Villagers on Koh Kyong island in Preah Sihanouk province are preparing a complaint over more than 300 allegedly unlicensed fishermen who they say are illegally operating in local waters. Loung Bunny, chief of the Association for Natural Protection in Ochroy commune, said yesterday  that fishermen from ...

About 400 chickens suspected of being infected with bird flu were culled Friday in Banteay Meanchey province’s Monkol Borei district after a died of the virus less than two weeks ago, officials said. Meanwhile, last week the Agriculture Ministry reported that H5N1, or avian influenza, ...

Staff of the Angkor Village Hotel and Resort in Siem Reap have begun protested after the owner fired a total of 30 trade union officials and members after the staff joined a union in July. The dispute initially started when the owner of the hotel ...

Tourists are still wary about travelling to Preah Vihear temple following border clashes in the area earlier this year, according to provincial officials. Visitor numbers had declined 15.5 per cent during the first seven months compared year on year, but had slowly begun rising in ...

Ratings agency Moody’s changed its outlook on Acleda Bank’s financial strength yesterday to “negative” from “stable” and downgraded its rating of the bank’s local currency deposits to Ba2 from Ba1. The rating downgrade was applied due to changes in shareholders at the bank over the ...

Continuing the spate of mass fainting at Phnom Penh garment factories, 24 workers fainted at the Heart Enterprise factory on Friday, prompting the factory to shut down for the second time in a week, officials said. The Dangkao district garment factory had reopened on Friday ...

Cambodia expects to almost double the amount of land used to cultivate rubber between now and 2020, a move that rights groups say could result in more evictions across Cambodia. Ly Phalla, director general of General Directorate of Rubber Plantations, said yesterday that there are ...

City Hall coordinated the release of 120 tons of rice in cooperation with the state-run Rural Development Bank yesterday to keep prices in the city stable amid reports that vendors were using the current floods to gouge customers. Last week, Prime Minister Hun Sen said the ...

About 177,000 Cambodian men and women were working abroad as of the end of 2010, and about $180 million was remitted to Cambodia from 126,000 migrant workers in Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea last year, according to a letter written by Prime Minister Hun ...

More than one-sixth of Cambodian businesses in 2011 were part of the Kingdom’s information and communications sector, a government census showed. Of the 182,439 new enterprises that sprang up in the country between June 2009 and March 2011, some 95,590 serviced the sector, according to the ...

Two journalists fought it out over cash being paid to them by a wood smuggler along National Road 7 in Kratie province’s Snuol district, landing one of them in the hospital with a head injury on Wednesday morning, a provincial police official said. Kong Sa Im, ...

JAPAN Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation has started preliminary surveying as the sole operator in Cambodia’s Block 17 onshore oil field, a 6,500 square-kilometre area of hilly forest in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap provinces, according to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) ...

A mother whose family face eviction from their home at Boeung Kak lake was farewelled at a funeral on Saturday evening, hours after her body was found in the Mekong River. Chea Dara’s body was identified by family members on Saturday in Samraong Thum commune, Kien ...

A Thai energy firm has completed a study for a 1,800-megawatt coal power plant in Koh Kong province, and had asked for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s support in furthering the project, government officials confirmed yesterday. The plant would be the largest power generator in the energy-starved ...

A fourth day of protests by garment workers in Kampong Cham turned unruly yesterday, as nearly 2,000 workers shattered the windows of their factory with stones after briefly blocking National Road 7. The workers blocked the road for about 10 minutes at 9am, before returning to ...

The Thai Ambassador in Phnom Penh has suggested that Cambodia form a special delegation to tackle the common – and often deadly – practice of illegal logging along the two countries’ shared border, the ambassador said yesterday. Already this year, 11 Cambodians have reportedly been ...

Cambodia, as ASEAN chair, could play a vital role in strengthening the international community’s perception that Myanmar has reformed and sanctions need to be lifted, independent observers told the Post yesterday. As Prime Minister Hun Sen described yesterday’s arrival of Myanmar president Thein Sein in Phnom ...

The family of a Cambodian maid that officials suspect was tortured to death in Malaysia will fly there shortly to file a complaint against her employers, a government spokesperson said yesterday. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Koy Kuong said the family of Mey Sichan, 22, from ...

គណៈ​កម្មការ​ទន្លេ​មេគង្គ (MRC) បាន​ផ្តល់​រង្វាន់​ដល់​ម្ចាស់​ជយ​លាភីនៃ​យុទ្ធ​នាការ​បៃតង​ ៦​​ នាក់ ដែល​ពួកគេ​រស់​នៅ​កម្ពុជា និង​ឡាវ ​​​ដើម្បី​រំឭក​ខួប​លើក​ទី២៤​ នៃ​ពិធី​ចុះ​ហត្ថ​លេខា​កិ​ច្ច​ព្រម​ព្រៀ​ង​ទន្លេ​មេគង្គ និង​លើក​កម្ពស់​ការយល់ដឹង​អំពី​គ្រោះ ...

ជនសង្ស័យ​ ៨​ នាក់​ ក្នុង​ចំណោម​រាប់រយ​នាក់​ ដែល​បាន​ប្រមូលផ្ដុំ​គ្នា​យក​ដុំ​ថ្ម​ធំៗ​ និង​ដើមឈើ​ មក​បិទផ្លូវ​ជាតិ​លេខ​ ៤​ និង​បាន​ប្រើ​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​លើ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ ពេល​ចុះ​អន្ដរាគមន៍​រំដោះ​ផ្លូវ​ ក្នុងភូមិ​ចំណោត​រាម​ ឃុំ​បិត​ត្រាំ​ង​ស្រុក​ព្រៃ​នប់​ ត្រូវ ...