A private sector task force set up by Cambodia’s pig farmers to monitor live swine imports and investigate reports of illicit smuggling has been disbanded after receiving a cold reception from government officials, the initiative’s leader said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Donica Pattie, Canada’s Ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, on Friday lauded Cambodia’s recent advancements in factory labour conditions, which she said might prompt Canada to increase purchases from Cambodian textile manufacturers, according to a high-ranking Cambodian official. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Another alleged member of the gang suspected of being responsible for last month’s shootings of a Japanese tourist and an American expatriate was arrested following a shoot-out on saturday. sok Hok, 28, was apprehended in the capital’s Prampi Makara district. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s banking and finance commission has called parliament’s chief administrator for questioning on Tuesday over alleged spending irregularities in a 2015 budget that included buying 30 new cars at $200,000 each and spending $25,000 on a flagpole. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s Anti-Corruption Commission will visit siem Reap this month to further probe claims Angkor Archaeological Park’s manager, the Apsara Authority, underreported ticket sales, as new figures show a drop in visitors to the World Heritage site last month. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Residents on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula embroiled in a land dispute with tycoon Pung Khieu se’s Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation were to submit a petition to City Hall today following a new compensation offer from the authorities last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A garment factory in Svay Rieng province where more than 100 workerS fainted in recent dayS invited Six monkS to drive out the building&rSquo;S “bad SpiritS” on TueSday and will reopen on WedneSday after agreeing to improve the facility&rSquo;S ventilation. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s first opposition-aligned television station will begin broadcasting around the country by the year’s end, with a group of investors close to the CNRP now raising the $3 million needed to launch operations, opposition leader sam Rainsy said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thirty-seven people died in 112 road accidents during last week’s Khmer New Year holiday, typically the busiest time of year on the country’s roads as people make their way to and from their home provinces to be with family. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Less than 10 months after the $200-million Aeon Mall opened its doors to Phnom Penh’s consumers, at least seven tenants at Cambodia’s largest shopping center have shuttered their businesses, complaining of disappointing foot traffic, construction disturbances and overly thrifty patrons. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Long overlooked, Cambodia’s third international airport is undergoing a major upgrade, big enough to firmly place it on southeast Asia’s tourism map. By the end of next year, it is be ready to handle 10,000 air passengers a week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new award honoring the media’s role in combating corruption was on Wednesday presented to five local journalists, whose stories uncovering various corrupt activities show how investigative reporting can help break the shackles holding back Cambodia’s development.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The first meeting to discuss a long-term strategy for dealing with last year’s freak outbreak of HIV in Battambang province’s Roka commune was held at the Council of Ministers building in Phnom Penh on Thursday, officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sar Kheng, vice preSident of the ruling Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party and Kem Sokha, acting preSident of the main oppoSition Cambodia National ReScue Party to held talkS early next week at the National ASSembly&rSquo;S Secretariat. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Despite unprecedentedly strict anti-cheating measures being implemented in last year’s grade 12 examinations, the Kingdom’s Anti-Corruption Unit pledged yesterday that punishments will be tougher still for proctors caught selling answers and accepting bribes this time around. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A pack of 10 Belgian shepherds arrived in Cambodia from Bosnia on Friday to bolster the country’s aging team of explosives-sniffing canines, courtesy of Norwegian People’s Aid, which is covering the roughly $36,000 cost, an official said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than five months after being appointed as the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Rhona smith will make her first official visit to the country later this month, according to the government’s Human Rights Committee. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Families protesting encroachment onto their land by a tycoon who is expanding a road in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district filed a complaint to the Prime Minister’s cabinet and the Municipal Court on Tuesday. On Friday, employees working for tycoon Thong sarath demolished fences on eight ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tong Yang SecuritieS (Cambodia) and ACLEDA SecuritieS yeSterday Signed a memorandum of underStanding to partner the ServiceS they offer to the Kingdom&rSquo;S budding financial marketS. To expand their footprint in the market,&nbSp; the companieS aimed to provide a combination of adviSory and underwriting ServiceS for companieS SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Philippines thrust the south China sea dispute to the forefront of the AsEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting yesterday, causing the topic to dominate discussions. Myanmar by-elections and North Korea also featured prominently on the eve of today’s AsEAN summit, overshadowing the foreign ministers’ planned focus on ss='cambodia-color'>...