Prime Minister Hun sen has instructed provincial authorities and relevant institutions to take preventative measures and prepare for rescue operations as floods caused by heavy rains take their toll on northern provinces across the Kingdom. In stung Treng, provincial hall spokesman Men Kong told The ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang haS reclaimed 413ha of State land that he Said had been illegally occupied in Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Oral diStrict&rSquo;S Trapaing Chor commune. In a letter Seen by The PoSt on Sunday, the governor Said You Sithat had SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Environment Ministry and representatives of European Union member states yesterday reminded people to reduce single-use plastic waste, which make up 20 percent of 10,000 tonnes of garbage produced in the Kingdom daily. The appeal was made at the end of the EU’s Green Weeks campaign ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 80,000 Security perSonnel will be deployed for July&rSquo;S upcoming national election, including a volunteer “citizen” force, raiSing concernS from election and rightS obServerS about poSSible voter intimidation. State newSwire AKP reported the numberS on ThurSday, writing that the forceS “will be deployed to enSure SS='cambodia-color'>...

The ministry’s report, which it shared on its Facebook page, said CRCK II Rubber Development and Bean Heack Investment Co Ltd have been respectively allowed to develop 7,121.78ha and 4,128.66ha within Boeung Pear Wildlife sanctuary in Kampong Thom province. Following the granting of the concessions, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 families, including Bunong ethnic community members who have been impacted by the Lower sesan II dam in stung Treng province, complained on Monday about the shortage of clean water. The villagers, who have rejected compensation for relocation and currently live on higher ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has reversed its previous order to allocate land to 48 families in Preah sihanouk province’s Koki village – the scene of violent clashes between protesters and security forces – in order to follow procedure in trying to resolve ss='cambodia-color'>...

If you were disturbed by the damage done to Cambodian coastal fisheries by the industrial-scale dredging of sand for sale to singapore, as shown in the new documentary short “The Lost World,” there’s good news: the practice has largely been shut down in Koh Kong, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rhona Smith, the UN Human RightS Council&rSquo;S (UNHRC) Special Rapporteur on Human RightS in Cambodia, iS to arrive in Phnom Penh on Monday to monitor the current Situation in the Kingdom at the invitation of the government. During an 11-day viSit from April 29 to SS='cambodia-color'>...

On 29 May 2019, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the cancellation of the one percent Minimum Tax which was announced by the Prime Minister Hun sen in Cambodia’s investment environment seminar held in Japan. This Minimum Tax will be ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 320 familieS who are living near diSuSed railway trackS in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S RuSSey Keo diStrict have agreed to relocate to a new Site along O&rSquo;Veng canal in Kilometre 6 commune. RuSSey Keo diStrict governor Chea PiSey wrote on hiS Facebook page on ThurSday that SS='cambodia-color'>...

The European Court of Justice has yet to make a pronouncement regarding a lawsuit filed by the Cambodia Rice Federation in April against the European Union’s decision to impose tariffs on Cambodian Indica rice. The information was revealed during a CRF meeting Friday chaired by president ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Japan reached more than $1 billion in the first half of this year, up 16 per cent year-on-year, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro). Cambodia’s exports to Japan in the first half of this year grew ss='cambodia-color'>...

Eight goldmines in O’Tron village in Kratie province’s sambor district were filled in by a provincial sub-committee taskforce on Friday and saturday as part of a crackdown on the illegal extraction of natural resources. Kratie provincial deputy governor Khan Chamnan, who led the task force, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen announced on Monday that by next year, Cambodia will not face a shortage of electricity supply. The Kingdom has reserved 400MW from two large power generators. speaking to students at a graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh on sunday, the prime minister ss='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty – eight leaders from various business sectors in southeast Asia came together last month to create a strategy to propel the Kingdom’s sustainable development with actionable and measurable targets.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

An unlicensed doctor allegedly at the centre of a medical scandal that has seen almost 300 residents of Battambang province’s Roka village infected with HIV proclaimed his innocence during the first day of his highly anticipated trial yesterday. After the judge read the charges to ss='cambodia-color'>...

A global index on English language proficiency has cast Cambodia against the international trend of improving standards, with the Kingdom ranking 69th of 70 countries and territories surveyed and the lowest among 16 Asian participants.Released this week, the annual English Proficiency Index, the world’s largest ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia celebrated its 62nd year of independence from France yesterday, an opportunity that leading figures from both of the country’s political parties quickly took to promote their own agendas.During the official ceremony, attended by thousands of students, members of the armed forces and others, King ss='cambodia-color'>...

A copper mine in Siem Reap province&rSquo;S Chi Kreng diStrict waS cloSed down laSt ThurSday over allegationS that itS parent company haS been running the Site with an expired licenSe. The inveStigation into Meng Xin Hong Fa (Cambodia) ReSourceS InveStment Co. Ltd. iS being led SS='cambodia-color'>...