Two members of Cambodia’s opposition party were beaten up Monday outside the National Assembly by protesters who were demanding that the deputy opposition leader step down as parliamentary vice president. The opposition party issued a statement appealing to authorities to immediately arrest and prosecute the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia needs a genuine “culture of dialogue” between its political parties to avert a descent into crisis, Monovithya Kem, the daughter of deputy opposition leader Kem sokha and a spokeswoman for the country’s opposition party, told The Diplomat Tuesday in an exclusive interview in Washington ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mengly J. Quach Holdings (MJH), an umbrella for companies engaged in education, health care, food, media and financial services, is undergoing a restructuring and audit, and plans to spin off of its core educational arm ahead of a possible listing on the Cambodian stock exchange, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia National Rescue Party leader sam Rainsy has called for politicians to speak politely and refrain from using insults in political debate. CPP spokesman sok Eysan welcomed Rainsy’s statement, agreeing that political campaigning should focus on policies rather than personal insults. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will host this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum in sihanoukville in July, TravelNewsAsia reported yesterday. The six member countries of the Greater Mekong sub-Region (GMs) have banded together to jointly promote sub-regional tourism and the GMs as a single destination, focusing on “authentic experiences along the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ten former Borei Keila residents who were relocated to a site in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district known as Phnom Bat filed a petition with the Ministry of Land Management yesterday requesting they either be given $5,000 and moved back to Phnom Penh or be ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 critically endangered royal turtles will be moved to a new center in Koh Kong’s Mondol seima district today with 13 siamese crocodiles also being relocated. Eng Mengey, communications officer for the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs), said royal turtles were now facing threats to ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the United states commits to admitting 10,000 refugees from the current conflict in syria, Cambodian refugees who arrived in the U.s. some 35 years ago say more needs to be done to help refugees resettle in order to prevent further suffering and future social ss='cambodia-color'>...

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'>...