A local journalist and a forestry official were arrested by military police in Kratie province’s Sambo district on Friday night for allegedly discharging a weapon into the air and beating a man with a boat oar in an extortion bid gone awry. According to district military ...

Villagers facing relocation from the site of the planned Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng province were told last week that they would be moved 15 kilometres from the river they rely on for fishing, a commune chief said yesterday. Seak Mekong, commune chief in ...

Police targeting of sex workers for arrest has made them vulnerable to contracting or spreading HIV, according to a U.N. report released yesterday. The U.N. report, Sex Work and Law in Asia and the Pacific-Laws, HIV and human rights in the context of sex work, states that ...

The Cambodian government is beginning to focus on fire security and intervention systems in skyscrapers, which are on the increase in Phnom Penh. Lieutenant Colonel Neth Vutha, chief of the Fire Station of the Phnom Penh Police Department, said the General Commissariat of the National Police ...

Just under three weeks ago, residents in Pro Ma village were running for their lives as security forces opened fire on them with automatic weapons, killing a 14-year-old girl. About 1,000 police, military police and soldiers stormed their village, fired at them indiscriminately, evicted hundreds of ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said more investment in agriculture was needed to ensure that Cambodia can process its crops and add value to agricultural produce being exported abroad. Speaking at the inauguration of a new cargo port in Kandal province, Mr. Hun Sen said there was an ...

Plans to create a tourist circuit encompassing coastal areas of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand could be delayed as infrastructure is not yet in place and authorities cannot find investors. The sea route from the Mekong River Delta province of Kien Giang to Sihanoukville in Cambodia and ...

International car rental operator Avis is bringing its brand to Cambodia and Laos, according to a statement released last week from local licensee RMA Group. If the deal is seen through, Avis would be the first global car rental company to compete in the Kingdom. The company ...

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The number of mobile subscribers (SIM cards sold) increased 25.28 per cent during the first half of the year as a result of an expansion in the telecommunications market, according to officials. Mobile phone service subscribers increased by 3,963,734 or 25.28 per cent to 19,642,563 compared ...

Despite the massive spike in development underway in Phnom Penh, a new report says that the public interest is becoming marginalised in favour of the political and business elite. The report, from NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), says that currently “commercial interests are driving the urban ...

China’s Sinohydro Group Ltd earned US$2.12 billion in an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the company announced yesterday. The move came just two months before Sinohydro launches the Kamchay Hydroelectric Dam in Cambodia’s Kampot province. The company expects the IPO to help fund ...

The latest in a series of land concessions granted in protected forests has cut nearly 10,000 hectares from Cambodia’s largest wildlife sanctuary – home to the Kingdom’s critically endangered national bird, the Giant Ibis. A September 7 sub-decree, released on Monday evening, reclassified 9,237 hectares of ...

About 400 villagers in Kratie province’s Snuol district blocked national road 76A for three hours yesterday to demand that authorities release a villager who had been arrested earlier in the day for allegedly inciting villagers embroiled in a land dispute, villagers and a district official ...

Road accidents claimed the lives of 1,816 people in 2010, a slight increase from the 1,717 killed in 2009, according to a report by the Cambodia Road Crash and Victim Information System. The total number of casualties from road accidents reached 18,287 in 2010, according ...

Moody’s Investment Services yesterday announced a change in outlook for Cambodian Public Bank to “negative” from “stable”, citing increasing risks in the Kingdom’s banking system and exposure to slow-downs in Western markets. While CamPu Bank country head Phan Ying Tong said yesterday the company’s financial position ...

Following a dip in 2009, new land disputes increased last year by more than 50 percent to 28, while the total number of ongoing cases is now 282, according to a report released yesterday by the NGO Forum. Culled from media and field reports, each recorded ...

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជិត ១០០នាក់ ដែលមានបញ្ហាដីធ្លីជាមួយមន្ត្រីមានអំណាច និងក្រុមហ៊ុនវិនិយោគ ក្នុងខេត្តត្បូងឃ្មុំ និងខេត្តក្រចេះ បានប្រមូលផ្តុំគ្នានៅក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដីនគរូបនីយកម្មនិងសំណង់កាលពីរសៀលថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញដើម្បីជំរុញឲ្យក្រសួងពន្លឿនការដោះស្រាយជម្លោះដីធ្លីរបស់ពួកគាត់ឲ្យបានឆាប់ ក្រោយពីពួកគាត់បានដាក់ញត្តិទៅក្រសួងច្រើនលើកហើយ តែមានភាពយឺតយ៉ាវក្នុងការដោះស្រាយ។ តំណាងពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ-ឥស្លាមនៅភូមិត្រពាំងស្រែ ឃុំ២ធ្នូ ស្រុកស្នួល ខេត្តក្រចេះ លោក ចាន យុង បានរៀបរាប់ថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋចំនួន ១៣៦គ្រួសារ បានរស់នៅ និងធ្វើស្រែចម្ការលើដីទំហំ ៥២៥ហិកតារ ជាយូរឆ្នាំមកហើយ ប៉ុន្តែនៅអំឡុងឆ្នាំ២០១០ ស្រាប់តែក្រុមហ៊ុន រតនៈស្តោន និងក្រុមហ៊ុន ថេរៈ វិនិយោគ បានឈូសឆាយដំណាំរបស់ពួកគាត់ ទៅអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ដាំកៅស៊ូវិញ។ ក្រោយពីមានជម្លោះដីធ្លី ពួកគាត់បានដាក់ញត្តិសុំអន្តរាគមន៍ទៅអាជ្ញាធរខេត្ត ស្ថាប័នថ្នាក់ជាតិមួយចំនួន និងក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដី ប៉ុន្តែមកដល់ពេលនេះ ពុំមានដំណោះស្រាយនៅឡើយ ទើបពួកគាត់ស្នើជាថ្មីឲ្យក្រសួងដោះស្រាយផ្តល់កម្មសិទ្ធិដីធ្លីដល់ពួកគាត់។ ...