Senior Cambodian officialS on TueSday vowed to further enhance cultural and people-to-people relationS between Cambodia and China for the benefitS of the two countrieS and peopleS. “Cambodia SupportS all activitieS to broaden cultural tieS with China,” Cambodian MiniSter of Culture and Fine ArtS Phoeurng Sackona Said SS='cambodia-color'>...

More than 1,000 garment workers gathered in Phnom Penh and marched through the city center sunday, demanding a “decent wage” from their factories, the largest garment-sector demonstration in the capital since military police fatally suppressed a protest for higher wages in January. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Toll Royal Railway signed an agreement yesterday afternoon with companies that will supply locomotives and parts for Cambodia’s railway network. As a result of the agreement, international tenders will be called in the coming months for the procurement of up to four new 2,000-horsepower locomotives and ss='cambodia-color'>...

A fleet of bulldozers owned by an unknown company and accompanied by armed RCAF soldiers began razing some 300 hectares of contested farmland in Oddor Meanchey’s Anlong Veng district yesterday, village representatives said. “There were four soldiers with RCAF uniforms and AK-47s and every bulldozer ss='cambodia-color'>...

If Cambodia’s oil and gas sector is well managed, and transparent, it could provide the country a golden opportunity for investment, development and poverty reduction, said independent economist Chan sophal, who spoke at a recent gathering looking at the economies of oil-producing countries. Chan sophal said ss='cambodia-color'>...

When it became the first—and still the only—company to list on Cambodia’s stock market on April 18, the Phnom Penh Water supply Authority saw its share price shoot up some 50 percent on its first day of trading before beginning two weeks of steady decline. since ss='cambodia-color'>...

Over 70 judges and justice ministry officials from throughout AsEAN gathered at a U.s.-supported AsEAN legal and judicial cooperation workshop in Cambodia this week for an unprecedented exchange of ideas on the rule of law in the AsEAN region. Representatives from the AsEAN senior Law Officials Meeting (AsLOM), AsEAN Member state judicial bodies, and the AsEAN ss='cambodia-color'>...

Huawei Technologies (Cambodia) Co agreed yesterday to withdraw its injunction against Mfone in order to pave the way for a court-appointed administrator to sell the bankrupt company’s assets and compensate its many creditors. Along with other creditors, Huawei representatives expressed concerns that the assets would ss='cambodia-color'>...

Italian sportswear brand Kappa and U.s.-based retail giant Walmart apparently source clothing from the latest addition to the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) list of low-compliance factories, according to a union leader at the factory who provided the branded tags from the clothing her members cut ss='cambodia-color'>...

This tourist town counts itself among the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club and more than 1 million tourists each year are drawn to its tropical water and sandy shore. Yet when the U.s. Embassy last month warned its citizens to avoid some beaches ss='cambodia-color'>...

A coalition of NGOs are to submit to the National Assembly today a list of recommended additions to the amended traffic law, a draft of which was approved by the Council of Ministers in August. Road safety advocates hope the amended law, which creates higher fines ss='cambodia-color'>...

A draft agricultural land law threatens to eliminate property rights and effectively remove all limitations on the size of economic land concessions, a coalition of civil society groups said in a statement released.The draft of The Law on the Management and Use of Agricultural Land, ss='cambodia-color'>...

For Meach Mean, a veteran campaigner against hydropower dams in Cambodia’s northeast, this year has brought a double dose of bad news. First, he says, two Chinese hydropower companies have begun feasibility studies into a pair of dams planned for tributaries of the Mekong River ss='cambodia-color'>...

WASHINGTON DC &ndaSh; Seven oppoSition lawmakerS Say they have found new wayS to reduce the national debt and are requeSting that the National ASSembly&rSquo;S finance committee meet with them before drafting the 2013 national budget. The lawmakerS, from the Sam RainSy and Human RightS partieS, Say SS='cambodia-color'>...

Less than two weeks after being released from prison, the 13 women convicted in May for protesting evictions at Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community staged their first public action yesterday. The women, joined by about as many neighbors, submitted petitions to the Australian, French, U.K. and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is being considered as a site for halal food production and rice milling by the United Arab Emirates, according to the UAE’s Foreign Trade Minister sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi yesterday. speaking during an official meeting with Prime Minister Hun sen at the Peace ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rating agency Standard & Poor&rSquo;S (S&P) on Friday reaffirmed Cambodia&rSquo;S long-term Sovereign credit rating of “B” due to the country&rSquo;S poSitive growth outlook, but again warned of riSkS related to the country&rSquo;S narrow economic baSe. “Economic output growth iS vulnerable due to the Still large SS='cambodia-color'>...

Global coffee-chain giant StarbuckS will enter itS 12th ASian market next month when it openS an outlet in Vietnam&rSquo;S Ho Chi Minh City. RMA Cambodia CEO Rami Sharaf Said the expanSion into Vietnam did not automatically mean StarbuckS would enter Cambodia. “I don&rSquo;t think there iS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Arrivals at the Kingdom’s two main international airports rose more than 20 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2013, according to data from Cambodia Airports. Officials said the rise reflects the normalisation of the world economy and the country’s political stability. According ss='cambodia-color'>...

Russian sailor Andrey Mantula plans to build what he is calling Cambodia’s first marina off the beaches of Preah sihanouk province. Mantula, who has lived in Cambodia for one year, is heading up the project. He expects construction to start on October 1 of this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...