In the weeks that 17-year-old garment worker Yon Chea languished in prison, he spent hours staring out of the window at a concrete wall, certain that he would never see his home or his family again. “I never thought I would get out. There was a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Acting on direct orders from Prime Minister Hun sen, Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Pa socheatvong on Tuesday called on municipal officials to strictly monitor the companies that collect daily fees from the city’s market vendors. Mr. Hun sen called out the governor in a speech on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Many small and medium companies of Japan are showing their interest in doing business in Cambodia, according to an assistant of Prime Minister Hun sen. 99 percent of Japanese small and medium companies are interested in investing in Asia, especially in Cambodia, which is located ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Belgian demining NGO APOPO, which is pioneering the use of mine-detecting rats in the former battlefields of Cambodia, has received funding from the German government to expand its mine-clearance work in the country. In November, the government gave the green light for APOPO to begin ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s third overpass, or flyover, bridge is now close to completion, some eight months ahead of schedule, and its planners say it will not only greatly improve traffic congestion in the southwest of the city but will also lead to price increases for property ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and the United StateS had amounted to 845 million U.S. dollarS in the firSt three monthS of 2014. The number Saw a 11-percent riSe from 758 million U.S. dollarS over the Same period laSt year, figureS releaSe by the U.S. Department SS='cambodia-color'>...

Vattanac Capital Tower, a long-anticipated gleaming tower that dominates the city’s skyline from Monivong Boulevard, continues to attract tenants to its commercial office space. The most recent tenants to occupy the building are Qatar Airways and investment company One Asia Capital, with Qatar occupying 180 square ss='cambodia-color'>...

Late last month, Nhem Bunna, a retired government soldier, struck it lucky here like few have since Ieng sary led his Khmer Rouge rebels to defect to Phnom Penh in 1996. Clutching his index finger below the top joint, his feet still in the silt of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The former owner of a Phnom Penh garment factory gutted by a fire on Monday has agreed to provide loans to about 900 out-of-work employees until the current owner decides whether and how to pay them due wages and severance. Authorities, meanwhile, said they still did ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than a year after Prime Minister Hun sen’s land-titling program was suspended in the lead-up to the 2013 national elections, it has still not begun again despite government claims that the program would resume following the poll. The unfinished work left by student volunteers, who ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese and U.s. governments are set to launch a joint project to help empower women in developing countries in Asia, including Cambodia and Myanmar, as well as Africa, officials of both governments said saturday. The two governments came up with the project as both Prime ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) released a statement Tuesday in which Hor sothoun, the eldest son of Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong, defended himself against complaints of nepotism, abuse of power and mishandling of overtime bonuses in his position as permanent secretary-general in his father’s ministry. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mobile network operator Beeline announced on Monday that it will launch a 4G service by the end of the year. Hout Vanthan, the chairman of parent company sotelco, said the 4G network will be available in Phnom Penh by the fourth quarter of 2014. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties resumed talks Thursday in a bid to end a nearly 10-month political standoff, with the two sides still remaining far apart on how to reform the electoral body which oversees the ballot. Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Kuy Bunroeun, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Foreign donors should push Cambodia’s government to end its human rights abuses as part of its bid to maintain political control of the nation, a rights group said Wednesday, after Phnom Penh allegedly snubbed recommendations by foreign governments to improve the country’s rights record. Representatives of ss='cambodia-color'>...

With Prime Minister Hun sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), saying it was in the interest of implementing key electoral reform and bringing greater freedom to the country. speaking in a video posted to his Facebook account, the president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia on Wednesday hosted its first annual macroeconomic conference, outlining the need to ensure Cambodia’s rapidly growing financial sector supports sustainable and inclusive economic growth while managing greater risks. Cambodia’s banking and microfinance sectors have seen enormous growth in recent years with ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Willowbrook Company, a New York-based renewable energy development company, is seeking support from Cambodia to build a 250-megawatt solar power plant, the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Friday. Edward J.sappin, visiting chief executive officer of the Willowbrook Company, urged the support from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh police are hunting for another four suspects for being behind the assassination of tycoon Ung Meng Cheu who was gunned down on November 22 in Chamkar Morn district. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior on Wednesday said it was standing by its decision to not renew the visa of outspoken environmental activist Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson in the face of mounting pressure from fellow activists, NGOs, unions, students and monks—even opposition leader sam Rainsy—to reverse course. ss='cambodia-color'>...