Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya PLC., known more commonly as Krungsri announced last week that it was entering the Cambodian microfinance market with the acquisition of Hatta Kaksekar Limited (HKL). In a press release, Krungsri ‒ itself part of the Japanese-based Mitsubishi UFJ since 2013 ‒ described ss='cambodia-color'>...

A $1.5 billion new satellite city called the Cambodia-China Friendship City is to be built in the capital’s northern suburbs next year adjoining the Ly Yong Phat satellite City. According to local media reports, the construction of the friendship city would be undertaken jointly by the ss='cambodia-color'>...

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Soeun Phal, a 27-year-old Security guard, and Kong Phanny, a 61-year-old cleaner, died when a wood-fired Steam generator exploded. The guard, who did not know how to operate the machine, had been Seen adding more wood to the generator&rSquo;S fire before the exploSion, authoritieS and SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Global Center for Mekong StudieS (GCMS) compriSeS Six leading regional “think tankS”: the China InStitute for International StudieS (CIIS); the Cambodian InStitute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP); the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV); the LaoS InStitute of Foreign AffairS (IFA); the Myanmar InStitute of SS='cambodia-color'>...

Four years ago, a consortium of NGOs in Cambodia identified 57,000 marginalised children who, for various reasons, were not attending school, and put them into classrooms. Today, more than 90 percent of them are still attending classes, an achievement lauded during the Cambodia Consortium for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday said that the kingdom will soon be serviced by two new international airports, confirming the construction of new airfields in Phnom Penh and siem Reap. Mr Hun sen’s announcement comes days after the Council of Ministers formally approved on Friday ss='cambodia-color'>...

Oxfam Cambodia and Amru Rice will launch next month a pilot programme based on blockchain and smart contract technology to improve living standards for local farmers. The project, called BlocRice, is powered by cutting-edge technologies and aims to improve farmers’ livelihoods by increasing the transparency and ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 10 villagers from Chroy Changvar district’s Prek Tasek commune stopped workers of a development firm from clearing their land to build a fence demarcating a planned satellite city. Commune resident Chheng Heak said six workers from the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC), which is developing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampot provincial authorities have warned some 100 families who have settled on land within Bokor National Park to leave or face eviction. In a letter, the authorities say the families are living illegally on state land in Chhouk district’s Decho Aphivat commune that is part of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tourism Ministry officials outlined plans yesterday for two new vocational training facilities for the country’s growing tourism sector. Try Chhiv, deputy director general of the Ministry of Tourism, said the government will build the first school in Phnom Penh with a capacity of 1,000 students, ss='cambodia-color'>...

ambodia’s 700,000 garment workers are among those most affected by exchange-rate costs. Their monthly salaries are paid in Us dollars, but most of their daily transactions are in riels. Moreover, because they send – on average – about 30 percent of their salaries back to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has highlighted his government’s achievements in building new infrastructure as part of a message to commemorate Khmer New Year.He said 15,376 kilometers of national roads and bridges have been built over the past year, including 12,100km of asphalt roads.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

A farmer died after being struck by lightning on sunday evening while herding his cattle home in Kandal province’s Khsach Kandal district.​ According to a report by the National Committee for Disaster Management, the number of deaths caused by lightning this year has risen to ss='cambodia-color'>...

A bridge being constructed over the Mekong River will connect the provinces of Kampong Cham and Tboung Khmum once completed.Nou Vannak, director of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s technical department, told Post Property that construction works had recently started, however no official announcement ss='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister sar Kheng yesterday called on the government to amend the law on nationalisation and immigration, while a report from the general department of identification revealed 1,518 foreigners were granted Cambodian nationality from 2014 to 2017. Presiding over the department’s annual meeting, Mr Kheng ss='cambodia-color'>...

Transport Minister sun Chanthol is to order all road construction companies to install signs at their worksites in an effort to avoid traffic accidents.speaking at the closing ceremony of the National Road safety Committee’s annual meeting yesterday, Mr Chanthol said he would order companies working ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee has released the official voter list for July’s general election, containing nearly 85 percent of eligible voters. The voter list contains 8,380,217 names out of 9,882,746 eligible voters, or 84.8 percent of those aged 18 and over. There will be 22,967 polling stations ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s Permanent Committee met to discuss a proposed lèse majesté law yesterday, as criticism of the law and draft constitutional amendments continued to mount. National Assembly President Heng samrin presided over the meeting, where it was decided to forward the draft law banning ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prey Lang Community Network will hold the annual Prey Lang ceremony in late March to commemorate and preserve indigenous identities and promote the forest’s potential. According to a PLCN press release on Tuesday, the ceremony and tree blessing will be held from March 26 to 27 ss='cambodia-color'>...