It was only in July this year when German-owned internet start-up incubator Rocket Internet launched shop.com.kh in Cambodia, an online retail store selling electronics such as mobile phones, laptops and tablets. Rocket Internet Cambodia co-founder Karl seilern told the Post in July that the country’s growth ss='cambodia-color'>...

Oddar Meanchey province deputy governor Lon An yesterday confirmed CPP senator Ly Yong Phat’s involvement in a trio of sugar cane plantations that rights groups took to the National Human rights Commission of Thailand last week, but denied their allegations of rights abuses. The deputy ss='cambodia-color'>...

An information and communications technology (ICT) event will be held from July 5-7 this year, offering sales and networking opportunities amid a surge in ICT growth in the Kingdom. Expected to draw about 100 companies, the Mobile social Commerce International Conference and Expo at Phnom Penh’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Residents of three villages in Kompong Cham province’s Krala commune are growing increasingly frustrated with problems caused by a local garbage dump, saying it is a health hazard and that it emits an unpleasant odor. Khat seang, chief of Tuol Porpel village, said the frustration may ss='cambodia-color'>...

SoldierS Stationed around the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border on Election Day won&rSquo;t have to forgo the opportunity to vote, military officialS in Preah Vihear province Said. Men Sophea, a military official poSted at Phnom Trop, Several kilometreS away from the temple complex, Said SS='cambodia-color'>...

llegall migration is on the rise, but human trafficking cases appear to be declining, according to the government’s annual labor migration report, released yesterday. speaking at the start of a three-day workshop held at the Ministry of Interior that involving embassies, NGOs and government officials, Chou ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will launch a new 100,000-riel banknote (in equivalent to 25 U.S. dollarS) in order to celebrate the Sixtieth birthday of King Norodom Sihamoni on May 14, a central bank official Said WedneSday. A Sub-decree on the iSSuance of the new 100,000-riel banknote waS Signed SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government on Friday awarded CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat a $92.21 million contract to inStall power lineS in Cambodia&rSquo;S eaStern provinceS, the Council of MiniSterS Said in a Statement. During the weekly Cabinet meeting, Senior officialS including Prime MiniSter Hun Sen Signed off on the SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Monday rejected the results of the national election, calling for a joint committee to be established to investigate what the opposition party said were vast irregularities in sunday’s polls. “The Cambodia National Rescue Party demands for the establishment ss='cambodia-color'>...

Loggers in Prey Lang forest are under scrutiny once again, after a 21-year-old man was charged with illegally clearing and occupying state-owned land. Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday put suspect Ven Nak of sandan district’s Dang Kambet commune under pre-trial detention, said Khin Vannak, a deputy ss='cambodia-color'>...

Dozens of Cambodian prisoners were released by Thai authorities yesterday after serving 20-month prison sentences in Thailand for crossing the border illegally to log rosewood. The group of 37, all arrested within Thai territory on March 12 last year, were released through the Chaom sangman checkpoint ss='cambodia-color'>...

Family members of a group of Cambodian workers arrested with fake passports in Thailand on Friday claimed yesterday they had got them through a recruitment agency in Cambodia – an allegation the company’s president denied. According to Hau, Anny Rita Best Manpower promised that the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two Cambodian nationals are among those reported dead following the collapse of a beam at a construction site yesterday on the outskirts of Bangkok. The death toll stood at 11 as of 4pm yesterday, while another 17 were reported injured. A concrete beam fell down at the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The two sides of the second Chroy Changva Bridge were connected Wednesday in a ceremony presided over by Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek. He said the Chinese-funded bridge would be completed by september. “The bridge was projected to cost $27.5 million to be spent on construction ss='cambodia-color'>...

With acid attacks in steep decline – not a single attack has been recorded so far this year – the only organisation working directly with acid survivors on the ground is scaling back its services by 75 per cent. Cambodian Acid survivors Charity (CAsC) is no ss='cambodia-color'>...

Garment and footwear industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign exchange earner, currently consists of 960 factories, employing some 620,000 workers, labor minister Ith samheng said Thursday. The sector made a revenue of 5.5 billion U.s. dollars last year, accounting for around 80 percent of the country’s total exports, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Chamroeun Microfinance Limited and Prevoir Kampuchea Micro Life Insurance PLC (PKMI) on Wednesday joined efforts to provide insurance to those on lower incomes. The partnership will provide health insurance to its clients at about $0.51 per month for adults and $0.26 per month for those aged between ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Industry and Handicraft will introduce an online registration platform for Cambodia’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (sMEs) this year, a ministry official confirmed yesterday. Heng sok Kong, secretary of state at the ministry, said the new software for web registration was built in partnership ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia collected 532 million U.S. dollarS in tax revenue during the firSt half of 2014, up 13 percent over the Same period laSt year, Said a newS Statement releaSed by the General Department of Taxation on WedneSday. The revenue came from an increaSe in income taxeS, SS='cambodia-color'>...

Coastal erosion became serious enough in Kampong Cham province for authorities to dismantle and move 13 houses along the Mekong. Officials are planning to do the same for about 100 others to prevent them from falling into the river due to rising water levels over the ss='cambodia-color'>...