London-based checker of rare gems and jewellery Intertek has established a laboratory in Cambodia to help regulate and provide guidelines for the gem trade. Officially opening today, it is the Kingdom’s first gem laboratory. Intertek director in Cambodia Khut sothy said the country had been ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian officials yesterday welcomed statements from Thailand’s foreign minister that an all-important 2001 memorandum of understanding on the Overlapping Claims Area would most likely be renewed. Foreign Minister surapong Towichukchaikul said the MoU would be sent to Thai Prime Minister Yingluck shinawatra’s cabinet on October 18 ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Trade Organisation today will conclude its first-ever review of Cambodia’s trade policies and practices and issue its concluding remarks. The trade review, which began on November 1, is the first time the Kingdom, which was the first least-developed country to fully accede to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Thom province Villagers patrolling Prey Lang forest claimed yesterday that about 600 resin trees they found inside a sawmill in the Kampong Thom province had been cut down illegally – an allegation government officials quickly denied. After resistance from police and soldiers monitoring their actions this ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian tycoon Ly Yong Phat has signed a Us$3 billion joint-venture agreement with Thai energy firm Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Plc on what would be the Kingdom’s largest power station. Just under 90 per cent of the power, however, would be sold to Thailand. The 1,800 megawatt ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s garment and footwear exports recorded double-digit growth to some $4 billion in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) report has said. Industry insiders have speculated that the growth could be due ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s ranking in the latest global energy sustainability survey has improved dramatically, indicating that the Kingdom’s efforts to solve its energy woes and providing an adequate power supply are making headway. This also means that Cambodia, which suffered a crippling power problem a few months ago, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Speaking at the event on the capital&rSquo;S Chroy Changvar peninSula, Hun Sen appealed to both the “greateSt power country” and democratic nationS to avoid making Such miStakeS in the future.&nbSp;The prime miniSter did not mention any State by name, referring only to the “greateSt power SS='cambodia-color'>...

National Military Police commander Sao Sokha on WedneSday ordered the deStruction of more than 20 vehicleS involved in foreStry crimeS in Mondulkiri province&rSquo;S Koh Nhek diStrict. Sokha, who alSo headS the National Committee for Prevention and Crackdown on Natural ReSource CrimeS, gave the order after SS='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) said Chinese investment is contributing greatly to the Kingdom’s tax revenue and called on Chinese companies to properly fulfil their tax obligations. speaking at a forum on Mechanism of Cambodia-China Fiscal Cooperation on Friday, GDT director-general Kong Vibol said: ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Environment has said concerns over Phnom Penh’s air quality are being fuelled by “fake news” on social media sites by companies aiming to promote the sale of air quality testing kits.​​ “There has been a lot of fake news claiming that air ss='cambodia-color'>...

Investigators from south Korea’s state-run deposit insurer have announced their largest overseas illegal assets haul ever after they tracked down and recovered large land holdings owned by a Korean fraudster near Phnom Penh.The haul, worth some $8 million, sheds light on the use of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bolstered by a massive construction boom over the last few years, Cambodia now boasts one of the world’s fastest growing economies and was one of the few countries able to meet its Millennium Development Goals. In fact, Cambodia, which has halved its poverty rate in ss='cambodia-color'>...

While meeting locals and officials in Preah Vihear province yesterday, Prime Minister Hun sen decided to allocate more than 80 hectares of airport land in Preah Vihear town’s Palhal commune to 127 families. In a meeting with officials and armed forces that was announced on Mr. Hun sen’s official ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 70 workers from a Korean-owned massage centre in the tourist hub of siem Reap protested in front of their workplace yesterday, demanding a basic wage of $177 per month and a $100 yearly health bonus.Workers from the Alaska Massage Center have been on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Five days of heavy rain flooded rice fields in Prey Veng and svay Rieng provinces and some residential areas around Phnom Penh, causing capital residents to question when the city’s long-in-the-works sewage upgrade will finally be completed. More rainfall is expected to flood the country’s northern ss='cambodia-color'>...

Depending on the season, organic vegetable farmer sem Chantha could be growing spinach, cauliflower, lettuce or collard greens on her six-hectare plot of land in Cambodia’s Kampong speu province. The Cambodian Center for study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) supports Cambodian farmers with training and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has outlined Cambodia’s strategy for tackling poverty in a keynote speech to a United Nations forum in Beijing marking the 2015 International Day for Eradication of Poverty.Addressing the gathering of leaders on Friday, the premier lauded the 1 billion people brought ss='cambodia-color'>...

Contenders for the National Election Committee’s secretary-general role include the first Cambodian to graduate from Harvard University, a prominent NGO worker and the long-serving incumbent.With the submission deadline on saturday, the NEC has so far received 11 applications for the position, which has been opened ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district have suspended traffic on the Ta Mok bridge since Monday night after the water level rose beyond the warning level because of heavy rain. The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said yesterday that traffic was suspended from ss='cambodia-color'>...