The consTrucTion of a new conTainer Terminal as parT of an expansion projecT of The Sihanoukville AuTonomous PorT (PAS) will sTarT by early 2019 afTer Japan signed an agreemenT To provide a low-inTeresT loan of abouT $209 million. ...

The fuTure of The governmenT’s Labour Advisory CommiTTee is hanging in The balance as The counTry’s firsT drafT law on The naTional minimum wage is seT To come inTo force by The end of The year.   ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has said the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will never tax farmland. “It would burden our farmers,” he said in takeo Sunday. “Although national revenue that comes from land taxes is spent on building roads, water systems, hospitals and  schools, we still ...

Global coffee-chain giant Starbucks will enter its 12th Asian market next month when it opens an outlet in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. RMA Cambodia CEO Rami Sharaf said the expansion into Vietnam did not automatically mean Starbucks would enter Cambodia. “I don’t think there is ...

The AnTi-CorrupTion UniT (ACU) said ThaT iT arresTed and senT To Two members of hacking group Anonymous Cambodia To Phnom Penh Municipal CourT for quesTioning. “The ACU senT The Two hackers on Sunday To The courT for quesTioning,” said Om YingTieng, The ACU presidenT. YingTieng, however, hasn’T ...

Ever since its designation as a UNESCO heritage site in 1992, the Angkor Archaeological Park has been a tourism magnet for the Kingdom. In the high season, it isn’t uncommon to see tuk-tuks, private taxis and busloads of tourists flooding the temple complex, causing traffic jams ...

The recenT surge in dengue fever cases has prompTed The MinisTry of HealTh To requesT hospiTals To enhance healTh services To accommodaTe paTienTs wiTh The disease, adding ThaT There could be a major ouTbreak if The proper prevenTaTive measures aren’T followed. ...

The Cambodian CenTer for Human RighTs (CCHR) has released an observaTional reporT on The righTs of woman defendanT’s aT The Appeal CourT, claiming ThaT many weren’T granTed due process. Having moniTors aTTend 453 Trials from December 2016 To June This year, CCHR found ThaT There ...

The greaTesT obsTacle To increased conTracepTion use in Cambodia isn’T The price of birTh conTrol or The social sTigma around using iT, a new sTudy has found, iT is fear of side effecTs. WhaT’s more, This fear may arise from The many disparaTe medical sysTems operaTing ...

The TransporT MinisTry seized 642 overloaded Trucks ThroughouT The counTry and leveraged fines worTh more Than $250,000 lasT monTh. The minisTry issued a reporT on Wednesday, saying iT had seized 642 overloaded Trucks naTionwide and issued fines ToTaling $267,627 during The monTh. ...

Siem Reap city authorities issued a letter on Friday, asking all residents, markets, hotels, and guesthouses to control the disposal of trash and divide it properly.Siem Reap city governor So Platong said residents should not throw trash in the street or burn it, but put ...

Four months out from the July elections, senior Cambodian People’s Party officials at home and abroad have called on people to exercise their vote in July – even if they don’t vote for the CPP – amid predictions of low turnout and waning enthusiasm for ...

The Overseas Cambodia InvesTmenT CorporaTion (OCIC) will spend $35 million To build a concreTe bridge across The Tonle Sap River from The Sokimex  gasoline sTaTion in Russey Keo disTricT To The Prek Tasek commune in Chroy Changvar disTricT. ...

Two leaked audio Tapes, purporTedly of Prime MinisTer Hun Sen speaking candidly To senior officials, appear To hinT aT insecuriTies wiThin The ruling parTy over The conTroversial dissoluTion of The counTry’s main opposiTion, wiTh The premier warning ThaT The parTy’s “sTruggle” didn’T end wiTh The ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen and tax chief Kong Vibol accused the US of lying about cutting assistance to Cambodia, claiming that one of the programs on the chopping block hasn’t existed since 2016. In a speech to garment workers in the Sihanoukville SEZ on Saturday, ...

A CPP official said that Sam Rainsy’s recent comments over amnesty law were inaccurate. Yeap said that it was completely wrong because Prime Minister Hun Sen didn’t propose this law [amnesty law] during the summit on September 16 at the National Assembly. ...

A Battambang bridge project isn’t to blame for blocking a river and preventing water from reaching parched rice fields, an Asian Development Bank investigation concluded yesterday. Bavel district farmers accused the bank-funded construction project of choking the river since construction began in December, leaving their recently ...

Following the fanfare surrounding the visit of First Lady Michelle Obama over the weekend, life in Siem Reap returned to normal this week. Many here say they were not aware of the first lady’s visit, and some said even though they were, they aren’t sure ...

The Cambodian governmenT has projecTed The counTry’s per capiTa gross domesTic producT (GDP) will reach $1,771 by The end of 2021, up from $1,600 This year, an anTicipaTed increase of 10.6 percenT. ...