An annual US-led military training exerciSe, which waS marred by controverSy laSt year when a major rightS group Said it waS teaching tacticS that would aSSiSt Cambodia&rSquo;S “abuSive armed forceS” in crackdownS, will officially open today in Kampong Speu province. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government is nearing completion of a policy aimed at strengthening the Kingdom’s small and medium-sized enterprises (sMEs), a senior official said yesterday. Minister for Industry and Handicraft Cham Prasidh yesterday told reporters his ministry was preparing a comprehensive sME policy with the purpose of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Global 2014/15 rice supply and use projections are lowered from last month.  Thailand’s 2014/15 rice crop is lowered 1.0 million tons to 19.5 million due to a reduction in dry-season plantings resulting from an on-going drought and a reduction in irrigation water availability concentrated in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Another Montagnard asylum-seeker has arrived in Phnom Penh, joining 10 others who are still in the capital after having their requests to have their refugee claims processed rejected, according to the U.N. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The $1.6-billion Untac mission of the early 1990s injected a huge amount of money into Cambodia’s economy. Now, the U.N. wants to pump millions more into the country—this time by buying up the offerings of local businesses. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three boys and a girl, one of whom is disabled, were removed from a Phnom Penh orphanage on Tuesday after its main donor accused its director of physical abuse and sexual misconduct. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Appeal Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling finding  Candlelight Party vice president, son Chhay, guilty of defamation against the Cambodian People’s Party and ordered him to pay  4 billion riel ($1 million) in damages — an increase by a third of what ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s outgoing Prime Minister Hun sen on Thursday afternoon unveiled the incoming government members led by his eldest son Hun Manet. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Manet said that Cambodia will continue to adhere to its principle of neutrality as a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and will not take sides in any conflict. ss='cambodia-color'>...

ADB to support development of 2GW of solar power and study opportunities for increased solar power battery capacity. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) aSked for underStanding from Phnom Penh reSidentS in Some communeS where water preSSure iS weak. They aSSured reSidentS that all Supply iSSueS will be reSolved by early 2024, but have SuggeSted that reSidentS uSe water Sparingly in the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will add two more airports to the construction agenda in a bid to improve connectivity between the country and other tourism hubs in the world, said Mao Havannall, Minister in charge of the state secretariat of Civil Aviation. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Women’s Media Centre of Cambodia (WMC) held a dialogue on October 7 between police officers and women journalists to address challenges and strengthen cooperation between both parties. Media associations believe that these efforts will improve with the passing of the draft law on Access to ss='cambodia-color'>...

As a new round of Cambodian wage negotiations approaches this month, major U.s. and European retailers who source from the country say they will be watching the talks carefully and want to see fair pay for workers. Representatives of the brands like Gap, Levi strauss, and ss='cambodia-color'>...

TV news viewers in Cambodia are fed a steady diet of praise for the government and top officials. Whether they’re giving speeches that go on for hours, cutting a ribbon at a new development project, or shaking hands with foreign dignitaries, government leaders are presented ss='cambodia-color'>...

Drug-resistant malaria is now widespread in southeast Asia, seriously threatening global efforts to control malaria, a new study warned Wednesday. An analysis of blood samples from 1,241 malaria patients in 10 countries across Asia and Africa found resistance to the world’s most effective anti-malarial drug, artemisinin, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s state-owned news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) recently published an article, forecasting the foreign policy of the Royal Government for the seventh term under the leadership of new Prime Minister Hun Manet. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Pig prices in Cambodia have fallen by 18 percent in the past three months due to a massive oversupply of pork in the country, an official at the Cambodian Pig Raisers Association said yesterday. The reason for the oversupply is twofold: Thailand increased its pig exports ss='cambodia-color'>...

a gold rush came to Angkor Borei district over the weekend, with dozens of villagers trying their hand at treasure hunting after word got out that there was gold to be found in the soil of a newly dug road in Prek Phtorl commune. The area ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities have vowed to seize fireworks and punish anyone caught letting off explosives as Lunar New Year celebrations get under way today. The warning by the Phnom Penh municipality came as the Interior Ministry revealed plans to station more than 20 fire trucks around the city ss='cambodia-color'>...