The Court of Appeal has reduced to six months the original three-and-a-half-year prison term handed to the son of a wealthy businessman for pistol-whipping a man and damaging restaurant property. Duong Udomchorvin, 24, was sentenced in May, along with his 17-year-old brother, Duong Kimlong, who was ss='cambodia-color'>...

A day of peaceful demonstrations gave way to an evening of unrest last night as a handful of protesters were removed from a small patch of land across from the United states embassy and a grup of uninvolved people threw Molotov cocktails towards riot police ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen is scheduled to pay a three-day visit to Vietnam later this week, a move criticized by opposition officials who say the premier should stay in Cambodia to deal with the country’s ongoing political deadlock. “What is necessary at this time is to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Apsara National Authority, which manages Angkor Archaeological Park, will this week unveil a “revolutionary” new concept for Angkor’s management that will vastly decentralize responsibility for the preservation of the temple complex, according to Anne Lemaistre, Unesco representative in Cambodia. The new Angkor Heritage Management Framework, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Credit SuiSSe, a financial ServiceS firm baSed in Switzerland, haS been accuSed of aiding land grabbing in Cambodia by becoming a major Shareholder in VietnameSe rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group. In a Statement releaSed today, Global WitneSS (GW), an NGO baSed in England, SS='cambodia-color'>...

Sok Sokan, Son of Deputy Prime MiniSter Sok An, haS been officially named deputy Secretary general within the Council of MiniSterS &ndaSh; a rank equal to Secretary of State &ndaSh; according to November&rSquo;S Royal AffairS publication releaSed laSt month. Ek Tha, a SpokeSman for the Council SS='cambodia-color'>...

U.S.-liSted firm Entertainment Gaming ASia&rSquo;S (EGA) Dreamworld caSino in Poipet province haS Seen revenue drop by almoSt 18 percent thiS year, according to financial reSultS releaSed by the company. ReSultS iSSued on ThurSday from Hong Kong Said the caSino, which opened in May 2012, made revenue SS='cambodia-color'>...

In what appears to be an ongoing reorganisation of City Hall, a long-time financial director will step into the shoes of an outgoing deputy administrative director today. Bun serey, Phnom Penh’s ex-finance director, will officially replace Tev Kim Piseth as deputy director of administration, said Koeut ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Jasmine rice wins the award for world’s best rice at the 2013 Rice Traders World Rice Conference held in Hong Kong. This is the second time that Cambodian rice had been awarded world’s best rice, the first award came last year in Bali, Indonesia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan’s prime minister failed to address major issues, by leaving aside Cambodia’s political deadlock and its poor human rights record on a visit last week, rights activists say. “It was a missed opportunity for the government of Japan, which has a great deal of leverage with ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s telecommunications ministry yesterday defended intervening in the market by fixing minimum prices for mobile phone calls, rationalising the base charges as necessary to stem the loss of tax revenue and avert a monopolised industry. The floor price was introduced in 2009 to prevent the demise ss='cambodia-color'>...

Taking strides to curb Cambodia’s high maternal and child mortality rates, health officials yesterday launched a $14 million initiative to improve women’s limited access to reproductive health care. During the three-year Partnering to save Lives campaign, funded by AusAid, NGOs Care Cambodia, Marie stopes and save ss='cambodia-color'>...

Financial records the Global Fund requested for its investigation into widespread corruption in health grants to Cambodia were withheld and censored by grant recipients, the probe found, suggesting a systematic attempt to cover up wrongdoing. Out of a total of $220.3 million worth of expenses the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Capitalising on booming travel from Vietnam and China, the domestic aviation sector has enjoyed 18 per cent passenger growth for the second year running, according to a new report, which describes Cambodia as having one of the fastest-growing markets in southeast Asia. The report, by the ss='cambodia-color'>...

In 2011, Oeun Phirun took out a $450 loan from the Asian Development Bank, using half to buy a used motorbike and spending the rest on a small flock of ducks and chickens he hoped to raise. His family and about 1,000 others have been evicted ss='cambodia-color'>...

The appointment of General Sok Phal to head the Interior MiniStry&rSquo;S newly formed department to monitor migrant workerS haS raiSed concernS over hiS cloSe familial connection to a labor recruitment induStry fraught with human rightS abuSeS. Gen. Phal&rSquo;S SiSter, Ung Seang Rithy, iS the owner of SS='cambodia-color'>...

Thmey Thmey online news website on Wednesday launched a Japanese-language version of the site to help illuminate the world of Cambodian politics and business for Japanese residents here, as well as those considering relocating or investing in the country. The news site, which was set up ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) haS defended itS deciSion not to pay a SurvivorS&rSquo; penSion to the family of a teenager killed in a ceiling collapSe at the Wing Star ShoeS factory in Kampong Speu province laSt May. On the anniverSary of the collapSe on SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s energy minister allayed concerns in parliament over inadequate compensation offered to villagers who face relocation for a proposed China-backed dam on a Mekong River tributary, saying the government has allocated to villagers more than four times the area taken over for the project. Minister of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The planned construction of 88 hydroelectric dams in the lower Mekong basin by 2030 will cause food security challenges in Cambodia, experts say. “Cambodia is going to pay the highest price for dam development basin-wide, to the point of affecting the food security of its 80 ss='cambodia-color'>...