The CPP could win 37 more commune councilor positions than it would have done before the creation of three new districts in Phnom Penh last year, and the opposition CNRP could gain 14, if the city’s 810 councilors vote along party lines in elections set ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police on Wednesday busted what they believe to be an illegal soap-making operation, seizing 30 tons of illicit chemicals and arresting a Chinese national in Kandal province. The chemicals, which were held in blue vats, were discovered at a warehouse belonging to a Chinese businessman in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday announced the release of standardised bidding forms for public contracts, a measure it said would increase transparency and accountability, though the opposition and Transparency International Cambodia offered more cautious assessments yesterday. According to a state media announcement, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite Cambodia’s labour law forbidding employers from taking action against workers for engaging in union activity, more than 100 labour union representatives have been fired from at least 12 factories this month for encouraging workers to strike for a $160 monthly minimum wage. The firings came ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen has threatened action against the main opposition party if it pushes ahead with a planned mass demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on sunday in defiance of a ban on public gatherings at the site. Blaming the Cambodian National Rescue ss='cambodia-color'>...

Customs officials over the weekend said they will shed no further light on Friday’s massive haul of three tons of illegal elephant ivory at sihanoukville Autonomous Port—Cambodia’s biggest-ever ivory seizure—until investigations are complete and a case can be sent to court. A scan on containers that ss='cambodia-color'>...

In yet another land swap deal that will see lucrative state-owned land handed to a private business in exchange for a new building on cheaper land, the Try Pheap Group has built a new headquarters for the Women’s Affairs Ministry in stung Meanchey commune. In return, ss='cambodia-color'>...

As Chevron hands over its controlling stake in the Kingdom’s most developed oil field to a new player, industry experts say extraction may still take time Industry insiders urged patience this week after news broke that energy giant Chevron had sold its controlling stake in the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local developer Shukaku will Step up conStruction of itS controverSial Boeung Kak lake development project thiS month, beginning work on a drainage SyStem and corporate office, a SpokeSwoman told the PoSt yeSterday. An updated maSter plan of Shukaku&rSquo;S Phnom Penh City Centre project &ndaSh; an SS='cambodia-color'>...

A group of Kompong Chhnang villagers in a fight for land with the wife of Mines and Energy Minister suy sem delivered petitions to the Ministry of Justice and National Assembly on Monday, one of five communities from across the country that have recently traveled ss='cambodia-color'>...

A parliamentary commission leader wants Cambodia’s tourism ministry to manage revenue generated by the country’s iconic Angkor Wat temple complex, amid concerns that the government is losing money by retaining a private company to oversee ticket sales. A quasi-government group, Apsara Authority, which is responsible ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local business Cambodian Natural Gas Co Ltd and Chinese firm CNOOC Gas Power Group Co Ltd teamed up in importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to distribute within Cambodia’s market. The company’s officers said the cooperation is to import the LNG to supply  demand in the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior Cambodian officialS Said on ThurSday that the US can monitor Kem Sokha&rSquo;S trial aS it wiSheS but would not be allowed to interfere in court procedureS. The point waS made in reSponSe to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo&rSquo;S commentS on WedneSday at a SS='cambodia-color'>...

Reactions to Cambodia’s economic and political outlooks for this year have been mixed as the possible loss of the EU’s Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme in February looms. The risks and challenges related to the uncertainty over the possible withdrawal of EBA and the country’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

KNPG Investment Co Ltd obtained a licence to mine silica sand in Koh Kong province’s southwest, at a site previously operated by sibelco (Cambodia) Co Ltd. Deputy provincial governor Ouk Pheaktra led a virtual meeting on May 13 to discuss with company representatives the results ss='cambodia-color'>...

Taking the baton for the third time as the AsEAN chair in 2022, Cambodia’s diplomatic tenacity was tested by the war in Ukraine, Myanmar’s political upheaval, cross-strait tensions, COVID-19 and Us–China competition. Despite this precarity, Cambodia steered AsEAN through geopolitically choppy waters. The outlook for 2023 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mr. Norbert KLEIN, also one of ODC’s original advisory board members, is a patriarch of the Internet community in Cambodia, having been instrumental in setting up Cambodia’s Internet system in the 1990s. Norbert was also a founder and long-term head of the Internet society of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Improved fiscal management and preparation for a decline in foreign aid would help increase Cambodia’s credit rating, according to a quarterly credit opinion from Moody’s Investor service, which maintained a stable outlook for the country. Reduced exposure to crisis and stagnation in Western economies, continued foreign ss='cambodia-color'>...

Coffee plantations in Cambodia’s northeast are struggling to keep up with rising international demand for the increasingly lucrative beans, farmers and traders said. Orders for Cambodian-grown coffee beans from countries such as Japan and Korea as well as domestic demand has increased rapidly, while prices have ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday with Brazil, the largest Latin American economy, to boost cooperation in areas that include agriculture, technology and diplomatic ties, officials said. The MoU was signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by secretary of state Ouch Borith and ss='cambodia-color'>...