Beijing is spreading its influence by stumping up the cash to build desperately needed infrastructure throughout Asia, but with little consideration for communities or the level of corruption. “Without infrastructure, you can’t revive,” said Cambodia’s Commerce Minister, Sun Chanthol. “We have been blamed for always ...

Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district have started rehabilitation work on the main canal next to the railway line in Kakab i commune’s Paprak Khang Cheung village after about 20 families agreed to demolish and clear structures blocking the canal. ...

The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) with the Ministry of Environment have organised another large-scale campaign to reduce the use of plastic in Kampong Chhnang province that kicks off tomorrow under the theme “Today i don’t use plastic bags”. ...

The launch of the National Strategy for informal Economic Development 2023-2028 will achieve three goals at the same time, i.e. alleviating poverty and social inequality, strengthening social and economic resilience, and boosting economic growth. ...

Since its first day of operation in early December, the non-profit kitchen “Buckhunger” has provided nearly 22,00 lunchtime meals to hundreds of needy children and adults for free. There is no record of who comes and goes, and no condition to being fed. if you ...

The Global Fund has threatened to suspend or reduce health grants to Cambodia totalling more than $100 million if the Ministry of Health, the National Center for HiV/AiDS, Dermatology and STD (NCHADS) and NGO umbrella group MEDiCAM fail to meet a 30-day deadline to return ...

InterIor MInIster Sar Kheng on FrIday confIrmed that the deployment of armored personnel carrIers (APCs) to Phnom Penh from the ThaI-CambodIan border Is part of a concerted securIty operatIon In response to the opposItIon’s plans to hold protests agaInst the outcome of the July 28 ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party has reiterated its commitment to carry out electoral reforms ahead of the 2017 poll in an apparent bid to appease key demands of the opposition, civil society and the international community following July’s disputed election. With rare frankness, the party says ...

SIEM REAP CITY – OpposItIon leader Sam RaInsy was greeted Tuesday by 15,000 supporters and a small dust storm at the CNRP’s fIrst post-electIon rally In SIem Reap, where he once agaIn called on PrIme MInIster Hun Sen to stand down. ArrIvIng on a scheduled flIght ...

The Motion Picture As­sociation of Cambodia (MPAC), an independent body that aims to protect intellectual property, officially opened its doors Wednesday, vowing to put an end to the sale of pirated DVDs in Phnom Penh as its first order of business. “We are goingto serve everybody ...

A primary objective of NatureLife Cambodia (NLC) is to build the capacity of committees of Community Protected Areas (CPA) and Community-Based Organizations (CBO) for effective site management. ...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a spending bill that would suspend some funding to Cambodia until the government carries out an independent investigation of July’s disputed national election and reforms its electoral system, or until the opposition ends its boycott of parliament. The ...

Investment In CambodIan rubber plantatIons Increased by 255 per cent In 2011 on rIsIng global demand for the commodIty. There were 20 new projects worth US$675 mIllIon In the KIngdom last year, accordIng to data from the CouncIl for the Development of CambodIa. There were nIne ...

The InterIor MInIstry saId yesterday that It has sent the results of an InvestIgatIon Into last weeks’s trIple shootIng of protesters at a specIal economIc zone (SEZ) In Svay RIeng provInce to the provIncIal court there. MInIstry spokesman LIeutenant General KhIeu Sopheak dId not reveal any ...

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 ...

The director-general of Unesco on Thursday spoke out against the murder of journalist Hang Serei Odom in Ratanakkiri province, and called for the authorities to provide justice for the victim and his family. “i am deeply concerned by the killing of Hang Serei Odom,” irina Bokova ...

Cambodian authorities yesterday arrested French architect Patrick Devillers – friend and business associate of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai – and may be moving to extradite him to China to face unspecified charges there, police said. Phnom Penh Police Commissioner Touch Naroth confirmed the arrest to ...

Investment In CambodIa from overseas surged by at least 44 percent last year, accordIng to an estImate from the central bank, despIte fIgures suggestIng a reductIon In the overall flow of foreIgn currency Into Southeast AsIan economIes. Nguon Sokha, dIrector-general of the NatIonal Bank of CambodIa, ...

The United States is looking forward to making sure the US-Cambodian relations grow stronger after the visit of US President Barack Obama to Cambodia in November, according to US Embassy spokesman Sean Mcintosh. in a recent interview with VOA Khmer, Mcintosh said Obama has decided to ...

A Cambodian woman who went to China to marry a man there was repatriated on Thursday after escaping from her husband’s house and finding refuge at the Cambodian consulate in Guangzhou. Yoeng Sreymom arrived at Phnom Penh international Airport at about 3:30 p.m. in the company ...