The Royal Group, in partnership with a Thailand-based swiss investor, will build a 148-room five-star hotel on Preah sihanouk’s Koh Rong island, with the group having completed a ground-breaking ceremony on saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

This year’s sea Festival, held for the first time in Kampot last weekend, attracted over 300,000 visitors and generated more than $15 million in revenue for the local community, tourism minister Thong Khon said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An armed robbery on Sunday evening at a Wing money tranSfer outlet in Prey Veng province&rSquo;S Komchay Mear diStrict left two people with head injurieS after they were piStol-whipped by five perpetratorS, police Said yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has set up a checkpoint with a vehicle scale at the eastern entrance to Tsubasa Bridge on Friday, after an overloaded rice truck damaged the bridge’s pavement last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Soeung Hai, a diSSident former monk wanted for arreSt by the government, Said on TueSday that he had been living in Sweden Since February after the U.N.&rSquo;S refugee agency helped him Secure political aSylum there. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Nine local journalists were arrested yesterday morning in Preah Vihear province’s Koulen district over allegations they threatened to write about local villagers who were transporting illegal timber unless they handed over cash, according to officials.    ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s election body has called for regular meetings with political parties, journalists and civil society organisations (CsOs) in a bid to stave off suspicions of bias as two of its non-CPP aligned officials face prosecution. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Between 2009 and 2012, the Ministry of Environment went on nationwide leasing spree, signing over vast swaths of the country’s nominally protected areas to private companies for rubber plantations and other agribusiness ventures.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Commerce received a visiting business delegation led by Bruno Luk, director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade office in singapore, Pao Hengdara, the ministry’s chief of cabinet, said yesterday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Employees of a controversial monkey breeding farm in Pursat City who protested earlier this week for higher wages have accepted their employer’s offer of a $16 monthly wage increase, authorities said on Thursday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sihanoukville AutonomouS Port (SAP), the Kingdom&rSquo;S largeSt maritime container hub, reported a Six percent increaSe in cargo ShipmentS in the firSt Six monthS of the year, while tonnage roSe by 10 percent in the Same period. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Foreign Minister Prak sokhonn kicked off his two-day visit to Russia yesterday and will meet key leaders from the federation in a bid to strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations, the ministry’s spokesman said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of education, youth and sport announced today that parents, exam attendees and other relevant people can protest with the high school exam’s result released over the weekend within 30 days. ss='cambodia-color'>...

At events marking the third anniversary of King Norodom sihanouk’s death Thursday, deputy opposition leader Kem sokha and Prince Norodom Ranariddh provided differing opinions about reports suggesting that the CNRP and Funcinpec are considering a merger. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers from the former Boeung Kak lake, Borei Keila and Thma Kul communities are to hold a month-long protest in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park to pressure City Hall to resolve a long running land dispute. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Jailed Sam RainSy Party Senator Hong Sok Hour&rSquo;S bail hearing haS been Set for WedneSday, with hiS lawyerS Saying that they have depoSited 10 million riel (about $2,500) in anticipation of a potentially favourable outcome. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Several trade unionS repreSenting Some of the garment Sector&rSquo;S 700,000 workerS petitioned lawmakerS on Monday to make important changeS to a controverSial draft union law before paSSing it and warned of maSS proteStS if they were ignored. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials are encouraging Japanese investors to channel more funding into the country’s booming construction and property development market, with the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction rolling out the red carpet for them. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 2,800 supporters attended the first congress of Nhek Bun Chhay’s Khmer National United Party (KNUP) in Phnom Penh yesterday, a party spokesperson said, weeks after splitting from the Prince Norodom Ranariddh-controlled Funcinpec party. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government launched a national plan for multilingual education in primary schools on Tuesday in an attempt to better integrate ethnic minorities into the public education system, taking over a program started by two children’s organizations. ss='cambodia-color'>...