Much of the country could face flooding due to heavy rainfall until Wednesday, the Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry has warned. According to a ministry announcement yesterday, the country will be affected by a low pressure system that will cause heavy rainfall nationwide. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 1,500 people died from traffic accidents in the Kingdom during the first 10 months of this year, a minor increase over last year, though the number of injured fell significantly, according to a report by the Ministry of Interior’s National Committee for Road safety ss='cambodia-color'>...

Luxury hotel developer Song Saa ReSortS haS unveiled a plan to tranSform 400 hectareS of land in the Banteay Srei diStrict of Siem Reap province into an eco-touriSm reSort with an initial inveStment of $3 million, according to a releaSe on the MiniStry of Environment&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...

With more than half of Cambodia’s 6,000 kilometres of roads being classified as “poor” or of “bad” quality by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, industry insiders said that the government needs to engage with the private sector to spur investment into quality construction ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 5,000 workers from across seven factories in svay Rieng province protested yesterday, demanding a doubling of the current minimum wage, a provincial labor official said yesterday. The country’s minimum wage sits at $61, and is supplemented by a $5 health benefit and a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry officials were silent yesterday on how exactly they planned to implement Prime Minister Hun sen’s suspension of any new economic land concession grants and review of existing ELCs. Provincial authorities involved in granting the now-suspended land concessions yesterday said they were ready to implement ss='cambodia-color'>...

Foreign renters are vacating apartments in Phnom Penh’s central Daun Penh district and opting for cheaper, more spacious and better-equipped living spaces elsewhere in the city, realtors and landlords say. As a result, landlords in Daun Penh are being forced to decrease rental prices to try ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sweet newS for Cambodian palm-Sugar farmerS: 10 international companieS are keen to import their produce, one of the Kingdom&rSquo;S Signature productS. Sam Saroeun, preSident of the Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion ASSociation, Said that after an exhibition in South Korea earlier thiS month, Several international importerS SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Stung Treng Provincial Court charged a Council of MiniSterS official and her huSband on Saturday with threatening public officialS after they queStioned the authority of StudentS working on Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S land-meaSuring program. They are currently being held in pre-trial detention, their defenSe lawyer SS='cambodia-color'>...

Coffee production in Mondulkiri province in 2012 will be higher than in 2011, according to farmers and producers. Coffee farmer Bou sopheap told the Post that he just finished the harvest in December. In 2012, his two-hectare plantation provided about four tonnes of coffee beans, compared to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Garment workers who claim their employer was docking their pay for wearing shoes on the job will return to work today after their two-day strike ended with some demands being met. More than 300 workers from Horus Industrial Corp sports­wear factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district ss='cambodia-color'>...

Charter flights through Cambodia’s two international airports contributed to a 20 per cent year on year jump in passenger flow during the first half of 2012, according to the minister of tourism. About 1.03 million passengers arrived at Phnom Penh International Airport and and siem Reap ss='cambodia-color'>...

China’s assistance to Cambodia is very important for the country’s economic and social development, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Keat Chhon said Tuesday. He said from 1992 to present, China has provided 2.7 billion U. s. dollars in soft loans and grants to ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 10 tonnes of fish have been collected from a canal in Banteay Meanchey where the dead catch has been washing up since sunday. Heng seng Krey, fishery administration chief of Banteay Meanchey’s Mongkol Borei district, said more than 200 people have come to collect ss='cambodia-color'>...

The value of Cambodia’s overall trade volume for 2013 is expected to reach $16 billion, according to the former Minister of Economy and Finance, Keat Chhon. The figure comes to a 14.4 per cent rise from last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government asked Cambodians to avoid all nonessential travel to Bangkok following Thailand’s imposition of martial law. “The situation is calm and we will continue monitoring it, but travellers planning to go to Thailand should hold off for now,” Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said after an ss='cambodia-color'>...

Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House have condemned a violent crackdown on supporters of Beehive Radio, who were beaten during demonstrations Monday. Beehive owner Mam sonando called for demonstrations in opposition of the government’s refusal to grant a license for an expansion of his operations. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A decision to extend the validity of Cambodian passports from three to 10 years should encourage more Cambodians to travel, claims the Ministry of Interior. The ministry’s General Directorate of Identification head, General Mao Chandara, was quoted by local media as saying, the department would begin ss='cambodia-color'>...

This season’s Kampot pepper production is expected to reach 27 tonnes, up from 21 tonnes last year thanks to a larger area of harvested land. But Nguon Lay, president of the Kampot Pepper Association, said on sunday that despite the increase, adverse weather conditions meant the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Activists working in Prey Lang forest have accused military and police officers of being behind two illegal timber hauls they have intercepted. In the first case, an estimated 50 cubic metres of timber being transported through Kampong Thom’s sandan district on homemade tractors was found last ss='cambodia-color'>...