Government officials and armed police burnt down 25 homes in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district yesterday claiming they were in the protected Kulen Prumtep Wildlife Sanctuary, villagers and a rights group investigator said yesterday.  The houses, which are part of larger community of about ...

The Asian Development Bank said yesterday problems with a railway rehabilitation project – funded by the bank and AusAID – identified by a local NGO that was suspended by the government last month “may require further investigation or analysis”. In July, STT released a report ...

It sounds like something from a Victorian novel – hundreds of young women falling, en masse, into a swoon. But this phenomenon has become a bafflingly common occurrence in modern-day Cambodia. The incidents have been limited to women working in a small number of the country’s ...

Sihanoukville Autonomous Port saw a 10 per cent year-on-year shipment increase in the first 11 months of the year, according to data provided by the Port’s general director. The shipment of cargo across the port during the time period reached 2.2 million tons, a 9.94 per ...

When Reaksmey (not his real name) was in high school two years ago, he and his classmates were urged to attend the supplementary classes taught by their teachers before and after regular school hours. For an hour before school and two to three hours after each ...

2,000 some fashionistas from around Asia will descend on Phnom Penh in October for 10 days during the country’s first fashion event, costing an estimated $1 million. According to Sophy Ke, president of the Cambodia Fashion Council, Cambodia Fashion Week is intended to increase domestic ...

More than 1,000 families from four districts in Siem Reap province involved in ongoing land disputes released a joint statement on Friday asking for intervention from government officials. Villagers involved in six separate land disputes with various private companies in four districts claim a total ...

The Kingdom’s fish exports declined 48 per cent in the first nine months of 2011, as a result of growing local demand, according to Ministry of Commerce figures. The statistics showed that Cambodia’s export of fish totalled 1,099 tonnes from January to September, compared to 2,123 ...

Year-end travelers have fully booked Sihanoukville province’s hotels and guesthouses for the first-ever Sea Festival, which is expected to attract thousands of visitors this year, tourism officials said. Tith Chantha, general director at the Ministry of Tourism, confirmed that all hotel and guesthouse rooms were booked ...

Illegal logging of staggering proportions abetted by military personnel is decimating stocks of luxury rosewood in the Central Cardamom Protected Forest, while the conversation group tasked with protecting the area and its government counterparts deny the trade is even happening. In a period of several hours ...

It was a big gamble for Khun Savy, travelling hundreds of kilometres and spending thousands of Thai baht for broker fees and bribes he said he paid to be smuggled into Thailand. At the O’Smach International Border Checkpoint in Oddar Meanchey province, the 29-year-old was one ...

The Court of Appeal yesterday reduced the sentence of the former deputy director general of Anco Groups and his wife to three years imprisonment each. In December, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced the couple to four-and-a-half years each for embezzling nearly $60 million dollars from ...

The Cambodian government was strengthening its capacity to combat human trafficking by focusing on poverty reduction and was eager to work with other groups tackling the crime, Interior Ministry Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng said yesterday. “The issues of human trafficking and migrating workers are ...

The inquiry that targeted Hun To, dubbed Operation Illipango, investigated the shipment of heroin into Australia from Cambodia in loads of timber. Hun To, a nephew of Prime Minister Hun Sen, is a powerful and feared figure in Cambodia. He was once considered a close business ...

A weekend meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Hun Sen concluded with millions in loans and aid agreed to and a clear message: neither nation is in a rush to deal with the prickly South China Sea dispute. At the Saturday one on ...

A code of Conduct governing the South China Sea remains only an “eventual” prospect, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, despite it dominating discussions during this week’s ASEAN Summit. From the beginning of Monday’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the question of China’s potential involvement in the drafting ...

គណបក្ស​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​មូលដ្ឋាន​ (GDP) កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​ប្រកាស​ជំហរ​ជាថ្មី​វិញ​ថា នឹង​ចូលរួម​ប្រកួត​ក្នុង​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ជាតិ​នា​ចុងខែ​កក្កដា​នេះ​ដោយ​អះអាង​ថា ស្ថានភាព​លំបាក​ដែល​ជា​ឧបសគ្គ​រំខាន​ក្នុង​យុទ្ធនាការ​មុន​ការបោះឆ្នោត​បាន​វិល​មក​រក​ភាព​ធូរស្រាល​វិញ បន្ទាប់ពី​ប៉ុន្មាន​ថ្ងៃ​មុន​បាន​ព្រមាន​ដកខ្លួន ...

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​រាប់​ពាន់​គ្រួសារ​នៅ​តាម​បណ្តោយ​ទន្លេមេគង្គ​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ជម្លៀស​ចេញ​កាលពី​ស​ប្តា​ហ៍​មុន​ បន្ទាប់​ពី​ការ​បាក់​ទំនប់​នៅ​ឡាវ​បាន​បណ្តាល​ឱ្យ​មាន​ទឹកជំនន់​នៅ​ក្នុងស្រុក​។​ សមាជិក​ម្នាក់​នៃ​ជនជាតិភាគតិច​ការ​វែ​ត​ ឈ្មោះ​ ដួង​ និង​គ្រួសារ​របស់ ...

រដ្ឋ​បាល​ខេត្ដ​មណ្ឌល​គិរី​ បាន​ចេញ​លិខិត​បដិ​សេធ​ចំពោះ​ព័​ត៌មាន​ដែល​​ថា​លោក​អភិ​បាល​ខេត្ដ​នេះ​បាន​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​ដឹក​ឈើ​ចេញ​ទៅ​​វៀត​ណាម​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ​ទី​១៤​ខែ​សីហា​បន្ទាប់​ឈើ​ប្រ​មាណ ...

អ្នកភូមិ​មាន​ជម្លោះ​ដីធ្លី​​ជាង ៣០០ នាក់​មកពី​ស្រុក​ស្នួល ខេត្ត​ក្រចេះ​ តំណាង​ឱ្យ​ជាង​ ១៦០០ គ្រួសារ​បាន​នាំ​គ្នា​ឡើង​មក​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ដើម្បី​ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​ក្រសួង​រៀបចំ​ដែនដី នគរូប​នីយកម្ម និង​សំណង់ និង​ស្ថាប័ន​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ជួយ​ពន្លឿន​ការ​ដោះស្រាយ​វិវាទ​ដីធ្លី​ជាមួយ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​មេមត់ ប៉ុន្ដែ​មន្ត្រី​ប្រាប់​ឲ្យ ...