Opposition leader sam Rainsy’s request to have his parliamentary immunity restored before sunday’s national election was refused yesterday by the National Assembly permanent committee — which consists wholly of ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers. “The permanent committee has unanimously decided that because [Rainsy] has become a ss='cambodia-color'>...

When opposition leader sam Rainsy last touched down at Phnom Penh International Airport, he was greeted by some 100,000 supporters in what was the largest opposition rally in Cambodia’s 20 years of democracy. When he returns on Friday from the U.s., where he has been at­tending ss='cambodia-color'>...

Diminishing populations of hoofed animals in southeast Asia have hit Cambodia hard, with numbers of one of the Kingdom’s indigenous species dropping by 90 per cent. The current banteng census shows an 80 per cent drop in the world’s banteng population and a 90 per ss='cambodia-color'>...

Flooding is a perennial pain in Cambodia, the low-lying, deeply impoverished nation squeezed between Thailand and Vietnam. About this time each year, rivers swell, lakes expand and villages sink beneath soupy brown waters. But this year’s flooding woes are proving particularly miserable. More than 100 are dead, ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the first nine months of the year, Cambodia’s tax revenue increased more than 17.3 per cent from the corresponding period in 2012, data from the General Department of Taxation show. Total tax revenue rose to $678.1 million from $578 million. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The value of Cambodian exports to Thailand reached $163 million in the first half this year, an increase of about 21 per cent compared to the same period in 2012. Despite the rise, the number is minuscule next to imports from Thailand, because the Cambodian products ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Pursat Provincial Court has issued a summons to a soldier based on the Thai border for allegedly clearing protected land in Veal Veng district, a move the man believes was orchestrated by a company owned by tycoon Try Pheap, which is embroiled in an ss='cambodia-color'>...

Over the past three days, the CNRP conducted one of the most significant campaigns of mass demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun sen’s government in years. For three days, more than 20,000 people packed into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for daily appearances from opposition leaders sam Rainsy ss='cambodia-color'>...

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'>...