Cambodia, as AsEAN chair, could play a vital role in strengthening the international community’s perception that Myanmar has reformed and sanctions need to be lifted, independent observers told the Post yesterday. As Prime Minister Hun sen described yesterday’s arrival of Myanmar president Thein sein in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...

The 16th ASEAN Finance MiniSterS&rSquo; Meeting kickS off early today in Phnom Penh, where memberS of the 10-country aSSociation are expected to diScuSS Strengthening regional financial tieS and co-operation in the face of economic uncertainty in the WeSt. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese Ambassador Pan Guangxue yesterday said that China opposes the contentious issue of the south China sea being discussed by countries that are not directly involved in the regional maritime dispute. speaking at a news conference at the Chinese Embassy to discuss Chinese President Hu Jintao’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following a meeting in which a Japanese emissary urged the government to open negotiations with the now-dissolved opposition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested Japan’s concerns were based on a “misunderstanding” and said Cambodia is too small to fight against an alleged “strong propaganda machine”. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Boeung Kak community land activist Tep Vanny was freed from Prey sar prison on Monday night after a release warrant was issued by Phnom Penh Municipal Court. This followed a Royal Pardon from King Norodom sihamoni. Three other Boeung Kak land activists were also released ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Defence Ministry has announced that the United Nations has ranked Cambodia 29th among 122 countries that have sent peacekeeping forces to conflict areas around the world. Last year, the UN ranked Cambodia as 32nd for the most troops sent abroad. Cambodia also ranked 17th ss='cambodia-color'>...

A European Union delegation on Tuesday visited a fishing community in svay Rieng province to observe a project aimed at helping them deal with illegal fishing, rear fish, and farm without using chemicals in Peam Ro district. The community project in the district’s Baborng commune ss='cambodia-color'>...

After Prime Minister Hun sen returned from his July 3-5 visit to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in switzerland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation described the meetings as “successful”. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Minister of Public Works and Transport sun Chanthol said on Tuesday that road damage in Preah sihanouk province caused by recent rainfall and traffic congestion has been affecting the transport of goods between Phnom Penh and sihanoukville Autonomous Port. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Fourteen building projects in Preah sihanouk province were ordered to be demolished after a working group found their construction had failed quality inspections, provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun said. Another 70 of 500 projects in the province, he said, are under scrutiny after having recently been ss='cambodia-color'>...

Revenue at the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) saw a significant increase during the first nine months of the year, growing by 35 percent over the corresponding period last year, GDCE’s director said last week. From January to september, the department collected almost $2.4 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kong Korm, one of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party’s top advisers, on Thursday criticised his former colleague sam Rainsy for calling on voters to boycott the July 29 national elections. He said the people should honour the King and head to the polls. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has lashed out at a European Parliament resolution passed last week that calls for former opposition leader Kem sokha’s treason charges to be dropped and human rights to be restored, arguing the resolution was biased. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian rice exports in the first nine months of the year rose two per cent year-on-year, led by the Chinese market, a Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) report said. Rice exports to China increased more than 44 per cent, the report said, while exports to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s construction sector continues to grow given the gradual increase of investments in the sector and large imports of construction materials into the country, according to the latest report released on Thursday by the World Bank. The World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Update predicted ss='cambodia-color'>...

Blame is being passed around on the cause of flooding along the Boeung Trabek canal which inundated people’s homes after two consecutive days of heavy downpours on Monday and Tuesday as the rainy season moves into full swing. The finger is being pointed at pumping ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Mondulkiri provincial Environment Department launched a campaign among the Banong, Krueng and Tumpuon ethnic communities to create awareness about the importance of wildlife to the ecology and tourism sector. The communities live close to wildlife sanctuaries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry has rejected the decision of the royalist Funcinpec Party to appoint Prince Norodom Ranariddh’s son as acting president while the Prince continues his recovery from a car crash in Thailand. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Industry and Handicraft on Tuesday rejected the salt Producers Community of Kampot-Kep’s (sPCKK’s) proposal to dissolve, saying it needed more time to figure out the issues facing the industry, its spokesman Oum sotha said. The decision was made during a meeting on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s retail petrol price has increased more than 20 per cent during the first four months of this year due to rising costs on the international market, the monthly oil prices set by the Ministry of Commerce reveal. According to the price lists, which have ss='cambodia-color'>...