Prime Minister Hun sen left for Europe on sunday as he embarked on a five-day diplomatic visit to three EU countries, in a trip analysts have speculated could be crucial in deciding the Kingdom’s ‘Everything But Arms’ (EBA) fate. According to a Ministry of Foreign ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia has urged local unions and media associations to collaborate and conduct a joint evaluation of the Kingdom’s media freedom. UJFC president Huy Vannak, who was re-elected to his position during its congress on saturday, said all local unions and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World’s first  $10 million sanitation Development Impact Bond (DIB) aimed at bringing safe sanitation to some of the poorest and most vulnerable households in six Cambodian provinces was launched today. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phang Seiha, who iS originally from Prey Veng province, waS arreSted Saturday in the border town of Poipet, where he waS returning to Cambodia from Thailand. AuthoritieS Say he poSted a death threat to Sok Touch, an academic who iS taSked with reviewing Cambodia&rSquo;S border SS='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh police yesterday launched a coordinated operation to seize illegal walkie-talkies from tuk-tuk and motorbike taxi drivers, in order to rid the capital of alleged “anarchy”.The campaign is the initiative of the capital’s chief and reportedly comes in response to complaints that drivers’ use ss='cambodia-color'>...

With charter air traffic between Cambodia and Macau growing steadily, the government has proposed adding direct scheduled flights to encourage more Chinese tourists and businesspeople to visit the Kingdom.Prime Minister Hun sen proposed a direct air link during last week’s Global Tourism Economy Forum in ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of online hackers calling themselves Cyber TeamRox have breached several local websites over the past two days, including those of the Cambodian Navy, AEON Microfinance and Build Bright University. Defence Ministry spokesman Chhum socheath confirmed yesterday that the hackers had been able to ss='cambodia-color'>...

China’s Prince Real Estate plans to invest $250-$300 million in a new project on Norodom Blvd. The new project will begin after the completion of the current condominium project which began last year and is due to be finished in 2018. Li Min, president of Prince Real ss='cambodia-color'>...

A boycott of the Virak Buntham bus company launched by businesses here is intensifying and gaining increased support after alleged criminal activity on its routes was exposed.The most recent allegation against the company, an alleged sexual assault against a British tourist, was reported earlier this ss='cambodia-color'>...

The 42nd Asean Council on Petroleum members’ meeting will be held in siem Reap next month, a senior government official told Khmer Times. The meeting, which will include representatives from the national petroleum companies of the nine other Asean members, plus Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Lucky Air has launched direct flights from Kunming to sihanoukville, becoming the first Chinese carrier to offer year-round regular scheduled service to the coastal Cambodian city, an airline executive said yesterday.Kunming-based Lucky Air, part of Hainan Airlines Group, has a fleet of 25 aircraft. It ss='cambodia-color'>...

A copper mine in Siem Reap province&rSquo;S Chi Kreng diStrict waS cloSed down laSt ThurSday over allegationS that itS parent company haS been running the Site with an expired licenSe. The inveStigation into Meng Xin Hong Fa (Cambodia) ReSourceS InveStment Co. Ltd. iS being led SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government is on track to provide electricity to all villages in the Kingdom by 2020 as this year’s seven-month data, from the Ministry of Mines and Energy, indicate that 71 percent of rural areas now have regular power supply. Ith Praing, secretary of state ss='cambodia-color'>...

A modest increase in the inflow of foreign direct investment is a sign that Cambodia remains an attractive destination to investors, and will go a long way toward the country’s development, analysts said yesterday. Total capital inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Cambodia amounted to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Residents of Kampot province continued to feel the devastating effects yesterday of widespread flooding in the area caused by the opening of the Kamchay Hydropower Dam, which has left thousands temporarily homeless and crippled local businesses.Keo Vy, spokesman of the National Committee for Disaster Management ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hear The World Foundation, which is an initiative of the switzerland-based sonova Group, on Friday donated 150 sets of hearing aids to a Cambodian charitable organization in order to help children with hearing loss. sarah said the value of the 150 hearing aids, hearing aid ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia suffers from one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, with an average of one percent of the country’s forest lost each year. But in an initiative funded by UsAID supporting Forests and Biodiversity (sFB), Winrock International hopes to help solve the problem ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two new power plants are being planned for Cambodia, a $167 million garbage-fueled plant for Phnom Penh, and an $89 million solar plant for siem Reap province, the tourism ministry announced. In a statement on the ministry’s Facebook page yesterday, the ministry unveiled plans for the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The high-profile investment conference, held under the tagline “Cambodia: The Kingdom of Opportunity Along The ‘One Belt, One Road”, saw representatives of more than 200 Chinese companies gather at a hotel conference centre on the outskirts of the capital. The full-day event was jointly organised ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government plans to spend about $300 million to build a new multipurpose seaport in Preah sihanouk province, which promises to receive larger cargo ships and reduce logistics costs.The new port will increase the capacity of the sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAs) to handle cargo shipments, ss='cambodia-color'>...