Interior MInister Sar Kheng told provIncial security forces In Kratie on Thursday to remaIn vigilant for any opposition activity In the run-up to July’s national elections, while also warnIng that a popular opposition movement would only come about from the government’s failure to cater to ...

Improved quality coupled with growing international demand has sent crab prices escalating over the past year, officials said on Wednesday. in some provinces, the price has jumped as much as 66 percent during the past 12 months. Lang Kery, chief of the Koh Kong provincial Fishery Administration’s ...

Police and soldiers in Mondulkiri province broke up a gathering of ethnic minority villagers yesterday as they planned to hold prayers and call on the government to stop illegal logging. the ceremony, held in Mondulkiri province‘s Sen Monorom district, was to be attended by an estimated ...

Businesses in Phnom Penh have been ordered to dismantle signs and advertisements erected on public property without the permission of City Hall. in a letter sent to businesses on Wednesday and published on the city’s website yesterday, City Hall said companies found to have been flouting ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday praised former ruling party president Chea Sim, who died on Monday, calling him a national hero and comparing his patriotic ideals to those of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk.​ Speaking to reporters after paying his respects at the former Senate ...

People in western provinces urged to move to higher ground as more water to be released from reservoirs.Many dams in the western region are rapidly filling up due to heavy downpours, with the situation at Kaeng Krachan Dam being of the greatest concern. the reservoir ...

Open Development Thailand (ODT) recently published a new topic page on “Forest Policy and Administration,” which informs relevant policies and laws of the forestry sector in Thailand. You will gain insights on regulatory development to balance and sustain the forest health conditions and support communities ...

The fishes on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. Photo by llee Wu, taken on 10 September 2010. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0The 2006 Fisheries Law classifies fishing activity into three broad categories: family or subsistence, small-scale and commercial.Commercial fishing is allowed only in The open season ...

The president of a tuk-tuk and motodop drivers’ association, whose members were recorded on video brutally beating protesting bus drivers over The weekend, said he would file complaints against prominent union and civil society leaders for sparking The violence his own group was accused of ...

Airlines are preparing more marketing campaigns and promotions to maintain ticket volumes after the implementation of a new jet-fuel tax is set to drive up air fares. ​Major carriers doubt that the higher tax on jet fuel will affect their business in the long term, ...

A coalition of election monitoring NGOs on 19 November urged the government to endorse an international commitment to free and fair elections, and to evaluate the Kingdom’s elections according to its standards. Koul Panha, executive director of election watchdog Comfrel – part of the umbrella group Electoral ...

Laos’ State Inspection Authority (SIA) has discovered that more than 2.24 trillion kip ($216 million) has been lost In Incidents InvolvIng corruption, followIng Investigations conducted over the past year. the authority said a huge amount of money had been misappropriated, consistIng of 1.86 trillion kip, $24.88 ...

The ASEAN Foundation in collaboration with Microsoft and Empire Code proudly presents The Future Ready ASEAN Competition 2020. The Future Ready ASEAN Competition is a competition which targets ASEAN youth aged 15 to 35 who have been trained on The Future Ready ASEAN platform to ...

The trade in rice products between Laos and China still faces challenges due to The demand for high quality by Chinese buyers, according to a senior trade promotion official. This means Lao producers will have to try a lot harder to produce high quality rice ...

The current government headed by President U Thein Sein has proposed a K24 trillion (US$18.4 billion) budget for The incoming government, including a K3.9 trillion deficit – more than $3 billion at current exchange rates. The draft was submitted to The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on 22 ...

Speaking via video-link at a ceremony on Wednesday marking the 19th anniversary of the 1997 grenade attack in Phnom Penh, self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy announced that a French court had re-opened an investigation into the deadly attack he has long blamed on Prime Minister ...

Supermarket owners are to be called for a meeting with the Commerce Ministry in response to complaints from small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that local products are not displayed or sold on their shelves, the commerce minister said yesterday at the launch of a ...

Nine critically endangered Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins, were born this year, but two of them died, the World Wildlife Fund has said. in a statement issued on Friday, the WWF said the population continues to be threatened by illegal fishing and hydropower dams. ...

The Health Ministry yesterday reported seven new cases of COVID-19, bringing The tally number in  The Kingdom to 233. ​ ...

Cambodia has committed to promote Asean-EU cooperation with  the Asean foreign ministers on Friday supporting the EU’s proposal for a commemorative summit in Brussels next year to mark the 45th anniversary of Asean-EU relations. ...