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The construction of two hydroelectric dams proposed for the Mekong River would lead to steep declines in the availability of fish-an essential source of protein for Cambodians- potentially threatening food security, according to a new report by the fisheries administration. The study by the administration’s Inland Fisheries ...

Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the Sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the Sekong’s ...

A Cambodian court sentenced a former governor in absentia to 18 months in prison for shooting three female workers at a factory supplying sportswear giant Puma, a judge said yesterday. The women, employees of Puma supplier Kaoway Sports, were wounded when someone opened fire on protesters ...

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have become magnets for Chinese investment amid the global economic slump. Among the most recent deals, Hunan Province-based Xinyuan Mining Co Ltd bought a license to exploit a 28 million square meter gold mine in Cambodia, and ...

A reporter from Cheat Sachak newspaper in Ratanakkiri province filed a complaint to provincial military police and rights group Adhoc on Monday, claiming he had been beaten by a group of illegal loggers to stop him from reporting on their activities. Phon Bun Thoen, 53, said ...

A London-based sugar trade association aiming to promote a more ethical and sustainable industry will meet early next month to consider a request from Cambodian farmers that it eject U.K.-based sugar firm Tate & Lyle from the group unless it gives them back their land. Some ...

ប្រសិនបើ​អ្នក​ត្រូវ​គេ​ផ្តល់​លុយ​ទាំងអស់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ពិភពលោក​ទៅ​ធ្វើ​វិនិយោគ​លើ​ផ្សារភាគហ៊ុន​មួយ​ដែល​ជា​ផ្សារភាគហ៊ុន​នៃ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​និង​ឡាវ​ តើ​ផ្សារភាគហ៊ុន​មួយ​ណា​ ដែល​អ្នក​នឹង​ធ្វើការ​ជ្រើសរើស​?​ អ្នក​ប្រហែលជា​គ្មាន​ជំរើស​ច្រើន​នោះ​ទេ​  ផ្សារភាគហ៊ុន​ទាំង​ពីរ​មាន ...

The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture has been recognized for its contributions to Cambodians by the a group of experts at Food Tank. The US-based think tank said the center, known in Cambodia as Cedac, was responsible for higher yields in Cambodian agriculture ...

A strike involving hundreds of casino workers – many who have been told their contracts have been terminated – reached an impasse yesterday after NagaWorld officials did not attend a conciliation session at the Arbitration Council, a union leader said. “The Arbitration Council could not immediately ...

Monks residing in Koh Kong’s remote Areng Valley have begun raising funds online to renovate their local temple, despite plans in store for a large Chinese backed hydropower dam that would leave the site completely inundated. The 108-MW hydropower dam, to be built by ...

​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ ​ការ​លេង​ល្បែងស៊ីសង​នៅ​តែ​បន្ត​ដូច​ធម្មតា​នៅ​ឯ​កាស៊ីណូ​ ​ណា​ហ្គា​វើ​ល​ ជា​សណ្ឋាគារ​ និង​កាស៊ីណូ​ តែ​មួយ​គត់​នៅ​ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​ ដែល​ទទួល​បាន​អាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ​ត្រឹមត្រូវ​ ទោះបីជា​មានការ​បន្ត​ការ​តវ៉ា​ពី​សំណាក់​បុគ្គលិក​ដែល ...

Government officials yesterday disposed of some 30 tonnes of chemical substances they said Chinese nationals had intended to sell illegally as cosmetics. Long Sreng, deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s anti-economic crime department, said authorities seized the chemicals – some of which already were falsely packaged ...

The Court of Appeal on Monday acquitted a South Korean businessman who allegedly stole $50,000 that was supposed to be used to acquire Cambodian citizenship for his boss in 2007. Koo Bonkwang, the former president of Commerce Central Finance, a microlender, said he paid the money ...

Cambodia Angkor Air plans to launch chartered flights between Siem Reap and the southeastern coastal Chinese city of Xiamen next month. The national flag carrier plans to take off for China for the first time on July 11, CAA Chairman Tek Reth Samrach said yesterday, the ...

Nagaworld casino has fired more than 400 workers who have spent about 10 days striking to demand a wage increase, union leaders, workers and a leaked internal memo have revealed. A list of names, obtained by the Post yesterday, was emailed to management and senior staff ...

Paying Cambodian farmers to capture carbon by not removing mulch during planting and harvesting would help support climate change mitigation, reduce soil deterioration and return higher yields in the long term, say leading agriculture experts. Speaking at a conference in Phnom Penh last Friday, Professor Rattan ...

The Fisheries Administration and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Friday officially launched a program to protect Cambodia’s coastline from over-fishing, erosion and other damage to coastal environments and livelihoods. Since the beginning of the year, the program has been training local officials ...

The Ministry of Interior has said six Cambodians were shot dead by Thai forces in the course of a month, in a rare report outlining the impact of the ongoing trade in luxury rosewood, and authorities’ efforts to curb it. The report also says that ...

The U.S. has downgraded Cambodia in its latest global Trafficking in Persons Report for showing no discernable improvements in its efforts to combat human trafficking over the past year, the country’s first demotion in five years. The 2013 report cites an increase in the number ...

Thailand’s recent announcement of a 20 per cent price cut within the government rice-pledging scheme will have little impact for Cambodian exports, but farmers may feel the effects, say industry insiders. In an article published in the Bangkok Post on June 19, Thailand’s cabinet had agreed ...

​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ផ្សា​រមូល​ប​ត្រ​កម្ពុជា​(CSX)​ ដែល​មា​នទី​តាំងនៅ​ជាន់​ទី​ ២៥​ នៃ​អគារ​កា​ណា​ឌី​យ៉ា​នៅ​មាន​បញ្ហា​ខ្លះ​ហាក់ដូចជា​កំពុង​ខ្វះខាត​នៅឡើយ​។​ ​ នៅ​ចុង​ផ្លូវ​ចូល​មាន​សញ្ញា​តូច​មួយ​បង្ហាញ​ថា​ “​បន្ទប់​ជួញដូរ​” ...

Lawmakers from the opposition SRP and Human Rights Party who were expelled from Parliament earlier this month have called on the foreign diplomatic corps and international donors to stop signing agreements and conducting other business with the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. In a letter ...

About 200 protesters clamoured yesterday in front of a Kandal province commune chief’s office, demanding the state take control of providing their electricity. Yong Phany, a 32-year-old protester from Ang Snuol district’s Poeuk commune said Peoun Sambat, the private company contracted to provide electricity to the ...

The government does little to protect the rights and livelihoods of the country’s many ethnic minorities who are under constant threat from rapid development, representatives of indigenous groups said yesterday. “We have polices laws and guidelines to protect indigenous people, but we see that it doesn’t ...