The country is set to embark on local elections that promise to highlight the economic hardships faced by many Cambodians despite a sustained annual growth rate and continued poverty reduction, economic and political observers said this week. A report from Future Forum released on Tuesday ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Embassy of Denmark in Cambodia has encouraged more Danish companies and investors to explore investment opportunities in the kingdom, arguing that in an increasingly competitive global market, it is crucial that national governments and individual businesses cooperate to increase business activity. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Australian filmmaker James Ricketson, who has spent more than seven months in Cambodian prison on allegations of “espionage”, had a ruling on his final bid for bail delayed at the supreme Court today. ss='cambodia-color'>...

After the success of its first project, the shangri-La Garden City, sen sok Condo Company is beginning its second project along Road 595, located two kilometres north of the 7 Makara sky Bridge. Construction on the second project, called Maldives City, has begun, and the company ss='cambodia-color'>...

Property experts say foreign companies are coming to invest in Cambodia’s property sector, as they see the growth and potential of the Kingdom. sung Bonna, director of Bonna Realty Group, said that the number of foreign companies in the sector has grown, and most are from ss='cambodia-color'>...

As many flock to their hometowns today to celebrate Khmer New Year, complaints of price hikes and border bribes have started pouring in like clockwork. Passengers arranging transport to the provinces told the Post yesterday that bus companies and taxies had raised their prices despite a ss='cambodia-color'>...

ScoreS of Security forceS yeSterday Stormed the houSe of alleged SeceSSioniSt leader Bun Ratha&rSquo;S mother in Kampong Cham province yeSterday, confiScating mobile phoneS and memory cardS, hiS relativeS told the PoSt. Bun Ratha, the alleged leader of Democratic ASSociation, haS been on the run Since Security SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Supreme Court yeSterday conducted another hearing into the decade-old caSe of a three-Star RCAF general found guilty in 2002 of owing more than US$50,000 for conStruction work. PreSiding judge and vice-preS&Shy;&Shy;&Shy;ident of the Supreme Court Kong Srim Said the court would make a final ruling SS='cambodia-color'>...

More than 800 Cambodian workers in Thailand were scared to return to work and some had fled their homes yesterday following the violent death of a co-worker outside their factory in songkhla province on Monday, their representative said. Phan Chem said workers wanted the Cambodian embassy ss='cambodia-color'>...

A biofuel company is currently under investigation for fraud in the U.K. after millions of dollars of investors’ money was spent on a jatropha plantation in Banteay Meanchey province that never produced even a single drop of biodiesel. The company, London-based sustainable Agro Energy PLC, had ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than a hundred supporters of imprisoned Beehive Radio owner Mam sonando gathered at the Preah Ang Dang Keu shrine in front of the Royal Palace yesterday morning to offer prayers for his release. sporting shirts printed with photos of Mr. sonando, the group lit candles ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government has committed to the construction of five dams along the Mekong River in order to meet a huge demand for electricity, but environmental groups warn that severe repercussions loom for this strategy. “While each project proposed in Cambodia comes with a different set ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s trade with Malaysia grows sharply in 1st 4 months of Y 2011 The bi-lateral trade between Cambodia and Malaysia increased by 75% in the 1st 4 months of this year, compared to the same period last year, said a senior commerce official Wednesday. From January to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Under dazzling white strip-lights, a production line of young Cambodians stitch, iron and fold their way to the day’s target of 820 two-piece children’s pajamas. These garments are destined for the shelves of Los Angeles, shop price $9.97. The workers, mostly women, start at 7:30 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Land prices in Meanchey district’s four communes that had been transferred into Phnom Penh municipality’s control from Kandal province have held steady, despite the construction of Prek samroung Bridge and the extension of roads to the area. Meanchey Governor Kuch Chamroeun said that he is ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kratie city – soldiers and military police yesterday blocked all access to a village where a 14-year-old girl was shot dead by security forces on Wednesday while the authorities launched a massive operation to evict hundreds of families from the area under a cloak of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The cargo of merchandises including clothes, agriculture products, construction, electronics and other products through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) has increased 10 percent in the first five months of this year in comparison to the same period last year, according to PPAP’s statistics. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Lawyer and government advisor sok siphana has made his law firm, sok siphana & Associates, a member of ZICOlaw, a leading regional law firm based in Kuala Lumpur and focused on the AsEAN region. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian maid who recently returned home from work in Malaysia fell ill and died over the weekend, highlighting ongoing concerns over the treatment of impoverished southeast Asian women who seek work abroad but are often abused by their employers. Kuy Lyda, 17, died at a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia migrant workers seeking to leave allegedly exploitative conditions at the Phatthana seafood factory in southern Thailand said yesterday that they were still being forced to pay to get their passports back. The factory, which exports fish to buyers across the world including Walmart, has come ss='cambodia-color'>...