France’s BRED Bank, one of the largest lenders in Europe, plans to open its first branch in Cambodia by the end of the year as it expands its network in AsEAN, its CEO said, adding that it aims to assist  small and medium-sized enterprises (sMEs) ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia canceled two offshore licenses of Malaysia’s operator Resourceful Petroleum, due to violations of the concession agreement and not performing obligations of petroleum agreements. The two licenses were for development and operations of offshore oil Block B and Block F, which has sufficient resources of oil ss='cambodia-color'>...

Plaza Premium Group, the Hong Kong-based company that opened its first lounge in Cambodia at Phnom Penh International Airport last month, will open its second lounge in siem Reap airport by the end of next month, according to the firm that manages the Kingdom’s three ss='cambodia-color'>...

Yon Kob’s cassava fields in sala Krao district have usually been harvested by now, but this year the thicket of thin, knobby cassava plants is still standing. Mr. Kob has delayed his harvest in the hope that the price of the tuber would rise, but ss='cambodia-color'>...

Furious investors who claim they were cheated out of thousands of dollars by a now defunct financial firm that directed them to buy stock in a Hong Kong-based ponzi scheme set up camp in front of Prime Minister Hun sen’s house on Thursday, imploring him ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s cassava growers have been asked to target Thailand as an export market due to the high demand for the starch-tuber in the neighboring country to produce ethanol, animal feed and flour, while little is done at home to stabilize prices and provide assistance to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s market regulator has released listing criteria for a new trading platform – with reduced accounting and capital requirements – aimed at making it easier for small- and mid-sized firms to list on the fledgling stock exchange, sok Dara, deputy director general of the securities ss='cambodia-color'>...

Doubts have been cast on long-standing plans for a 34-hectare dumpsite in Pailin’s samlot Protected Forest following an inspection by the environment minister on saturday. Ministry spokesman sao sopheap yesterday said that following the inspection, the minister has called for further research before the project ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is quietly reducing troop numbers on the contentious shared border with Thailand in Preah Vihear province.Citing the current good relations with the Kingdom’s western neighbour, Ministry of Defence spokesman Chhum socheath yesterday said members of three units had been ordered to leave the border ss='cambodia-color'>...

The author Ly Sambo Survived the Khmer Rouge and eventually made her way to America aS a refugee. Her Story iS not uncommon from that of other SurvivorS of Cambodia&rSquo;S atrocitieS and warS. But She SayS She helped herSelf reconcile with the brutal paSt by SS='cambodia-color'>...

Despite a slew of global investment banks slashing their oil price forecasts this week, KrisEnergy —the singaporean oil and gas firm with a controlling stake in Cambodia’s most promising offshore oil reserve, Block A—remains committed to helping Cambodia produce its first drop of oil, a ss='cambodia-color'>...

The outgoing CEO of ANZ Royal Bank is leaving with a note of caution about the swift growth of lending in Cambodia, while noting that the banking sector had become much more competitive and technologically advanced during his four-year tenure at the helm of one ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia on sunday promised villagers in stung Treng province who are set to be displaced by the construction of the Lower sesan 2 hydropower dam that she would raise their plight with the government, a village representative said.    ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of kilograms of dead fish have washed up on the shores of the Mekong in stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district in the past month, and while environmental activists blame construction of the controversial Don sahong dam upstream, officials yesterday said the fish are being ss='cambodia-color'>...

Officials at the Prey speu social Affairs Center in Phnom Penh’s Por senchey district are scrambling to deflect criticism after reports surfaced that a young boy and a man were beaten and injured there, with the director of the center saying the boy injured himself ss='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty families lost their homes when a riverbank collapsed into the Mekong yesterday in Kandal’s Loeuk Dek district, according to local authorities. Nov samnang, Loeuk Dek district governor, said yesterday that three houses were partially submerged in the river, while 17 others were intentionally dismantled ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence has demanded an apology from Thai media outlets for reports linking Defence Minister Tea Banh to a recent case of alleged cross-border arms smuggling by a Thai air force officer, one which has also ensnared an official from Cambodia’s Interior Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...

A proposal for a massive warehouse and silo that has attracted two Chinese investors aims to fill the Kingdom’s conspicuous gap in paddy rice storage capacity, which still falls 60 percent short of the level needed for the country to achieve its goal of 1 ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee said it will aim to register around 1.4 million of the nearly 2 million eligible voters it was unable to get on voter rolls last year, though the body’s chairman, sik Bun Hok, refused to address yesterday whether the process would ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday called on garment factory owners to reduce the use of short-term employment contracts. speaking to more than 15,000 workers and employers representing 10 factories in Phnom Penh’s Por senchey district, Mr Hun sen said short-term contracts threaten the health of employees. ss='cambodia-color'>...