Cambodia on Thursday launched the country’s first business-to-business-to-customer (b2b2C) e-commerce platform, aiming to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sell their products to potential clients, said Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak. ...

A motodop at the center of the high-profile case against imprisoned boeung Kak lake villager Yorm bopha has returned to work after receiving treatment for head injuries, he said yesterday. Supporters of Nget Chet, 28, said during demonstrations last month that the motodop had been nearly brain damaged during an ...

The first well drilled by a major Chinese company looking for oil and gas in Cambodian waters has been completed, though hydrocarbons in the firms offshore block are proving elusive, an official at the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority (CNPA) has said. ...

A weekend storm battered buildings in banteay Meanchey province’s Thma Pouk district, leaving hundreds affected by damage to houses and schools across the area. Deab Chhun, Thma Puok district deputy governor, said strong winds and rain swept through Komrou, Thmor Puok and Phoum Thmey communes at ...

Thirteen people representing 20 Borey Keila families gathered in front of the headquarters of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) and Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday, demanding the two institutions accelerate the settlement. Each of the affected families is demanding accommodation in Andong village on the outskirts ...

Local and foreign investment in the Kingdom declined by nearly $1 billion last year, with the bulk of losses coming from fewer infrastructure and agriculture projects, while the manufacturing and tourism sectors continued to post massive gains, according to the Council for the Development of ...

Cambodia as a member of the six-nation Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) endorsed a five-year action plan framework that includes $64 billion in projects to help the sub-region achieve inclusive growth and sustainable development. ...

Sao Sareoun and Ly Chanary, the two land-rights activists arrested outside the three-hour trial of 13 women from Boeung Kak lake in May, hope an easing of Bail conditions is a sign authorities are planning to drop charges against them. The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled ...

After months of inactivity that has fueled questions about the company’s future, boeung Kak lake developer Shukaku Inc has launched a recruitment drive, calling for at least half a dozen architects, engineers and other employees. When contacted yesterday, Sok Heng Ly, an administrative employee listed in the ...

An Appeal Court judge yesterday said that seven female Boeung Kak land activists imprisoned in NovemBer for protesting on Monivong Boulevard in Phnom Penh were not actually Blocking traffic at the time of their arrest. Eleven activists – the seven women arrested on NovemBer 10 and ...

The value of Cambodia’s international trade surged to $22 billion last year on double-digit growth of both imports and exports, according to newly released data from the Ministry of Commerce. ...

Two months after their release from Prey Sar prison, members of the so-called boeung Kak 13 were yesterday at the forefront of more calls for authorities to mark out land promised to their community. About 50 boeung Kak women and children gathered outside to urge authorities to ...

Thirteen Boeung Kak lake women who were sentenced to two and a half years in jail on Thursday following a lawyer-free trial that lasted just three hours will appeal their convictions, their distraught supporters said yesterday. As the reality of the trial, which rights groups have ...

Transparency watchdogs have warned that $1.5 billion of unallocated funds in next year’s budget will only encourage nepotism and embezzlement. The Draft budget Law was approved at the National Assembly on Tuesday in a unanimous vote of 66 ruling Cambodian People’s Party MPs. The $3.4 billion ...

The Constitutional Council yesterday ordered the opening of another batch of ballots and original documents, this time from eight contested polling stations in battambang town, even as opposition members expressed doubt the council had the will to seriously investigate their complaints. Coming a day after the ...

A draft US law that would require the World Bank to regularly report to congress aBout the condition of families displaced or still living in the Boeung Kak lake area was approved Wednesday By the House of Representatives. The Bill includes language that specifically requires the ...

A village of 212 hectares in BattamBang’s Bavel district has nearly Become a ghost town after an alleged land graB By three tycoons has forced hundreds to find work aBroad, locals and a rights group said yesterday. ...

A BattamBang woman and teen were Both struck and killed By lightning in two different districts on Monday, police said yesterday. A 28-year-old woman from Rokak Kiri district was taken to the commune hospital after she was killed By a lightning strike, according to Keo Vichet, ...

The consequences and containment of violence cost the Cambodian economy over $1.5 billion in 2013, just under 10 per cent of its estimated GDP for the period, according to the Institute for Economics & Peace’s Global Peace Index released yesterday. According to IEP executive chairman ...

The General Department of Taxation collected more than $1.06 billion in tax revenue in 2014 up by about 17.7 per cent on the $900 million collected in 2013, according to a statement from the tax department released yesterday. ...