Ieng Sary Now Staying at Residence in Capital
Notorious former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary is staying in Phnom Penh, according to a bodyguard stationed at his residence in Chamkarmon district. The...
EdC Staff Say Power Stealers Acted Alone
Officials at Electricite du Cambodge claimed no wrongdoing Wednesday following allegations by police and Governor Chea Sophara that staff at the state-run utility colluded...
Border Patrol Encounters Armed Vietnamese
kompong krasaing village, Takeo province - For 10 years, Major Chea Samorn and his border police have waded across the flood plains here in...
Newspapers May Face Suspension
The Ministry of Information has threatened to suspend two opposition papers for insulting the King and Prime Minister Hun Sen, but the editor of...
Deteriorating School Building Forces Schoolchildren Outside
About 650 school children in Kampot province’s Banteay Meas district are being forced to study outside under trees because their teachers are afraid their...
One of Only Two Remaining Tuol Sleng Survivors Dies
One of the two remaining survivors of Democratic Kampuchea’s brutal Tuol Sleng prison died Sunday, finally the victim of the regime that failed to...
Three EdC Staff Arrested in Alleged Robbery Of Electricity
Three people have been arrested and four Electricite du Cambodge staff members are under investigation for their roles in an alleged scam to steal...
Firms Promise Rent to Gov’t
Thirteen companies have pledged to pay several hundred thousands of dollars of back rent owed on property leased by the Ministry of Industry, officials...
3 Arrested in Alleged Theft Of Electricity
Three people have been arrested and four Electricite du Cambodge staff members are under investigation for their roles in an alleged scam to steal...
Magazine Chronicles Evidence of Khmer Rouge Genocide
Although the cover is sleek and the photograph of black-clad Khmer Rouge leaders provocative, Cambodia’s newest magazine reads more like a “textbook or a...
Gov’t to Improve Drinking Water in Provinces
Though only a quarter of Cambodians currently have access to safe drinking water, the Ministry of Rural Development is hoping to boost that number...
Adhoc Claims K’Cham Murder Not Political
An initial investigation by the human rights group Adhoc has concluded that the Sam Rainsy Party member shot to death in Kompong Cham last...
Former S Korean Dictator Visits Cambodia
Former South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan and a group of about 20 businessmen interested in investing in Cambodia were greeted Tuesday by a...
Uniforms for Motos, Cyclos May Sport Ads
Corporate sponsors are being sought to fund a uniform program for cyclo and motorcycle taxi drivers, Phnom Penh Governor Chea Sophara said Tuesday. “We...
Illegal Loggers Nocturnal, New Report Says
Illegal logging is occurring to a lesser degree but in a more covert fashion since a crackdown was instituted a year ago, according to...
Gov’t, ADB Seek Reliable Financial Data
The Ministry of Planning will form an inter-ministerial statistics steering committee in order to compile reliable statistics on the country’s socio-economic condition, said ministry...
PM’s Order Keeps Acquitted Man Jailed
This is the first in an occasional series on judicial reform. At the new T3 prison, Ghanaian inmate Eugene Okyebe tells guards he should be...
Gov’t Hasn’t Given In to UN On KR Trial, Officials Say
Returning from a UN trade conference in Bangkok where Prime Minister Hun Sen met with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, government officials on Monday deflected...
Governor Orders Police to Stop Vigilante Mob Killings
In a move to stop mob killings in Phnom Penh, Governor Chea Sophara has ordered municipal authorities to take greater responsibility for arrested criminals....
Sam Rainsy Restates Murder Was Political
After traveling to Kompong Cham on Monday to visit the wife of a party activist shot to death last week, opposition leader Sam Rainsy...