The first Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border friendship exchange is slated for mid-December in the tri-border area that comprises Ngoc Hoi district in Vietnam’s Central Highland province of Kon Tum, Laos’ Attapeu province, and Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province as well as in Kon Tum city. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Locals from some communities with ongoing land disputes are not optimistic about the government’s new out-of-court dispute resolution authority. Prime Minister Hun Manet announced last month that the government body could resolve civil matters more quickly than Cambodia’s courts, but land disputants are wary of ss='cambodia-color'>...

In Trapaing Chor commune’s sre Kin village, located in Kampong speu province’s Oral district, certain community members have transitioned away from forest-related activities such as logging and wildlife hunting. Instead, they have embraced a new approach by forming a rotating cropping community. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s central bank, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), is set to launch a faster and more efficient cross-border payment system between Cambodia and India. The initiative will mark a significant expansion of Bakong’s reach, fostering economic activity between the two nations. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On May 16, immediately after the ceiling of a shoe factory collapsed in Kompong speu province, leaving two people dead, promises were made to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy and to conduct a nationwide in­spection of all factories. “We will have a committee investigate clearly ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials reacted strongly yesterday after the Us Embassy questioned Cambodia’s commitment to democracy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism is looking at the possibility of relaxing visa requirements for cruise visitors. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prayers, blessings and visits to shrines have replaced cheat notes in this year’s Grade 12 exam. ss='cambodia-color'>...

It is almost two years to the day since Cambodia’s stock market launched in Phnom Penh in front of proud government officials, senior financiers and eager investors from across the region. Initial expectations were that a total of three state-owned firms would be listed within six ss='cambodia-color'>...

When the ruling Cambodian People’s Party promised civil servants a pay rise earlier this year, some suggested it was also trying to give them a reason to vote for it in July’s national election. The 20 per cent increase came amid the opposition Cambodia National Rescue ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia appears unlikely to meet its target of becoming a high middle-income nation by 2030 and years of gains it has made reducing poverty could be erased by even a modest shock to the economy, according to the latest World Bank data. World Bank senior country ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has ordered Ang & Associates Lawyer Co. Ltd., a company headed by well-known businessman Kith Meng, to cease logging in an area of stung Treng province where a hydropower dam will be built. sesan district governor Yeang srey sary said Thursday that a delegation ss='cambodia-color'>...

Economists and analysts on Thursday shrugged off the opposition CNRP’s threat to stage nationwide labor strikes, arguing that while such a move could lower profits for companies in the short term, it would not significantly deter foreign investors. Mr. Rainsy, who mentioned the possibility of strikes ss='cambodia-color'>...

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'>...