Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS have announced they would not recogniSe the more than 200 familieS who had illegally built makeShift hutS and planted boundary markerS on State and private land at Rithy II village in Stung Hav diStrict&rSquo;S Keo PhoS commune. Stung Hav diStrict governor SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is currently among the fastest electrifying countries in the world, with coverage reaching 89.1 per cent as of the end of 2017, a newly published World Bank report says. The Kingdom has made significant progress in providing access to electricity, becoming one of four ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Koh Kong provincial court on Tuesday heard the case of spanish environmental activist Alejandro “Alex” Gonzalez-Davidson, who is accused of being an accomplice in “threatening to cause destruction, defacement or damage” and inciting others to do the same. Gonzalez-Davidson’s defence lawyer, sam Chamroeun, said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Battambang provincial governor Nguon Ratanak oversaw the distribution of land titles on Tuesday following a 20-year-long land dispute between villagers and soldiers. speaking during the distribution in Bavel district’s Prey Preal village on Tuesday, the governor said the disputed land was divided into 51 plots ss='cambodia-color'>...

The director of the Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation (NRWPO) requested the Ministry of Environment on Tuesday order an investigation into an alleged land grab in Phnom Oral Wildlife sanctuary in Oral district’s Trapaing Chor commune in Kampong speu province. NRWPO director Chea Hean ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government will spend some $4 million on the Land Allocation for social and Economic Development Project Phase II (Lased II) to benefit almost 600 families in Prasat Balang district’s Doung commune in Kampong Thom province. The land allocation is aimed at alleviating poverty in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty-three residents of Preah sihanouk province’s Bit Traing commune in Prey Nop district, who are entrenched in an eight-year land dispute, were urged on Wednesday by the Ministry of Justice to submit legal documents as proof of ownership to Preah sihanouk Provincial Court. “We do ss='cambodia-color'>...

A commune chief in Kandal province has denied local media reports that he and some 50 families colluded to secretly sell nearly 250ha of state-owned lake land in Prekbak and speandek villages, in Loeuk Dek district’s Prek Tonloap commune. The provincial Department of Land Management, ss='cambodia-color'>...

A series of quarterly reports from the National Bank of Cambodia raises questions about the government’s ban on timber exports, as they show that last year, more than $5 million in sawn timber was exported from the Kingdom. The latest report, released earlier this month ss='cambodia-color'>...

As many as 75,059 students or 66.21 per cent passed this year’s high school examinations. The figure is 2.37 per cent higher than last year, a Ministry of Education announcement said on sunday. The ministry said this year, the number students who received either an ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday responded to environmental activists who accused the government of inaction over deforestation in Cambodia, saying they themselves used luxury wood to build and decorate their own homes. speaking at the opening ceremony of Phnom Penh’s third ring road, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four days after the EU imposed tariffs on rice imported from Cambodia, China agreed on Monday to increase its import quota for Cambodian rice to 400,000 tonnes this year from the previous 300,000 tonnes. If Cambodia can supply the quantity under the new Chinese quota, ss='cambodia-color'>...

While the government claims that the recent sub-decree to establish a new town and new districts will improve administrative management and provide public services closer to villages, civil society groups say the changes are a waste of the national budget. Affiliated Network for social Accountability ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local authorities on Tuesday decided to close a canal at sihanoukville’s sokha Beach following the completion of four facilities in Preah sihanouk province designed to treat wastewater before it reaches the sea. Four more facilities are still under construction. The first four water treatment plants, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police on Saturday detained 19 VietnameSe including two women in PurSat province for fiShing with illegal equipment in a protected area in Koh Ka Ek Village in Kandieng diStrict&rSquo;S Raingtoel commune. The General CommiSSariat of the National Police Said on Monday that the authoritieS alSo SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economic outlook remains robust in the near-term despite the country set to face bigger external risks and potentially lose trade privileges to its main markets, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has told the finance minister. An IMF team visited Phnom Penh earlier this ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said on Friday that Cambodia would not fall into a so-called debt trap as it embraces China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the Kingdom only accepted projects beneficial to the country. Hun sen was speaking in China on the first ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the Prey Lang Community Network are urging the National Committee for Forest Crime Prevention to close a sawmill run by Think Biotech in Kratie province. According to a PLCN statement published yesterday, members from the provinces of Kratie, stung Treng, Preah Vihear and Kampong ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has tasked all relevant ministries, institutions, authorities, educational institutions, learning centres and monasteries to develop lifelong learning opportunities for the people to better their lives. In a message published yesterday to mark this year’s National Literacy Day, Mr Hun sen said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor has ordered all provincial department directors to be prepared for Mekong river floods as water from the river has started to overflow. Ya Voeun, Tboung Khmum provincial water department director, yesterday said that the water level of ss='cambodia-color'>...