If you’re planning to get away next week for Khmer New Year, it might be wise to keep an umbrella on hand. According to the government’s weather authority, the country can expect the lowest holiday temperatures for the past decade amid unseasonal lashings of rain. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday defended himself from critics who claim the massive flow of workers leaving the country is indicative of a lack of development at home, and sought to clarify any misunderstanding on Cambodia’s recent request to amend a repatriation agreement with the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader Kem sokha said on saturday his party would shutter the Rural Development Ministry and put the savings towards the goal of funding each of Cambodia’s more than 1,600 commune councils with half a million dollars a year if it wins power in 2018. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The country’s election authority released its official results for the June 4 commune elections on schedule on sunday, calling 1,156 out of a total 1,646 communes for the CPP, which also won 6,503 of the 11,572 council seats up for grabs. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thai police have arrested a fourth suspect in the weapons smuggling case linked to a Cambodian immigration officer, according to Thai media, while a senior Cambodian Defence Ministry official said yesterday that any suggestions that the weapons came from Cambodia’s military arsenal had been ruled ss='cambodia-color'>...

Families in stung Treng province that returned to a village near the Lower sesan II dam after floodwaters temporarily receded are being warned they will be forced again to flee when a far worse deluge comes as all of the new dam’s gates are shut. ss='cambodia-color'>...

During Asean’s 50-year anniversary, the Cambodian government encouraged members of the regional bloc to exercise patience in drafting statements against North Korean missile use in order to minimize regional tensions, Foreign Affairs Minister Prak sokhonn said at a briefing following his return from Manila. ss='cambodia-color'>...

H.E. Ok Boung, Secretary of State at the MiniStry of Commerce, held a diScuSSion with H.E. MS. Pottie Donica, Canadian AmbaSSador to Cambodia, on bilateral trade relationS, mainly in garment Sector, at the miniStry office on Monday afternoon, Said the miniStry&rSquo;S newS releaSe. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s apex rice industry body has been meeting this week to discuss ways of nailing down a potentially massive deal with Bangladesh, which earlier this month inked a memorandum of understanding to purchase 1 million tonnes of Cambodian rice over the next five years. ss='cambodia-color'>...

USAID Cambodia officially launched itS Feed the Future Cambodia HarveSt II project yeSterday, a five-year initiative that aimS to promote commercial horticulture in four Cambodian provinceS and help Smallholder farmerS gain acceSS to marketS, reducing the country&rSquo;S high dependence on imported fruitS and vegetableS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Politicians and civil society members in New York called on the United Nations to take harsh measures to restore democracy in Cambodia during a panel on Tuesday, even recommending leaving Cambodia’s seat at the UN empty and putting senior ruling party officials on a blacklist. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A tripartite group consisting of employers, unions and the government finished discussing the draft law on minimum wage yesterday. Labour Minister Ith samheng said yesterday’s talks were the last public workshop to discuss the draft law on minimum wage after two workshops had already taken place. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry has concluded an investigation into the violent clash between villagers and authorities earlier this month, reaffirming that no one was killed in the confrontation that sparked when officials began dismantling huts built on Memot Rubber Plantation Company land in Kratie province’s snuol ss='cambodia-color'>...

The central bank released its first-ever national study yesterday on perceptions and usage of the riel and foreign currencies in Cambodia, which aimed at not only understanding existing trends, but also at steering future financial legislation to boost the circulation of Cambodia’s national currency. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With King Norodom Sihamoni out of the country, Senate PreSident and CPP Stalwart Say Chhum iS Set to Sign off on controverSial new changeS to the Law on Political PartieS, the laSt Step in what Some are calling the final, fatal blow to Cambodia&rSquo;S democracy. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The credit histories of about 400,000 borrowers were added to its database last year, raising the number to slightly more than 4 million in credit bureau database, Credit Bureau Cambodia Interim CEO Mr. Oeur sothearoath says at the bureau’s newly opened office in Vattanac Capital. ss='cambodia-color'>...

There is a simple reason why Maybank has been named the most innovative bank in Malaysia, explains the CEO of its Cambodian subsidiary. “We have observed that innovation has no borders,” says Ms. Cynthia Liaw in her office at the bank’s headquarters on Norodom Blvd.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Eleven Vietnamese men and two Cambodian men have been arrested for border crossing offenses and logging in protected forests. Interior Ministry immigration police officer Bun Chantha said the Cambodians and seven of the Vietnamese were arrested in Rattanakiri province’s Lumphat district on Monday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Malaysian-owned power infrastructure provider Pestech (Cambodia) Ltd has been awarded a contract to build a 230-kilovolt transmission line valued at $100 million to connect Koh Kong province’s stung Tatai hydropower dam to Phnom Penh, according to a filing on the Malaysian stock exchange. ss='cambodia-color'>...

UNHCR, the U.N.’s refugee agency, will question the government over its decision to deny asylum to the majority of Montagnards left in Cambodia, officials said, a month after the group was criticized for its role in repatriating some of the asylum-seekers to Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...