Beehive radio station director and accused “secessionist” Mam sonando was sent to Prey sar prison yesterday, where he will be detained until his trial on formal criminal charges including insurrection, a conviction that alone could result in up to 15 years behind bars. After two and ss='cambodia-color'>...

One of the two Boeung Kak lake residents released on bail from Prey sar prison on Friday is prepared to be a witness in the appeal trial of the 13 women convicted and sent to jail last month – but only if he is invited ss='cambodia-color'>...

China’s Export-Import Bank officials proposed to provide loans of up to Us$70 million for rice milling in an effort to aid Cambodia’s efforts to export a million tonnes of rice by 2015, government officials said yesterday. The bank’s officials visited Cambodia last week to met with Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...

In July, conservationists in Cambodia sounded the alarm over a regulation that saw eight protected areas in Koh Kong province collectively lose territory twice the size of Phnom Penh, the country’s capital. Officials said the move, affecting nearly 127,000 hectares (314,000 acres) under sub-decree No. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Prisons (GDP) is planning to establish an ad-hoc working group to cooperate with the Ratanakkiri Provincial Administration to find a solution to a land dispute concerning the provincial prison. The announcement followed a December report by a local online media outlet on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Changes to forestry and protected area laws are proceeding without enough public input, communities say, as drafts introduce hunting licenses and remove wording about ethnic minorities. The country’s Protected Areas Law and Forestry Law are being amended by the environment and agriculture ministries, respectively, sparking growing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific this year are projected to see better performances than in 2022 as the continued easing of pandemic restrictions boosts consumption, tourism and investment, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said, highlighting “China’s reopening is the main factor brightening ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has urged Kampot and Kep provincial authorities to diligently manage and preserve salt marshes to sustain and enhance salt production. Manet emphasised the necessity of managing and conserving salt marshes, given the government’s classification of the product as a strategic commodity, during ss='cambodia-color'>...

The global economic recovery this year continues to benefit Cambodian banks, although insiders said yesterday macro-economic press-ures were still weighing on the industry. some of Cambodia’s biggest banks had enjoyed a strong 2011 thanks to a rebound in lending, deposits and profits, officials said. Economists, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank has ceased funding Radio National Kampuchea (RNK) as of last month due to a failure to comply to the bank’s Demand for Good Governance Project agreement. The funding ended on June 30. The World Bank granted RNK Us $20 million with a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s total foreign reserves jumped to Us$3 billion in the first half of 2011, up from $2.7 billion at the end of last year, according to the National Bank of Cambodia. The reserves help to bolster the Kingdom’s financial standing, which in turn draws investor interest ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank have signed their latest loan agreement of Us$15 million for the development of the Kingdom’s financial sector, according to ADB. The money would be used for a number of development programs, including the improvement of regulatory regimes, creation of an ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s lone strawberry farmer has expanded his operations in Mondolkiri province in the past four months to encompass 3 hectares of strawberry fields, a provincial official said yesterday. Heng sokhum, chief of Mondolkiri provincial agricultural department, said that the strawberry farm of Te Duong Dara ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korean inveStorS were in Phnom Penh yeSterday Seeking opportunitieS in electronicS manufacturing, an induStry that expertS have Said could repreSent the next Stage of growth for Cambodia&rSquo;S economy. Eleven delegateS from Changwon City, South Korea, a manufacturing hub in the country, met with 70 local SS='cambodia-color'>...

Two women who were shot and injured during a Feb. 20 protest at a special economic zone (sEZ) said yesterday they plan to file court complaints against Bavet City’s former governor, Chhuk Bundith. Nuth sokhorn, 23, and Bun Chenda, 21, both said they will go ss='cambodia-color'>...

A mother from Kampong Chhnang’s Rolea Ba’ier district filed a complaint with the rights group Adhoc yesterday, claiming her daughter, a maid in Malaysia, was being forced to take drugs and work without enough food. Im Meoun, 52, said her daughter Phon sophea, 20, had been ss='cambodia-color'>...

Revenues earned by the sihanouk Autonomous Port for the first quarter of this year jumped 22 per cent year-on-year to Us$8.3 million, according to figures released yesterday by sAP. Exports of the Kingdom’s rice, garments and timber, coupled with imports of textiles, electronics and construction materials, ss='cambodia-color'>...

King Norodom Sihamoni, in an opening Speech on Monday to Cambodia&rSquo;S newly minted Senate, urged the legiSlative body to uphold human rightS and juStice. King Sihamoni warmly congratulated the 62-member Senate on itS new mandate following almoSt a year of what obServerS have deScribed aS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 500 homes were damaged and a father and son injured during severe winds and heavy rains in Kampong Cham province’s Batheay district on saturday. Duong Nha, Batheay district deputy police chief, said the storm damaged 496 homes in san Dek and Trorp communes. Of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police said on Tuesday that they will pick up members of a Facebook group involved in the “Clean Fingers Campaign” that promotes a boycott of next month’s national elections. However, police merely planned to “educate” the group for now, but warned that if the group ss='cambodia-color'>...