The website of the Cambodian National Police was hacked and defaced yesterday by a mysterious group apparently attempting to challenge the website’s security measures. For part of the morning, visitors to the police.gov.kh site were greeted by singing in Arabic and an image of four Guy ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some of the 200 familieS evicted from a village in Mondolkiri province&rSquo;S Koh Nhek diStrict laSt week Said yeSterday that they were taking up temporary reSidence in nearby villageS and foreStS becauSe they could not afford to go home, or had no land to return SS='cambodia-color'>...

A factory in Phnom Penh that assembles motorcycles for Honda decided on Friday to reinstate four workers who had been fired in December for creating a new trade union. About 300 workers at the Honda NCX Company in Pur senchey district had been on strike since ss='cambodia-color'>...

The SRP yeSterday Said it had found that more than 90 employeeS of State-owned power company Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) were regiStered to vote in two Separate placeS for Sunday&rSquo;S commune electionS and warned that the ruling CPP may uSe Such government employeeS to vote SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Court of Appeal on Friday set a date to hear the case of 13 jailed Boeng Kak residents despite the Ministry of Justice calling for a review of their sentencing, and as the health of six of the jailed women, who are on hunger ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Vietnam will send a letter signed by the prime ministers of both countries to demand that Laos and Thailand halt the construction of a dam on the mainstream Mekong River in Laos, an official from the Cambodian National Mekong Committee said yesterday. The decision ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is mulling over a nuclear power option to feed its anemic energy sector, although private sector pundits called the rough plan a dream – a dangerous one at that. The government plans to use atomic energy in the future as oil, coal and biomass power ss='cambodia-color'>...

Banks here are trying to take advantage of a growth in Chinese investment by launching services that will allow payments from local banks to be made in China’s currency, the renminbi. Grant Knuckey, CEO of ANZ Royal Bank, said that because of a growing number of ss='cambodia-color'>...

In his first public meeting in weeks, Deputy Prime Minister sok An on Friday met with a delegation of Thai officials in Phnom Penh and pledged Cambodia’s commitment to resolve a decade-old maritime dispute over contested maritime space in the Gulf of Thailand. speaking to reporters ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS on Monday criticized a deciSion by the Struggling ASian nation of LaoS to build the firSt dam acroSS the mainStream of the Mekong River, a project that environmentaliStS warn could affect tenS of millionS of livelihoodS and trigger a dam-building Spree along SS='cambodia-color'>...

The custodians of a community forest in Ratanakkiri have accused a company of illegally bulldozing their protected jungle. sen Youn, a representative of the Jarai ethnic minority in O’Yadav district’s Lumchor commune, said yesterday an investigation with rights groups had uncovered that the Chea Chanrith Development ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local authorities have stepped in to halt construction around a disputed land concession in Ratanakkiri province in an attempt to discover whether the company has the right to clear forest that residents claim they depend on to survive. In what appears to be a rare showing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bangkok-based new ambassador of Israel to Cambodia simon Roded on Monday expressed Israel’s desires to promote bilateral ties with Cambodia in tourism and agriculture. speaking during presenting credentials to President of Cambodia ‘s National Assembly Heng samrin, who received the credentials on behalf of King Norodom ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will soon boast its first tractor assembly plant, with operations expected to begin by the third quarter of this year. The one-hectare plant, in Phnom Penh’s Por sen Chey district, is a joint venture by Belarus-based Minsk Tractor Works, one of the world’s biggest tractor producers, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Chea Sokheng, general director of Arizon Group Ltd, a potential inveStor in Cambodia&rSquo;S education and real eState SectorS, Said that inveStment in education iS a main contributor to developing human reSourceS and growth of the national economy. Though he mentioned the opportunity to inveSt in the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Thaicom Public Company Ltd., which owns a majority stake in local phone operator Mfone, announced on Friday that they have devalued the company by about $1.31 million as profits in the first quarter dropped by half. “In an effort to reflect the fair value of its ss='cambodia-color'>...

The determination of 3,000 garment factory workers in Kampong Chhnang province’s M&V factory has finally paid off. Workers will return to the factory floor today after management finally agreed to their four-point list of demands yesterday, after initially refusing to budge. Noun sam Ol, deputy president of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forestry Administration officials have seized equipment valued at $1.5 million from a Banteay Meanchey province biofuel plantation, which is being investigated for fraud in the UK, company and forestry officials said yesterday. sustainable Agro Energy’s assets were frozen in February and investigators at the U.K.’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of new land disputes reported in the first six months of this year decreased by 38 percent compared to the same period in 2011, according to data released by rights group Licadho last week. According to the figures, which represent 15 of the country’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

The producer of Mee Yeung instant noodles is set to expand its business by investing Us$1 million in equipment to produce noodles for export, said a company official. The new machines will be delivered from China and will be able to produce 6,000 cases or ss='cambodia-color'>...