Thousands of Boeung Kak lake residents who have been fighting a protracted battle with Phnom Penh and a development company have seen their fortunes reversed and have been granted a small plot of land on which to resettle. Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a subdecree ...

Ha Noi–The Vietnamese Government would do its best to work with the Cambodian Government to raise bilateral ties to a more effective and fruitful level, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Ha Noi yesterday. Dung told the Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign ...

​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​ ០៣​ ខែតុលា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៨​ រដ្ឋបាល​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​ បាន​ចេញផ្សាយ​សេចក្ដីជូនដំណឹង​ដល់​សាធារណជន​ទាំងអស់​ឱ្យ​បាន​ជ្រាប​ថា​ ដើម្បី​សម្រួល​ដល់​ការ​ចំនាយ​ក្នុង​ការ​ធ្វើ​ដំណើរ​របស់​មន្ត្រីរាជការ​ កងកំលាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធ​ ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ កម្មករ​ កម្ម​ការ​នី​ទាំងអស់​ ដើម្បី​ទៅ​ជួបជុំ​គ្រួសារ​ក្នុង​ឱកាស ...

ប្រាក់ជំនួយរាប់លានដុល្លារ ត្រូវបានផ្តល់ទៅឱ្យប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដោយមូលនិធិសកលដើម្បីប្រយុទ្ធប្រឆាំងនឹងជំងឺគ្រុនចាញ់ ត្រូវបានទុកចោលនៅក្នុងគណនីធនាគារមួយ អស់រយៈពេលជាងមួយឆ្នាំមកហើយ។ យោងតាមឯកសារផ្លូវការ ដែលបានដោយភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍។ ...

ដោយ​​ថ្ងៃ​កំណត់​ជិត​មក​ដល់​សម្រាប់​​​ជន​ភៀសខ្លួន​​ម៉ុងតាញ៉ា​ដែល​ស្នើ​សុំ​សិទ្ធិ​ជ្រកកោន​​នៅ​​កម្ពុជា​ដើម្បី​​វិល​ត្រឡប់​​ដោយ​​ «ស្ម័គ្រ​ចិត្ត» ទៅ​កន្លែង​​ដែល​​ពួកគេ​រង​ការ​​យាយី​​វិញ ឬ​ត្រូវ​បាន ...

About 50 villagers in Kandal province protested yesterday in an attempt to halt the activities of a Vietnamese sand-dredging company, which they said has caused a huge swath of their land to slide into the Mekong River. Residents of Kien Svay district’s Koh Prak village said ...

Independent radio station owner Mam Sonando mounted a spirited defense during the third and last day of testimony at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday in his trial for allegedly leading a secessionist group. At time raising his voice, waving his arms and grabbing his head ...

Villagers living in raised houses on the capital’s Boeung Tumpun lake fear their eviction is on the horizon as sand pumping increases at the site, they said yesterday. In recent months, heavy machinery has been at work at the Boeung Tumpun site. Sand pumping has ...

Despite the recent spate of high-profile arrests and deportations, analysts, attorneys and civil society groups are divided on whether the Kingdom is finally beginning to live down its reputation as a haven for the fugitives and criminals who have long been drawn to the country ...

Villagers on Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, who depend on fishing for subsistence, say their livelihoods are threatened by illegal commercial fishing, which continues after a government ban. And they say authorities in charge of enforcing the ban are being bribed to look the other ...

About 100 residents embroiled in land disputes in Phnom Penh submitted a petition to the U.S. Embassy yesterday requesting that President Barack Obama raise the issue of evictions and reform of the country’s land concession policy when he visits Cambodia later this month. The plea comes ...

The convicted ringleader of a so-called secessionist movement in May in Kratie province, who is currently in self-imposed exile to avoid a 30-year prison sentence, has said that he will soon return to Cambodia to organize a large-scale demonstration against the government. Bun Ratha—who was sentenced ...

Garment worker Ba Chhorvorn stands in the sweltering heat inside the small concrete brick room she calls home in Kandal province. Across the road is her workplace, a supplier to Levi’s and Gap, which her boss describes as the “five-star hotel of garment factories”. Worlds apart but ...

A mother of four, with the youngest on her hip, said she was not impressed by the palatial government buildings where Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Council of Ministers have their offices. Her own home is a wood-and-tin shack now partially buried under the ...

Representatives of 44 families embroiled in a violent land dispute in Banteay Meanchey province say they are living like squatters and haven’t been granted long-promised property in the area. Kao Ty, a defence lawyer for the families, said that his clients are among the more than ...

KOH KONG, Cambodia – Frustrated by government inaction, Cambodian citizen patrollers are risking their lives to take on the country’s illegal loggers in a bid to save their shrinking forests. The shooting of a prominent environmentalist by a military policeman last month after he refused to ...

High production costs and a lack of government assistance is keeping rice farmers near the poverty line despite unprecedented growth in the sector, according to a new study released by local microfinance institution Intean Poalroath Rongroeurng (IPR). The independent study, conducted by two Cambodian researchers ...

Am Phalla sits outside the factory gates of apparel maker Shen Zhou (Cambodia) Co. Ltd., sharing a lunch of rice, vegetables and fried fish with coworkers. She has been sewing clothes at Shen Zhou for a little less than a year, but is unaware that the ...

Villagers who allege authorities and armed forces in Preah Vihear province have been burning their houses and clearing farmland of 400 families, to create a social land concession, protested yesterday, calling on intervention from Prime Minister Hun Sen. The 5,557-hectare SLC in Kulen district’s Srayang village ...

The Government of Cambodia on Friday passed a draft law on fire prevention in order to contribute to maintaining security, social safety, public order, and life and property protection, according to a media statement released after the weekly Cabinet meeting. In the meeting, Hun Sen ...