Official from Cambodian immigration, law enforcement and diplomatic circles were either unaware of, or unwilling to talk yesterday about, an alleged request from the Thai government to help monitor Cambodian Muslims crossing into the country. News of the alleged monitoring surfaced on Monday when Thai ...

Well-known timber magnate Try Pheap is preparing to expand cross-country with a scheme that already gives him exclusive rights to buy all the wood felled on economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, a spokesman for the businessman said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Forestry Administration in February ...

កាល​ពីឆ្នាំ​២០១១​ លោក អឿន ភីរុន​ បាន​​ខ្ចី​លុយ​ចំនួន​​៤៥០​ដុល្លារ​ពី​ធនាគារ​អភិ​វឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី ដោយ​ប្រើ​លុយ​នោះ​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​សម្រាប់ទិញ​ម៉ូតូ​ចាស់​មួយ​គ្រឿង និង​​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​ទៀត​ចំណាយ​ទៅលើ​ការ​ចិញ្ចឹម​សត្វទា និងស​ត្វ​មាន់​មួយ​ចំនួន​តូច​។ គ្រួសារ​របស់​គាត់​ និង ...

An anonymous group on Saturday filed a corruption complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against senator Sok Kong’s Sokimex company’s management of the Angkor Wat temple complex. The complaint, dated March 10, alleges Sokimex has siphoned the majority of funds recouped from tourist entrance fees to the ...

កុមារា​កំពុង​អង្គុយ​លើ​គ្រែ​ឈើ​ជាមួយ​ម្តាយ​ក្រោម​ដើម​ក្រខុប​ ក្រៅ​ផ្ទះ​ជួល​មួយ​ ក្នុង​សង្កាត់​ស្រះចក ​បាន​ប្រែ​ទឹកមុខ​មិន​សប្បាយ​ចិត្ត​ភ្លាម​នៅពេល​ដែល​និយាយ​ពី​ការ​បង់លុយ​ក្នុង​ម៉ោង​រៀន​ទៅ​ឲ្យ​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​នៅ​សាលា​រដ្ឋ​ ដែល​មិនមែន​ជា​គោលការណ៍ ...

លោក ហ៊ុន សែន នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​នៃ​ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ប្រកាស​ផ្ដល់​ថវិកា​សរុប​ចំនួន ៨៣ ​លាន​ដុល្លារ​ជួយ​ដល់​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​កាល់ម៉ែត​ក្នុង​ការបន្ត​ការសាងសង់​​អគារ​កម្ពស់​ ១២ ​ជាន់​ដែល​មន្ទីរពេទ្យ​នេះ​កំពុង​ដំណើរការ​សាងសង់​បាន ១៧ ​ភាគរយ​លើ​គម្រោង​ដែល​មាន​ស្រាប់​ ៣៩ ​លាន​ ៧ ​សែន​ដុល្លារ ហើយ​នឹង ...

ធនាគារ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍ជនបទ (RDB) បានប្រកាស​ផ្តល់ទុន ៥០ ​លាន​ដុល្លារ​ សម្រាប់​ជា​កម្ចី​ផ្តល់​ឲ្យ​អ្នក​នៅក្នុង​វិស័យ​ស្រូវ​អង្ករ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា ដើម្បី​ដោះស្រាយ​បញ្ហា​កង្វះ​ទុន​បង្វិល​ទិញស្រូវ និង​ជួយ​រក្សា​ស្ថិរភាព​តម្លៃ​។ សហព័ន្ធ​ស្រូវ​អង្ករ​កម្ពុជា (CRF) បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹងថា ទុន​នេះ​អាច​នឹង​ជួយ​ទិញស្រូវ​បាន​ជិត ៣០ ​ម៉ឺន​តោន​ក្នុង​រដូវ​ប្រមូលផល ...

With GDP growth averaging around 9% for the past decade, Cambodia is certainly attracting interest from potential investors. It has possibly the most investor-friendly environment in Asean with no exchange controls, no restrictions on repatriation of profit, and no discrimination between foreign and local investors. Moreover, ...

A dam project set to flood thousands of hectares of protected forest and displace about 1,500 indigenous minority villagers in one of Koh Kong province’s most precious ecosystems should be scrapped, opposition Sam Rainsy Party MP Son Chhay said yesterday. The 109-megawatt dam project in the ...

Some questions remain about whether hydro dams on the upper Mekong River in China exacerbated conditions during Cambodia’s devastating drought of 2010, environmental groups say, as China’s dam program powers ahead. When the first power-generating unit was switched on last month at China’s giant 262-metre tall ...

A law on the management of farmland currently being drafted by the Ministry of Agriculture is a threat to private landowners as it imposes criminal penalties for farmers who do not abide by new powers the government would have to demarcate land, a human rights ...

Villagers belonging to a Thai activist group filed a complaint to Thailand’s Administrative Court yesterday for the cancellation of an agreement form the country’s Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to buy power from a controversial mainstream Mekong dam in Laos, an NGO representative said yesterday. “According ...

Ministry of Commerce officials maintained that low import taxes and increased demand from consumers were the causes behind the 45.26 increase in vehicle imports in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year. The data showed 486,827 vehicles, of all makes and ...

Khmer Resources Investment, which is backed by the Cambodian government, aims to list in Hong Kong within two years, chairman Cao Yunde said. “We intend to leverage the capital market of Hong Kong to finance our growth through a public listing so as to maximise the ...

Anco Water Supply, a private company that is supplying Sihanoukville with access to fresh water has alleviated a water shortage that began when a state-owned reservoir dried up more than a week ago. Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Sbuon Sarath said that running water had been restored ...

Cargos entering and leaving through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, the kingdom’s 2nd largest port, increased by 34 percent in the first three months of this year due to rising trade activities, a senior port official said Thursday. During the January-March period this year, the state-owned port ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the rapid growth of Phnom Penh’s population coupled with the rampant construction of new property projects means that there would always be a shortage of water and electricity in the capital. Speaking to a crowd of thousands who had ...

A controversial land titling program set up by Prime Minister Hun Sen has been suspended ahead of the July 28 elections, but critics say the program should not be restarted. The titling program itself began in December 2012 and is expected to end after elections scheduled ...

Caffe Bene, South Korea’s second-largest coffee chain, on Tuesday announced plans to open in Cambodia, according to a Korean media report. But while its entrance adds one more competitor to the more than half-a-dozen coffee chains already in the country, local franchises said the market is ...

The private sector has called on the government to review Cambodia’s taxation law, a statute that business leaders say is outdated and needs to change if Cambodia wants to continue to attract foreign investment. Led by Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng, a delegation ...