A Forestry Administration official has agreed to drop his complaint against three RACF soldiers he accused of shooting at him and fellow forestry officials in 2010 in exchange for $15,000, his lawyer said yesterday. However, officials for the Siem Reap Provincial Court and the Military ...

Nine companies have put in bids for the rights to dredge the lengths of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers and sell the sand for export, Water Resources Ministry officials said yesterday, noting that the dredging would be beneficial in terms of deepening the waterways. ...

The potential for investment in Cambodia certainly appears to be there, as the country’s location in Indochina affords much opportunity for cross-border trade with Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, says Mark Mobius. Mr Mobius, who oversees more than US $40 billion worth of investments as executive chairman ...

Days after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a blanket pardon for all suspects and convicts jailed for small-time fisheries crimes, the premier yesterday signed into effect an expected sub-decree canceling fishing lots across the country. Last month, Mr. Hun Sen announced that he would cancel ...

The number of families claiming to have lost contact with relatives working overseas has seen a significant increase in recent months, three human rights groups said Thursday. Local rights groups Adhoc and Licadho and the legal aid association Cambodian Legal Education Center (CLEC), said that the ...

City officials said yesterday that an offer of land to people living near Boeung Kak lake would not force residents to relocate, following  concerns about how the city would implement Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order. Villagers won 12.44 hectares of land for on-site housing at the ...

Tokyo: The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook on Cambodian GDP growth in 2011 from 6.5 per cent to 6.7 per cent just days after government officials announced a full percentage-point reduction in economic expectations. Stabilisation in the real estate sector, as well as strong increases ...

Although a Thai minister claimed recently that delays in resolving the disputed overlapping claims area with Cambodia would result in an energy crisis, experts said yesterday the statement had been politically motivated. Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said last week Thailand would run out of gas ...

As Mekong River Commission (MRC) countries prepare for a crucial meeting next week to debate Laos’ proposal to build the first Lower Mekong River dam, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has called for a delay of the controversial project. The US Senate’s concern was echoed ...

Government authorities are investigating the death of a migrant domestic worker in Malaysia after her family and rights groups raised questions about the stated cause of death from a lung infection, a relative of the deceased woman said yesterday. Na Rith, 42, said his cousin Ouk ...

The Kratie Provincial Court yesterday charged a truck driver with illegally collecting and transporting luxury wood after forestry officers last week confiscated 148 pieces of luxury wood totalling 31.2 cubic meters from his truck, which had been transporting the timber along National Road 7 ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blamed illegal immigration for contributing to a current shortage in the Cambodian labor market but said workers could benefit from rising wages as a result of the demand for workers. Mr. Hun Sen said the shortage was hitting the agriculture sector ...

The number of families claiming to have lost contact with relatives working overseas has seen a significant increase in recent months, three human rights groups said Thursday. Local rights groups Adhoc and Licadho and the legal aid association Cambodian Legal Education Center (CLEC), said that ...

The decreasing amount of farmers harvesting soybeans last year has limited supply and raised prices at the markets roughly 42 percent to 4,000 riel per kg, or about $1, according to an agricultural official and farmers. Cheam Chan Sorphaon, director of the provincial agriculture department in ...

The government has already granted roughly 300,000 hectares in economic land concessions (ELC) so far this year, according to data released by a local rights group yesterday. The figure, which amounts to 40 percent of the total land concessions granted in all of 2011, has ...

The Cambodian government was strengthening its capacity to combat human trafficking by focusing on poverty reduction and was eager to work with other groups tackling the crime, Interior Ministry Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng said yesterday. “The issues of human trafficking and migrating workers are ...

នៅថ្ងៃទី ១៣ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៦ រាជរដ្ឋភិបាលកម្ពុជាបានសម្រេចបង្កើតតំបន់ការពារធម្មជាតិចំនួន ៣ ថ្មីបន្ថែមទៀត ដែលមានផ្ទៃដីសរុបទំហំ ២៧ ៩៤១. ០៦ ហិកតា ឱ្យស្ថិតក្រោមការគ្រប់គ្រង និងអភិរក្សរបស់ក្រសួងបរិស្ថាន។ តំបន់ការពារធម្មជាតិទាំង ៣ នោះ រួមមាន ឧទ្យានជាតិកោះកុង (ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ) មានផ្ទៃដីទំហំ ២ ៦៥៥.៣៥ ហិកតា តំបន់បេតិកភណ្ឌធម្មជាតិភ្នំត្បែង (ខេត្តព្រះវិហារ) មានផ្ទៃដីទំហំ ២៥ ២៦៩.៤១ ហិកតា និងតំបន់អភិរក្សទឹកសាប បឹងព្រែកទប់ (ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ) មានផ្ទៃដីទំហំ ១៦.៣ ហិកតា។ ជារួម តំបន់ការពារធម្មជាតិសរុបចំនួន ៤៥ មានផ្ទៃដីសរុបទំហំ ៥ ៩០២ ៤៤៤.០៦ ហិកតា ...

កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ​ ទី​២៣​ ខែកញ្ញា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦​ ដើម្បី​ឆ្លើយ​តប​ទៅ​តាម​សំណើរ​របស់​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​នៃ​ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា​ និង​អង្គការ​កម្មវិធី​ស្បៀងអាហារ​ពិភពលោក​ (WFP)​ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ជប៉ុន​បាន​យល់ព្រម​បន្ត​ផ្តល់​ជំនួយ​ជា​ទឹកប្រាក់​ចំនួន​ ២២០​ លាន​យ៉េន​ ឬ​ប្រមាណ​ ២​ លាន​ដុល្លារ​អា​មេ ...

ស្ត្រី​ខ្មែរ​ធ្វើការ​តាម​ផ្ទះ​នៅ​ប្រទេស​សិង្ហបុរី​ម្នាក់​បាន​រត់​ចេញ​ពី​ផ្ទះ​ថៅកែ​បន្ទាប់ពី​ត្រូវ​​ថៅកែ​បង្ខំ​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើការ​​រហូត​ដល់ ១៧ ​ម៉ោង​ក្នុង​មួយ​ថ្ងៃ​ដោយ​​​គ្មាន​ថ្ងៃ​សម្រាក​អស់​រយៈពេល​ជាង ១ ឆ្នាំ​កន្លះ​ហើយ​ត្រូវ​បាន​អង្គការ​មនុស្សធម៌​មួយ ...