The Oddar Meanchey PrOvincial COurt On Saturday charged a 31-year-Old sOldier fOr helping villagers whO were shOt dead after crOssing the Thai bOrder while lOgging fOr luxury timber, Officials and a rights wOrker Said yesterday. MaO Chenda, 20, and Ung Theara, 17, villagers frOm AnlOng Veng ...

Tourists heading for Angkor Wat will have to watch what they wear from next month onwards, the Apsara Authority announced yesterday.   ...

Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, NagaWorld, has agreed to build a brand-new 15-story tower for the National Election Committee (NEC) as part of its plans to invest $369 million in expanding its current operations over the next three years, an official at the casino said ...

Near the river in Phnom Penh and next to Diamond Island, there’s a huge, bunker-like building that is almost always a beehive of activity. Inside, there are people enjoying an evening concert or strolling around studying the decor, including large stone faces of the Buddha. others, however, are occupied with more mundane matters-placing ...

Public-listed special economic zone (SEZ) developer Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) has reported a sharp increase in total revenue and lower net loss in the first quarter of 2022, a filing with Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) showed. ...

The tourism ministry has called on business owners and service providers not to raise prices during the upcoming Khmer New Year holidays to allow tourists to enjoy the traditional holiday after two years of postponements brought upon by the Covid-19 outbreak in Cambodia. ...

The new duty-free shop opened by China Duty Free Group (CDFG) in Sihanoukville will have a major impact on development of the tourism industry in the coastal resort, a senior provincial official said yesterday. ...

The Collective Union of Movement of Workers has sent a letter to the Ministry of Labour seeking intervention over abusive working conditions for staffers at a casino in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town. ...

BANGKOK- First bus services between the twO KingdOms Of CambOdia and Thailand had their debut On December 29, said the TranspOrt CO., a Thai state enterprise under the TranspOrt Ministry. The service includes the BANGkOk-Siem Reap rOute, a 424-kilOmetre trip that takes abOut seven hOurs. ...

Thirty-four roads in Sihanoukville are set to open in April ahead of the Khmer New Year holiday, as provincial officials urge contracted construction firms to accelerate their work to be completed as planned. ...

A top official in Siem Reap has said the newly built roads in the province will improve connectivity with remote areas and help boost tourism. ...

New factories were established in Cambodia in the first half of this year despite a decrease in exports of manufacturing products due to slow demand from main markets. ...

The CNRP has selected longtime opposition financier Kun Lom Ang as chairwoman of the private company established in october to operate its new television station, party spokesman Yim Sovann said Tuesday. The Ministry of Information late last month granted Cambodian Independent Media, which was registered by ...

Crippling revenue and poor gamer numbers have prompted Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGA) to consider walking away from its Dreamworld Casino in Pailin province, according to a filing on the NASDAQ exchange on January 21. EGA, owned by Melco International Development, runs Dreamworld Casinos in Pailin and ...

Asia-Info, an online French news site with journalists based in Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia focusing on travel and regional issues, launched on Saturday. The website is the brainchild of Jerome Moriniere and Frederic Amat, two former editors of Cambodge Soir—the weekly French-language newspaper that ...

The Ministry of Environment plans to turn the former Banteay Chak Sdech Korn into a historical eco-tourism area in Tboung Khmum province after Environment Minister Eang Sophalleth explored the potential of attracting tourists to boost the province’s economy.​ ...

Koh Ker Temple, a remote archaeological site in northern Cambodia about 120 km away from Siem Reap and an ancient capital of the Khmer Empire is set to be listed as a World Heritage site. ...

The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) filed legal complaints yesterday, following allegations on Wednesday that police had assaulted seven garment workers, including a pregnant woman. sa’ang district police chief Chea Socheat yesterday again denied officers had been violent during a strike ...

The coastal city of Sihanoukville is undergoing a massive transformation. once perceived as a seedy haunt for lethargic backpackers and expats, a flood of Chinese tourists and investors has begun to alter the landscape by setting up everything from gaudy casinos to towering luxury resorts ...

The Israeli gaming firm behind Sihanoukville’s queenco Casino is seeking investors to expand its operations in the seaside town, according to a report released by the company last week, but after six months of “cash flow distress” and losses of more than $1 million, those ...