Following the steady rise of tourism in sihanoukville, property development in the coastal town is heavily targeting the nonstop influx of Chinese flocking to the area.Although sihanoukville has, in recent times, been synonymous with a growing number of Chinese tourists, currently it is going through ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s customs department counted less than 1 percent of the sand singapore reported importing from Cambodia last year, according to trade statistics. The new data is the latest addition to a more than 77 million ton gap from 2007 to last year that the governments ss='cambodia-color'>...

A lack of official results did not stop both major political parties from claiming victory in Cambodia’s highest-stakes and highest-turnout local elections to date on sunday, with the CPP citing its dominance in winning commune chief seats and the CNRP boasting of huge opposition gains ss='cambodia-color'>...

Khdib Sreymich, general manager of Coco Khmer, a Cambodia-baSed coconut coSmeticS manufacturer, Said her company iS forced to import coconutS from VietnameSe SupplierS to meet conSumer demand for the company&rSquo;S productS. She explained that the farmerS preferred to Sell the coconutS when they were young, SS='cambodia-color'>...

Employers must allow all Muslim women to wear headscarves and traditional clothing to work, Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday. Addressing workers in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, Mr Hun sen said he met Muslim women on a recent visit to Kampong Cham, who told him they ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan has spent about $3 million building a centre to train Cambodian nurses how to take care of the elderly before they are sent to Japan. The centre will open in April.Kondo Yoshio, director of Procast Co Ltd, said after meeting with Labour Minister Ith ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three nests belonging to critically endangered red-headed vultures are being guarded day and night to ensure their survival after they were discovered earlier this month at Preah Vihear’s Chheb Wildlife sanctuary, according to a spokesman with the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs). spokesman Eng Mengey said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities have cracked down on nearly 500 illegally modified trucks throughout the country in the past few days after Prime Minister Hun sen threatened to sack officials who fail to protect the nation’s roads and bridges. According to a Facebook post made by the Prime Minister ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Chumnoab commune authority in Koh Kong province’s Thmar Baing district yesterday ordered Areng Valley residents to move their community office to a new location to make way for its new office. According to a letter released yesterday by Chumnoab commune, commune officials asked Areng residents ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Australian government is committed to continue aiding the Kingdom’s development, having already provided about $1 billion in funds from 1992 until last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

United StateS AmbaSSador Patrick Murphy haS lauded the Kingdom&rSquo;S effortS in Strengthening labour conditionS by expanding the Better FactorieS Cambodia programme to alSo cover travel goodS production. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nation Human Rights in Cambodia will mark this year’s Human Rights Day by focusing on the leadership roles of youths, which some civil society claim remains restricted. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday provided its first-ever training to 216 provincial and ministry officials to increase their knowledge on the inspection of the Kingdom’s oil industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite the fact that the Chairman’s statement of the recently wrapped 21st AsEAN summit welcomed progress on regional “connectivity”, a long-awaited joint visa for Thailand and Cambodia remains stalled. Koy Kuong, spokesman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that there is still no progress ss='cambodia-color'>...

Economic land concessions granted to a pair of Vietnamese companies in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district were endangering the traditional lifestyles of as many as 200 ethnic-minority families, villagerstold the Post yesterday. As the companies actively cleared forest to make room for the eventual rubber plantations, the government ss='cambodia-color'>...

BANGKOK, 9 January 2013 The cross-border tension between Thailand and Cambodia escalates as both countries prepare to make legal submissions to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the disputed area around the Preah Vihear temple in 3 months. In surin province, security has tightened ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 5,000 workers went on strike in Kandal province’s Ang snuol district yesterday after discovering the owners had changed the name of their factory almost two years ago, a union representative said. Concerned that the name change from Tai Yeng to Tai Nan in 2010 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local rice miller Mega Green said it planned to export about 240 tons of milled rice to the Chinese market by the end of June – a second round of test exports to Cambodia’s northern neighbour. Renne Outh, owner of Mega Green Imex Cambodia, told the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Australian Embassy conceded that problems have plagued the relocation process of about 160 families moved to Trapeang Anhchanh on the outskirts of Phnom Penh last september. The families were moved for a railway rehabilitation project partially funded by the Australian government’s AusAID. “We agree on the ss='cambodia-color'>...

A further nine excavators used in the creation of illegal reservoirs have been seized by military police in Kompong Thom province’s stong district, bringing the total number of machines confiscated this week to 38, police said Thursday. Twenty-nine excavators were seized during raids around the Tonle ss='cambodia-color'>...