Failed Cambodian telco Mfone owes at least $65 million to multiple creditors that sources say include the government. A court injunction to freeze Mfone‘s assets, obtained by the Post yesterday, shows Mfone owes Chinese telco provider Huawei Technologies more than $65 million. Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday broke ground for the construction and enlargement of a 248-kilometer stretch of national road No. 6A, saying that the road is vital for the development of the economy and tourism. The road will be widened from the current 7 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Betagro (Cambodia) readies for the construction of its new feed mill in Phnom Penh sEZ. The feed mill is to be constructed in the capital’s special Economic Zone, located 12km from the city center. The company is investing UsD$17.2 million in the new project. The plant construction ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Thursday vowed to further enhance cooperation in trade, investment, and tourism for mutual benefits. The commitment was made during a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen and Peng Qinghua, secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region’s CPC Committee, ss='cambodia-color'>...

WHEN the Cambodia National Rescue Party geared up for this election campaign, it was determined its priority would be policy, but the exploits of both major parties in recent weeks have seen public focus shift far from the finer details of governance. “Change or not change?” ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Sunday opened official polling recordS for eight StationS in Kandal province&rSquo;S Takhmao City in accordance with complaintS filed by the oppoSition CNRP to the ConStitutional Council of Cambodia over election day irregularitieS in the province. CPP repreSentative Prum So&Shy;kha, Secretary SS='cambodia-color'>...

Bomb disposal experts conducted a controlled explosion on a device discovered near the National Assembly building in Phnom Penh on Friday morning and safely removed a second explosive device, consisting of three M-79 rifle-launched grenade shells, from a park near the city’s Wat Phnom. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

City Hall yesterday rejected the opposition party’s request to hold a sunday rally with 20,000 supporters, saying it was unable to provide security for participants. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has scheduled a “party congress” to be held in Freedom Park on sunday, with a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite the disputed territory near Phra Viharn Temple, Thai-Cambodian border trade is still normal as 150,000 billion baht cash flow is expected by the end of 2013. According to the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC), border trade along the disputed area around Phra Viharn Temple ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian opposition supporters have wrapped up three days of peaceful protests against the results of this year’s parliamentary elections. Led by opposition leader sam Rainsy, an estimated 20,000 cheering demonstrators marched to several foreign embassies in Phnom Penh asking for international intervention in the Cambodian political ss='cambodia-color'>...

California-based winery E. & J. Gallo has entered Cambodia and is offering four of its more economically priced brands in an effort to introduce locals to wine without breaking their budget, company representatives said Monday. “Cambodia, as well as other markets in Asia, is perfect for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Chanting in Khmer and gripping homemade signs, a group gathered Monday to protest recent Cambodian election results. The rally aimed to bring awareness to what many Cambodian immigrants believe is a corrupt voting system. More than nine million people were eligible to vote in the July 28 ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Police commissioner has ordered police chiefs to stop taking money from law enforcement officials’ salaries for apparent good causes. A statement signed by General Neth savoeun, dated August 22 but obtained Thursday, said police chiefs at all levels must cease the practice, which takes ss='cambodia-color'>...

Eighty-four Chinese companies would have their products displayed for the first time in Cambodia’s annual Imports and Exports Exhibition to be held in Phnom Penh on Dec. 15-18, officials said Tuesday. Ouprum Vorak, deputy chief of the Trade Promotions Department at Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Union representatives who claim they were beaten to within an inch of their lives yesterday after they handed out pro-union leaflets in Phnom Penh’s Por sen Chey district have vowed to take legal action. The 10 union members, who represent four different unions – the Union ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two of the leading microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia said yesterday that they have identified a relatively small fraction of borrowers who were affected by flooding and would provide relief on their repayment schedules if necessary. The comments come after both Prime Minister Hun sen and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh municipality and the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) on sunday donated money and food rations to 176 families from Borei Keila—where thousands of people have been violently evicted from their homes in recent years after the land was sold to a private company. Phnom Penh ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition party leader sam Rainsy said on Thursday that his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will not join the government and attend the National Assembly’s first session on sept. 23, if the hopes of the Cambodian people don’t come into fruition. “The Cambodia National Rescue ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government plans to extend the country’s still-limited capacity to treat ailing prisoners by building more secure rooms inside provincial hospitals. As part of the General Department of Prisons’ 2014-2018 strategic plan, the Ministry of Interior hopes to have rooms specifically designated for prisoners in each ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan has expressed its deep concern about the situation in Cambodia following the deadly crackdown on striking garment workers last Friday, and admitted Thursday that it had contacted the government during the protests to ask for protection of Japanese citizens and companies. Military police armed with ss='cambodia-color'>...