Workers will begin clearing forestland in Stung Treng province as early as next week in preparation for the controversial 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 dam, district officials and villagers said yesterday. The hydropower project, funded by Vietnam Electricity (EVN), will flood tens of thousands of hectares of ...

There are no reliable figures on the number of illegal pharmacies operating nationwide, but the government insists that the problem is a thing of the past. At the launch of an anti-drug campaign at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh on Monday, Chou Yin Sim, secretary ...

A tycoon arrested on Tuesday by military police on fraud charges yesterday walked free after striking a deal with the man he defrauded, court officials said. Meas Chanpiseth, deputy prosecutor of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, said that 52-year-old tycoon Peang Kosal, executive director of the ...

Just two days after dozens of workers fainted at a factory in Kompong Speu province that manufactures clothing for US sports brand Nike, another 300 workers at the same factory fainted on Friday. Chy Sakla, a secretary for the Free Trade Union (FTU) at the Sabrina ...

លោកនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ស្នើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​ពិនិត្យ​លើ​ច្បាប់​ស្តីពី​របប​សារ​ព័ត៌មាន​ឆ្នាំ ១៩៩៥ ដើម្បី​រក​មើល​ចំណុច​ដែល​គួរ​ធ្វើ​វិសោធន​កម្ម ខណៈ​ច្បាប់​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ ២ កំពុង​ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​ដំណាក់​កាល​ព្រាង ហើយ​ទន្ទឹម​នេះ​លោក​ប្រាប់​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​រួម​ចំណែក​វាយបក​លើ​ព័ត៌មាន​ក្លែង​ក្លាយ​ដោយ​ការ​បញ្ចេញ ...

លទ្ធផល​ប្រឡង​បាក់ឌុប​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ មាន​ភាព​ប្រសើរ​ជាង​ឆ្នាំ​មុន​ខណៈ​ដែល​បេក្ខជន​ជាប់​មាន​ប្រមាណ ៥៥ ភាគរយ​ហើយ​ក្នុង​នោះ​និទ្ទេស A មាន​ដល់​ទៅ ១០៨ នាក់​បើ​ធៀប​នឹង​លទ្ធផល​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៤ ការ​ប្រឡង​លើក​ទី ១ ដែល​បេក្ខជន​ជាប់​មាន​ប្រមាណ​តែ ២៥ ​ភាគរយ​ហើយ​និទ្ទេស A មាន​ត្រឹម​តែ ១១ នាក់​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​។ តាម​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​ព័ត៌មាន​ ...

​សហគ្រាស​ធន​តូច​ និង​មធ្យម​ (SME)​ ភាគច្រើន​ នៅ​មិន​ទាន់​យកចិត្តទុកដាក់​ពី​របៀប​នៃ​ការ​អនុវត្ត​ទៅ​តាម​បទបញ្ញត្តិ​ពន្ធដារ​ថ្មី​ ដែល​នឹង​ត្រូវ​អនុវត្តន៍​នៅ​ចុងឆ្នាំ​នេះ​ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​មន្ត្រី​នៃ​ក្រសួង​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​។​ លោក​អគ្គនាយករង​នៃ​អគ្គនាយកដ្ឋាន​ពន្ធដារ​ បាន​មាន ...

​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​កម្ពុជា​ទៅ​ស្ថានីយ​បោះឆ្នោត​នៅ​ដើម​ខែ​ក្រោយ​ដើម្បី​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ជ្រើសរើសពួក​មន្រ្តី​សង្កាត់​ជាង​១ម៉ឺន​២​ពាន់​នាក់ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​ក៏​កំពុង​លេចចេញ​ជាការ​តទល់​ដាក់​គ្នា​រវាង​គណបក្ស​សំខាន់​ៗ២នៅពេល​ដែល​មានការ​គំរាម​កំហែង​ពី​សង្គ្រាម​ស៊ី​វិល​និង​ការ​បង្ក្រាប ...

Sixty-nine families in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district have been ordered by the government to move from a 4,000-meter-square plot of land claimed by a local businessman, according to district authorities. The disputed area is part of a 9-hectare plot of land in Svay Pak commune owned by ...

Five brokers saw their convictions upheld yesterday at Phnom Penh’s Court of Appeal for trafficking 20 Cambodian nationals into Thailand, but legal experts say such convictions for trafficking in Cambodia are still far too rare. While Judge Chan Madyna upheld the men’s 2010 convictions, he shaved ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the country would move from the status of a low-income to a lower-middle-income nation by the end of this year. “We acknowledge that we are in the status of a low-income country with GDP per capita of less ...

NagaCorp, the owner of Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, launched the sale of tickets for a new national lottery on Friday with the inaugural draw to take place on July 12 and a top prize of $218,000. In a statement, NagaCorp said 30 percent of net ...

Police in Battambang arrested six villagers embroiled in a land dispute with a local businessman on Wednesday after 10 other villagers accused them of defrauding families in the area, deputy provincial governor Uy Ry said yesterday. However, villagers and rights workers in Kors Kralor district said ...

The 10th High Quality Vietnamese Products and Exports trade fair opened yesterday in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh. It has attracted around 150 firms who have  set up 250 booths to display more than 2,000 products, including electronics, consumer goods, stationary, books, construction materials, ...

Over the past half year, the military has established dozens of bases in protected community forests in Oddar Meanchey province and used them as an inroad for rampant illegal logging, villagers and forestry administration officials said yesterday. Nearly 2,000 villagers from local forest communities have thumbprinted ...

Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), a Cambodian agricultural organisation, will collect US$20 million from the Kingdom’s farmers through 2022 in an attempt to accumulate capital for organic rice production. Oun Sophal, president of CEDAC’s Farmer Network from Kampot province’s Dang Tong ...

Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen said this week that he will talk with Chinese leaders especially his Chinese counterpart PM Wen Jiaboa about finance to build 300-500 km rural roads in the country in contribution of helping poverty reduction and living conditions of the local ...

The government has completed the communal land-titling process for three ethnic Bunong communities in Mondolkiri province living on 1,000 hectares of land in Keo Seima district, villagers and a rights group said yesterday. The three new titles-which will bring to six the total number of communal titles granted ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the government would intervene to stem the riel’s sharp rise against the US dollar in recent days. “The Cambodian riel has been rising for several days,” he told a land-distribution ceremony in Oral district in Kampong Speu province, ...

Six Boeung Kak village representatives will appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court accused of threatening to kill their one-time representative Ly Mom, who was spoke on their behalf from 2007 until last year. Although no charges have been laid, Ly Mom is demanding $10,000 from each ...