The Supreme Court yeSterday conducted another hearing into the decade-old caSe of a three-Star RCAF general found guilty in 2002 of owing more than US$50,000 for conStruction work. PreSiding judge and vice-preS&Shy;&Shy;&Shy;ident of the Supreme Court Kong Srim Said the court would make a final ruling SS='cambodia-color'>...

More than 800 Cambodian workers in Thailand were scared to return to work and some had fled their homes yesterday following the violent death of a co-worker outside their factory in songkhla province on Monday, their representative said. Phan Chem said workers wanted the Cambodian embassy ss='cambodia-color'>...

A biofuel company is currently under investigation for fraud in the U.K. after millions of dollars of investors’ money was spent on a jatropha plantation in Banteay Meanchey province that never produced even a single drop of biodiesel. The company, London-based sustainable Agro Energy PLC, had ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than a hundred supporters of imprisoned Beehive Radio owner Mam sonando gathered at the Preah Ang Dang Keu shrine in front of the Royal Palace yesterday morning to offer prayers for his release. sporting shirts printed with photos of Mr. sonando, the group lit candles ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government has committed to the construction of five dams along the Mekong River in order to meet a huge demand for electricity, but environmental groups warn that severe repercussions loom for this strategy. “While each project proposed in Cambodia comes with a different set ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s trade with Malaysia grows sharply in 1st 4 months of Y 2011 The bi-lateral trade between Cambodia and Malaysia increased by 75% in the 1st 4 months of this year, compared to the same period last year, said a senior commerce official Wednesday. From January to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Under dazzling white strip-lights, a production line of young Cambodians stitch, iron and fold their way to the day’s target of 820 two-piece children’s pajamas. These garments are destined for the shelves of Los Angeles, shop price $9.97. The workers, mostly women, start at 7:30 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Land prices in Meanchey district’s four communes that had been transferred into Phnom Penh municipality’s control from Kandal province have held steady, despite the construction of Prek samroung Bridge and the extension of roads to the area. Meanchey Governor Kuch Chamroeun said that he is ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kratie city – soldiers and military police yesterday blocked all access to a village where a 14-year-old girl was shot dead by security forces on Wednesday while the authorities launched a massive operation to evict hundreds of families from the area under a cloak of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The cargo of merchandises including clothes, agriculture products, construction, electronics and other products through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) has increased 10 percent in the first five months of this year in comparison to the same period last year, according to PPAP’s statistics. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Lawyer and government advisor sok siphana has made his law firm, sok siphana & Associates, a member of ZICOlaw, a leading regional law firm based in Kuala Lumpur and focused on the AsEAN region. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian maid who recently returned home from work in Malaysia fell ill and died over the weekend, highlighting ongoing concerns over the treatment of impoverished southeast Asian women who seek work abroad but are often abused by their employers. Kuy Lyda, 17, died at a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia migrant workers seeking to leave allegedly exploitative conditions at the Phatthana seafood factory in southern Thailand said yesterday that they were still being forced to pay to get their passports back. The factory, which exports fish to buyers across the world including Walmart, has come ss='cambodia-color'>...

Increased flight connections to sihanoukville helped boost tourism figures in the seaside province during the first five months of the year, tourism officials said yesterday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Disgraced anti-drug czar Moek Dara’s appeal against his life sentence for convictions in 25 separate cases of bribery and masterminding a criminal enterprise began yesterday morning in Phnom Penh. Co-accused, former Ministry of Interior anti-drug police department chief Chea Leng also appeared at the Court of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The exports of garments and textiles from southeast Asian nation of Cambodia grew to Us$ 4.61 billion, up nine percent over total textiles and garment exports worth Us$ 4.24 billion made in 2011, according to The Phnom Penh Post report. However, the rise in garment ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and the United StateS on Friday Signed a Memorandum of UnderStanding on low emiSSionS and climate reSilient development in Cambodia, according to a preSS Statement from the U.S. EmbaSSy to Phnom Penh. The deal waS inked between Cambodian MiniSter of Environment Mok Mareth and Rebecca SS='cambodia-color'>...

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The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) yesterday raised concerns over the ongoing election results verification process, saying the manner in which it was carried out makes it almost meaningless as a tool to check returns. From saturday to Tuesday, the National Election Committee carried out ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia saw a 1.7 per cent rise in inflation in February compared with the same month the previous year. Prices of food and fuel rose, according to official data from the National Institute of statistics (NIs). “The increase for all index group of a 1.7 per ss='cambodia-color'>...