Another chapter in the long-running land dispute between development firm Phanimex Company and the Borei Keila community unfolded yesterday as 70 residents once again called on the district governor and Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene on their behalf. At the heart of the dispute is ...

The government has agreed to create a regulatory body to ensure that companies operating in Cambodia’s telecommunications sector follow regulations and that companies that do not comply are held to account. According to a statement from the Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Hun Sen approved ...

Military-run telecom Viettel has deployed more than 16,000km of fibre optics for its Metfone network and is now has the biggest internet coverage in Cambodia. According to a report from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Cambodia (MPTC), cable network coverage in the country ...

The company constructing a dam in Koh Kong province, where seven workers were swept away in floodwaters earlier this month, has paid US$1,000 to the families of each of the men for funeral expenses, but is denying responsibility for the incident, an official said yesterday. Sok ...

About 100 residents of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the powerful construction firm Phanimex filed a complaint at the Prampi Makara district offices on Friday, seeking the intervention of Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema and demanding that the ...

A new lobster-breeding program could generate up to $600 million in revenues over the next five years, according to Nao Thuok, director of the Fisheries Administration at the Ministry of Agriculture Mr Thuok first mentioned the new breeding program at a meeting in Phnom Penh hosted ...

Some 100 former residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community yesterday delivered petitions to 10 embassies and the offices of the World Bank and European Union asking them to pressure the government into increasing the compensation for their evictions. Sam Vanna, a representative of the residents, ...

Some of Southeast Asia’s most acute problems were left unmentioned yesterday when government-sanctioned civil society groups met with Asean leaders at the regional bloc’s summit in Phnom Penh. NGOs from eight of the 10 Asean states attended the meeting, but the Indonesian delegation pulled out, complaining ...

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ក្រសួង​សាធារណៈការ​ និង​ដឹក​ជញ្ជូន​ថ្មី103;​នេះ​បាន​សម្រេច​បង្កើត​មណ្ឌល​ប្តូរ​ និង​ពន្យារ​បណ្ណ​បើកបរ​នៅ​ផ្សារ​ទំនើប​ AEON​ ក្ន​ង​គោលបំណង​ដើម្បី​បង្ខិត​សេវា​ទៅ​ជិត​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ បង្ក​ភាព​ងាយស្រួល​ ចំណេញ​ពេលវេលា​ កាត់​បន្ថយ​ការ​ចំណាយ​ប្រកបដោយ​ ប្រសិទ្ធភាព​ និង​តម្លាភាព​ ដែល​អនុញ្ញាតិ​ឲ្យ ...

ក្រសួង​រ៉ែនិង​ថាមពលបាន​ប្រកាស​​បើក​ចំហ​ឲ្យ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិលធ្វើការ​សហការនិង​ផ្តល់​ភស្តុតាង​ជាក់​លាក់​បន្ថែម​ទៀតលើ​ភាព​មន្ទិលសង្ស័យ​របស់​ខ្លួន​ចំពោះ​របាយការណ៍​នៃ​ការ​នាំចេញ​ខ្សាច់​ទៅ​កាន់​ប្រទេស​សិង្ហបុរី100; ​លោក ឌិត ទីណា រដ្ឋលេខាធិការ និង​ជា​អ្នកនាំពាក្យ​ក្រសួង​រ៉ែ និង​ថាមពល បាន​ស្វាគមន៍​ចំពោះ​តំណាង​អង្គការ​ចំនួន​ ១៣ ក្នុង​ចំណោម​ ៤៧ ដែល ...

Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast yesterday said he would urge Canadians to invest in Cambodia as opportunies become more viable to potential foreign direct investment from countries that have thus far played a small role in the Kingdom. Fast attended a ceremony recognising the first ...

Better Factories Cambodia must name and shame garment factories that abuse the labour law if it is to transform Cambodia into an ethical sourcing option, a report on the International Labor Organization initiative says. Better Factories should make monitoring reports public, according to the 10 Years ...

A packet of local Cambodian ARA cigarettes costs 1400Riel, around £0.22. Government tobacco tax on local products is currently 10%. Smoking and drinking is endemic in the poor youth of Cambodia and tax hike is proposed to cut the addiction. Ayda Yurekli, an academic from the ...

With an estimated 1 million people- 10 times more than Phnom Penh authorities had expected- lining the streets yesterday for the arrival of Norodom Sihanouk’s remains, legions of police, medics, and street sweepers were working behind the scenes to make sure everything went smoothly. National Police ...

At one time, palm oil production stirred a lot of excitement in Cambodia. Perhaps hoping to follow in the footsteps of palm oil giants Malaysia or Indonesia, more than 10 firms in Cambodia registered for land concessions for palm cultivation around a decade ago. Today, there is one left. The others decided palm ...

Cambodia has cultivated 1.93 million hectares of land, only 82 percent of its 2.36 million hectare target, due to a delay in monsoon rains which hampered rice sowing in the country, according to a media release from the Ministry of Agriculture on Sunday. The report said ...

Cambodia collected $633 million in taxes over the first 10 months of this year, a 31 per cent rise from $483 million over the same period last year, according to the General Department of Taxation. However, an opposition watchdog claimed the amount is still far ...

On November 19, 2012, President Obama met with the leaders of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) to deepen our diplomatic, economic, security, and people-to-people ties with the key Asian multilateral organization. With a population of approximately 620 ...

The number of people arrested over land disputes jumped 144 percent from a year earlier to 232 in 2012, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Adhoc) said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference, he [Adhoc president Thun Saray] said Adhoc last year received 70 ...