Borei Keila evictees who have been sleeping in stairwells near where their houses once stood said yesterday the Phnom Penh municipal authority had promised to help them find homes. Ka Rohanny, 35, a representative of the evicted residents, told the Post Kiet Chhe, deputy administrative president ...

The first company to offer Cambodians life insurance will launch on May 21, an official at the company said yesterday, though experts said the firm could struggle to make good profits in a market where fraudulent claims and limited customers could become a stumbling block. Cambodia ...

កាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារ សាលាដំបូងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញបានចោទសួរនិស្សិតសាកលវិទ្យាល័យម្នាក់ដែលត្រូវបានចាប់ខ្លួនកាលពីខែមុន បន្ទាប់ពីលោក បានអំពាវនាវឱ្យមាន “បដិវត្តន៍ពណ៌”នៅក្នុងគេហទំព័រនៃបណ្តាញសង្គមហេ្វសប៊ុករបស់លោក នេះបើយោងតាមពាក្យសម្តីមេធាវីរបស់និស្សិតរូបនេះ។ ...

លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​បញ្ចេញ​វោហារស័ព្ទ​រិះគន់​មេដឹកនាំ​កំពូល​នៃ​ប្រទេស​ចំនួន​ ២ ​ថា​បាន​សន្យា​ជ្រុល នៅ​ក្នុង​យុទ្ធនាការ​ឃោសនា​បោះឆ្នោត​របស់​ខ្លួន តែ​មិន​អាច​អនុវត្ត​ការ​សន្យា​ទាំង​នោះ​បាន​នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​ខ្លួន​បាន​ឡើង​កាន់​អំណាច​។ ...

រដ្ឋាភិបាលបានអំពាវនាវឲ្យសប្បុរសជនជួយឧបត្ថម្ភបន្ថែមដល់អតីតយុទ្ធជនបន្ទាប់ពីលោកបានប្រកាសផ្តល់ថវិកាផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនជួយដល់សពអតីតយុទ្ធជនចំនួន១០០សពក្នុងមួយឆ្នាំៗដែលគិតថាថវិកាសរុបចំនួន៤០០លានរៀល។ ...

In an epic, six-hour address in September, Prime Minister Hun Sen apologized for the government’s many “problems” and promised a more reformist government over the next five years of his rule. Targeting corruption, deforestation and the lack of transparency across government sectors, the prime minister made ...

កាលពី ​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ​ វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ខុ​ង​ជឺ​នៃ​រាជ​បណ្ឌិតសភា​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​ដាក់​ដំណើរ ការ​បណ្ណាល័យ​ភាសា​ចិន​ នៅ​ក្រសួង​វប្បធម៌​ និង​វិចិត្រសិល្បៈ​ និង​សាកល​វិទ្យាល័យ​ភូមិន្ទ​វិចិត្រសិល្បៈ​។​​ ...

Opposition party lawmaker Son Chhay has sent a letter to Deputy Prime Minister Sok An asking for the immediate suspension of a Vietnamese rubber plantation in the endangered Prey Long forest, accusing the firm of illegal deforestation. In the letter dated Wednesday, Mr Chhay also asked ...

Authorities in Prey Veng province yesterday agreed to cut the price of water from 1,800 riel to 1,200 riel a cubic metre after more than 1,000 people blocked National Road 11 for the fourth consecutive day. Acting provincial police chief Dim Yarum said yesterday an ...

Cambodian rice trader TTY Corporation has said the Kingdom cannot meet a new 200,000-tonne export quota for shipping high-quality rice to China. State-owned Sinograin’s order for three varieties of milled fragrant rice was a deviation from an agreement struck with TTY in August, TTY deputy director-general ...

The government has approved Qatar as a destination for the growing number of Cambodian labourers seeking employment overseas. Workers will not be recruited for housekeeping services, however, private sector officials said. The abuse of maids in Malaysia – many of whom were reportedly under-aged – has ...

Guangxi Nonferrous Metal Group invested $21.95 million in the construction of a steel processing plant, the data shows. The Chinese company planned to invest as much as $500 million in Preah Vihear province, China’s state-owned Xinhua news agency reported in November. China’s Xing Yuan Kang Yeak ...

Nearly two months after the 45th Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting concluded with ministers failing to issue a joint communique for the first time in the block’s history, Cambodia remains on the defensive, this week disseminating yet another agressive letter to the editor of a regional newspaper. In a ...

Apsara Authority on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three Japanese companies to conduct a feasibility study to solve various environmental problems in the Angkor area. The MoU was signed between Bun Narith, director general of Apsara Authority, Shoichi Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan ...

India is financing the construction of a US$70 million transmission line to bring electricity from hydroelectric projects in Laos to Cambodia, according to Indian Chamber of Commerce President Debasish Pattnaik. Speaking yesterday after the official launch of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (ICC), Pattnaik ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen returned home yesterday from a quick trip to Beijing with the promise of some $523 million in new loans and grants, one day after Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jabao praised Cambodia for helping China maintain “friendly relations” with Asean. Speaking with ...

Economic land concessions (ELCs) benefit only a minority, the human rights consequences of the concessions are stark, and Cambodia’s sustainable economic development is threatened by the practice. U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi told the Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday. Mr. Subedi cited uneven access to ...

The homes of 137 families in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district have been demolished since Tuesday, when more than 60 police, military forces and forestry officials began evicting families from land claimed by Touch Hiv, an agricultural company, local officials and villagers said yesterday. “We ...

Police targeting of sex workers for arrest has made them vulnerable to contracting or spreading HIV, according to a U.N. report released yesterday. The U.N. report, Sex Work and Law in Asia and the Pacific-Laws, HIV and human rights in the context of sex work, states that ...

About 40 families in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district are disputing local authorities’ demand that they abandon their homes without compensation so the government can increase a nearby canal’s capacity. The residents, who were asked on September 28 to vacate their homes within a week by Meanchey ...