Logging tycoon Try Pheap’s rapidly expanding land empire, criticised by rights groups for displacing families and encroaching on protected forest areas, has grown to almost 70,000 hectares in size and is helping to facilitate a cross-border illegal logging operation, a report released today alleges. The Cambodian ...

A group of Cambodian NGOs threatened on Monday to expose more cases of forestry crime involving businessmen and the police, saying they were unshaken by a defamation suit filed by top tycoon accused of illegal logging and land-grabbing. Representatives of the five organizations told reporters Monday ...

The battle against landmines could soon have an unlikely new weapon after a pioneering Belgian NGO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government on Monday to Begin testing teams of sharp-sniffing rodents in Cambodia, with the goal of pitching them into the ongoing ...

Germany has pledged $64 million in aid donations to Cambodia for this year and next, amounting to a “substantial increase” over the past two years of official German assistance to the country, the German Embassy announced on Wednesday. Germany’s new aid package, the majority of which—$54 ...

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Since 1998, Phnom Penh’s population has doubled to more than 2 million. High-rise buildings have popped up in the city’s center and housing developments have been hastily erected. Yet the city’s antiquated, decades-old drainage system has undergone little improvement in that time and experts say the ...

King Norodom Sihamoni presided over a nearly half-empty opening session of the National Assembly on Monday as all 55 elected lawmakers of the opposition CNRP followed through with their threat to boycott parliament to protest disputed results of July’s national election. Analysts and election monitors ...

In mid-August, on day seven of production at the Coco Khmer social enterprise, the team experienced a setback. Temperatures in the fermenting room must remain between 35 and 40 degrees to produce the organization’s virgin coconut oil, but the temperature on that rainy day refused to ...

Ten days ago, Loun Somaly, 33, left his house to deliver a deposit to the glass workers he hired to replace a window on his rickety sheet metal-panelled house. Ly Sophal, Somaly’s tenacious three-year-old son, followed him outside, asking if he could join. But with floodwater ...

A huge haul of river sand dredged in Cambodia has been quarantined at the southern Indian port city of Cochin since its arrival in April despite a ban on sand exports instituted by Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2009. India’s Deccan Chronicle news­paper reported on Tuesday ...

កាល​ពីឆ្នាំ​២០១១​ លោក អឿន ភីរុន​ បាន​​ខ្ចី​លុយ​ចំនួន​​៤៥០​ដុល្លារ​ពី​ធនាគារ​អភិ​វឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី ដោយ​ប្រើ​លុយ​នោះ​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​សម្រាប់ទិញ​ម៉ូតូ​ចាស់​មួយ​គ្រឿង និង​​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​ទៀត​ចំណាយ​ទៅលើ​ការ​ចិញ្ចឹម​សត្វទា និងស​ត្វ​មាន់​មួយ​ចំនួន​តូច​។ គ្រួសារ​របស់​គាត់​ និង ...

ប្រសិនបើ​អ្នក​ត្រូវ​គេ​ផ្តល់​លុយ​ទាំងអស់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ពិភពលោក​ទៅ​ធ្វើ​វិនិយោគ​លើ​ផ្សារភាគហ៊ុន​មួយ​ដែល​ជា​ផ្សារភាគហ៊ុន​នៃ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​និង​ឡាវ​ តើ​ផ្សារភាគហ៊ុន​មួយ​ណា​ ដែល​អ្នក​នឹង​ធ្វើការ​ជ្រើសរើស​?​ អ្នក​ប្រហែលជា​គ្មាន​ជំរើស​ច្រើន​នោះ​ទេ​  ផ្សារភាគហ៊ុន​ទាំង​ពីរ​មាន ...

ក្រុមអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល និងគណបក្សប្រឆាំងដែលបានជំទាស់នឹងវិសោធនកម្មរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញដែលទើបអនុម័តថ្មីៗនេះ បានឱ្យដឹងថាពួកគេមិនចូល​រួម​ស្តាប់ការ​ពន្យល់ពីការកែប្រែមាត្រាមួយចំនួន ដែលរៀបចំដោយក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌នៅសប្តាហ៍នេះទេ។ ...

The filling of Boeng Kak lake and the eviction of thousands of residents was necessary to root out the “prostitutes and terrorists” that were drawn to the area’s once-popular tourist zone, the Phnom Penh Municipality said in a statement yesterday. In a statement posted to its ...

With thousands of families evacuated from their homes due to flooding, the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), the largest and best-funded humanitarian organization in the country, has yet to provide flood aid to many struggling communities, local officials said Monday. Families living in some of the worst ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday he refused to believe King Norodom Sihamoni had officially announced the date he will open the National Assembly later this month, despite the King having signed a letter announcing he would convene the inaugural session on September 23. Speaking to ...

Kuala Lumpur (The star /ANN) — A country once torn apart by war is emerging as a key investment destination for small and medium enterprises. It was once home to a great civilization. In the 12th century, the Khmer empire was South-East Asia’s largest. Angkor was ...

Cambodia is home to some 400,000 Cham Muslims. The ethnic group, like many others, suffered terrible losses during the Khmer Rouge regime. Lives were lost and cultural landmarks destroyed. Now, as mosques and heritage sites around the country are demolished to make way for more ...

ក្រោយ​បញ្ចប់​ដំណើ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នៅ​ល្ងាច​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ ​លទ្ធផល​ក្រៅ​ផ្លូវ​ការ​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ថា​គណក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​បាន​១២០​អាសនៈ ហើយ​គណបក្ស​ហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិច​​បាន​ប្រាំ​អាសនៈ ស្រប​ពេល​ដែល​គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិ​រៀបចំការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ហៅ​កាត់​ថា គ.ជ.ប  បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​មិន​បាន​ការមាន ...

Police said Sunday they have arrested four people believed to be involved in a conspiracy hatched by a dissident Khmer-American group plotting to topple the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Two men and two women were arrested on Thursday suspected of at­tempting to hand out ...