Cambodia’s ambassador to Australia was told by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday to respond to allegations that he and his staff have been illegally selling large quantities of tax-exempt alcohol and tobacco to a store in Melbourne.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Thai government plans to build a special economic zone (sEZ) worth about $141.6 million in sa Kaeo, which borders the Kingdom’s Banteay Meanchey and Battambang provinces, to serve sMEs that aim to expand their business into Cambodia, according a Thai media report. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Construction workers broke ground yesterday in Boeung Keng Kang I at the site of a $16 million dollar condominium project partially funded by Malaysia’s Chip Hock Realty and Development. This project gets off the ground as foreign investment in the Kingdom sees increased growth. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In 2010, more than 1,500 families in Kampong speu’s Oral district were evicted from the land they had cultivated since the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 to make way for a Phnom Penh sugar Company mega-plantation.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The CNRP said on Wednesday that Germany’s visiting minister for economic cooperation and development agreed to relay a message to the E.U. seeking help in mediating a resolution to current political tensions in Cambodia between the opposition and ruling CPP.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

China will provide Cambodia with more than half a billion dollars in aid, Prime Minister Hun sen announced yesterday, less than a week after Cambodia again declined to support an Asean statement critical of Beijing’s claims to the hotly contested south China sea. ss='cambodia-color'>...

To mark 20 years of the work of NGO Pour un sourie d’Enfant (PsE), a new film about the founders was premiered at the Chaktomouk Hall on Phnom Penh’s riverside on Friday evening when Queen Mother Norodom Monineath was the guest of honor. ss='cambodia-color'>...

T-shop Cambodia, a Phnom-Penh based electronics distributor, is planning an aggressive push into the provinces through company-owned and franchise outlets, and will look to raise capital for expansion by offering shares on the local stock exchange, the company’s CEO said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Election officials toured the country during this week’s Water Festival holiday to investigate a recent sharp drop-off in the pace of voter registrations, but no glaring issues were found, a National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman said on Wednesday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s judicial system is troubled by a cycle of corruption, with both sides of the bench accusing the other of perpetuating the practice of bribery, Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Chairman Om Yentieng said on Thursday at the inauguration of the new bar association president. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials reacted strongly yesterday to a recent statement by NGO Global Witness calling on switzerland, the host of this year’s World Economic Forum, to turn away Prime Minister Hun sen and not give him a platform to find new international business partners. ss='cambodia-color'>...

While stakeholders have lauded the government’s move to establish a bond market, in a bid to raise more funds from domestic sources, they, however, expressed concern that not enough has been done to inform the public on how debt security can support government spending. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian rice exports declined dramatically in March, causing the average export growth of the Kingdom’s dominant cash crop to increase by only 3 percent during the first quarter of this year, nearly wiping out the double-digit growth seen in January and February. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Angkor Sangkranta, Siem Reap&rSquo;S largeSt cultural feStival held over Khmer New Year, raked in a total income of $95 million on the back of 1.6 million domeStic and international viSitorS, a 23 percent year-on-year increaSe, State newS agency AKP Said yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government has lashed out at the U.s. and E.U. over their criticism of the detention of five current and former rights workers in Cambodia for more than a year, adopting the language of its critics by calling their statements “politically motivated.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

A second ship accused by the NGO Mother Nature of illegally exporting dredged ocean sand last week is expected to arrive at a port in China today with a cargo of silica sand, which is exempt from the ban, the ship’s owner said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The campaign for the June 4 commune elections officially began on saturday morning with opposition CNRP leader Kem sokha telling supporters that his party’s time had finally come and CPP senate President say Chhum similarly pledging an easy victory for the ruling party. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two of the country’s biggest garment workers’ unions have asked the government to make factories give their workers three days of paid leave and provide loans for travel expenses to allow them to return to their hometowns to vote in the upcoming local elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the country now focuses its attention on the commune elections, the real estate sector has quietened down slightly to observe the situation. However, Worldbridge Land’s chairman sear Rithy is unperturbed as he prepares to launch another large-scale development in the capital. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Angkor Wat ticket sales revenue surged during the first half of 2017 on the back of a sharp increase in tourist entry fees, with no indication that the steeper admission prices had discouraged visits to the Kingdom’s top tourist draw, government officials said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...