PHNOM PENH — Eight out of Cambodia’s 19 special economic zones (SEZ) are being operational across the country, while the rest are still waiting for both local and foreign investors, the data from Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) showed on Saturday. The statistics showed that ...

Investors in Cambodia, tied with Yemen as the world’s 164th-cleanest country for doing business, face risks in a planned stock market because of ineffective financial and legal systems, the country’s exiled opposition leader said. “Among the little dragons of Southeast Asia, Cambodia is the least encouraging,” ...

Armed troops that were deployed last month to quell a land dispute protest outside the Kompong Speu Provincial Court were ordered to do so by a court prosecutor, a commander in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) said yesterday. on Feb. 9, a detachment of ...

President of Laos National Assembly, Her Excellency Pany Yathotou, on September 1st arrived here for the four-day official visit in order to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the neighboring countries “Both sides will exchange visits of the officials and lawmakers of National Assemblies to strengthen bonds and ...

Eighty-five percent of U.S. companies in Southeast Asia plan to expand their business as the region will become more important in the next two years, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Singapore said on Monday. “ASEAN continues to grow in importance for businesses in the ...

Last year saw a record increase in economic land concessions and the area controlled by agro-industrial companies jumped to more than 2 million hectares nationwide, according to human rights groups who track such projects. Mining companies are also flocking to Cambodia and those already have ...

About 100 tuk-tuk drivers, motorcycle taxi drivers, vendors and other informal transportation workers protested against the high price of gasoline yesterday at the National Assembly, claiming the high petrol prices are cutting into their small profits. Vorn Pao, president of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy ...

លោកនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន សែន កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ទទួល​ពានរង្វាន់​ភាព​ជា​អ្នកដឹកនាំ និង​អភិបាលកិច្ច​ល្អ​ពី​សហព័ន្ធ​សន្តិភាព​សកល​ (UPF) ក្នុង​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​កំពូល​អាស៊ី​ប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិក​លើក​ទី​ ២ នៅ​វិមាន​សន្តិភាព​ដែល​ប្រគល់​ដោយ​សហស្ថាបនិក​សហព័ន្ធ​សន្តិភាព​សកល លោកស្រី Hak Ja Han Moon បន្ទាប់ពី​លោក​បញ្ចប់​ការ​ថ្លែង​សុន្ទរកថា​បើក​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​។ លោក​ ផៃ ស៊ីផាន អ្នកនាំពាក្យ​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​ប្រាប់ ...

លោកនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​ជំរុញ​ឱ្យ​ក្រសួង​ស្ថាប័ន​ និង​អាជ្ញាធរ​មាន​សមត្ថកិច្ច​បន្ត​យកចិត្តទុកដាក់​ និង​គិតគូរ​អំពី​ផលប្រយោជន៍​ និង​កែលម្អ​ជីវភាព​រស់នៅ​របស់​ជន​មាន​ពិការភាព​ឱ្យបាន​សមរម្យ​ស្របតាម​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ជាតិ និង​ត្រូវមាន​វិធានការ​ចាំបាច់​ដើម្បី​បំផុស និង​លើក​ទឹកចិត្ត​ពលរដ្ឋ សប្បុរសជន ផ្នែក​ឯកជន និង​អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ឱ្យ​ចូលរួម​ឧបត្ថម្ភ ...

លោក ហេង សួរ អ្នកនាំពាក្យ​ក្រសួង​ការងារ និង បណ្តុះបណ្តាល​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ​បាន​អះអាងថា ក្រសួង​នឹង​ត្រៀម​មន្ត្រី​សម្រាប់​ចុះ​ធ្វើការ​តាមដាន​ការបើកប្រាក់​អតីតភាព​ការងារ​របស់​កម្មករ​រោងចក្រ​វាយនភណ្ឌ កាត់ដេរ​ក្នុង​ដំណាក់កាល​ទី​ ២ នៅ​ចុង​ឆ្នាំនេះ​បន្ទាប់ពី​ទទួល​បាន​ជោគជ័យ​នូវ​ដំណើរ​ការបើក​ផ្តល់ជូន​កម្មករ​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស​កាលពី​ខែ​មិថុនា​។ កាលពី​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៨ ក្រសួង​ការងារ​បានប្រកាស​ពី ...

Although US businesses across ASEAN have expressed a positive investment outlook towards Cambodia and the other members of the regional group, they are unsure of how to take advantage of the free-trade agreement with China, insiders said at the first-ever ASEAN-US Business Summit, which kicked ...

Heng Chheang, the jailed ex-deputy general director of senator Kok An’s Anco Brothers Co, may have been improperly convicted of embezzling more than US$58 million from the tycoon, according to a letter sent to the Supreme Court from the Ministry of Economy and Finance last ...

The Greater Mekong Sub-region development scheme, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, is moving forward with a new generation of investment aimed at strengthening connectivity, competitiveness and community over the next decade. The GMS will play a strategic role in connecting Southeast Asia with South ...

A Chinese conglomerate headed by an adviser to Senate President Chea Sim plans to begin extracting gold and copper in Siem Reap province in two months, the firm’s chairman said yesterday. Khmer Holding, a group of companies that claims vast mineral interests in Cambodia, opened an ...

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 ...

A lack of legal protections, insufficient commitment from the Malaysian government and an overworked, understaffed embassy are among the major obstacles to lifting the maid ban, according to an internal government report obtained yesterday. Penned by the Ministry of Interior, the 12-page brief details a ...

The government has failed to improve transparency of its finances, according to a global report released yesterday, which ranks Cambodia among the worst countries in the world for openness over budgets. The Washington-based International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Survey 2012- conducted in Cambodia by NGO Forum- ...

This month’s eviction of villagers in Kratie province that resulted in the death of a 14-year-old girl was one of many such violent incidents over land that have erupted in Cambodia in recent years. But what set the May 16 violence apart was a word: ...

About 1,500 representatives of military families in Oddar Meanchey province are planning to file a complaint directly to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s office accusing a high-ranking Royal Cambodian Armed Forces general of selling a large chunk of their land to two Vietnamese rubber companies. The soldiers, ...

Peering out over the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh from a sixteenth-storey private balcony at the new Bellevue Apartments, one could watch for hours as cranes swing back in forth over all the new developments on the west side of the water. “Phnom ...