The military police officer who killed well-known anti-logging campaigner Chut Wutty, 46, on Thursday in Koh Kong province then died by his own hand after turning his AK-47 assault rifle on himself in an apparent act of instant suicide following the slaying of the forestry ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian microfinance institution PRAsAC says it is bolstering its green credentials by increasing loans for eco-friendly farming methods in the kingdom. President and CEO of PRAsAC, said the institution is “committed to providing and developing more green financing to the rural people for their livelihood ss='cambodia-color'>...

No ground was broken in May on the New siem Reap International Airport (NsRIA), a Us$1 billion Korean investment, and officials say no definite date has been set for work on the project as the developer looks for new partners. NsRIA Co Ltd, an equal joint ss='cambodia-color'>...

The seized property of fugitive former ambassador Nan sy has so far failed to fetch bidders, denying state coffers some $400,000 embezzled by the disgraced official. The undeveloped 10 by 20 meter plot in Tuol Kork district was put up for auction last week in an effort to ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the latest clarification from the government on the subject of it’s new private airliner, a senior aviation official said yesterday that the French-made Airbus A320 is not yet the property of Cambodia, as ownership documents have not been finalized. The 150-seat jet made its inaugural ss='cambodia-color'>...

The first company to offer Cambodians life insurance will launch on May 21, an official at the company said yesterday, though experts said the firm could struggle to make good profits in a market where fraudulent claims and limited customers could become a stumbling block. Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

Climate change was named as the reason for Cambodian salt production this year declining about 15 per cent, experts said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korea and Cambodia have agreed to Share military SupplieS in peacekeeping and reScue operationS aS part of effortS to expand military tieS between the two SideS, the defenSe miniStry here Said TueSday. Lee Seon-chul, the head of the South Korean defenSe miniStry&rSquo;S logiSticS managment bureau, SS='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 families who had their evictions delayed on Thursday in observance of a nationally broadcast speech by Prime Minister Hun sen have once again been ordered to move out, according to local officials. Provincial governor sboang sarath said yesterday that the provincial court had ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture will ask Prime Minister Hun sen to cancel a 4,900-hectare economic land concession belonging to a Vietnamese rubber company in Ratanakkiri province on the grounds that the firm has been illegally logging on a large scale, officials said yesterday. According to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Borei Keila evictees who have spent months sleeping under staircases and near rubbish dumps delivered a petition to UN special Rapporteur suya subedi yesterday as their quest to be housed again at Borei Keila continued. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the Prey Long Forest Network yesterday said they are planning to hold a citizens’ patrol to look for evidence of illegal logging in Kompong Thom province this weekend. The patrol would be the first such patrol in the country since the April 26 murder ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday questioned the seventh and final witness to the April 26 shooting death of well-known environmental activist Chut Wutty by provincial military police officer In Ratana, court officials said. srey Makny, the court’s deputy prosecutor, said witness Bou An was questioned ss='cambodia-color'>...

Khmer Brewery (KB), a locally owned company that produces Cambodia Beer, has made its first export to Japan, partly in response to Prime Minister Hun sen’s call in mid-May for local food and beverage producers to push their products abroad. KB public-relations manager sok Chantha said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia economic growth was 7.3 percent in 2012. Agriculture grew by 4.3 percent, crops by 4.9 percent, fisheries by 6.7 percent, industry by 9.2 percent, garment [sector] by 6.9 percent and the service industry by 8.1 percent, said Dr Hang Chuon Naron, secretary of state ss='cambodia-color'>...

An unusual report shows that organic rice buyers in the U.s. are getting a large percentage of their rice from Cambodia. The Cambodian Center for study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) exported 114 tonnes of organic jasmine rice to the U.s. in the first quarter of ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.N. human rights envoy surya subedi on Tuesday received a thorny reception from hundreds of students at a Phnom Penh university, who angrily questioned his impartiality and unfurled banners calling for him to end his work in Cambodia. special rapporteur subedi delivered a lecture to about ss='cambodia-color'>...

Lawmakers in the U.s. and human rights activists are pushing for cuts of more than $70 million in aid to Cambodia if Prime Minister Hun sen wins the July 28 elections. Many factors have pushed the U.s. to this point be it unfair and unjust, such ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia exported about 31,000 tonnes of rice in July, a 40 per cent seasonal increase from the average of 22,000 tonnes for first five months of this year. Official data show that Cambodia exported 207,000 tonnes from January through July, an amount surpassing the 205,000 tonnes ss='cambodia-color'>...

Fifty Tampuon ethnic minority families protested yesterday in front of the soeung Commune Hall in Bakeo district against their commune chief, who they allege sold land that belonged to the Ratanakkiri community. In a complaint filed to rights group Adhoc yesterday, the families claim that commune ss='cambodia-color'>...