Cambodia’s schoolchildren could soon attend class in unusually luxurious buildings if Prime Minister Hun sen has his way. Yesterday the premier granted the government’s entire stockpile of illegally-felled timber – some of which is highly sought after rosewood – to the Ministry of Education to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar are amongst AsEAN’s smaller economies, yet all different and facing different issues. Taken as a trio, their collective GDP performance is still less than that as China’s Yunnan Province, which lies to the north of Cambodia and Laos, and is borders with ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korean inveStment in Cambodia&rSquo;S agricultural induStry, eSpecially itS food-proceSSing Sector, could reSult in the export of more value-added productS that could help tranSform the Kingdom&rSquo;S economy, a Senior official at the Council for the Development of Cambodia and Korean officialS told an inveStment forum SS='cambodia-color'>...

US Secretary of State John Kerry yeSterday puShed Prime MiniSter Hun Sen and Foreign MiniSter Hor Namhong on the need for greater political freedom in Cambodia during meetingS in Phnom Penh but alSo praiSed the Kingdom&rSquo;S “extraordinary” development Since hiS firSt viSit aS a Senator SS='cambodia-color'>...

Security forceS on ThurSday blocked two motherS and a wife of jailed activiStS from the environmental group Mother Nature from walking to Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S houSe to proteSt their family memberS&rSquo; impriSonment, before a repreSentative of the premier&rSquo;S cabinet chaStiSed them for uSing the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Political commentator Kim Sok&rSquo;S worldly poSSeSSionS&mdaSh;two iPhoneS, an iPad and $200 in SavingS&mdaSh;may Soon become Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S property after the premier filed a $500,000 lawSuit againSt the commentator for allegedly claiming that the CPP killed Kem Ley. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) won’t stop CNRP candidates from running in June’s commune elections, even if the Interior Ministry invalidates the party’s recent change in leadership, a spokesman said on Monday amid speculation from analysts that the government was seeking to bar the opposition ss='cambodia-color'>...

The banana is Cambodia’s national fruit and makes an excellent after-meal dessert. But its popularity extends further than just being a sweet fruit. Due to its affordable price, it’s also food for the poor and can be used regularly as offerings to the spirits or ss='cambodia-color'>...

Amid a widening gulf in U.S.-Cambodia relationS, the U.S. EmbaSSy Said on Monday that a Navy unit Specializing in humanitarian work had been forced to leave the country, imperiling hundredS of thouSandS of dollarS worth of community projectS, including the conStruction of maternity wardS and SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday said the recent political developments involving the detention of Cambodia’s opposition leader would not affect its efforts to register eligible voters ahead of next year’s national elections, though an observer said the arrest put the legitimacy of the electoral ss='cambodia-color'>...

Just weeks ahead of the main fishing season on the Tonle sap river, which supplies the majority of the fish used in the Kingdom’s traditional cooking sauce, prahok, government officials are predicting a better catch this season as water levels have recovered from last year’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government is looking at ways to tackle Cambodia’s waste problem with a $1 charge on airline tickets touted to raise the cash. The move comes after footage emerged showing the capital’s canals remain clogged with rubbish a year after video of the pollution was shown ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.S. faSt-food chain Burger King will open itS Second location in Phnom Penh in Boeng Keng Kang I commune by the end of January, the reStaurant&rSquo;S manager Said ThurSday. Located at the corner of StreetS 51 and 310, the reStaurant will take over the building that SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Construction of second Chroy Changva Bridge, which is funded by Chin’s loan, is expected to be finished by the end of 2014, reducing the heavy traffic on the current Chroy Changva Bridge, said a government official. The construction project costs UsD 27.5 millions and ss='cambodia-color'>...

An overland hot air balloon journeying through more than 100 countries is now in Cambodia, and was this morning at Wat Botum Park, lighting up the city skyline, to increase awareness of children’s right to education and to raise funds for UNICEF’s work around the ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 400 community activists on Thursday set out on a five-day patrol of Cambodia’s sprawling— and unprotected—Prey Long forest to root out illegal loggers and the illicit clearing of the area’s commercial farms, making for the largest patrol by the Prey Long Community Network in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 250 residents and boat drivers living in one of siem Reap’s popular tourist attractions petitioned local authorities to intervene with what they say is one company’s illegal ticket-selling ventures, which has taken money out of the pockets of village residents and fattened those of ss='cambodia-color'>...

An activist with Cambodia’s opposition party on Tuesday accused a former senior official with the country’s intelligence organization of making death threats against him, causing him to fear for his life, and has called on local authorities and civil society groups to investigate the incident. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports to south Korea maintained their growth in the first four months of this year, showing a recovery in demand for the Kingdom’s products as the two countries prepare to sign a  bilateral free trade agreement (FTA). ss='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition Candlelight Party is calling sunday’s commune council elections the “worst ever,” alleging they were beset by voter suppression and intimidation, as the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) looks set to win by a landslide. ss='cambodia-color'>...