Cambodian authorities have disrupted several events held by nongovernmental organizations and have threatened to arrest anyone holding protests ahead of sensitive regional summits to be held in the capital Phnom Penh, rights groups said Wednesday. The Independent Democracy of Informal Economic Association (IDEA) said authorities in ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than four years after the violent forced eviction of about 800 families from Dey Krahorm in the capital’s high-rent Tonle Bassac commune, small-scale construction is finally beginning on the site. In the past month, the skeletons of a future barbecue restaurant and a beer garden ss='cambodia-color'>...

The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.s.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong made another appeal to Australia for additional funds to complete a behind-schedule project to rehabilitate the country’s railway network, this time to newly appointed Australian Ambassador Alison Burrows, according to a ministry spokesman. While work on the southern Line of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Forty-four Number One and OK condom packers, out of work since their contracts ended on sunday, protested outside the office of health NGO Population services Khmer (PsK) in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding “unpaid” seniority bonuses. Representative so Nita said the workers, four of whom have physical ss='cambodia-color'>...

As work begins on Cambodia’s biggest dam, those advocating against its construction have warned that the region’s rush for hydropower will have a disastrous effect on millions of people who rely on the Mekong River to survive. Last month, workers began preparing an area in northeastern ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a move to facilitate a more unencumbered travel experience in the region, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines plan to develop a mutually beneficial system that would allow tourists to enter the four countries with one single visa. Collaborating with relevant government agencies and stakeholders, ss='cambodia-color'>...

A court official at the Kompong Speu Provincial Court Said Monday that a total of 16 union repreSentativeS have been charged with damaging property and inciting violence during a proteSt outSide a garment factory earlier thiS month, twice the number of arreStS previouSly confirmed. Provincial Judge SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Information has banned the broadcast of all Khmer-language programs by foreign radio stations for the entire 31 days of the pre-election campaign period and on election day, July 28, warning that legal action will ensue if stations fail to comply. The ban, announced ss='cambodia-color'>...

Moody’s Investors service said Tuesday that Cambodia’s risk of external debt vulnerability was still contained. In its latest assessment of the impact of Covid-19 on Asian and the Pacific, the U.s. rating agency said “liquidity pressures will continue to haunt some frontier market sovereigns. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Angkor Air will launch a regular flight service between siem Reap and sihanoukville by the end of the year, an official at the Council of Ministers said yesterday. There are currently no flights to sihanoukville, the country’s premier coastal resort, even though the airport ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Free Trade Union (FTU) yesterday filed a complaint with Labor Minister Vong sauth on behalf of nearly 4,000 garment workers in Kompong Chhnang province against Chinese-owned M&V International Manufacturing Ltd, alleging that they had been forced to work on International Women’s Day, which is ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Republic of Congo has become the latest country to throw its support behind Cambodia’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN security Council for the 2013-2014 term, Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said yesterday. Henri Djombo, visiting Congolese minister ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hyatt Hotels Co will open its first hotel in Cambodia next year by rebranding the well-known five-star boutique resort Hotel de la Paix, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. As part of the agreement, Ks Hotels and Resorts, a Thai-based firm, will retain full ss='cambodia-color'>...

In an effort to stop their homes from being swallowed up by a Chinese mega-tourism project, Koh Kong villagers said they will submit a petition to the Chinese Embassy today, calling for intervention from visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao. Villager representative Tith Ten, 54, from Kiri ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court yesterday once again declined to receive a joint complaint from villagers in Kompong Tralach district embroiled in a land dispute with the wife of Industry Minister suy sem. Chhuon siven, provincial clerk director, said that the court could not take the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two villagers from Koh Kong  province involved in a land dispute with a Chinese company were detained for questioning on saturday afternoon, halting their plans to file a petition with the Chinese embassy during President Hu Jintao’s visit. Thirty-three other villagers who had planned to deliver ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia had made its first direct shipment of rice to China, an official revealed yesterday, but the test run, which was hoped to open the vast Chinese rice market to local exporters, was largely unsuccessful. Golden Rice Co Ltd shipped 48 tonnes of milled rice to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian officials are pushing the country’s small- and medium-sized enterprises to prepare for a potential increase in demand expected with the establishment of the AsEAN Economic Community by 2015. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Arrivals at Cambodia’s two biggest airports increased by about 20 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, according to Cambodia Airports. Industry insiders said economic progress in the region coupled with increased flights added to the passenger count at Phnom Penh International Airport and siem ss='cambodia-color'>...