About 200 residents of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community burned tires and threw rocks at the Prampi Makara district office yesterday, demanding that the district governor solve a long-running housing dispute between them and powerful construction firm Phanimex, which they say has failed to abide ...

Cambodia plans to spend nearly US$200 million to rebuild after the worst floods in a decade hit the country in September and October. The floods require an immediate response, Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon said yesterday at a meeting of the Council for the ...

Cambodia’s total foreign reserves jumped to US$3 billion in the first half of 2011, up from $2.7 billion at the end of last year, according to the National Bank of Cambodia. The reserves help to bolster the Kingdom’s financial standing, which in turn draws investor interest ...

A group of five unions plans to send a petition to the Ministry of Labor on Friday requesting a number of changes in the controversial draft union law. Speaking at a conference in Phnom Penh yesterday, Cambodian Confederation of Unions President Rong Chhun detailed the requests ...

With a focus on the NGO draft law and allegations of government interference in the Khmer Rouge tribunal, international rights group Human Rights Watch blasted Cambodia’s rights record in its annual report yesterday. The government was quick to hit back at the criticism, saying that HRW ...

Cambodian women have the most to lose from the planned 2015 ASEAN integration, a coalition of more than 100 Cambodian women said yesterday at the Cambodian Women Forum. Because Cambodian women are so poorly educated, when the job market opens up, competition from other countries like ...

Consumer interest in gold has increased in Cambodia even with the price of gold at a record high. Gold is up more than $333 from the same time last year. The increase in gold prices is said to be a result of the 2008 financial ...

The Kingdom’s consumer price index tracked a 1.4 percent increase in May over April, according to National Institute of Statistics’ latest figures. Prices at the end of May were 6.5 percent higher than the same date the year previous, the figures show. Experts said Cambodia’s ...

A nearly half-million-dollar grant will allow a conservation project at Phnom Bakheng Temple – one of the oldest temples in the Angkor Archaeological Park – to be completed, according to the World Monuments Fund. The $450,000 grant was donated by the US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural ...

Just months before Sihanoukville Autonomous Port is supposed to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, officials said yesterday that the state-owned enterprise is still more expensive and slower at processing goods than other ports in the region. An investor said that the problems confronting the port ...

The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (Cedac) said yesterday that it plans to raise its annual production of organic vegetables from 120 tons to 600 tons by the end of 2015. Lim Sokun Darun, program coordinator at Cedac, said that the decision to ...

Two women who were shot and injured during a Feb. 20 protest at a special economic zone (SEZ) said yesterday they plan to file court complaints against Bavet City’s former governor, Chhuk Bundith. Nuth Sokhorn, 23, and Bun Chenda, 21, both said they will go ...

Money laundering and drug-related crimes continue to be a major challenge in Cambodia due to a lack of enforceable legislation, endemic corruption and limited resources, according a new report by the US State Department. According to the 2012 International Narcotics Strategy Report, Cambodia continues to be ...

The region’s finance ministers on Friday set a May launch date for the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF), a financing project expected to lend as much as US$4 billion to member countries through 2020. Speaking at the opening the ministers’ meeting, Prime Minister Hun Sen called ...

មនុស្ស​ស្លាប់​បាន​កើន​ដល់​ ១៨ ​នាក់​ ខណៈ​ជាង ​៤ ម៉ឺន​គ្រួសារ​ទៀត​រង​ផល​ប៉ះពា​ល់​​ ដោយ​សារគ្រោះ​ទឹក​ជំនន់​ទឹក​ភ្លៀងនិ​ង​ជំនន់​ទន្លេ​មេគ​ង្គ នៅ​ទូទាំ​ង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ គិត​ចាប់​តាំង​ពីចុង​ខែ​កក្កដារ​ហូត​ដល់​ជាង​ពាក់​កណ្ដាល​ខែ​សីហា ...

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យ៉ាងហោចណាស់​មាន​ជន​រងគ្រោះ​ស្លាប់ ពិការ​និង​របួស​សរុប ៣០ នាក់​ដោយសារ ផ្ទុះ​គ្រាប់​បណ្ដាល​មក​ពី​រាន​ដី​ព្រៃ​មាន​មីន​មក​ប្រើប្រាស់ ការ​កែច្នៃ​យុទ្ធភណ្ឌ​មិន​ទាន់​ផ្ទុះ ការ​រុករក​អនុផល​ព្រៃឈើ និង​ការ​បរបាញ់​សត្វ​ព្រៃ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​ចាប់​ពី​ខែ​មករា​ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី ១៦ ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​នេះ។ តាម​សេចក្ដីប្រកាស​ព័ត៌មាន ...

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