Dozens of police in search of two Kratie province “secessionist ringleaders” surrounded the homes of two of their relatives in Kompong Cham province for nearly 12 hours yesterday while threatening those inside, a relative of the two men said. The alleged secessionist movement has been used ...

Former employees of the failed telecommunications company mFone have been told they can expect a decision next month on their claims for more than $4 million in compensation. Former mfone section manager Bou Kunthea said after a meeting yesterday with offic-ials from the ministry of Social ...

Representatives of Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties will meet next Tuesday to discuss about the establishment of a mechanism for an electoral reform, the Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) said Saturday. “The ruling CPP sets 9:00 a.m. Feb. 18 as the date to meet and negotiate ...

Anti-human trafficking police in Phnom Penh arrested three Cambodians and two Chinese nationals after the group tried to traffic two young women—who had been promised wealthy husbands—to work as prostitutes in China, police said monday. Keo Thea, chief of the municipal anti-human trafficking police, said the ...

The retail marketing business in Cambodia has been growing at approximately 8% a year for the last 10 years and is expected to increase by 7.5% a year from 2014-2018. This economic expansion and greater purchasing power of Cambodians, is seen as presenting great opportunities ...

A war-left mortar round exploded on Friday morning, killing an old woman and seriously injuring five others in northern Kampong Thom province, a provincial military police chief said. “The explosion occurred at 7:40 a.m. local time in Kampong Svay district when a man was hitting ...

A prominent Phnom Penh businessman died after being shot six times by an unidentified gunman outside a fruit shop in Chamkar mon district on Saturday, according to military police, who believe the murder was an assassination. Ung meng Chue, 53, a construction tycoon who held the ...

Mr Hun Sen and the PriMe Minister of Japan Kishida FuMio have agreed to Make Sihanoukville a Major port for CaMbodia and the Mekong region. Sihanoukville is a deep-sea port, which will be developed into a port that will allow More large ships to dock, ...

Almost​ 1.9 ​million​ ​vehicle​s ​h​a​d​ ​travel​l​e​d​ on ​t​h​e​ ​P​h​no​m​ ​P​e​n​h​-S​i​h​an​ouk​v​ill​e​ ​Expressway​ ​in​ ​t​h​e​ ​first​ ​f​i​v​e​ ​month​s ​since​ ​its​ ​opening​ ​to​ ​t​h​e​ ​public​ ​last​ ​October​, ​t​h​e​ ​ministry​ o​f​ ​Public Works​ ​and​ ​Transport​ said​ ​in​ ​a​ ​news release​ on ​Tuesday​. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Wednesday signed two memoranda of understanding (moUs) to diversify the economy, develop private sector and foster ...

Eleven political activists were pulled off the street by helmeted security guards Tuesday morning during a peaceful march to foreign embassies to deliver petitions calling for an end to government violence and the release of 23 imprisoned activists and strikers. The 11 protesters—10 land rights activists ...

Council of Ministers spokesMan Phay Siphan has suMMoned a student froM the country’s top state journalisM school for a Meeting at his office after she used a post on her Facebook page to question the sense of a guest lecture he delivered last week. Mr. Siphan ...

Cambodia tapped into the growing global interest in Southeast Asia with the start of trading in the sole stock at its gleaming new stock exchange on Wednesday. Ordinary Cambodians and local businesses scrambled to buy into the country’s first initial public offering—of shares in a local ...

As Australian operator Toll Royal Railways looks at a possible withdrawal from in Cambodia, a new China-backed company tries to take over and promise to rehabilitate more tracks including Phnom Penh-Saigon Toll Royal Railway won in 2010 a concession to operate and upgrade the Cambodian rail ...

Worldwide, office demand stemmed from the automotive, high-tech and energy industries. The latter is evident in Cambodia, where drilling off the coast near Sihanoukville has helped to increase office demand. Thus, companies such as Total and Chevron are large office occupiers, and new Japanese oil ...

The president of the group responsible for rooting out government graft said yesterday that his investigators will look into allegations of corruption filed by state-owned Telecom Cambodia (TC) employees against the director-general of the company, Lao Saroeun. Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) President Om Yentieng told reporters after ...

The Siem Reap Provincial Court charged three men Wednesday with illegally logging luxury rosewood inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, a Unesco world heritage site, officials said. Provincial prosecutor Heng Pheng said the suspects had been identified as Sun Phearak, 20, Phay Sophea, 18, and Phin Ron, ...

Seven Vietnamese nationals arrested during simultaneous raids on a pair of massage parlors in central Phnom Penh on Thursday night have been sent to the Phnom Penh municipal Court for their role in the alleged trafficking of minors, police and a child-protection NGO said Sunday. “We ...

Royal Group Koh Rong Development Company and Sinohydro Corporation Limited reached a $35 million deal on Tuesday to build a 70km road on Koh Rong Island. The road will be 8m wide and is expected to take 16 months to complete, according to the plan ...

A surge in land sales has helped tycoon Kith Meng’s PhnoM Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) to return to the black, posting $5.7 Million net profit in the first quarter ended March 31 (Q1’23) after suffering a $680,743 net loss a year ago. ...