Following the arrest of 11 activists on Tuesday as they attempted to deliver a petition to the U.s. and French embassies seeking the release of 23 jailed protesters, NGO representatives quietly delivered similar petitions to the Japanese Embassy and European Union headquarters Wednesday. The petitioners, representing ss='cambodia-color'>...

US PreSident Barack Obama&rSquo;S SoutheaSt ASia-only trip in 2012 marked a high point in the US prioritization of the region. But there haS been a drop in the preSence of high-level US diplomatS Since then, and in hiS recent State of the Union Speech, Obama SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Lower SeSan II dam project iS a microcoSm of the carving up of Cambodia. In one of the world&rSquo;S moSt diverSe river ecoSyStemS, the ground burnS. Whole foreStS are felled with Scant regard for the law, while the project iS backed by the country&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...

TOEK CHHOU DISTRICT, Kampot province &ndaSh; A donor-backed project launched here on Saturday aimS to produce Cambodia&rSquo;S firSt export-quality Sea Salt and invigorate the Struggling local Salt induStry. In a ceremony among Kampot&rSquo;S vaSt fieldS of coaStal SaltpanS and low leveeS, company repreSentativeS from ASia Salt SS='cambodia-color'>...

Business is booming on Koh Pich. since development began in 2006—and about 300 families were pushed off what was then farmland—the island has slowly grown into the symbol of commercial modernity in Phnom Penh. The developer, Overseas Cam­bodia Investment Corp., is also extending the island by ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Angkor Air is planning rapid fleet and network expansion as competition intensifies in the Cambodian market. The Cambodian flag carrier is expected to more than double its fleet by the end of 2015 and launch services to several new markets, including mainland China, Hong ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has informed foreign embassies in the country that the opposition’s threatened demonstrations over the election results are intended to illegally overthrow the elected CPP-led government, a ministry spokesman said Wednesday. Lieutenant General Khieu sopheak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, said that letters were ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 9.5 million CambodianS who directly engage in agriculture muSt adopt new techniqueS in order to counter dynamic weather patternS cauSed by climate change, and the government muSt work with farmerS to enSure that it happenS, an agricultural conference waS told laSt week. Flown in from SS='cambodia-color'>...

A container storage facility off the coast of Preah sihanouk province that allows Cambodia to blend oil before export could hold the key to sustainable growth in the country’s nascent energy sector, according to a Danish oil and gas expert. With Chevron positioned to lead offshore ss='cambodia-color'>...

A mob of 500 villagers beat a man to death in Kampong Cham province yesterday after he allegedly slaughtered his wife and stepdaughter with a pair of scythes and reportedly taunted the assembled crowd with his wife’s severed hand. Police said Laing Pises, 48, used the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Land certificates handed out by Prime Minister Hun sen’s youth volunteers have been seized by local authorities in some parts of the country and sold on to companies, a forum on land rights was told yesterday, amid reports of rising numbers of land conflicts. speaking at ss='cambodia-color'>...

The extent of the devastation of Cambodia’s forests was brought into sharp relief as 2013 drew to a close, with a series of detailed maps and satellite data released by NGOs showing the drastic depletion of the Kingdom’s woodland ecosystems. Images released by Open Development Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of eight opposition CNRP youth supporters sang a single song near Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park before police deployed nearby had a chance to break up their concert on Thursday, a musical test of the new ban on public gatherings in the wake of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Beer, whisky and strong, home-brewed moonshine have long been Cambodians’ favorite tipples, but with an ever-growing middle class, tastes are changing and if you’re part of the new elite, it is increasingly important to know your Pinot Gris from your Pinot Noir. To help enhance one’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

A would-be tripartite workshop intended to improve the garment sector’s minimum wage setting process closed Friday, with the industry’s most influential player, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), boycotting the talks at Phnom Penh Hotel. The two-day workshop would have been the first meeting between ss='cambodia-color'>...

BAVET CITY, Svay Rieng province &ndaSh; The government haS ordered all factorieS here to Shut down until ThurSday at the earlieSt in a bid to keep eScalating StrikeS from Spiraling out of control and Spreading nationwide. “[Provincial] Governor Chieng Am Said in a meeting yeSterday [Monday] SS='cambodia-color'>...

Inspired by Australian mining regulations, the Cambodian government is considering a raft of changes to the mineral resources mining law, including a rethink of the sector’s comparatively high tax rate. Citing discussions held with Western Australia state mining industry representatives last week, Meng saktheara, secretary of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s first pilot program to insure farmers against rice crop loss launched last week in five provinces. ss='cambodia-color'>...

This week, Cambodia’s government ignored pressure from Europe and the United states and passed the NGO law. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian officials are praising Thailand’s decision to deport 109 Muslim Uighur immigrants back to China last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...