Patients living with HIV/AIDs in northwestern Cambodia’s Battambang province have called on the government for help in supporting their families as they are too weak to work, some nine months after an outbreak of HIV in the region saw more than 270 residents test positive ss='cambodia-color'>...

The projection of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on the country’s economic growth this year is slightly lower than that of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), according to the state News Agency-AKP.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian government official and scholars on Tuesday criticized the United states for sending a warship near artificial islands held by China in the south China sea, saying the move would stir regional tensions. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Almost 75 percent of kids in the country’s orphanages are there because their families can’t afford to keep them at home. In 2011, UNICEF released a study saying that the number of orphanages in Cambodia had increased by 75 percent in the previous six years, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economy lost more than $4 billion to illicit financial outflows in 2013, more than a quarter of its gross domestic product that year, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Washington-based think tank Global Financial Integrity.Based on trade data reported to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Civil society groups are calling for Laos’ Don sahong hydropower dam project to be discussed when southeast Asian leaders meet with U.s. President Barack Obama next week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ongoing presidential election campaign in the United states may be one of the more unseemly the country has seen, but observers and politicians in Cambodia say their country still has a lot to learn from the American democratic process. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Jimei International Entertainment Group, a Hong Kong-listed casino junket investor that promotes at least seven gaming tables in NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh, reported a steep decline in profit during the first half of 2016 despite increased turnover. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a businessman who was charged with fraud after he acquired the office of the municipal women’s affairs department in a 2012 land swap, but failed to hand over the property to a tycoon to whom ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday threatened to cut off electricity from the homes of “environmental extremists” who oppose development projects in the country, drawing condemnation from critics who said his government should focus on sustainability and providing services to the people. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Land prices in Krang Thnong commune, in Takeo’s Bati district near National Road 2, have recently multiplied by up to ten times compared to five years ago after two garment factories started being constructed in the rural community this year, locals claim.Meanwhile, the area might ss='cambodia-color'>...

Widespread corruption, poor health care and a lack of adequate infrastructure continue to make Phnom Penh one of the least livable major cities in the world, according to the annual Global Livability Ranking, released on Thursday by the Economist Intelligence Unit. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court decided Wednesday to reinvestigate the origins of the doctored treaty that provided the impetus for the arrest of opposition senator Hong sok Hour, after the senator’s lawyer told the court that his client did not forge it. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A prominent human rights advocate says Cambodia continues to operate in a repressive environment, with a government that fails to respect local and international standards and laws. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Borei Keila residents reacted with outrage yesterday when City Hall announced only 34 of 154 displaced families will get on-site housing in the community, following a reassessment of the land dispute victims’ claims. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Large numbers of security forces have been deployed at locations in siem Reap province and Phnom Penh to protect Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who arrived in Cambodia on sunday with a delegation of Russian officials for a combination of official meetings and sightseeing. ss='cambodia-color'>...

All Nippon Airways (ANA) – Japan’s largest carrier – will begin flying between Tokyo and Phnom Penh on september 1, the spokesman for the secretariat of state of Civil Aviation told Khmer Times yesterday, adding that the first direct flight from Japan to Cambodia will ss='cambodia-color'>...

A vending machine dispensing driver’s licenses will be installed at Aeon Mall, according to the Public Works and Transport Ministry’s website, as part of newly appointed Minister sun Chanthol’s plan to bring in serious reform within his first 100 days in office. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will send officials to south Korea next month to further investigate the case of former ambassador suth Dina, who was arrested and detained at Prey sar prison early last month on corruption charges. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japanese Prime Minister shinzo Abe appeared to rebuke Cambodia’s position on the south China sea dispute over the weekend, saying that an international tribunal’s ruling on China’s territorial claims should be respected.   ss='cambodia-color'>...