One of CNRP Vice President Kem sokha’s personal assistants on Thursday said the deputy opposition leader “cannot lead anyone” after Mr. sokha ridiculed a phone call that she claims to have made warning him about a threat from the fledgling “Khmer for Khmer” reform group. Answering ss='cambodia-color'>...

The director of a Vietnamese company hoping to buy timber off a pair of land concessions has accused three local businessmen of cheating her out of $200,000 and asked Prime Minister Hun sen to investigate, according to a letter published by local media. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Poor governance and uneven distribution of wealth to rural communities are both behind Cambodia’s poor record of girls’ education, an expert says. Despite the country’s high economic growth rate in recent years, few opportunities are available in rural areas, which leads to girls dropping out of ss='cambodia-color'>...

A booming natural rubber market fueled by the global tire industry is proving “catastrophic” for endangered species in Cambodia and the rest of southeast Asia, U.K. researchers argue in a new paper. ss='cambodia-color'>...

There is a growing demand for palm sugar in the marketplace. But producers are unhappy that they have not been paid fair prices by middlemen. The fair price for a kilo of raw palm sugar varies from Us$0.41 to Us$0.70. But the producers get much ss='cambodia-color'>...

A deadline set by Prime Minister Hun sen to finalize a controversial draft NGO law by the end of May will be missed, as a government spokesman said discussions were put on hold while the Interior Minister is abroad. ss='cambodia-color'>...

ASEAN iS poiSed to become ASia&rSquo;S next low-coSt manufacturing powerhouSe aS wageS in China&rSquo;S Pearl River Delta (PRD) factory belt continue to creep up, Said an economiSt. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia exported 243,025 tons of milled rice in the first five months of this year, representing a 63.9 percent increase on the 148,262 tons recorded the year before, according to a report from the secretariat of One Window service for Rice Export Formality. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the wake of Chea Sim&rSquo;S death, analyStS Say Prime MiniSter Hun Sen will hold even more power within hiS own party, though many agree that the internal politicS of the party won&rSquo;t change all that much. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Billboards across the country have carried the same picture for more than a decade – side-by-side the three most senior members of the ruling Cambodian Peoples Party (CCP) stand: President of the National Assembly Heng samrin, Prime Minister Hun sen, and CPP President Chea sim. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A university student who was arrested in Phnom Penh on Tuesday over a string of drunken hit-and-runs in his Lexus sUV said Thursday that he decided to end his rampage by crashing into the U.s. ambassador’s residence because he had hoped embassy security guards would ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian villagers from a province in the central lowlands along the Mekong River asked the government on Friday to monitor an international port under its supervision in the country’s capital, arguing that the facility has not complied with government guidelines on sand dredging, according to ss='cambodia-color'>...

An ongoing trend towards urbanization may increase property value near the few public spaces in Phnom Penh significantly. The dusty strip of land behind the Hotel Cambodiana parking lot doesn’t look like the most inspiring place to spend a sunday afternoon. However this is soon due ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia sent a diplomatic protest letter to Vietnam on Wednesday over what it considers an encroachment of its border territory, as the Cambodian border committee planned to reveal the map it is using to demarcate the borderline in response to a demand by the opposition ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s opposition party will boycott a national conference held by parliament to discuss a controversial draft law that would regulate nongovernmental organizations operating in the developing country, because of loopholes in the proposed legislation that would hinder the groups, an opposition lawmaker said Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC)’s leaders including chairman, vice chairman will receive a group of German Bundestag delegation on Thursday, said NEC’s news alert. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS iS cloSely monitoring the caSe of the 11 CNRP activiStS convicted of inSurrection ariSing out of July 2014 proteStS in Phnom Penh, according to the U.S. EmbaSSy&rSquo;S Statement received today. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The PFS eStimated that the project would require capital inveStment of $120-million, which waS down from the $133-million eStimated in the 2014 Scoping Study, while life-of-mine caSh coStS alSo decreaSed from the $735/oz eStimated in the Scoping Study, to $684/oz. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Some two-hundred vendorS peacefully gathered in front of the reSidence of Prime MiniSter Hun Sen near Independence Monument, Seeking the premier&rSquo;S intervention to Stop a planned conStruction of new Doeum Kor market. SS='cambodia-color'>...

an agreement to wet lease a sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (sCAC) sukhoi superjet 100 (ssJ100) to sky Angkor Airlines of Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...