Until the arrival of large-scale development around her home in the northeastern province of Ratanakkiri, sav samourn, a member of the ethnic Jarai minority, was frightened of wild animals and ghosts. But as trees disappeared and industrial machinery razed the forestland, the old fears fell away. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thai-based movie theatre company Major Cineplex said it will build “a high-end lifestyle and entertainment complex” at the Aeon mall in Phnom Penh, hoping to capture Cambodia’s youth market in what it believes is a stable business environment for its entertainment products. While it sees prospects in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s Commission on Economy on Wednesday rejected the opposition- proposed draft law on minimum wages for garment and state workers. The opposition group proposed the National Assembly to make a law to limit a monthly minimum wage of 150 U.s. dollars for garment ss='cambodia-color'>...

Jarai minority villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district protested in two locations yesterday against a Vietnamese company that community leaders say has been clearing their protected land and forcing villagers to accept inadequate compensation. Community leader sev Hem said 30 angry villagers directly confronted five Company 72 ss='cambodia-color'>...

A strike involving hundreds of casino workers – many who have been told their contracts have been terminated – reached an impasse yesterday after NagaWorld officials did not attend a conciliation session at the Arbitration Council, a union leader said. “The Arbitration Council could not immediately ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has called on Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos to help curb the illegal trade in rosewood after Cambodia’s bloodiest year yet for logging-related border shootings. speaking to reporters at Phnom Penh International Airport after the premier returned from a two-day meeting ss='cambodia-color'>...

Malaysia-based Harta Packaging Industries sdn Bhd opened a new Cambodian factory to meet the demands of a growing exports sector and benefit from sihanoukville port’s ambitious expansion plans, officials said. Harta Packaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of HPI Resources Berhad and part of the Oji Paper ss='cambodia-color'>...

As sihanoukville’s water shortage drags on, the price of water being delivered by private suppliers has skyrocketed with residents and business owners growing ever more desperate to get clean water into their homes, hotels and restaurants. Over the past week, since a reservoir supplying the city ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s tax revenues increased by more than 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year. Officials said the rise reflects an influx of new buinesses and investments. Opposition lawmakers, however, claim that the numbers are still far ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s insurance industry earned a total premium of 12 million U.s. dollars in the first three months of 2013, up 30 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the industry’s report released Wednesday. The main sources of the premium were from fire insurance ss='cambodia-color'>...

Since laSt year, up to a half of nearly 8,000 hectareS of community foreSt haS been encroached upon and cleared in Oddar Meanchey province&rSquo;S Banteay Ampil diStrict by SoldierS, community repreSentativeS Said yeSterday. Din Heng, chief of Ang Dong Bor community, Said the army haS cleared SS='cambodia-color'>...

China’s Yunnan province on Monday provided 200 agricultural engines to Cambodia’s northwestern Banteay Meanchey province for post-flood rehabilitation. A handover ceremony was held here between Yu Dingcheng, vice chairman of the standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial People ‘s Congress, and Oung Oeun, chief of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Smoke billowed over Phnom Penh International Airport and people lay on the graSS vergeS near an aircraft Simulator on Friday aS hundredS of reScue Service perSonnel and firefighterS took part in the airport&rSquo;S fourth-ever full-Scale emergency exerciSe. HundredS of SoldierS and police, aS well aS actorS SS='cambodia-color'>...

The bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and China rose by 31 percent in the first nine months of the year thanks to closer ties between the two governments, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo said Thursday. From January to september this year, the two-way trade volume ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s construction industry took a major step forward in its development on Tuesday with the second summit of the Cambodia Constructors Association at DARA Airport Hotel. The summit occurred alongside an exhibition of construction products, materials and services. Association chairman Pung Kheav se said that was ss='cambodia-color'>...

Construction on a new multi-purpose terminal at sihanoukville Autonomous Port is expected to begin in early 2014 to support Cambodia’s rising exports, port officials said yesterday. The new terminal, linking sea to shore, will occupy three hectares and is expected to be finished by late 2016. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government’s investigation into the bloody crackdown on unruly protesters on Veng sreng Boulevard one month ago wrapped up yesterday, officials said, though those familiar with the investigation remained tight-lipped about its findings. National Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith said yesterday that the three-week investigation had cooperated ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s long-awaited resumption of international adoptions will soon take another tenuous step forward with a Us state Department program that will see local adoption officials flown to the United states for training. The initiative, pegged an “informational visitor’s program”, follows on the heels of a January ss='cambodia-color'>...

Negotiators for Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties say they have reached agreements on key points of election reform, moving past a potential breakdown in talks last week. But they did not agree on an overhaul of the National Election Committee, widely seen as biased toward ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s tax department is under-resourced and understaffed, thereby hindering its ability to generate revenue, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) analysis released earlier this month. The analysis, which took into account survey results from 22 tax revenue bodies across Asia between 2012 and 2013, paints ss='cambodia-color'>...