A court in Cambodia held the second day of hearings in the treason trial of opposition leader Kem sokha on Thursday, as the defendant’s party decried what it called a “political show” orchestrated by the government and authorities came under fire for refusing observers access ss='cambodia-color'>...

Speaking before the Supreme ConSultation Forum on WedneSday, MiniSter of Public WorkS and TranSport Sun Chanthol admitted hiS miniStry&rSquo;S ShortcomingS in the management of public conStruction workS that have contributed to the faSt deterioration of local roadS. The Supreme ConSultation Forum Summoned Sun Chanthol to SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Friday defended his rule against detractors who claim that the government often acts to please certain foreign powers. The prime minister said all his decisions have been for the benefit of the Kingdom and urged countries to support Cambodia’s development ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 11 organisations involving $12.7 million in funding to improve the social affairs, social welfare, child welfare, anti-trafficking and disability work in Cambodia. Ministry spokesman Touch Channy said ss='cambodia-color'>...

An electronic application form has been launched this year by the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Immigration, which aims to record data about foreigners living in and visiting Cambodia. However, the new measure has raised some concerns among some foreign residents. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three purpose-fitted motorbikes used to carry processed wood and 12 illegal timber pieces of koki and sokrom luxury wood were seized by the Royal Gendarmerie in O’Yadav district, in Ratanakkiri province, and police in Mondulkiri’s Keo seima district, for further legal action, said the provincial ss='cambodia-color'>...

The combined 400 mega Watt (mW) supply of power plants proposed to run on heavy fuel oil in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district will not generate power as planned in the first part of this year because construction has been suspended by COVID-19. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian people used banks less than any other country in the Asia-Pacific region last year in percentage terms of using financial services, recent data from the World Bank showed. The report, released this month, also pointed to high growth in the percentage of borrowers, which insiders ss='cambodia-color'>...

The director and employees of a maid recruitment agency were handed sentences of up to five years by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday and ordered to pay compensation for illegally detaining an under-aged girl. Presiding judge Duch Kimsorn said Century Manpower’s director Oung sakirin, chief of administration ss='cambodia-color'>...

At a Wednesday meeting of the signatories to the Mekong Memorandum of Understanding on Drug Control, National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) secretary-general Meas Virith requested participating countries and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to seek a solution for the region’s burgeoning ss='cambodia-color'>...

Charges against outspoken Adhoc head of monitoring Chan soveth are baseless, politically motivated and threaten to undermine human rights work in Cambodia, a coalition of NGOs said yesterday. soveth, who has been summonsed to court on August 24 over the vague charge of assisting “specific perpetrators”, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $75 million senior loan with Cambodia’s largest bank, ACLEDA Bank Plc, to address the rising financing requirements of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MsMEs) in the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to five new investment projects with a total investment capital of $65.6 million. According to the council’s press releases issued recently, the new projects approved are expected to create nearly 5,000 jobs for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen recently predicted that the country’s economy may contract 1.9 percent this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a circular on budget planning for 2021-2023, he said Cambodia has recorded a strong fall in demand from its trading partners. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The owner of a labor firm repeatedly accused of human trafficking, who is also the sister of one of the country’s top police officials, has been appointed head of the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies (ACRA). Grave concerns have been expressed by rights groups over the appointment of Ung seang ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS Agency for International Development yeSterday announced the proviSion of an additional grant worth $100,000 to SanSom Mlup Prey OrganiSation, through the Greening Prey Lang Project. The grant SeekS to Stimulate conServation effortS which include the promotion of wildlife-friendly farming in communitieS living SS='cambodia-color'>...

Newly appointed Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth urged two Chinese telecom giants – China Communication Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd – to further invest in the Kingdom’s telecommunications infrastructure in a move to bring Cambodia into the full realm ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly a year after being signed into law, Cambodia’s new traffic code is just weeks from finally being enforced.National Police chief Neth savoeun yesterday said that drivers have had plenty of notice, and the time for implementation has come. As of January 1, fines for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Since Sunday, Military Police and provincial police officialS have been&nbSp;Stopping outSiderS from entering&nbSp;SeSan diStrict&rSquo;S Srekor and Kbal Romea villageS aS 200 people &ndaSh; moStly ethnic minoritieS from all over Cambodia &ndaSh; continued to gather in defiance of the blockade for a SerieS of eventS, including SS='cambodia-color'>...

The lacklustre performance of Cambodia’s stock exchange, which has attracted only four companies since it launched in 2011 and whose stocks see days without a single trade, is expected to turn a corner soon, capital markets experts said during a panel discussion yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...