A recently elected village chief in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district, who was forced into another election by his rival, was arrested on Wednesday during the second poll. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Sihanoukville arreSted a TurkiSh buSineSSman Friday&nbSp;afternoon, leSS than 24 hourS after gunmen fired up to 10 ShotS at hiS car from a paSSing vehicle, leaving a Cambodian man wounded outSide KampongSom City CaSino on ThurSday night, officialS Said. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Incensed by the prime minister’s assertion last week that the “same faces” always show up at protests, a group of Phnom Penh’s most prominent anti-eviction activists picketed City Hall on Monday to vent their anger. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 100 women’s rights activists were prevented from riding tuk-tuks to the National Assembly and the Phnom Penh headquarters of the ruling CPP on Tuesday, but successfully delivered a petition to the opposition CNRP demanding female representation on the reformed National Election Committee. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday resumed its questioning of Major General Thong sarath, a Defense Ministry official charged with orchestrating the murder of tycoon Ung Meng Chue in November. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A cabinet secretary for Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday refused to accept a petition from a Khmer Krom activist group because, he said, it was “not my job.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

The company that has been given production rights over a 5,500-square-km area off the coast of sihanoukville known as Block D has been given 10 days to submit their exploration plans to be reviewed by the Mines and Energy Ministry, a spokesman said Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the first verdict handed down in the case against Major General Thong sarath, who stands accused of masterminding a fellow tycoon’s assassination, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday sentenced him and one of his bodyguards to 30 months in jail for illegal weapons ss='cambodia-color'>...

Teachers at a Takeo province high school who began striking yesterday said they will not return to work until the principal, who allegedly embezzled school budget funds, is removed. Nearly 30 of 50 teachers at sok An Kdey Tontoem High school in Takeo’s samrong district walked ss='cambodia-color'>...

Seventy yearS ago ThurSday, during what may have been the murkieSt period of the French adminiStration in Cambodia, the founder of the National MuSeum died in an interrogation room at the handS of JapaneSe authoritieS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Chinese owner of a company who was arrested after three of his employees were crushed to death by marble slabs while unloading a shipping container in Phnom Penh on Tuesday was released Wednesday evening, an official said Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Grand Twins International launched its IPO one year ago to much fanfare, but a dwindling stock price has failed to generate much confidence in Cambodia’s fledgling bourse Despite the initial fanfare at the Cambodia securities Exchange over the listing of Grand Twins International 12 months ago, ss='cambodia-color'>...

One person was killed and dozens of homes damaged on sunday evening in storms in svay Rieng province, police said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

King Norodom Sihamoni granted a royal pardon to convicted terroriSt plotter Sourn Serey Ratha laSt week, juSt dayS before the Self-exile waS planning to take the final Step in turning hiS diSSident group into a bona fide political party. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh made a five-day trip to China last week, meeting with high-ranking military officials and receiving pledges of assistance from the Chinese military. ss='cambodia-color'>...

After appearing in court yesterday, the father of Ek socheata, a local TV presenter better known as Ms sasa, confirmed he would reject compensation from sok Bun if it meant the tycoon would escape charges for viciously assaulting his daughter earlier this month. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The governor of Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district said Tuesday that land titles were handed to two more families from the Boeng Kak neighborhood, including that of 76-year-old land rights activist Nget Khun, known also as “Mummy.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the government prepares to draft a new law on cybercrime, Internet users are speaking up about which rights they want to see protected. ss='cambodia-color'>...

China has overtaken south Korea to become the largest tourist source to at the Angkor world heritage site, state-run Agency Kampuchea Press (AKP) reported yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With criticism mounting in recent months over the failure of police to carry out an arrest warrant for Khmer Rouge navy commander Meas Muth, the Interior Ministry has said that it needs to gauge public opinion before taking action. ss='cambodia-color'>...