped Mr. Kheng would clarify whether the CPP is unconditionally open to further negotiations, or if the party is ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tycoon Try Pheap has filed a defamation complaint against two people quoted in an NGO report released last week that accused him of illegal logging and widespread land grabbing, summonses obtained yesterday reveal. The documents, bearing the signature of Kandal Provincial Court prosecutor sam Rithy Veasna, ss='cambodia-color'>...

n the ponds and rice paddies of the Cambodian countryside, trying to catch frogs can be deadly. Along Cambodia’s rivers, floodlands and lowlands live millions of venomous snakes, 10 species of which can be lethal if you disturb their slumber. Last week, a 13-year-old teenager from Kompong ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee, acting on orders from the Constitutional Council, yesterday examined ballots and original documents taken from 13 polling stations in a Kratie province commune, but the opposition and observers quickly questioned the process’s validity due to apparent irregularities. Despite the fact that “safety ss='cambodia-color'>...