More than 10 students at Bak Chenhchean senior high school in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district fainted yesterday. Major Tann Kearith, district police chief, said the students fainted at about 9am and were sent to the provincial referral hospital following the incident. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With the absence of independent election monitors like Comfrel and Nicfec, sunday’s senate elections will be monitored by a hodgepodge of associations, with some representing the pharmacy, travel and hospitality industries, and another run by Hun Many, son of Prime Minister Hun sen. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. firm Selling creditS for a carbon trading Scheme that could earn Cambodia tenS of millionS of dollarS Said yeSterday that SaleS could Start in a matter of monthS, deSpite mounting claimS of deforeStation within the community foreStS Set to anchor the project. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has denied media reports he violated his own ban on economic land concessions, saying he only signed contracts that had been agreed upon prior to his decision. Local media have reported in recent days Hun sen’s signature on multiple land concessions ss='cambodia-color'>...

When the new Ford showroom opened on Monivong Boulevard on Friday morning, the most distinguished guest was the great granddaughter of company founder Henry Ford, Elena A Ford. The entourage also included Ford’s regional and local associates, all of whom were joined by the deputy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Major clothing brands sourcing from Cambodia’s garment factories have expressed concern about the growing number of strikes in the country and called for the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at preventing strikes, a representative from the International Labor Organization (ILO) said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Potential real estate investors in siem Reap are being advised to look towards retail strips rather than hotels, according to Cambodian real estate professionals. Knight Frank’s Cambodia chief, sunny soo, said that while the hotel industry is well supplied, the town lacks an organised retail strip. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A thousand employees walked off the job at Nex-t Apparel (Cambodia) Co Ltd in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district yesterday after two workers were fired for collecting money to buy water for strikers at a neighbouring factory. Demonstrations at Nex-t are set to continue today. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Investment Management’s social-media marketing and advertising business has launched Dynamo Innovative Digital Advertising, the group said last week. Dynamo will inherit 10 clients, managing 20 social-media pages, 90 per cent of which are on Facebook and 10 per cent on LinkedIn. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen’s younger sister, Hun sinath, has been nominated to the position of Under-secretary of state for the Ministry of National Assembly-senate Relations and Inspection. she was nominated, at the age of 57, by King Norodom sihamoni on December 9, 2013. .. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three males attempting to smuggle luxury wood on saturday evening were thwarted by authorities in Mondulkiri’s Keo seima district, provincial forestry officials confirmed yesterday. The suspects now being detained at the provincial police station are Vor Vanser, 16, Le Fy, 16, and Cheurng Vanseurn, 18. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s first verified carbon credit program is up and running in the remote province of Oddar Meanchey. But experts say there are limited carbon credit buyers, and illegal deforestation remains a major threat to the stability to the project. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A draft law meant to improve the maintenance and construction of Cambodia’s dilapidating roads was passed yesterday in a one-sided session of the National Assembly that saw ruling party lawmakers lambast Public Works and Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek for his allegedly poor stewardship. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Chinese government on Thursday donated 203,000 U.s.dollars to the Chinese Association in Cambodia to support schools offering Chinese language courses in Cambodia. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo handed over the money to Duong Chhiv, the president of the Chinese Association in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Seven people were injured Monday when oppoSition lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua claShed with Security forceS outSide Freedom Park in the Phnom Penh. Mu Sochua iS leading a non-violent campaign by attempting to enter the park in proteSt of the government&rSquo;S current ban on public gatheringS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Lightning struck three men dead as they stood under a tree in Kampong Cham province on Friday evening, police said. sok suon, 53, Vy Ponlork, 37, and Yam Khen, 27, died at the scene, said Long Thy, police chief in srei santhor district’s Prek Por commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam Airlines will launch new international routes on November 1, connecting the Kien Giang Province’s Phu Quoc airport to singapore and Cambodia. The Phu Quoc – singapore route will carry two flights a week and the Phu Quoc – siem Riep route will carry three flights ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 50 per cent of candidates nominated by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party in the upcoming provincial and district council elections should be women, a coalition of 12 civil society groups said in a letter on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 100 indigenous villagers from Ratanakkiri’s Veun sai district took the opportunity at a public forum yesterday to demand a solution from the district governor, Chum Ngel, over a land dispute they are locked in with sK Plantation, after protesting several times without getting a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of prisoners will be pardoned or see their sentences reduced on Tuesday following a request by the Ministry of Interior to the King. The royal pardons and sentence reductions, which benefit 339 inmates, coincide with Pisak Bochea Day, a celebration of the Buddha’s birth. ss='cambodia-color'>...