Resolution continued to elude 17 former bus drivers for the Phnom Penh sorya Transportation Company yesterday when a demonstration at the company’s headquarters was roughly dispersed by company security after the ex-staffers tried to block buses from leaving. sambath Vorn, president of the union whose founding ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities in Kratie province on saturday night discovered nearly 90 pieces of luxury-grade wood stockpiled just outside the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) headquarters in Chhlong district, where they believe the timber was being staged for transport to Tbong Khmum province to the south, officials ss='cambodia-color'>...

Illegal logging and destructive farming practices have archaeologists racing to rescue an ecologically crucial mountain and its hidden temples. some 80 per cent of the forest on Phnom Kulen – one of Cambodia’s National Parks – has disappeared due to a combination of illegal logging, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s foremost logging baron exported more than 100,000 cubic metres of timber from sihanoukville Port last year, likely including a species protected by an international treaty to which the Kingdom is a signatory, an analysis by Global Witness of leaked export records suggests. The data, obtained ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister is calling for more investments on agriculture processing and technology industry in the Kingdom. speaking at a graduation ceremony yesterday, Mr Hun sen said that more than 2 million hectares of paddy were harvested among the 2.7 million hectares of cultivated land ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk provincial officialS yeSterday claShed with a group of villagerS armed with StickS and macheteS aS the officialS were trying to diSmantle illegally built homeS in the Ream National Park. According to a provincial police report, the claSh took place inSide the protected area SS='cambodia-color'>...

Grab, SoutheaSt ASia&rSquo;S leading ride-hailing app, announced yeSterday the launch of two new initiativeS in Cambodia under itS &lSquo;Grab for Good&rSquo; Social impact programme. A company-wide commitment by Grab to create poSitive Social and economic impact through technology.​ The two new initiativeS are Break the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Two men, including a village chief, were arrested on Friday for allegedly grabbing and clearing 10ha of forest land in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. Krasaing Pnov village chief Penh sarorn, 49, and Vong Phalla, 50, were arrested on the orders of Pursat provincial governor ss='cambodia-color'>...

Floods and droughts destroyed some 67,000ha of paddy fields in the Kingdom last year, resulting in minimal declines to yields and land available for cultivation, the Ministry of Agriculture reported on Monday. Ministry spokesman srey Vuthy joined a government press unit briefing on Monday to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial adminiStration will take StepS next week to diSmantle vendorS&rSquo; StallS along OtreS Beach in the province&rSquo;S Commune I, Stung Hav diStrict. The Stall ownerS, who have been making a living there for Some 20 yearS had earlier aSked the provincial governor SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry is looking to improve One Window services in three provinces and the capital to better manage issues surrounding land ahead of its official launch at the end of this month. Prak sam Oeuen, director-general of the Interior Ministry’s general administration department, yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...

Inspection specialists from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction are probing a land dispute in Preah sihanouk’s Bit Traing commune, in Prey Nop district, involving 19 families and CHsN Transportation Co Ltd. The company is owned by Hun Chea, a nephew of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The construction of a shoe factory in Kampong speu province’s Kong Pisei district has been suspended after local authorities ruled it has not been following technical standards. Officials in the Kingdom are scrambling to inspect completed and under-construction buildings to avoid collapses similar to what ss='cambodia-color'>...

Security will be heightened acroSS the Kingdom on WedneSday, eSpecially in the capital and around the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, in preparation for Kem Sokha&rSquo;S treaSon trial. The former preSident of the Supreme Court-diSSolved Cambodia National ReScue Party (CNRP) waS arreSted in September 2017 and SS='cambodia-color'>...

Rangers removed 266 snares from the Chhay Areng protected area in Koh Kong province’s Thma Bang district last week, saving wild boars that are most vulnerable to them and many other animals, said Wildlife Alliance Cambodia. Posting on its Facebook page on Tuesday, it said: ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government on Thursday slammed a report that described the Kingdom as highly corrupt. Government spokesperson Phay siphan dismissed the latest Transparency International (TI) report as “just an advertisement of NGOs to promote their own interests”. Released on Thursday, the report puts Cambodia near the bottom ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mondulkiri Provincial Court on Tuesday charged a man who allegedly set traps resulting in the deaths of several species of wild animals in srepok Wildlife sanctuary. Deputy prosecutor Mam Vanda yesterday identified the accused as Hok Vann, 19, from Koh Nhek district’s Nang Khy lik ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights said that a number of provisions in the Kingdom’s legal framework do not fully comply with international human rights standards and fundamental freedoms.​​ The 50-page report entitled “Protecting Fundamental Freedoms: A desk review of domestic legislation and its compliance ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports to the Us were worth more than $5 billion last year, a sharp year-on-year increase. The latest data from the Us trade office shows that Cambodian exports to the world’s largest economy skyrocketed last year, growing by 40 per cent to reach $5.36 billion. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Switzerland will donate $6 million to Support demining work in Cambodia and clear all mineS in the country by 2025, itS ambaSSador announced on WedneSday.&nbSp;During a meeting with MiniSter of Foreign AffairS and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, SwiSS AmbaSSador to Cambodia Helene Budliger Artieda Said SS='cambodia-color'>...