Cambodia’s King Norodom sihamoni swore in opposition leader sam Rainsy and 54 others from his party as lawmakers Tuesday, bringing to an end their 10-month boycott of parliament following disputed national elections. The ceremony at the Royal Palace in the capital Phnom Penh came two weeks ss='cambodia-color'>...

Officials are requesting the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) to destroy an anti-tank mine unearthed last week next to a sihanoukville town street. According to village chief Heng Bunly, Commune 4 is rife with UXO because it was a former military base during the Lon ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen’s sister Hun sinath has resigned from her job as a secretary of state over what she said was her colleagues’ fear of investigating a land dispute between villagers in Kampong speu province and tycoon Ly Yong Phat. sinath revealed her resignation ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ethnic Bunong communities in Mondulkiri’s Bousraa commune will soon hold protests that will call on French industrialist Vincent Bollore to honour promises his firm made during a meeting with them in Paris in October, a representative has said. His Bollore investment group is a shareholder in ss='cambodia-color'>...

A report based on interviews with 54 children has exposed critical failings in Cambodia’s judicial system, recounting stories of unpleasant experiences in the presence of police, doctors and court rooms. UNICEF and Hagar, a child rights NGO based in Cambodia, released Wednesday “A system Just for ss='cambodia-color'>...

The head monks of Phnom Penh’s Wat samakki Raingsey on Tuesday drafted a letter rebutting City Hall’s claims of illicit and immoral behavior at the pagoda, which has drawn the government’s ire over the past year by supporting evicted villagers from across the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...

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'>...