The Supreme Court haS requeSted that the owner of Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Shuttered RenakSe Hotel depoSit $200,000 with the court aS proof that it iS able to pay compenSation to the hotel&rSquo;S former manager, a lawyer Said yeSterday. In 2008, the ruling CPP Sold the French colonial-era SS='cambodia-color'>...

Asean leaders urged the lifting of economic sanctions against Burma, while the Burmese president made his first public statement on the nation’s recent by-elections, calling them “very successful” at the Asean summit in Phnom Penh yesterday. “Asean has consistently spoken of lifting sanctions, but now, more ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some of SoutheaSt ASia&rSquo;S moSt acute problemS were left unmentioned yeSterday when government-Sanctioned civil Society groupS met with ASean leaderS at the regional bloc&rSquo;S Summit in Phnom Penh. NGOS from eight of the 10 ASean StateS attended the meeting, but the IndoneSian delegation pulled out, complaining SS='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of National Defence Tea Banh said on Thursday that having sanctions and external pressure placed on Cambodia was not worse than life under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Tea Banh, who is also deputy prime minister, was speaking to military and ruling party officials ss='cambodia-color'>...

A middle-aged man was arrested and sent to Phnom Penh Municipal Court Wednesday while three other supporters of slain political analyst Kem Ley were also arrested as they were attempting to sell t-shirts with Kem Ley’s portrait and commemorating his assassination’s third anniversary. According to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on saturday addressed the Kingdom’s spending on new infrastructure projects during the groundbreaking ceremony for 34 new roads in Preah sihanouk province amid calls for greater transparency over Cambodia’s expenditures. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following a decision by opposition leader sam Rainsy for the CNRP to cautiously re-engage with the CPP in parliament rather than carry out a full-blown boycott, senior officials from the parties met at the National Assembly on Thursday for the first time since last month’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Speu palm Sugar iS expected to receive itS geographical indication (GI) StatuS certification from the European CommiSSion&rSquo;S Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development by the end of thiS year, according to an official from the Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion ASSociation (KSPSPA).&nbSp;Mr. Sok Sarang, SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government has asked the company that manages airports in Cambodia to explain why, according to airline Bassaka Air, it demanded $240 from the carrier for helping a disabled passenger board one of its aircraft.Bassaka Air, which found itself at the centre of a media ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite industry concerns that a minimum wage increase to $128 earlier this year would hurt Cambodia’s garment exports, the garment and footwear sector – a mainstay of the economy – showed robust growth for the first half of 2015, netting around $3 billion, according to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labor passed all responsibility for foreign work permits today to E-solutions (Cambodia) Co., leaving a multitude of unanswered questions about the private company that will process, produce and distribute the permits online. Ministry spokesman Heng sour declined to answer questions about the company, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian goods benefit from the lowest export tariff rates in the world but the Kingdom’s trade is still held back by lengthy bureaucratic procedures and corruption, according to a new study by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Global Enabling Trade Report 2016, a study published ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s former opposition leader sam Rainsy said on sunday he was open to talks with Prime Minister Hun sen, who has held power since 1985, to end a crisis caused by the dissolution of the main opposition party ahead of elections in July. The Cambodia National ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia should have its own satellite to make high-speed broadband available to all, Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday. The prime minister also proposed that the Royal Group, a local conglomerate, partner with other  companies to make the Kingdom’s satellite dream a reality. Addressing about 600 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen opened the 30th AsEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting yesterday in Phnom Penh, where AsEAN officials will focus on AsEAN green energy and develop a plan for AsEAN’s power grid, officials said. Victor Jona, deputy director general of energy of the General Department ss='cambodia-color'>...

Citibank, one of the largest banks in the United states and the World, is seeking for investment opportunities in Cambodia, a bank senior official said Tuesday. During a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Cambodian Keat Chhon on Tuesday afternoon, Darren Buckley, country ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers evicted from the former sambok Chab community in the capital’s Dangkor district in 2006 face eviction for the second time – this time without any compensation, evictees told the Post yesterday. According to villager Heng Pheng Chun, 26, authorities in Por sen Chey district have ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said on Monday that the Kingdom’s economic growth is forecast to grow at 7 per cent this year, according to news agency reports. “We still maintain our forecast of  7 per cent growth and the latest forecast showed that the inflation rate ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 50 workers from four garment factories in the capital’s Vattanac Industrial Park 2 had fainted yesterday, police said, but a union representative put the figure at more than 200 – which is the number who collapsed at the same site just a day ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local authorities in the capital’s Russey Keo district had offered residents living along the banks of the Tonle sap $500 compensation in the wake of sand dredging that began a week ago and has already caused structural damage to their homes, villagers told the Post ss='cambodia-color'>...