A small community in siem Reap province’s Chong Kneas commune is adamant about getting global recognition for their unique fermented fish paste, or prahoc, after the government endorsed a national standard for the most distinctive ingredient in Khmer cooking. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A company based in China’s southern province of Guangdong opened a 2-hectare market for building and construction materials near the Preah Monivong Bridge in Phnom Penh on saturday, according to a report by online Chinese news site Commercial News. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 700 houses and three schools have been affected by storms over the past three days in Preah sihanouk province’s Prey Nob district. District governor sar Kakada said the storms took place from Monday to yesterday across three communes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ruling Cambodian People’s Party member Yin Bunnang will take the seat of recently deceased lawmaker Im sethy, representing Kampong Cham province, the National Assembly announced yesterday. The assembly also selected a lawmaker to replace sethy on the justice commission. ss='cambodia-color'>...

According to a report by the National Police’s public order department, there was an increase in deaths and a decrease in injuries compared with the previous year. There were 1,717 deaths and 6,607 injuries reported in 2016. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese government on Tuesday pledged to donate two patrol boats to the General Department of Customs and Excise. The announcement was made in a meeting between Economy Minister Aun Ponmonirath and Iizuka Atsushi, director-general of Japan’s Customs Bureau. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen marked 33 years in power yesterday, claiming he had maintained his tight grip on power through democratic, not dictatorial, means – while also lamenting that he was unable to step down due to the Kingdom’s needs. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Australian mining firm Medusa Mining has announced plans to begin exploration for gold, copper and oil in Kratie province’s Prek Kampi commune, about 35 kilometres west of a stretch of the Mekong River that is home to endangered river dolphins. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An interministerial task force has been established to ease simmering tensions between Cambodian and Chinese business owners in the coastal resort town of sihanoukville, the latest sign that a huge influx of Chinese investment is causing problems on Cambodia’s coast. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Fourteen families in Koh Kong province’s Kiri sakor district filed a court complaint today against 60 security guards employed by Union Development Group (UDG) for allegedly destroying their crops and small huts on land belonging to the development conglomerate.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen today threatened to boycott next month’s Asean-Australia special summit in sydney – and to “beat” demonstrators outside who burn his image – after apparently being supplied leaked telephone calls between opposition members predicting forthcoming international “pressure”.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Federation of Associations for small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FAsMEC) will launch its “selling Cambodian Products” campaign throughout the country early next year to boost the sale of local products and reduce imports, the organization’s president said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister sar Kheng blamed the country’s continual problems with trafficking on porous borders and local government officials, who he said during a speech yesterday were frequently ignoring edicts from the national government and even orders he personally delivered himself. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the opposition CNRP have decided to boycott the National Assembly’s (NA) plenary session today, saying amendments to the law on political parties which are being debated today will lead to national disunity and run contrary to democratic principles. ss='cambodia-color'>...

During the inauguration of a pagoda in Prey Veng on Friday, Prime Minister Hun sen announced he will send several advisers to Myanmar to share lessons from his “Win-Win” policy, which he credits with ending Cambodia’s civil war. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 60 cows and buffalo in stung Treng’s siem Pang district have died over the past two weeks following a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, while 200 cattle have been vaccinated to prevent further spread, officials said yesterday.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s central bank is to conduct on-site audits of microfinance institutions to check if they are complying with the interest rate cap that came into force more than two months ago, industry insiders have said.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Youth Party leader Pich SroS filed a complaint today at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court againSt Cambodia National ReScue Party leader Kem Sokha in reSponSe to the latter&rSquo;S encouragement of voterS not to “waSte” their voteS on Small partieS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia slid further down the rankings of global competitiveness on this year’s Global Competitiveness Report, which showed the Kingdom dropping five notches on the annual index to hold its position as the second least competitive country in Asean after Laos. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 300 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district were evacuated yesterday after their houses were inundated by floods. Other provinces were also affected by flooding as a low-pressure weather system crosses the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...