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The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding in Phnom Penh yesterday reconfirming their commitment to developing their joint border with new economic zones, checkpoints and a 1,800-MW power plant. “We have agreed to create four international checkpoints to improve trade ...

នៅព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី១២ មិថុនានេះ គណកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ បាន​បើក​វគ្គ​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​​គ្រូ​​បង្គោល​​ សម្រាប់​ការបណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​បន្ត​ដល់​ គណបក្ស និង​អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍ ​ ទាក់​ទង​ទៅ​នឹង​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ និង​ការ​រាប់​សន្លឹកឆ្នោត​។ មន្រ្តី​​ គ.ជ.ប បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា ការរៀបចំ​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ មាន​នីតិ​ថ្មីៗ អនុញ្ញាតិ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការចូល​រួម​ពី​គ្រប់​មជ្ឈដ្ឋាន​ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ ដំណើរការ​ល្អ​និង​អាច​ជឿជាក់បាន។ លោក សាត់ សុវណ្ណ ប្រធាន​ការិយាល័យ​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​របស់ គ.ជ.ប បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា នីតិ​វិធី​បោះឆ្នោត​មានការ​កែសម្រួល​មួយ​ចំនួន ដែល​ផ្តល់​ឱកាស​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការចូលរួម​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​ដំណើរការបោះឆ្នោត​និង​រាប់​សន្លឹកឆ្នោត​ស្ថិត​នៅ​ក្នុងការទទួល​ ខុសត្រូវ។ ...

Okhna Try Pheap’s ballooning empire of exclusive natural resource licences and concessions has been expanded even further with the granting of a special economic zone (SEZ) in Ratanakkiri province. The May 27 issue of the Royal Gazette reveals Pheap was granted a 136-hectare SEZ in O’Yadav ...

Conservation officials have confiscated a truck containing 20 cubic metres of illegally cut, luxury-grade timber from an economic land concession owned by the firm TTY Corporation, a district official said yesterday. Kratie provincial officials seized the logs, along with two trucks and two cars on Monday ...

Motorbikes, vegetables, iPhones, artwork, or even land on which to build a house – a quick browse through website 7Makara.com gives the impression of a Cambodian eBay or Amazon. The difference, however, is that you can’t complete the transaction from the convenience of your bedroom. In ...

Thousands of Cambodians cross the border via illegal checkpoints into Thailand every year. Some end up working in slave-like conditions on illegal fishing trawlers. Others work in factories while getting paid under the table. It is often a last resort fraught with danger and uncertainty and ...

In a country where corruption is as rife as it is in Cambodia, global brands must work with governments to ensure garment factories are safe and working conditions legal, international NGO Transparency International (TI) said yesterday. In Cambodia, where two workers were killed when a ceiling ...

Oxley Holdings Ltd announced that the Group has incorporated Oxley Holdings (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. and Oxley-Worldbridge (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. in Cambodia. Oxley Holdings Cambodia has an issued capital of 20,000,000 Riel (approximately SGD6,309), divided into 1,000 shares of par value 20,000 Riel each. It is ...

Rising global temperatures could greatly exacerbate flooding in Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, as well as parts of Africa and South America, a new study by the University of Tokyo has found. Employing 11 different climate models, researchers found that with a mere rise ...

With the promise of better care for both mother and baby during labour, the Maternal Child Medical Centre was inaugurated yesterday at the Siem Reap Provincial Hospital. The inauguration was presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh, who said the centre was the first of ...

Land Management Minister Im Chum Lim awarded a community of ethnic minority Banong in Mondolkiri province a communal land tile to their ancestral land last week, only the eighth communal land title to be handed out since the 2001 Land Law made them available. The title ...

Hundreds of workers were sacked at the Sabrina Garment factory on Saturday following several violent protests at the Kampong Speu province premises and the arrest of unionists involved. The firings came after workers continued to protest outside the provincial court on Friday and Saturday demanding ...

Prices in the global carbon market are too low to provide an incentive for Cambodian businesses to engage in carbon offset schemes, but there are other options for businesses to gain funds for emission reduction, industry experts say. Speaking on the sidelines of a two-day educational ...

A fresh complaint has been filed against a company already before the courts for allegedly running a human-trafficking racket that sent more than 150 Cambodians onto fishing boats as virtual slaves. More than 20 men who claim they were forced to work almost without sleep and ...

Burkina Faso is willing to promote bilateral relations and cooperation with Cambodia in all fields for mutual benefits, Hunbert Haddab, the special adviser of Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore, said Monday. Speaking during a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Hunbert ...

យុវជន​​កម្ពុជា​ដែល​កំពុង​តែ​បំពេញ​ការងារ​នៅ​តាម​បណ្ដា​អង្គការ និង​ស្ថាប័ន​ឯកជន​ភាគ​ច្រើន​សុទ្ធ​តែ​គ្រប់​អាយុ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត។ តាម​រយៈ​បទ​យក​ការណ៍​របស់ អ៊ឹម រចនា​ថ្ងៃ​នេះ លោក​អ្នក​នាង​នឹង​បាន​ស្វែង​យល់​ពី​បទពិសោធ យោបល់ កង្វល់ និង​ការ​ប្ដេជ្ញា​ចិត្ត​របស់​យុវជន​កម្ពុជា ដែល​កំពុង​តែ​បំពេញ​ការងារ​នៅ​តាម​បណ្ដា​អង្គការ និង​ស្ថាប័ន​ឯកជន​នានា​មក​ជូន​លោក​អ្នក។ ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong made another appeal to Australia for additional funds to complete a behind-schedule project to rehabilitate the country’s railway network, this time to newly appointed Australian Ambassador Alison Burrows, according to a ministry spokesman. While work on the Southern Line of the ...

Fifteen villagers representing 18 families from Kratie province involved in an ongoing dispute with the Sovan Vuthy Rubber Company yesterday submitted a petition to the Ministry of Land Management calling for intervention after the company allegedly cleared their farmland. The families say they have lived ...

លោក​ ទេព នីថា អគ្គលេខាធិការ គ.ជ.ប​ មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា​ចំនួន​​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​ ដែល​ត្រូវ​​ផលិត ​គឺ​ផ្អែក​តាម​ចំនួន​អ្នកបោះឆ្នោតមានឈ្មោះ​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​បោះឆ្នោត​ផ្លូវការ​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ ​ចំនួន​ជាង ៩លាន ៦​សែន​​នាក់ ។ លោកបាន​បន្ត​ទៀត​ថា​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​បម្រុង​ ដែល​បាន​រក្សា​ទុក​​ នឹង​ត្រូវ​ផ្តល់​ជូន​ដល់​គណៈ​កម្មការ​ឃុំ​សង្កាត់ ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ទាំង​ ១ពាន់ ៦រយ ៣៣ឃុំសង្កាត់​ ក្នុង​ករណី​ឃុំ​-សង្កាត់​ណាមួយ ខូច​​សន្លឹកឆ្នោត ដោយ​ប្រការ​​ណាមួយ។ ...

Britain’s Minister of Trade and Investment Lord Green is starting his two week visit to Southeast Asia, to promote opportunities for British businesses, in Cambodia Monday, June 10, 2013. The promotion of British businesses is part of a larger effort to enhance the support available to ...

The wizened cyclo driver, cigarette in mouth, muscles taut from pedalling up and down French-style boulevards, is one of Indochina’s enduring romantic images. But cyclos on the streets of Phnom Penh are now outnumbered by another means of transport: the luxury car. But with the urban ...

Cambodia’s economy is on track to maintain its robust recovery thanks to a cocktail of private sector and government efforts. In 2012, the Asian Development Bank estimated that gross domestic product grew at a rate of 7.2 per cent, an increase from a 2011 International ...

About 200 farmers protested in front of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday and submitted a petition requesting changes to a draft law on the management of agricultural land, which rights groups have said could effectively legalize land grabs from poor farmers. The government says the ...

អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ការបោះឆ្នោត និង​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​មាន​ការ​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​ថា​​​គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិ​ រៀបចំ​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ ហាក់​ដូច​ជា​មិនបាន​បង្ហាញ​ឲ្យបាន​ទូលំ​ទូលាយ​និង​ជា​សាធារណៈ​នូវ​ដំណើរ​ការ ​នៃ​ការដេញ​ថ្លៃ​រោងពុម្ព ដើម្បី​បោះពុម្ព​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត។ ដោយ​ឡែក​ ប្រធាន​នាយកដ្ឋាន​ប្រតិបត្តិ​នៃ គ.ជ.ប លោក ហ៊ឺ រ៉ុង បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា គ.ជ.ប បាន​ប្រកាស​ធ្វើ​ការដេញ​ថ្លៃ​ជា​សាធារណៈ​រួច​ហើយ ហើយ​ការដេញ​ថ្លៃ​បានឈ្នះ​ទៅ​លើ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន លី​ វណ្ណហុង។ ...