A group of 900 Bunong villagers are seeking the removal of the governor of Mondolkiri, complaining in a petition that was submitted to the government Monday that he does not respect the rights of ethnic minorities in the province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s public housing policy, aimed to provide affordable housing for the middle income class and low income class, is expected to boost the construction sector in Cambodia as an increased population and rapid urbanisation is expected to create a demand of more than a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s largest bank Acleda Bank yesterday announced its third quarter results for 2015, reporting $27.06 million in profit for the quarter, up almost 50 per cent as compared to the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the government of Cambodia to develop a National Environmental strategy and Action Plan (NEsAP) to help the country achieve its sustainable development goals. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), the state enterprise that operates Cambodia’s second-largest port, priced its shares at 5,120 riel ($1.26) following a bookbuild to institutional investors as it looks to raise $5.2 million in an initial public offering, according to disclosure documents released yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s opposition leaders are visiting Japan this week, calling on support for improved democracy in Cambodia through free and fair elections.The visit of sam Rainsy, the president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, and Kem sokha, the party’s vice president, coincides with the long-awaited election ss='cambodia-color'>...

Passenger traffic at all three of Cambodia’s international airports is expected to grow this year despite the economic slowdown in Asia’s biggest economy, which could see many Chinese tourists tightening their belt. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three local NGOs have filed a com­plaint with international sug­ar industry group Bonsucro for re­admitting Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol even though thousands of fam­ilies forced off the company’s for­mer plantations in Oddar Mean­chey province have yet to be fully compensated. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian trade officials are urging their Chinese counterparts to boost imports of Cambodian rubber, cassava, sugar and pepper to narrow the trade imbalance between the two countries, officials said after a meeting last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On Friday, it will have been a month since Prime Minister Hun sen took the stage during the opening of the Environment Ministry’s palatial new headquarters in Phnom Penh to announce that 1 million hectares had been confiscated from wayward landholders and would be doled ss='cambodia-color'>...

If there is to be an end to the cycle of poverty that afflicts many Cambodians with disabilities, then most experts agree that stable employment will be one of the prerequisites. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia ranked third-worst for illicit trade out of 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region in a recently released index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that analysed governments’ abilities to combat illegal trade operations.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday signed a sub-decree to create “biodiversity conservation corridors”—patches of land connecting Cambodia’s protected areas—putting an additional 1.4 million hectares under the management of the Environment Ministry.This brings Cambodia’s protected areas overseen by the ministry to more than 40 percent ss='cambodia-color'>...

Though some of that control had slipped away in recent years, there are still plenty of state bodies, official roles and chairmanships up for grabs after sok An died on Wednesday at the age of 66. The most high-profile of those positions, minister in charge ss='cambodia-color'>...

The European Union is expected to enter Kampong speu palm sugar into its registry of protected geographical indicators (GI) by July following a push by the Cambodian government to protect the specialty food product in one of its biggest markets, a Ministry of Commerce official ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a statement on sunday, the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) said the $6 million in additional funding from the U.s. Agency for International Development (UsAID) would be paid into an endowment fund that would accrue interest over the next 20 years, eventually bringing in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The multi-trillion-dollar scheme proposed by Chinese premier Xi Jinping in 2013 aims to promote economic integration across Eurasia by investing in a “silk Road Economic Belt” and “Maritime silk Road”, comprising transnational economic corridors and new trade arrangements. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Makro Cambodia, the local arm of international cash-and-carry wholesaler Makro, held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday for construction of its first outlet in the Kingdom, which is expected to launch operations in December. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS EmbaSSy haS pledged $55,500 to the MiniStry of Culture and Fine ArtS in part to preServe the clotheS worn by victimS of atrocitieS at S-21 priSon. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Despite Cambodia having a vibrant startup scene with entrepreneurs launching ventures on a near daily basis, businesses trying to tap into financial resources for growth have difficulty accessing capital and are stuck in the unbankable “missing middle”, according to a recent study. ss='cambodia-color'>...