Cambodia celebrated its 62nd year of independence from France yesterday, an opportunity that leading figures from both of the country’s political parties quickly took to promote their own agendas.During the official ceremony, attended by thousands of students, members of the armed forces and others, King 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'>...

Indian businesses are looking at Cambodia as a convenient hub in the lower Mekong area, as access to trade with neighboring Vietnam and Thailand improves, a government advisor said yesterday. speaking at a seminar titled “Asean Integration and the Role of India,” sok siphana, a lawyer ss='cambodia-color'>...

YPDI (Nanjing Yangzi Petrochemical Design Engineering Limited), a subsidiary of CIMC Enric, and Malaysia ITG petroleum Pty Ltd (ITG oil & gas services (s.E.A) sdn Bhd) has signed a project design contract for an LNG power plant in Cambodia. The location of the project is ss='cambodia-color'>...

An education program in Cambodia founded by a Taiwanese charity has benefited nearly 10,000 Cambodians over the past five years, which is comparable to a modern equivalent of the famed agricultural missions dispatched by the Taiwanese government to aid diplomatic allies in the 1960s. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of garment workers from two factories – in Phnom Penh and Kandal – yesterday burned car tyres in protest of the labour conditions at their workplaces.The 150 demonstrators in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district work for Conpress Holdings (Cambodia) Garment Factory Ltd. They demanded that ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following more than two weeks of protests in front of their shuttered factory in Por senchey district, more than 500 workers from Win shingtex (Cambodia) Co. Ltd tried to march yesterday to the Ministry of Labor, the Council of Ministers and Prime Minister Hun sen’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

The roar of engines from tourist buses and cars drowns out the nearby sounds of crickets and flowing water as 39-year-old souvenir seller Touy samoeurn spoke about the situation plaguing her. Ms. samoeurn has spent more than 10 years calling Kulen Mountain home, residing in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of Cambodian women now thought to be caught in Saudi Arabia&rSquo;S Sex induStry after being trafficked in the paSt year haS riSen to more than 20, officialS Said on WedneSday.&nbSp;However, the government remained tight-lipped about itS effortS to reScue the women, while two SS='cambodia-color'>...

Following an unusually high number of drownings in coastal areas in the past month, the Ministry of Tourism has instructed the tourism departments in coastal provinces to continue to collaborate with relevant authorities to ensure safety, public order and cleanliness. A statement released by Minister of ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 40,000 Battambang rice-farming families already suffering steep losses from a severe drought are at risk of seeing their crops wiped out entirely by devastating floods as late seasonal rains start to kick in. A drought that meteorologists have blamed on the tail-end of an ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday threatened legal action against anyone who touted claims of irregularities in the voter lists during the 2013 election, telling reporters yesterday that if this year’s round of voter registration finishes and the final tally of voters compiled is similar to ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 200 people representing 540 families from the Prek Takong 1 and Kva communities in the capital’s Meanchey and Dangkao districts gathered in front of the Land Management Ministry for the fourth time yesterday, asking to receive titles from land cut from the ING City ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government of India announced yesterday that it will give $50,000 to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), the tribunal tasked with the prosecution of the country’s former Khmer Rouge commanders. “On behalf of the ECCC we would like to express our gratitude ss='cambodia-color'>...

Falling demand for land in Svay Rieng province&rSquo;S Bavet City haS enSured that land priceS have remained Stable in the firSt eight monthS of the year, according to induStry inSiderS.&nbSp;Relatively Stable property SaleS and a few induStrial development projectS have helped to enSure that land SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday responded to calls from acting opposition leader Kem sokha for Cambodia’s “political family” to unite for the upcoming Pchum Ben festival, saying he would observe a “ceasefire” amid the escalating war of words between himself and the opposition. speaking at a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three members of the dissident Khmer People Power Movement (KPPM) serving sentences at Banteay Meanchey Provincial Prison have been pardoned, just days ahead of the scheduled return of the group’s self-exiled leader.The pardon for serey Bunlong, 29; seng sokmeng, 31; and Um Phirun, 27, which ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia lost 10 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) last year to the negative effect of climate change, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In announcing a $96 million package to help the Kingdom cope with the loss of livelihoods and income due to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak sokhon on Tuesday met with Us Ambassador William Heidt to discuss a pair of upcoming meetings of mutual interest: the AsEAN summit and the East Asia summit (EAs). The events will be held in Laos on september 3-8, and will ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s general taxation department plan to jointly operate an online business tax registration system in a bid to strengthen tax collection in the country and root out corruption. sok sopheak, under-secretary of state of the Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...