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'>...

THIRTY workers involved in the restoration of the Angkor complex’s Ta Prohm temple were barred by their manager from entering the work site yesterday because of their unionism, labour representatives said. The stand-off followed the manager’s announcement that on February 1, he would dismiss the 30 ss='cambodia-color'>...

An Australian businessman who once fronted a telecommunications firm in Cambodia has been sent to Prey sar prison on fraud charges in a case one of his associates said was triggered by a disgruntled partner in a failed business venture. Frank May, 63, the former chief ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly has announced that it will discuss a draft law on the financing of a controversial dam project in stung Treng province on February 15, a move environmental groups called premature. Meach Mean, coordinator for 3s Rivers Protection Network – which has been ss='cambodia-color'>...

With demand for shopping space in Cambodia on the rise and investor interest growing, the Japanese developer Aeon Mall (Cambodia) Co Ltd last week broke ground on the construction of a Us$205-million mall in Phnom Penh. “We are happy to contribute to the development of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have closed an investigation into suspicious payments to officials in Cambodia by the world’s largest mining company BHP Billiton, according to a report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Although the report, released last month, does not ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hang Serei Oudom told hiS 7-month pregnant wife that he waS going out to meet a Source. A journaliSt for Vorakchun Khmer Daily, he waS inveStigating illegal logging for luxury woodS in the jungleS of Cambodia&rSquo;S northeaStern Ratanakkiri province. Three dayS later, on Sept. 11, he SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen, in his capacity as the 2012 AsEAN chair, has called for investors within the AsEAN member states as well as around the globe to invest in Cambodia in various sectors, particularly agriculture, food processing and manufacturing. The premier made the appeal on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Laos yesterday defended its decision to begin building the Xayaburi dam amid criticism from Cambodia on a lively final day of the Mekong River Commission’s annual council meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos. According to separate sources who attended, Cambodia spoke out against Laos for “misinterpreting” the ss='cambodia-color'>...