The economy will likely continue to suffer as foreign donors waiting for the results of the July elections delay approving new aid projects and renewing old ones, according to a new report from an economic research institute.

Environmental watchdog Glo­bal Witness often has been dismissed by logging companies  and government officials as ex­tremist in its view of deforestation in Cambodia.

Prince Norodom Ranariddh will not return to Cambodia before the end of Khmer New Year festivities on April 17, aides to the prince said Thursday.

A US investigation into the possibility of bringing Khmer Rouge supremo Pol Pot to trial is the fruition of an act passed in 1994 by the US Congress, an Khmer Rouge expert said Thursday.

The royal pardon granted to  Prince Norodom Ranariddh was within the scope of the Consti­tution, lawyers and diplomats asserted Thursday.

The ballot for this year’s general election will be missing two of the most prominent party names in national politics thanks to the party splits that have been rife in past years.

Census officials have refuted allegations that poor-quality paper used for questionnaires may threaten the results of the recent national census.

A total of 44 political parties are expected to be approved by the Ministry of Interior this week to compete in elections scheduled for July 26, a ministry official said.

As contradictory claims fly over who possesses central Anlong Veng, analysts agree that for the first time since hard-liners took the remote area in 1990 it doesn’t matter much who controls it.

The UN has agreed to coordinate an international observation program for the forthcoming polls but has warned of its right to withdraw if stringent conditions are not met.

Ministers of Health from Cam­bodia, Laos and Vietnam met in Vientiane last week to discuss ways to jointly combat malaria in their countries.

Pro-US politician Ted Ngoy has challenged government critic and sometime labor leader Sam Rainsy to a televised debate on the value of strikes.

The opening of a $20-million dry port has been delayed be­cause of demands by the government a $250,000 deposit from the company, according to customs and Sihanoukville port officials.

The last step before integrating some 2,000 defecting Khmer Rouge soldiers into the government army is to decide which rank they will be designated, a senior defense official said Wed­nesday.

Improving the health of pregnant women remains one of Cam­bodia’s biggest health challenges, a top government official said Tuesday.

The killer of a Funcinpec lieutenant colonel in early March was a well-known district-level policeman, according to a senior hu­man rights official.

After a fourth day of failing to gain a quorum, acting National Assembly President Loy Sim Chheang gave up Tuesday and canceled the parliament’s sessions through Khmer New Year.

An Australian lawyer killed at the Hotel Sofitel Cambodiana two weeks ago was involved in a multi-million dollar investment scam, an Australian newspaper has reported.

A top UN human rights official announced Monday that 50 kil­l­ings believed to be political have been confirmed here since Aug­ust, when the UN last submitted a report documenting political as­sassinations.

Two Malaysian businessmen and two Cambodian soldiers were killed in an ambush Friday in a remote part of Koh Kong province, provincial officials confirmed Monday.