Today, the United states Agency for International Development (UsAID) and the U.s. National Aeronautics and space Administration (NAsA) announced a five-year project that will promote the use of satellite imagery to help Asia’s Lower Mekong region better predict and cope with floods and other natural disasters ss='cambodia-color'>...

Six environmental organiSationS oppoSing LaoS&rSquo; controverSial Don Sahong hydropower dam yeSterday took their complaintS to a new level: The Human RightS CommiSSion of MalaySia. In a 23-page letter, the organiSationS from Cambodia, Thailand and the US collectively requeSted an inveStigation into the tranS-boundary impactS of the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia increased the number of business enterprises it had to 513,759 companies at the end of March last year, up from the 463,363 enterprises accounted for in 2011, according to the final results of the 2014 Cambodia Inter-Censal Economic survey. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers in stung Treng province displeased local authorities on saturday by holding a traditional ceremony calling upon a powerful local spirit to curse those behind the construction of the Lower sesan 2 dam. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia received roughly $4 billion in foreign direct investment last year—roughly the same amount as in 2013, the secretary-general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said after a meeting with the National Assembly’s environment and rural development commission. ss='cambodia-color'>...

UK retailer Marks & spencer (M&s) is trialling a new campaign aimed at helping 14,000 garment workers in Cambodia deal with common health issues, as part of its Plan A ethical programme. The company, which aims to become the world’s most sustainable major retailer by 2015, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The former director of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, who was ousted last week amid allegations of serious corruption, gave a luxury sUV to his son—a local police official—after it was confiscated from a suspected drug trafficker, the National Police said in a statement sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Amid numerous reports of Cambodian women being trafficked to China and men being used as forced labor on fishing boats, the U.s.’ latest Trafficking in Persons report again said Cambodia is not doing enough to combat human trafficking. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia saw significant percentage gains in regional trade in the first six months of the year, though the gap between imports and exports remained large, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Commerce. According to the figures, the country saw regional exports to ss='cambodia-color'>...

An often flouted and publicly unpopular restriction forbidding Cambodia’s telecoms from offering lucrative mobile phone promotions was scrapped on sunday, just two weeks after it was introduced. In a letter from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC), signed by Minister so Khun, it announced a ss='cambodia-color'>...

An NGO director and a youth leader from two little-known organizations were elected by 2,779 NGO and youth association members at a meeting on March 15 to represent civil society at a meeting with Asean leaders next week, according to a statement released by state-run ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and China last week signed an agreement to exchange financial intelligence to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, though experts said the Kingdom should still be doing more to tackle an issue that has long persisted in the country, in part, due to local ss='cambodia-color'>...

People with disabilities and their families in two Cambodian provinces – Kampong Cham and Tbong Khmum – experience significant psychological distress, endure discrimination and stigma and their rights “re-main largely unrecognised”, a new study has found. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Tourism and service Worker’s Federation (CTsWF) is asking Minister of Labour Vong sauth to intervene in the case of one union worker fired from a Phnom Penh International Airport company with no reason offered. Nin Kosal, who worked as union secretary for the Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

Inside a mini-mart near Phnom Penh’s Olympic stadium, the shelves holding the beer for sale have a more Cambodian feel to them these days. While imported brand like Thailand’s singha and Japan’s Asahi, used to take up valuable retail real estate, now homegrown brands like Angkor ss='cambodia-color'>...

Property development firm Hongkong Land (HKL) will not break ground on a 10,700-square-meter mixed-use office and retail project in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district until at least 2013, officials at the firm said Thursday. HKL acquired the property behind the U.s. Embassy in April 2011 as ss='cambodia-color'>...

PM Hun Sen&rSquo;S September 20&nbSp;cri de couer&nbSp;beSeeching powerful officialS and their friendS and familieS to not fire or wield their weaponS in reStaurantS and other public placeS, eSpecially thoSe hauntS frequented by foreignerS, threatenS to Spoil the Sport moSt enjoyed by the Kingdom&rSquo;S well-heeled elite. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Owners of the upscale 240 Phnom Penh condo development said yesterday that they have stopped construction, for the time being, in order to ensure the security of the nearby Us ambassador’s residence. “Construction at ‘240 Phnom Penh’ luxury apartments has been temporarily suspended whilst our ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia continues to rank among the most corrupt countries in the world and much needs to be done to enforce the Anti-Corruption Law and investigate allegations of corruption, Transparency International (T.I.) Cambodia said yesterday. According to T.I.’s 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Cambodia ranked 157th among ss='cambodia-color'>...

Exports of Cambodian fish and shellfish products reached 1,618 tonnes last year, worth $3.5 million, a 16 per cent increase from 1,391 tonnes in 2011, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce. “A major share of the total exports last year was from saltwater fish ss='cambodia-color'>...