The charges of “leading an insurrection” brought against seven CNRP lawmakers-elect after a violent protest last month now appear dead in the water, with their lawyers saying a Phnom Penh judge has told them he cannot question them over the case because they have sworn ss='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party plans to launch an investigation into organ trafficking in Cambodia following the mysterious case of an alleged kidney ring operating out of a military hospital in Phnom Penh. Mu sochua, a CNRP lawmaker and head of the newly formed National ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two-and-a-half years after Prime Minister Hun sen imposed a freeze on the granting of economic land concessions (ELCs), Environment Minister say sam Al on Monday appeared to leave the door open to the government giving more companies access to the often-controversial land holdings. At a press ss='cambodia-color'>...

Koh Kong authorities yesterday began removing dirt from a land reclamation site belonging to an army two-star general in Khemarak Phoumint city. On December 3, provincial authorities filed a complaint against Major General Tun Deat, deputy chief of RCAF’s Cambodia-Thai border affairs, for reclaiming a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Environment say sam Al on Tuesday welcomed Malaysian Ambassador to Cambodia Eldeen Husaini Mohd Hashim and encouraged Malaysians to invest in the Kingdom’s waste management sector. The Ministry of Environment said in a Facebook post: “say sam Al encouraged and warmly welcomed cooperation ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall iS warning reSidentS the authoritieS will begin demoliShing&nbSp; nearly 30 illegally built houSeS along canalS and SidewalkS in Sihanoukville&rSquo;S Buon commune after Provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun ordered them to do So thiS week. “Provincial authoritieS have Sent a letter to 29 SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Sweden on Monday announced continued bilateral cooperation in the Kingdom&rSquo;S labour and vocational training Sector. The collaboration waS made known at the MiniStry of Labour and Vocational Training during a meeting between MiniSter Ith Sam Heng and SwediSh AmbaSSador Bjorn Haggmark. In an SS='cambodia-color'>...

The total revenue of Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange (CSX)-liSted Sihanoukville AutonomouS Port (PAS) Shot up by 17.5 per cent laSt year, indicating Strong growth in itS year-on-year buSineSS performance. An annual report from the MiniStry of Public WorkS and TranSport releaSed on WedneSday Said the Port&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...

Two wildlife NGOs yesterday issued separate statements calling on citizens to cease the trade and consumption of illegal wildlife amid fears stemming from novel coronavirus. The Wildlife Alliance in its statement said the virus, which infected more than 7,700 people in 18 countries, has been ss='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives of Japanese companies and investors on Wednesday submitted a list of policy recommendations to the government concerning 21 challenges to the Kingdom’s business climate. Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami and leaders of the Japanese Business Association in Cambodia (JBAC), Japan International Cooperation Agency and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has decided to designate the Yak Om Yak Kara Lake in Ratanakiri province as a protected area to preserve natural resources. According to a government sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday, the designation for the lake and forest area covering ss='cambodia-color'>...

The annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony, traditionally held in May, has been cancelled in light of the pandemic, the National Committee for Organising National and International Festivals announced. NCONIF secretary-general Chhin Ketana said yesterday, “The government has decided to cancel the celebration of this year’s Royal ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government has approved 53 new garment and footwear factories, worth an estimated Us$338 million, during the first half of this year, compared with 38 last year valued at $180 million, despite the increase in the number of strikes affecting the industry. Officials and industry ss='cambodia-color'>...

Officials from four government bodies along with a personal adviser to Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday urged two Us government-funded radio stations to be more professional and law-abiding during a closed-door meeting at the Council of Ministers. While little information was forthcoming regarding the content of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The roughly 40ha of land in Mondulkiri province’s sen Monorom town where the late King Father Norodom sihanouk historically presided over the royal “Vegetation” ceremonies to plant pine trees will soon be transferred to state property and protected. Provincial governor svay sam Eang said citizens ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian rice exports to the Us could face full tariffs after a lobby group called for the imposition of full tariffs on the crop. Currently, the Kingdom’s rice enjoys some tax-protection under what is known as the Generalised system of Preferences (GsP)-eligible commodities list. However, ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the Khmer folktale “Phnom Chiso Temple,” a Hindu priest gives blessings to a Khmer prince, saying: “May you be as strong as an ant, as mighty as a ghost and as decisive as a woman.” Following this as an example, after fishery communities were ss='cambodia-color'>...

Super high-Speed 5G technology iS ready to roll out acroSS Cambodia with the infraStructure enabling the technology already in place acroSS the Kingdom&rSquo;S five major citieS, Say obServerS.&nbSp; With SucceSSful teSting having occurred and the number of people with 5G-enabled deviceS growing daily, the only SS='cambodia-color'>...

Local researchers and fishermen along the Tonle sap and Bassac Rivers have shared their concern over plastic waste in the Kingdom’s rivers. Project manager of Wonders of the Mekong Chea seila told Khmer Times on Monday, that she had found a dramatic amount of plastic waste this ss='cambodia-color'>...