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'>...

Land reclamation in the South China Sea haS “increaSed tenSionS” in the region, according to SoutheaSt ASian foreign miniSterS, who wrangled for dayS about how to word their annual communique.​ SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Pursat Provincial Court on Monday charged a border police official with intentional violence for cutting off his colleague’s fingers with a cleaver at their barracks on Friday night, officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong today told Willian E. Todd, outgoing Us Ambassador to Cambodia that, France agreed to lend Cambodia’s original maps that Cambodia requested to French government recently.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Every Saturday afternoon, in a room in the Phnom Penh officeS of a German political foundation, chairS are arranged in a u-Shape. About 50 people, from a range of backgroundS, gather and chit-chat. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Kazakhstan’s special Envoy of the President and Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Mussinov visited Association of southeast Asian Nations (AsEAN) countries Cambodia and Laos Aug. 12-13 in the framework of promoting his country’s bid to secure a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations ss='cambodia-color'>...

Pech Prum Mony, a one-star military general and former bodyguard for disgraced Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Ang Mealaktei, on Thursday denied accusations of abuse of power and interfering with judicial procedure while under questioning at the court, his lawyer said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Koh Kong province yesterday raided a house rented by local environmental NGO Mother Nature in what its members have described as an ongoing campaign of intimidation against the group amid the detention of three of its activists. ss='cambodia-color'>...