CAMBODIA’s total food and beverage imports jumped 28 percent year-on-year through June to Us$74 million, as domestic demand continued to outpace the Kingdom’s production capacity. The demand comes as Cambodia’s economy regains momentum following the global financial crisis, said officials at the Ministry of Commerce, ss='cambodia-color'>...

In its first official response to a highly critical resolution on Cambodia from the European Parliament, the government has rejected all criticism and instead accused the Parliament in Brussels of playing politics and interfering in Phnom Penh’s affairs. In its resolution approved October 26, the European ss='cambodia-color'>...

DESPITE Some reportS, Cambodian officialS Said Cambodia and Thailand have not yet Set a date for implementing the Irrawaddy-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Single viSa. Koy Kuong, SpokeSman for the MiniStry of Foreign AffairS and International Cooperation, Said a Single viSa Scheme for all five SS='cambodia-color'>...

Rights groups said they will continue to advocate in land grabbing and eviction cases, and villagers involved in such disputes said they will continue to turn to NGOs for help despite a warning by Prime Minister Hun sen for civil society to stay clear of ss='cambodia-color'>...

CANADIA Bank and Japan-based Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday agreeing to work together to tap the flow of Japanese investors into the Kingdom. The MoU was signed by Canadia Bank chief executive officer Michael Lor and Masato Miyachi, the general manager ss='cambodia-color'>...

PHNOM PENH – As more and more Cambodians enter the job market, with a growing population of young people, there still remain plenty of job opportunities with foreign investors at home, according to a new study by the Ministry of Labor. But people either don’t ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued warning letters to mobile operators Beeline and smart over their recent advertisement, stating it violates the Inter-Ministerial Prakas, or edict, signed in 2009. The separate letters, obtained by the Post last week, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 400 garment workerS yeSterday gathered outSide the MiniStry of Social AffairS to plead for government intervention againSt a factory owner who fled without paying them overdue wageS three monthS ago. Khem Chamnan, a Free Trade Union repreSentative from the Pine Great (Cambodia) factory in Phnom SS='cambodia-color'>...

Japanese Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) signed an agreement yesterday with local Canadia Bank to shore up Japanese growth in Cambodia and to demonstrate its confidence in the Kingdom’s financial sector. BTMU’s managing executive officer, Takami Onodera, and Pung Kheav se, chairman of Canadia Bank, yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sand-dredging boatS were active along the Mekong River in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Meanchey diStrict on TueSday, deSpite the city&rSquo;S municipal governor, Pa Socheatvong, having ordered a complete SuSpenSion of dredging in the city the day before. Phnom Penh City Hall on Monday put in place the temporary SS='cambodia-color'>...

Ten of the Kingdom’s 24 ministerial positions are set to be reshuffled at the launch of the new government, according to an internal party memo obtained yesterday. Among those tapped for a cabinet position is say sam El – the 34-year-old son of senate deputy president ss='cambodia-color'>...

Srekor village haS Stood on the bankS of the Se San River in northeaStern Cambodia for generationS. In a few yearS it will be gone, Submerged along with more than 300 Square kilometreS of Surrounding farmland and foreSt. For 37-year-old rice farmer Pa Tou, the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Workers are putting the finishing touches to the capital’s Chroy Changvar Bridge before its official reopening on April 4, in time for Khmer New Year. The bridge has been under renovation since October 2017, thanks to a $30 million grant aid issued by the Japanese ss='cambodia-color'>...

Although Vietnam was ranked among the top ten in apparel exports to the European Union in 2015, it was outperformed by one of its neighboring countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A report released today by glo­bal advocacy group Child Rights In­­­­ternational Network (CRIN) ranked Cambodia 166 out of 197 coun­tries for the effectiveness of its courts in protecting children. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian People’s Party Central Committee yesterday added more than 300 members to its ranks, the largest-ever class of inductees from government, civil society and law enforcement. The new members, which bring the committee’s ranks to more than 800, were sworn in to conclude a three-day ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s Panha Chiet University has informed the local NGO silaka that it cannot hold a meeting on women’s rights planned for today because the event might deal with political issues. silaka had rented a conference room at the university for the meeting, intended to mark ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia people never forget the invaluable supports Vietnam had given to Cambodia and will continue enhancing ties between the two countries, King Norodom sihamoni told visiting President Truong Tan sang Tuesday. sang met with the Cambodian King right after his arrival in Phnom Penh on ss='cambodia-color'>...

The lawyer for Duong Udomchorvin, who slapped the son of logging tycoon Try Pheap in a Phnom Penh tattoo parlor in April, told a hearing at the municipal court Thursday that his obese client’s poor health should be taken into account in sentencing. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 100 residents embroiled in land disputes in Phnom Penh submitted a petition to the U.s. Embassy yesterday requesting that President Barack Obama raise the issue of evictions and reform of the country’s land concession policy when he visits Cambodia later this month. The plea comes ss='cambodia-color'>...