More than 30 families living in Koh Kong province’s Kiri sakor district yesterday protested against the work of a special Economic Zone company owned by tycoon Ly Yong Phat. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With the bidding process for the project coming to an end, the construction of a new seaport for tourist vessels in Kampot will begin in March, a representative of Kampot’s tourism department told Khmer Times. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following robust growth in cargo shipments, total revenue for state-owned Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), the second largest harbor in Cambodia, increased by 14 percent in 2017, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As authorities yesterday searched for officials suspected of killing three forestry patrollers in a brazen ambush near Mondulkiri’s border with Vietnam, families, friends and colleagues struggled to make sense of the sudden deaths of their loved ones. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday blamed Cambodia’s rampant deforestation on local villagers who he claimed had been “incited” by the opposition to clear the forestland, though conservationists were quick to point out that those behind illegal logging are actually often powerful tycoons connected to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Institute of standards of Cambodia developed 63 new standards last year, bringing the total number of certifications available from the government to 868, though one industry representative said the system still needed improvement in order to facilitate exports. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS SayS it will give Vietnam a loan of more than $100 million to buy a telecommunicationS Satellite from a U.S. companyLockheed Martin Ex-Im SayS the Satellite will provide coverage to Vietnam, Cambodia, LaoS and Thailand. It SayS PreSident Barack Obama waS required to SS='cambodia-color'>...

An official at the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy expressed concern that if the quality of Cambodian produced goods does not improve, Cambodia is likely to become largely a retailer of foreign goods when the AsEAN Economic Community (AEC) is realised in 2015. Meng saktheara, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The military police officer who killed well-known anti-logging campaigner Chut Wutty, 46, on Thursday in Koh Kong province then died by his own hand after turning his AK-47 assault rifle on himself in an apparent act of instant suicide following the slaying of the forestry ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian microfinance institution PRAsAC says it is bolstering its green credentials by increasing loans for eco-friendly farming methods in the kingdom. President and CEO of PRAsAC, said the institution is “committed to providing and developing more green financing to the rural people for their livelihood ss='cambodia-color'>...

No ground was broken in May on the New siem Reap International Airport (NsRIA), a Us$1 billion Korean investment, and officials say no definite date has been set for work on the project as the developer looks for new partners. NsRIA Co Ltd, an equal joint ss='cambodia-color'>...

The seized property of fugitive former ambassador Nan sy has so far failed to fetch bidders, denying state coffers some $400,000 embezzled by the disgraced official. The undeveloped 10 by 20 meter plot in Tuol Kork district was put up for auction last week in an effort to ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the latest clarification from the government on the subject of it’s new private airliner, a senior aviation official said yesterday that the French-made Airbus A320 is not yet the property of Cambodia, as ownership documents have not been finalized. The 150-seat jet made its inaugural ss='cambodia-color'>...

The first company to offer Cambodians life insurance will launch on May 21, an official at the company said yesterday, though experts said the firm could struggle to make good profits in a market where fraudulent claims and limited customers could become a stumbling block. Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

Climate change was named as the reason for Cambodian salt production this year declining about 15 per cent, experts said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korea and Cambodia have agreed to Share military SupplieS in peacekeeping and reScue operationS aS part of effortS to expand military tieS between the two SideS, the defenSe miniStry here Said TueSday. Lee Seon-chul, the head of the South Korean defenSe miniStry&rSquo;S logiSticS managment bureau, SS='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 families who had their evictions delayed on Thursday in observance of a nationally broadcast speech by Prime Minister Hun sen have once again been ordered to move out, according to local officials. Provincial governor sboang sarath said yesterday that the provincial court had ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture will ask Prime Minister Hun sen to cancel a 4,900-hectare economic land concession belonging to a Vietnamese rubber company in Ratanakkiri province on the grounds that the firm has been illegally logging on a large scale, officials said yesterday. According to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Borei Keila evictees who have spent months sleeping under staircases and near rubbish dumps delivered a petition to UN special Rapporteur suya subedi yesterday as their quest to be housed again at Borei Keila continued. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the Prey Long Forest Network yesterday said they are planning to hold a citizens’ patrol to look for evidence of illegal logging in Kompong Thom province this weekend. The patrol would be the first such patrol in the country since the April 26 murder ss='cambodia-color'>...