School textbookS paid for by the ASian Development Bank have been routed to diStrict education officeS, Some of which are charging SchoolS for bookS that are SuppoSed to be free, an NGO inveStigation haS found. The textbookS on Khmer literature, mathS, geography, morality and Science were SS='cambodia-color'>...

Analysts say a recall election is possible within Cambodian law, despite statements to the contrary by Prime Minister Hun sen. Hun sen, who left Thursday for an official state visit to Vietnam, said in a speech last week he would not step down—something opposition supporters ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leaders sam Rainsy and Kem sokha have been summonsed to appear at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for questioning in the wake of a weekend that saw their occupation of Freedom Park end with the abrupt, violent eviction of scores of demonstrators. In a summons ss='cambodia-color'>...

Jubilant conservationists expressed hope on Tuesday for the survival of the critically-endangered Giant Ibis after a nest of the bird species was discovered in a previously unknown habitat in northeastern Cambodia. Habitat loss and poaching has pushed the Giant Ibis to the edge of extinction, with ss='cambodia-color'>...

The CPP on Monday quickly dismissed the latest proposal from NGOs aimed at breaking the political impasse over how to investigate irregularities surrounding last month’s contested national election. To break the deadlock, the NGOs, who have dubbed the group they formed to monitor the election ss='cambodia-color'>...

Microsoft Cambodia has appointed Thakral Cambodia Industries Limited as its second authorised software distributor in the country, a move intended to help the computer giant’s local operation combat the rampant use of pirated software. Thakral, one of the largest distributors of IT products in Cambodia (its ss='cambodia-color'>...

Flash floods left hundreds of families trapped in their villages, destroyed properties and killed livestock in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district Tuesday, officials said. Heavy rain had softened the walls of a canal, which gave way to the pressure, according to Khlem sovann, chief of Lbaing I ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia planned to set up the first ever Civil Aviation Training Center with south Korean assistance in order to boost development of air transport industry and tourism, a spokesman said saturday. “south Korea agreed to provide 10.1 million U.s. dollars in grant aid to Cambodia for ss='cambodia-color'>...

The owner of the popular local ABC radio station on Thursday urged university students to call his station and inform listeners if their teachers discuss information that could be deemed critical of the government. An ABC radio employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity as ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) Vice President Nhim Vanda on Wednesday lauded the flood response work of the Cambodian Red Cross and government, at a workshop to discuss the country’s National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction where several participants focused on the lack ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forty-eight Cambodians will graduate today from what is being heralded as the Kingdom’s first speech-therapy training program. The graduates have been trained to fill a void in speech- and language-therapy services for an estimated 536,000 people in Cambodia affected by communication and swallowing disorders, according to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Tuesday that Cambodia needs to invest more in education and physical infrastructure in order to lay the foundation for future success. While there has been good progress, Cambodia is still being held back by low ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than six years after the slaying of Free Trade Union president Hy Vuthy, one of the men convicted of his murder, Chan sophorn, 35, appeared in court yesterday for a retrial. sous sam Ath, the judge presiding over the case at the Phnom Penh Municipal ss='cambodia-color'>...

Trucks and other vehicles have been backed up for up to a kilometer on either side of the Poipet border checkpoint for the past three days due to administrative changes on the Thai side, according to Cambodian officials. Khiet Bunleap, chief of staff for the Poipet ss='cambodia-color'>...

A cameraman from the state-run Television Kampuchea (TVK) was assaulted at Freedom Park on Tuesday as he tried to film CNRP leaders at a rally to mark International Human Rights Day, the victim and Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said. seng Chan, 34, said he was slapped ss='cambodia-color'>...

A representative of the Try Pheap Group said Tuesday that villagers in Pursat province who attempted to march to a public forum on Monday to ask authorities to intervene in a land dispute would not receive any further compensation after losing the right to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Beehive Radio director Mam Sonando Said yeSterday that he waS forced to poStpone a planned demonStration in Support of hiS bid for a televiSion licenSe aS he had given authoritieS inSufficient notice of what he hoped would be an ongoing proteSt. On Friday, Sonando &ndaSh; whoSe SS='cambodia-color'>...

After garment workers swelled turnout at the opposition’s ongoing demonstrations yesterday to what some estimated to be double the number seen at any previous rally, party leadership announced a weeklong moratorium on the marches. Demonstrators will continue to assemble at Freedom Park each day, said Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

New projects involving 20 condo complexes are continuing to be built despite an already narrow market sector and a future surplus of condos in the Kingdom. According to research on the condo market by Bunna Reality Group in first half of this year, Phnom Penh now ss='cambodia-color'>...

Second-quarter net profit for the exchange-liSted Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority dropped nearly 26 per cent to $2 million from the Same quarter a year ago, according to the moSt recent financial report releaSed on October 11. Sim Sitha, the director-general of PPWSA, Said the decreaSe SS='cambodia-color'>...