Ethnic minority villagers expecting to be displaced by a proposed Chinese-built hydroelectric dam in northeastern Cambodia are asking the country’s parliament not to approve a law providing financial guarantees for the project. Villagers living along three rivers that will be affected by the dam spoke ss='cambodia-color'>...

A local police official in Ratanakkiri province has been suspended for demanding money from villagers before adding their names to a list of people eligible for Prime Minister Hun sen’s new land-titling program, police and villagers said yesterday. A total of 1,100 student volunteers are being ss='cambodia-color'>...

The sole provider of water and electricity in Koh Kong province’s Khemerak Phumin town, LYP group, was demanding that all rental buildings install water meters at exorbitant rates for the region, residents said yesterday. Building managers sent intervention papers to provincial governor Bun Leut on July ss='cambodia-color'>...

The second mass fainting in a month at Kampong Chhnang’s M&V garment factory, a supplier for global retailer H&M, saw 23 women taken to hospital yesterday, bringing the total number of affected workers in August to 67. Noun sam Ol, president of the Free Trade Union ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three men arrested over a plan to smuggle millions of dollars worth of counterfeit Us banknotes into Cambodia with the help of Thai criminals used the name of Prime Minister Hun sen’s chief bodyguard to secure the deal, a provincial court heard yesterday. Pin Tipelo, 38, ss='cambodia-color'>...

For more than a year, mystery has shrouded a museum in siem Reap. The facts have been few and the details sparse. What’s known is that a North Korean company invested about $10 million for construction, and that artists from the hermit kingdom flew in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The majority shareholder of Timbergreen, a firm that has been the centre of illegal logging allegations, has denied the company is in any way involved in the illicit trade of timber. The company has gained significant attention since prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty, who had made ss='cambodia-color'>...

VimpelCom Ltd., the Russian mobile telephone operator that runs the Beeline brand in Cambodia, is reviewing its assets in Cambodia to decide whether it should stop doing business here or merge with another firm in the country, an official at the company said yesterday. “We will ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen’s June order that land be cut from economic land concessions and returned to displaced villagers – a move that has alternately inspired gratitude and scepticism – now has a high-profile public face: one of his sons. Hun Manith, deputy chief of Hun ss='cambodia-color'>...

Another alleged “secessionist” involved in a land dispute was arrested yesterday in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district, where villagers said authorities continued a prolonged forced eviction that has led to the destruction of some 500 homes. Three other men accused of attempting to create an autonomous ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s inflation rose by 2.2 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, according to the monthly data from the National Institute of statistics. The increase was due to the rise in food and the fluctuation of gasoline prices. Government officials and economists said the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday convicted a private security guard of accidentally killing the military police officer who allegedly shot dead the country’s most prominent environmental activist, Chut Wutty, and sentenced him to two years in prison. The presiding judge, Kham sophary, then immediately suspended ss='cambodia-color'>...

ASEAN SayS it will Study how to implement a propoSed economic partnerShip with itS Six external partnerS that might lead to the foundation of world&rSquo;S largeSt economic bloc. The propoSed bloc, dubbed the Regional ComprehenSive Economic PartnerShip (RCEP) or “ASEAN+6” , would integrate ASEAN&rSquo;S 10 SS='cambodia-color'>...

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'>...