Every morning, right about 8am, Vuthy* starts to feel out of sorts. On the way from his home in Meanchey district to the Khmer-soviet Friendship Hospital, where he receives treatment, he breaks into a sweat. Vuthy is one of about 140 former heroin addicts who ss='cambodia-color'>...

Houy Mai has lost everything to the global demand for cheap sugar and biofuel. The 54-year-old mother-of-eight has fought a years-long battle with Mitr Phol, Asia’s biggest sugar producer and one of three major suppliers to Coca-Cola. Her family was left homeless and without a sustainable ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia lacks the skilled labor force necessary to advance the economy and the government must find ways to create more valuable work as it faces fierce regional and international competition, according to a new report released Thursday by the World Bank. The report, “East Asia Pacific ss='cambodia-color'>...

This year’s subdued Water Festival festivities in the capital, where traditional boat races were cancelled, has resulted in a bump in tourism in the provinces as Cambodians use the three-day holiday to visit their families, enjoy cultural activities and lounge on beaches.“It was unusually quiet ss='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition CNRP on Thursday walked out of an election complaints session at the headquarters of the National Election Committee (NEC), claiming the body was investigating complaints improperly and without the presence of its leadership. The CNRP, which has called for a transparent and independent investigation ss='cambodia-color'>...

With planned protests against last month’s contested national election results fast approaching, the opposition CNRP and police each held separate training events in Phnom Penh on sunday, aimed at staving off the violence many fear may erupt. The CNRP says it will start mass protests beginning ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leaders sam Rainsy and Kem sokha joined dozens of monks and hundreds of supporters on Monday for a Pchum Ben ceremony at the memorial stupa in Phnom Penh honoring the 16 people who were killed by a grenade attack on an opposition rally in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition CNRP has called on its supporters to gather in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday for a large rally, though party leaders insisted that the event would be peaceful and not considered to be a demonstration against contested national election results. In a statement ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s strongman Prime Minister Hun sen has confirmed his impoverished country will accept refugees from Australia in a controversial agreement condemned by human rights and refugee advocates. In his first public comments on the agreement, Mr Hun sen said Cambodia will be “heart-felt and generous towards ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government on Monday agreed to a comprehensive solution for rural families who have lost their land to well-connected agricultural plantations exporting sugar to the European Union (E.U.) duty free and will meet again early next month to discuss details. The decision was made at a ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday ordered embattled union leader Ath Thorn to stay away from the sL garment factory and its workers and to avoid any public gatherings that could “damage public order,” drawing a tight circle around one of the country’s most ss='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese firms have huge ambitions for Cambodia, with a second firm this week proposing three projects worth an estimated Us$6.5 billion to the National Assembly yesterday, but no deadlines were set for the implementation of the projects, according to officials. Pan Xiaoping, chairman of Ruijin Investment Holding Ltd, ss='cambodia-color'>...

A ban of live pig exports by Thailand will benefit local farmers as prices are expected to rise. According to the MsME Project most of the pork in Cambodia comes from Thailand. Only 40 to 50 percent of Cambodia’s hogs are supplied by domestic farmers. ss='cambodia-color'>...

ANZ Royal Bank posted an $8.1 million profit for 2010 according to the bank’s annual report. A profit of $24.3 million was reported by Acleda. Trade and national payments were shows to have generated substantial earnings for the bank according to the report. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Canadian firm Manulife Financial plans to set up one of Cambodia’s first life-insurance operations, the company said yesterday. The Ministry of Economy and Finance had approved “in principle” the investment, which a spokesperson from the company said would be at least Us$7 million ss='cambodia-color'>...

Around 20 people representing 250 villagers from Preah Vihear’s Choam Ksan district petitioned Prime Minister Hun sen for a solution to the razing of their village in 2012, which was done under instructions from current provincial CPP lawmaker suos Yara and local officials. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition figure sam Rainsy formally called for a boycott of this year’s national election in the name of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party on saturday, though some former senior party leaders challenged his authority to speak on behalf of the opposition. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than one million cubic metres of illegal timber has flowed unhindered from protected areas in Cambodia’s northeast provinces to Vietnam as the latter continues its role as a serial illegal timber trade offender, according to a report issued by the Environmental Investigation Agency. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Land Management yesterday handed out land titles to 885 families in sambok and Chak Krang communes in Kratie province. A ceremony was held to distribute the land titles under the ministry’s social Land Concession and Economic Development project in the province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A two-day symposium kicked off in siem Reap on Monday, jointly hosted by members of Asean, China and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The meeting sought to focus on the UN’s sustainable Development Goals (sDGs) and discuss ways of alleviating poverty. ss='cambodia-color'>...