Two days after Prime Minister Hun sen told Phnom Penh municipal authorities to either improve the city’s notorious Prey speu detention center or shut it down, a spokesman said on Thursday that officials had concluded that the “indispensable” facility would remain open. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Plans to complete the railway line connecting Phnom Penh to Poipet City—thereby linking Cambodia’s main port in sihanoukville to Thailand—may not be completed within current time and budget constraints, a Transport Ministry official said on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s fixed-line internet services market continues to attract new players despite limited infrastructure and a crowded playing field, new data show. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two days after Prime Minister Hun sen told the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia to focus her efforts on tackling racial discrimination, deputy opposition leader Kem sokha on Thursday used a Cham Muslim religious ceremony to argue that there is no ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday to receive a grant worth more than $150 million, the majority of which will go toward the construction of a massive sports and entertainment complex in Phnom Penh, a sen­ior official ss='cambodia-color'>...

The abrupt cancellation of this year’s Water Festival has had an economic fallout on small businesses that see the annual event as a windfall for their marketing and sales efforts, and had already invested in promotional materials.The cancellation marks the fourth time in five years ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. Navy began training with the Royal Cambodian Navy, commencing the 6th annual Cooperation Afloat ReadineSS and Training program in Cambodia. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Education Ministry will organize a training course and study programs that will give all of the country’s teachers access to bachelor’s degree programs by 2020, officials said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on the Cambodian government to revoke the arrest warrant for opposition leader sam Rainsy, with its parliamentarians suggesting some $435 million in aid be canceled if it is ignored. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Japanese nonprofit organization committed to helping disadvantaged Cambodian children receive an education celebrated the completion of its 19th school there in February.AMATAK, which means “eternity” in Khmer, has been building schools for children in rural Cambodia since 1995. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A bill to regulate the management of Cambodia’s casino industry could be approved by the country’s National Assembly (pictured) in the first quarter of 2016, reported the Khmer Times newspaper, quoting an official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The $540 million Tatay River hydropower plant was inaugurated yesterday in Koh Kong, making it the second hydropower plant in the province after the Russei Chrum Krom River plant opened earlier this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sitting in a meeting with U.S. PreSident Barack Obama and fellow ASean leaderS in California on TueSday, Prime MiniSter Hun Sen Seemed to have hiS mind on what CambodianS would think of hiS participation in thiS week&rSquo;S U.S.-ASean Summit. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia imported 2.55 million tons of petroleum in 2015, up 64 percent from 1.55 million tons in the year before, according to the data of the Ministry of Commerce. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Siem Reap, the home of UNESCO-liSted ancient templeS, waS placed fifth among the world&rSquo;S top 25 travel deStinationS in 2015, dropping from Second place in the previouS year&rSquo;S ranking by TripAdviSor, a popular online Site for travelerS and one truSted by touriStS chooSing deStinationS to SS='cambodia-color'>...

ACLEDA Bank announced its first-quarter results for 2016 on Friday, reporting $30.19 million in profit for the quarter, up almost 21 per cent compared to the same period last year.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian strategic environment is being overturned by a radical shift in the distribution of wealth and power between the major powers and the corresponding shift in their strategic expectations as well as by responses from smaller powers to those shifts.    ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government is failing to protect Cambodia’s forests, activists, civil society groups and students said during yesterday’s World Environment Day celebration in Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labour met with Malaysian-owned Global Apparels Limited factory representatives, union officials and workers yesterday, to negotiate an agreement for compensation as the company closes down.    ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s biggest agriculture industry event of the year received a cool response on its first day as turnout from local agro-businesses was low and overseas suppliers struggled to find potential buyers for the latest agricultural products. ss='cambodia-color'>...