A secretary of state at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday defended the government’s widely criticized imprisonment of 11 activists and an opposition official during a closed-door meeting with a visiting U.s. diplomat. Daniel Russel, an assistant secretary of state at the U.s. government’s Bureau of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) launched its Cambodian chapter on Friday in the hope of further promoting the country’s second-largest sector by revenues. The sparsity of air routes to Cambodia was one of the main obstacles to the Kingdom’s tourism growth, PATA Cambodia chapter president ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh yesterday called on the Us to allow duty-free entry for Cambodian exports, a benefit the Kingdom already enjoyed with the European Union. The introduction of preferential tax treatment from the Us would result in the Kingdom’s share of that country’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 150 villagers embroiled in a long-running land dispute with CPP senator and tycoon Ly Yong Phat protested peacefully outside the Kompong speu Provincial Court yesterday as five villagers were questioned over accusations that they are illegally occupying the senator’s land. The villagers, from Thpong district’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday called on authorities to address all concerns raised by the the public in line with the Kingdom’s efforts to implement sustainable development goals. In a message to mark today’s celebration of the 30th World Population Day under the theme, “25 years ss='cambodia-color'>...

The honorary president of the CPP-aligned youth group involved in last week’s protest outside parliament, which ended with two opposition lawmakers being savagely beaten, is a deputy commander in the Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Unit, the Post has learned.Three soldiers were charged on Wednesday over the ss='cambodia-color'>...

WorldBridge Commerce announced yesterday the integration of Acleda Bank’s online payment services into its online shopping marketplace MAIO Mall. The partnership adds an online payment option to MAIO Mall’s existing cash-on-delivery model. The Post’s Ananth Baliga spoke to Tomas Pokorny, CEO of WorldBridgE Commerce, about ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing Cambodia’s hydropower in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, the profile page aims to provide the up-to-date information on the country’s “hydropower dams, reservoirs, substations and transmission lines,” and ss='cambodia-color'>...

One of China’s largest steelmakers is seeking partners in Cambodia to build a steel mill that will reduce the Kingdom’s dependency on imported steel for its construction sector, a company executive said. Weng Wei Min, director of the economic cooperation department at Hangzhou Iron and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh City Hall said Tuesday it would revoke the licenses of companies whose subcontractors are accused of routinely overcharging motorists for parking at some of the city’s markets unless the problem is fixed, according to a news release posted Wednesday on the municipality’s website. “If ss='cambodia-color'>...

NGOs say the Ministry of Labour’s use of its own method for determining the garment industry’s minimum wage is risking a repeat of the tensions that exploded in violent protests in January, when authorities killed at least five people. More than six months after the Labour ss='cambodia-color'>...

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Formation of the National Silk Board (NSB) haS been delayed due to a lag in coordinating miniStrieS to create the induStry body, according to the SpokeSman of MiniStry of Commerce. The former miniSter of commerce, Cham PraSidh, Said in June laSt year that he waS aiming SS='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese firm Huaxin Cement Co has purchased a 40 per cent stake in Cambodia Cement Chakrey Ting Factory Co, a cement-making factory currently under construction in Kampot province. Huaxin’s $24 million investment Cambodia Cement lifted the local factory’s working capital to $60 million, up from $32 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers representing families in Kratie province petitioned the south Korean Embassy for help Tuesday in their dispute with a south Korean agribusiness firm, after hearing that the embassy had lodged a complaint against them. About 200 villagers from Kratie province’s snuol district are staying at the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s trash collectors ended their strike Wednesday after being promised increased salaries—leaving two days to clean the streets before Friday’s ceremony to inter the ashes of the late King Father Norodom sihanouk. Ngoun sipheng, the operations manager for Cintri, which has a monopoly on waste ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following First Lady Michelle Obama’s three-day visit to Cambodia to promote her “Let Girl Learn” initiative, Cambodian officials say they hope for positive changes in girls’ education. Cambodia has nearly 1.5 million female students studying at primary and high schools, he said. But only 42 ss='cambodia-color'>...

A meeting held for the “social network” Khmer for Khmer yesterday revealed trepidation among members about the group’s possible future as a new political party. The group, which currently claims to advise Cambodia’s parties on internal democracy, has scheduled a referendum next month to decide the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 10 monthS after leading proteStS during which VietnameSe flagS were burned outSide the country&rSquo;S embaSSy in Phnom Penh, memberS of the Khmer Krom community took a more conciliatory approach ThurSday aS they marked the 66th anniverSary of France&rSquo;S formal Splitting of Cochinchine. ThouSandS of monkS SS='cambodia-color'>...

The collapse of Digital star Media’s acquisition of mobile operator Excell emerged yesterday, nearly a year after the firms announced the potential buy-out. Digital star Media, branded under the name Emaxx, announced in late July last year it was in talks to buy GT-TELL’s Excell. The ss='cambodia-color'>...