The Ministry of Tourism, in conjunction with the National Committee for Clean City Evaluation, on Tuesday urged governors in the Kingdom’s 25 cities and provinces to launch an awareness-raising and sanitation campaign in the run-up to the National Clean City Day. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Next year’s basic minimum wage has been increased by 4.4 per cent to $190 a month from $170 per month last year after the final round of negotiations ended in a vote last week, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 30 non-government groups have recently applied to register with the state or asked for changes to their current registration records, according to a statement from the Interior Ministry that hailed the requests as broad endorsement of Cambodia’s highly controversial new NGO law. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the middle class here expands and the government seeks to boost home ownership, singapore-based developer HLH Group Ltd is expanding into the market with Camhomes, a brand that aims to tap rising demand from the country’s middle class. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nine Vietnamese Montagnards who are seeking the protection of the United Nations refugee office in Cambodia’s capital said Monday that they fled their homeland last month because of political persecution, and expressed concern about possible deportation by Cambodian authorities. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Yaunta SecuritieS, a leading underwriter in the Cambodia&rSquo;S Slow moving Stock market, iS in talkS with regulatorS and the Cambodia SecuritieS ExchangeS (CSX) to aSSume the role of market maker to provide more liquidity in the market, a Senior executive at Yaunta told Khmer SS='cambodia-color'>...

Drivers on Cambodia’s chaotic streets are often quick to criticize the traffic police, who seem unable to bring things under control. However, the drivers themselves forget that poor driving and the ignoring of traffic laws lead to so many snarls. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 400 parishioners at the Christian Evangelical International Ministry in Phnom Penh were singing hymns when 15 armed police officers rushed through the doors on saturday and rounded up all of the Nigerian men present, according to Peter Ike, a preacher’s assistant at the church. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan arrives today for a four-day visit to boost ties, at a time of rising tensions in the south China sea between Beijing and the Us over China’s increasingly aggressive stance over territorial disputes with its neighbors in the area. ss='cambodia-color'>...

She had to leave Cambodia to learn how radio can be uSed to keep indigenouS communitieS both up to date and in touch with their rootS &ndaSh; and now She wantS to do the Same for the ethnic Jarai community in Ratanakkiri&rSquo;S O&rSquo;Yadav diStrict.&nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...

For the second time in three weeks the United Nations has expressed concern over increasing tensions between Cambodia’s Government and opposition, with secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today calling the arrest warrant issued against opposition leader sam Rainsy “worrisome.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Siem Reap province yeSterday Shuttered an unlicenSed medical clinic they Say waS uSing more than 100 unregiStered medicineS, though the clinic&rSquo;S owner inSiSted the raid waS in reSponSe to rival clinicS complaining about their priceS being undercut by hiS charitable operation. SS='cambodia-color'>...

As a national crackdown on illegal logging rumbles on, Try Pheap, Cambodia’s most prominent timber tycoon, issued a public denial of reports that he was linked to an economic land concession (ELC) where authorities found hundreds of cubic metres of potentially illegal timber. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Facing threats of retaliation if Prime Minister Hun sen is met by protests during his first official visit to the U.s. next week, the opposition CNRP said on Monday that it would seek a meeting with government officials this week over security concerns. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 70 residents from a village in siem Reap’s Ampil commune yesterday submitted a petition to provincial officials requesting that they not be switched to the authority of neighbouring Nokor Thom commune, though at least one local official claimed the matter was long decided. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Special Ec&Shy;o&Shy;nomic Zone (PPSEZ) waS given clearance on WedneSday to begin final preparationS for liSting on the country&rSquo;S Stock exchange, according to a Statement releaSed by the SecuritieS and Exchange Com&Shy;&Shy;miSSion of Cambodia (SECC).&nbSp; &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) decided yesterday that it would not attempt to intervene on behalf of its deputy secretary-general, who was jailed on bribery charges on Monday in connection with the government’s probe of a sex scandal involving opposition leader Kem sokha. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sihanoukville&rSquo;S touriSm induStry haS welcomed newS that the country&rSquo;S flagShip airline will commence Scheduled Service between Sihanoukville and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam next month, but Said the coaStal city could benefit greatly from more international flightS. &nbSp;&nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...

Next year’s commune council elections will be held on June 4, according to a decision signed on Tuesday by Prime Minister Hun sen, marking the first nationwide ballot since the 2013 election that led to the reform of the National Election Committee (NEC). ss='cambodia-color'>...

A decade ago, powerful businesswoman suy sophan promised to build 10 apartment blocks for residents of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila neighborhood who faced eviction to make way for her real estate project. she only built eight, leaving hundreds of residents without a home.   ss='cambodia-color'>...