Setting a minimum price for paddy is one of the campaign promises that the Pheu Thai party made to its supporters during the recent election campaign in Thailand before it was elected to power. Now it’s a matter of waiting to find out whether this ...

The chief executives of the firms behind two large-scale real-estate projects in Cambodia have been sentenced to jail in Seoul for obtaining illegal loans and using the money to finance fictitious companies abroad, according to a South Korean court official. The two executives were among a ...

It’s a scene repeated endlessly at most of Southeast Asia’s main airports – planes forced to circle overhead or idle on the tarmac and travellers stuck in serpentine queues at immigration desks, security checkpoints and baggage carousels. And it’s likely to get worse in capitals like ...

Four workshops at the Asean Peoples’ Forum concerning pressing issues such as land rights and events in Burma were blocked by the owner of the venue where the forum was being held on Friday, as they were considered too politically sensitive, the organizer said. Out of ...

នៅ​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​ ០៥​ ខែតុលា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៧​ គណៈកម្មការ​ប្រឹក្សា​ការងារ​បាន​បើក​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​អាណត្តិ​ទី​៨​ លើក​ទី​១៧​ នៅ​ទីស្តីការក្រសួង​ការងារ​ និង​បណ្តុះបណ្តាល​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ​ ដើម្បី​បន្ត​ពិនិត្យ​ និង​ពិភាក្សា​លើ​លទ្ធផល​របស់​ក្រុមការងារ​បច្ចេកទេស​ត្រីភាគី​ និង​ធ្វើការ​ពិភាក្សា​កំណត់​ប្រាក់​ឈ្នួល​អប្បបរមា​សម្រាប់ ...

លោក ស៊ុយ សែម រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួង​រ៉ែ និង​ថាមពល​បាន​អំពាវនាវ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ធ្វើការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​លើ​គម្រោង​ធនធាន​រ៉ែ​ធានា​កុំ​ឲ្យ​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​សហគមន៍ និង​បរិស្ថាន​។ ក្នុង​វេទិកា​អភិបាលកិច្ច​វិស័យ​និស្សារណៈកម្ម (EIGF) ​លើក​ទី​ ៨ ​នៅ​សណ្ឋាគារ​កាំបូឌីយ៉ាណា​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ លោក ស៊ុយ សែម រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​រ៉ែ និង​ថាមពល​ថ្លែងថា វេទិកា​នេះ​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ពី​វឌ្ឍនភាព និង​ការចួលរួម​កិច្ចសហការ​ក្នុង ...

At the turnoff of Sihanoukville outside Phnom Penhmetal shop owner Kuch Sareun wAtches the sparks fly as his emplyees join pieces of steel. This year, he installed a diesel-run generAtor At his business since the frequent electricity outages were hurting his bottom line. Electricity is ...

a gold rush came to Angkor Borei district over the weekend, with dozens of villagers trying their hand at treasure hunting after word got out that there was gold to be found in the soil of a newly dug road in Prek Phtorl commune. The area ...

The disputes over sovereignty in the South China Sea are approaching a tipping point. As former ASEAN secretary-general Rodolfo Severino said last month: “The disputes cannot be resolved anytime soon, if at all. The most that can be done is to prevent them developing into armed ...

Cambodians like pork. The average Cambodian consumes almost 9.29 kg of the meat each year, and local farmers supplied about 2 million pigs, more than 90 percent of the domestic demand, in 2008. But the market for small-scale pig farmers has flown. Live pig prices have fallen ...

UK-based BIW automotive company on Friday signed a US$2 billion join venture investment with ACICA Automotive (Cambodia) to build a factory in Preah Sihanouk province for a Cambodian-made vehicle within the next three years. The agreement was made between BIW’s director Robin Bowyer and ACICA’s Group ...

The government and its foreign donors are preparing for their next high-level aid meeting Wednesday, their first sine the government surprised donors in August 2011 by indefinitely suspending the meetings, citing the global financial crisis. However, officials at the Finance Ministry and the Council for the ...

The Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Association in Battambang province will establish a biomass-generated electricity plant in Battambang, an insider said. The plant will cost up to US$10 million and generate 10 megawatts of electricity. Phou Puy, president of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Association (CRMA) and the ...

The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) issued a statement on Friday praising the U.N. General Assembly for not voting in favor of Cambodia during its bid for a non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. U.N. member states cast their votes on Thursday in ...

The value of construction projects approved by the government during the first nine months of the year reached $1.83 billion, an 83.61 percent increase compared to the same period in 2011, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Land Management. Tith Khemra, director of ...

Officials at a recent energy conference in Phnom Penh stressed that Cambodia needed to use energy more efficiently to meet regional goals, boost economic development and lower overall harm to the environment. More than 150 energy officials from the public and private sectors came together for ...

Toll Royal Railways (TRR), the current operator of Cambodia’s dilapidated rail network, restarted freight services to Kampot province yesterday, four months after it suspended its work. TRR’s resumption comes on the heals of a rival proposal to manage the train network by a consortium that includes one ...

The Taiwanese-owned garment company Grand Twins International (Cambodia) Plc says it intends to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) next month, in a boost for the Kingdom’s nascent stock market. Phnom Penh Securities (PPS), an underwriter for Grand Twins International (GTI), said yesterday the company ...

A 16-year-old died at Calmette hospital in Phnom Penh yesterday morning after succumbing to an illness she contracted while working in virtual slavery as a maid in Malaysia, her family said. Toch Srey Neth signed up to go to Malaysia as a maid through the now-defunct ...

Authorities have partially backed down on an order forcing 196 residents in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district to move their homes, but refused to scrap the plan completely when confronted at Chaom Chao commune hall yesterday. Phuong Sopheap, one of about 20 residents that congregated ...