A team of security officials led by a commune chief descended on a private home in rural Koh Kong province on Friday morning to prevent a group of students and ac­tivists from holding a democracy training session, an activist and officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A court complaint lodged by the vice president of charismatic radio station owner Mam sonando’s political party seeking its eventual dissolution has been thrown out of court. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 families in stung Treng province filed a petition yesterday calling for their local police chief’s dismissal, accusing him of working against their interests and committing environmental crimes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia fared dismally in the 2014 budget transparency index compiled by the Us-based International Budget Partnership, scoring only eight out of 100 and coming in near the bottom of the 102 countries surveyed, at 94. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh health department has announced an investigation into the death of a newborn who allegedly choked while being fed by staff at the privately owned VIP sorphea Maternity Hospital.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s large and growing debt to its northern ally China is a growing concern for observers who worry about the undue influence this may afford the regional superpower. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A groundbreaking ceremony for a Kampot water treatment plant was held yesterday in the presence of Japan’s Ambassador to Cambodia Yuji Kumamaru as well as Cham Prasidh, the Minister of Industry and Handicrafts. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two weeks after police rounded up blind and disabled performers begging for money on streets around Phnom Penh in a bid to prevent traffic congestion, the performers were back on the streets on Wednesday, defiantly defending their right to earn their keep. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange (CSX) will hold a meeting next week to review the Submitted financial StatementS of Phnom Penh AutonomouS Port (PPAP), Cambodia&rSquo;S Second-largeSt port, and to conSider itS eligibility to liSt and trade itS SecuritieS on the Stock exchange, a CSX official Said yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

A dozen diesel-powered boats crawl across Kep Bay, creating a rumble so low that it shakes the pier. They drag weighted, electrified nets across the inshore shallows, scooping up sea life indiscriminately and destroying vital breeding grounds in the process. And they trawl so close ss='cambodia-color'>...

CapitaLand’s wholly owned serviced residence business unit, Ascott Limited, has entered the Cambodian market with a contract to manage somerset Norodom Phnom Penh, the company announced on Friday.“With our entry into Cambodia, Ascott is now present across nine out of 10 countries in AsEAN,” Ascott ss='cambodia-color'>...

Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol, is responsible for violating the rights of hundreds of villagers in Oddar Meanchey who saw their land grabbed, homes destroyed and livestock killed to make way for plantations, according to the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT). ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Heath on Monday ordered pharmacies to halt the sale of unapproved diet pill Mazeta slim, a purportedly American drug that the ministry said actually likely originates in China. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s microfinance sector experienced another year of explosive growth, with both lending and deposits surging over 40 per cent in 2015, according to new data by an industry association. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Malaysian conglomerate Muhibbah Engineering Bhd reported that revenue declined 7.5 per cent last year, but gross profit increased in part due to its stake in the company that operates Cambodia’s three international airports. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s largest duty-free outlet opened yesterday in siem Reap, aiming to service the growing market in the Kingdom’s tourism capital. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 300 former workers at the Win shingtex (Cambodia) factory, a supplier for Us retail giant JC Penny, filed a petition to Prime Minister Hun sen’s cabinet yesterday morning asking the government to intervene after the workers had their wages and benefits cut as ss='cambodia-color'>...

Less than a week after taking over the Transport Ministry, sun Chanthol has established a committee to move more services online, including the process for applying for driver’s licenses, officials said on Monday.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia received a new $130 million funding package from the World Bank last month that focuses on poverty reduction and bettering the lives of poor and vulnerable Cambodians in the country cooperation strategy set out in the new Cambodia -World Bank Group Country Engagement Note ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly yesterday approved a draft law on the implementation of the fifth freedom of the air, a commercial aviation right that grants airlines the privilege of using Cambodian airports as a stop-over on scheduled flights between their home country and another country. ss='cambodia-color'>...