Cambodia scored very poorly on a perceived corruption index, put out each year by Transparency International, but a government spokesman says the report doesn’t reflect the “effort” the government has put into combating the practice. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a report released last week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) came to the predictable—and mostly well-supported—conclusion that Prime Minister Hun sen’s government was failing in its duty to protect its people. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Malaysia-listed Zhulian Corp Bhd plans to expand its diversified Multilevel Marketing  (MLM) business into Cambodia and Laos to tap the strong potential of both countries, media reports said yesterday.    ss='cambodia-color'>...

Political intimidation, the suppression of political expression and restrictions on freedom of assembly have Cambodia’s young democracy under threat, observers in the country say. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 100 pieceS of luxury wood believed to be from the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary area were Seized at the houSe of a military officer near the VietnameSe border on Friday, officialS Said yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

In defiance of an order by Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Khoun Sreng, more than 100 people proteSted outSide the officeS of Equitable Cambodia (EC) yeSterday.&nbSp;They held SignS denouncing the NGO, aS community repreSentativeS inSide Submitted a letter withdrawing their conSent for the group to repreSent SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday appeared to take a veiled swipe at the United states, insinuating that they were responsible for the decades of bloody civil war that engulfed Cambodia.speaking ahead of today’s 24th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which paved the way for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Honeybees have a huge role in tropical ecosystems, but illegal logging and unsustainable honey harvesting are hurting their population. Honeybees have co-evolved with flowering plants and their overall health is an indicator of an ecosystem’s wellbeing. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian women play an important role in the agricultural sector, especially as the nation’s economic conditions continue to force many men to seek work overseas, according to experts. ss='cambodia-color'>...

European Gaming machine supplier and casino operator Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc reported consolidated revenues of $7.3 million in 4Q15, a decrease of 12 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen issued a directive on Monday instructing officials returning from work overseas to hold on to their mission passports, directly contravening two recent Foreign Ministry announcements calling on officials to hand the passports over upon return in a bid to prevent their ss='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives of 526 Koh Kong families hopped on their motos on Friday morning to deliver petitions to their district town halls calling for the return of land taken from them by a 2006 economic land concession (ELC), as well as compensation for lost crops.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Browse any online expat or tourist forum where people ask whether the tap water in Phnom Penh is safe to drink and you will likely find an adamant “No!” But according to water sanitation experts, these forums are wrong. Phnom Penh has some of the safest ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two sons of Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Chairman Om Yentieng have been appointed as assistants to the government graft-fighting body, sparking accusations of nepotism within the very institution meant to stamp out such practices. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An unlicensed medic was arrested in Tbong Khmum province on Monday after administering three injections to a patient who then died en route to a nearby clinic, a police official said on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The SwediSh-Thai buSineSS community waS given a rare opportunity to get a headS up on the inveStment climate in Cambodia, courteSy of departing AmbaSSador of Sweden to Cambodia, MS Anna Maj Hultgård. SS='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 striking workers at the Vanny Bio-Research company in Pursat town agreed to go back to work yesterday after mediators promised to find an adequate resolution to their demands for a wage hike. The company breeds and cares for 30,000-40,000 monkeys they sell to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is not one to arrive without a gift. On his first visit to Cambodia as head of state on Thursday, he pledged some $237 million in aid, erased almost $90 million in state debt, offered nearly $15 million in military support and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand and strengthen cooperation as well as provide support to south Korean investors, especially those in the banking sector who are now investing ss='cambodia-color'>...

US ambaSSador to Cambodia William A. Heidt SayS he wantS the Cambodian government to Sit down and talk about a multi-million-dollar debt owed to America from the dayS before the Khmer Rouge regime. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...