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The Cambodian government has announced several amendments to the troubled Traffic Law which, according to National Police spokesman Kirt Chantharith, will be fully enforced starting 15 March. Keep reading ...

City Hall has warned Phnom Penh’s sole waste management firm that it has just one more opportunity to lift its game before its oft-criticised contract comes under threat. Following a meeting on 12 January between Cintri and local authorities to review the firm’s performance, Ieng Aunny, deputy ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on 13 January abruptly scrapped toll fees for National Road 4, ending a controversial 15-year contract with the politically connected business AZ Distribution Co. As of 12am today, drivers of cars, trucks and buses no longer need to pay at any of the ...

Hundreds of workers from the Agile Sweater factory in Kampong Speu province gathered in front of the provincial court on 13 January, praying for authorities to release five unionists arrested at the factory on 12 January. The workers lit incense sticks as they massed in prayer, ...

The government collected $34.7 million in taxes from Cambodia’s 63 licensed casinos in 2015, a 33 per cent increase over the previous year, a Ministry of Economy and Finance official said on 12 January. Ros Phirun, deputy director of the ministry’s Finance Industry department, attributed the ...

Cambodia’s coastal fish yields declined by 5 per cent in the past year, a coastal fishery administration officer said on 12 January. Nen Chamroeun, administration official in Sihanoukville, said fishermen switching to factory work and venturing onto the water less often were the main culprits for ...

More than 50 Vietnamese immigrants have been detained by Cambodia’s Interior Ministry’s immigration police following two recent raids, bringing the total number of people awaiting deportation for being in the country illegally to 73, according to an official. Keep reading ...

More than 500 trafficked Cambodian migrant workers were rescued abroad and sent home in 2015, a huge increase compared to 2014 numbers, though largely attributable to a handful of mass repatriations from Indonesia. According to a report by the Foreign Ministry, 573 workers were returned home ...

More than 150 people living along the railway line gathered at the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation on 11 January, demanding information about the plans for a new elevated toll road that is to connect Phnom Penh’s city centre to the airport. The protest was ...

The Ministry of Health on 11 January launched a nationwide program aimed at holding back the spread of drug-resistant diseases. Microbes are continuing to evolve resistance to drugs at an alarming rate all over the world, often due to the unsupervised and inappropriate use of antimicrobials, health ...