Opposition leaders sam Rainsy and Kem sokha are due to appear before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court as scheduled this morning after retaining the services of a new lawyer, a CNRP spokesman said Monday. Mr. Rainsy and Mr. sokha, as well as union leaders Rong Chhun ss='cambodia-color'>...

Construction on Phnom Penh’s first international-standard critical-care center is expected to begin in April, and when completed it will offer state-of-the-art medical technology and highly trained staff, according to an official with the Japanese firm in charge of the project. “[Construction] is supposed to start from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Municipality has warned the public to expect prolonged traffic disturbances around O’Russei market in Prampi Makara district after construction began in the area Monday as part of the ongoing Japan-funded drainage project, a statement from City Hall said. The public has been asked for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Political tensions that remain unresolved in both Cambodia and Thailand could lead to more violence in both countries, analysts warn. Thailand is going through another spate of democratic reform, following demonstrations that forced Prime Minister Yingluck shinawatra to step down and call for new elections. Those elections ss='cambodia-color'>...

Overall revenue from Cambodia’s booming tourism sector reached $2.5 billion last year, according to Tourism Minister Thong Khon. Khon said in an interview on Tuesday that the figure, which does not reflect the amount the state collected in taxes on the sector, marked a 15 per ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) announced the conStruction of a fifth water treatment Station yeSterday, Saying that without an additional plant, the capital could face a Severe clean-water Shortage aS Soon aS 2017. Speaking at a preSS conference organiSed by the JapaneSe International Cooperation SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday said that political parties would be banned from setting up permanent campaign bases in the city during next month’s council elections. The announcement followed the CNRP’s request to City Hall on Friday asking permission to set up a base ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy opposition leader Kem sokha has drawn the ire of the government and civil society groups after on Wednesday accusing Vietnam of orchestrating the Koh Pich bridge stampede that killed more than 350 people in 2010 as part of a plot to “eliminate the Khmer ss='cambodia-color'>...

ScoreS of familieS in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Borei Keila community tore down a corrugated metal fence and took up temporary reSidence in developer Phan Imex&rSquo;S unfiniShed Building 9 aS anger over Smaller-than-promiSed relocation plotS boiled over yeSterday morning. The occupation began after local and municipal authoritieS came SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Forestry Administration in Preah Vihear province on saturday raided a remote cabin in Choam Ksan district where they found 200 pieces of illegally felled luxury wood, police said sunday. The 15 cubic meters of wood uncovered included the Thnong, Beng and Neang Noun varieties, and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Forestry Administration in Kampot province on Tuesday confiscated about 2 cubic meters of illegal timber from a truck in Toek Chhou district’s stung Keo commune, officials said. The bust is at least the third in a week, with forestry officials confiscating 200 pieces of illegal ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Chinese-owned company in Preah Vihear’s Tbeng Mean­chey district stumbled across an 8th-century sandstone carving of the Buddha while excavating land there on Wednesday, the provincial culture department said yesterday. Oug Vireak, a deputy with the culture department, said the firm Lan Feng had been bulldozing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party figureS who have been at the forefront of negotiationS with the oppoSition party yeSterday offered lukewarm reSponSeS to the proSpect of reStarting talkS that would bring an end to the oppoSition&rSquo;S Seven-month-long parliamentary boycott. Their poSition &ndaSh; that the oppoSition party waS SS='cambodia-color'>...

It’s day seven of the FIFA World Cup, and the night staff at Phnom Penh’s popular score sports Bar and Grill are looking a bit sleep-deprived. score is paying its staff “very well” in extra wages during the World Cup for the long nights they ss='cambodia-color'>...

While a bipartisan election reform committee meeting today is meant only to discuss technical reforms and leave key political concessions to future top-level talks, observers yesterday said a lot more is likely to be on the table. That hope comes despite public barbs having been traded ss='cambodia-color'>...

Grand Twins International (Cambodia) Plc., a manufacturer of clothes for U.s. athletic brands, on Monday will begin recording investor demands to determine the price for an initial public offering (IPO) as part of the last steps to list on the Cambodian stock Exchange (CsX), though ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy said that he made “tentative” plans with Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday to appear before King Norodom sihamoni on Friday to sign a deal ending the CNRP’s boycott of its 55 National Assembly seats. Government and CPP officials said they could ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday that his government will work with the Thai junta that came to power in a coup last week, and quashed speculation that the ousted shinawatra clan may be allowed to set up a government in exile in Cambodia. In a ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government is in the process of amending its gaming laws in a bid to draw major casino operators, industry sources have confirmed to GGRAsia. Earlier on Tuesday, the Phnom Penh Post reported that the new draft of the national casino law could be finalised ss='cambodia-color'>...

On the road to legal employment in Thailand, Cambodian migrant workers are being made to undergo check-ups that have them cough, strip and give blood and urine samples to prove they are physically and mentally sound enough to work in the country. Obtaining a workers’ permit, ss='cambodia-color'>...