Kem Gunawadh was reinstated as director-general of state broadcaster TVK on Wednesday, less than two weeks after his highly publicized resignation for failing to live broadcast the annual Royal Plowing Ceremony, according to a statement signed by Information Minister Khieu Kanharith. Acting Director-General Pang Nath denied ss='cambodia-color'>...

The once unified fight of the Boeng Kak lake community against their forced eviction visibly fractured over the weekend, as factions within the community accused each other of literally casting the first stone in a brawl that broke out saturday over a new military police ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thursday while a court summoned its deputy chief for questioning following violent clashes when party supporters tried to force the reopening of Freedom Park in the capital. Elected members of parliament Nut Rumduol and Long Ry were taken into custody by policemen in plain clothes from ss='cambodia-color'>...

The visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen to Beijing, capital of China, came to an end successfully, bringing closer relations between the two nations, a Cambodian senior official said on sunday. Hun sen toured in Beijing from Friday to sunday to attend the Dialogue ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly a hundred villagers living along a river located in sa’ang district’s Koh Anlong Chin commune in Kandal province recently protested against the plans of one company to dredge sand in the area. On sunday, employees of sand-dredging company sok Teang Import Export, which has been ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the razor-wire came down from Freedom Park on Wednesday, a group of unions quickly filed a request to be the first people to hold a demonstration inside the park since it was put into lockdown in early January. The letter, obtained by the Post yesterday, calls on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Amid a lawsuit and a chorus of dissent, developers of the first lower Mekong mainstream hydropower project, the massive Xayaburi dam, have quietly submitted a long-anticipated, multimillion-dollar redesign plan, the Post has learned. What exactly has been changed about the 1,260-megawatt dam, which environmentalists contend will ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Assembly President Heng samrin has given himself the power to deny access to the assembly compound, including the offices of all lawmakers, to anyone not employed by the government and has barred all private citizens from testifying before—or sitting in on—assembly commission meetings. In ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior oppoSition lawmaker Son Chhay haS formally requeSted that the entire Staff liSt of the National ASSembly&rSquo;S more than 1,000-Strong Secretariat be turned over to him for inveStigation aS part of a bid to root out “ghoSt” workerS and nepotiStic appointmentS. AS part of hiS one-man SS='cambodia-color'>...

Grand Twins International (GTI), one of two listed firms on the Cambodian stock Exchange, has blamed third-quarter revenue losses on garment-worker demonstrations in December and January. On November 21, GTI posted a 40 per cent decline in revenue to $10.9 million for the three-month period ending ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three months after their community was shaken by a mass outbreak of HIV, support continues to pour in for residents of Battambang province’s Roka commune. But amid fears generated by the death of several elderly residents and the belief the funding could soon dry up, they ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday commended three ministers for being open to journalists. Addressing some 6,000 attendees during the 4th media correspondents’ gala at the capital’s Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre, he said Minister of National Defence Tea Banh, Minister of Interior sar ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS on Sunday warned of legal action againSt the ringleaderS and accompliceS behind claSheS between police and reSidentS on Friday, which Saw three people injured and three otherS detained for queStioning. On Friday, Ream National Park rangerS in cooperation with Prey Nop SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labour is looking to reduce night shift workers’ wages to bring them in line with day rates. This, it said, will increase Cambodia’s competitiveness. However, unions and workers have slammed the move. Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith sam Heng sent ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Environment Ministry held a tree-planting drive in Kampong Thom province to mark Valentine’s Day by encouraging youths to love and protect natural resources. A religious ceremony was held to mark five huge trees and protect them from being cut down. Attendees were also told ss='cambodia-color'>...

The man police allege was behind a so-called secession plan in Kratie province – an accusation used to justify a crackdown in which a teenager was killed last week – plans to hold a press conference to defend himself in the next two days, his ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of strikes in Cambodia’s garment industry could be set to dip and workers could be on their way to free lunches after both sides of the industry signed a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday. The MoU – inked by the Garment Manufacturers Association (GMAC) in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forestry Administration officials reportedly blocked vehicles in three provinces from travelling to Koh Kong town yesterday on their way to the site where prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot last month. But hundreds of others from six provinces in a convoy of 27 vans made it ss='cambodia-color'>...

With his slaying yesterday in the jungles of Koh Kong province, Chut Wutty becomes one of the highest-profile members yet on a dark list of Cambodian activists who have been killed for making a stand against greed and corruption. Although the details of his death remain ss='cambodia-color'>...

The deal signed with Cambodia by immigration minister scott Morrison will see refugees held on Nauru resettled “outside” Phnom Penh. As foreign minister Julie Bishop defended the deal on sunday, a copy of the memorandum of understanding with Cambodia, which has been posted on Morrison’s official ss='cambodia-color'>...