The opposition has raised conflict-of-interest concerns over another agreement headed to the National Assembly today guaranteeing the government will buy electricity from a power plant to be constructed by a company owned by ruling party Senator Lao Meng Khin. However, it was unclear yesterday whether the ...

They thought the days of scenic sunsets ruined by the noise and pollution of dredgers on the Tatai River were over, but villagers and business owners in the popular tourism destination now say they were duped in a promise from ruling party Senator Ly Yong ...

Amid safety fears in the construction industry, authorities yesterday refused to reveal the owner of a brand-new industrial building that crashed to the ground in Phnom Penh on Sunday, just days before hundreds were to have set foot in it. Sen Sok district governor Khoun Sreng ...

Echoing longstanding calls from conservation groups, the World Bank says in a new report today that governments need to look past low-level criminals to tackle illegal logging and to follow the money the illicit trade generates instead. That trade of illegal logging generates up to $15 ...

កាលថ្ងៃទី ៣១ ខែ សីហា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៦ វេលាម៉ោង ២: ៣០ រសៀល នៅទីស្តីការក្រសួងការបរទេស និងសហប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិ ឯកឧត្តម ប្រាក់ សុខុន ទេសរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការបរទេស និងសហប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា និងឯកឧត្តម យូជី គូម៉ា ម៉ារូ ឯកអគ្គរាជទូតជប៉ុនប្រចាំព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា បានចុះហត្ថលេខាលើលិខិតប្តូរសារ និងកំណត់ហេតុនៃការពិភាក្សា ស្តីពីការផ្តល់ហិរញ្ញប្បទានឥតសំណង់ ដើម្បីឆ្លើយតបទៅនឹងសំណើររបស់រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា និងជាមួយគោលបំណងដើម្បីលើកកម្ពស់ការអភិវឌ្ឍសេដ្ឋកិច្ចសង្គមនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលជប៉ុនបានយល់ព្រមបន្តផ្តល់ជំនួយឥតសំណងដែលប្រាក់សរុបចំនួន ៨៩៣ លានយេនជប៉ុន ដែលមានតម្លៃប្រហែល ៨ លានដុល្លារអាមេរិកដល់ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា សម្រាប់គោលបំណងនៃការអនុវត្តគម្រោង ” ពង្រីកបណ្តាញចែកចាយអគ្គិសនី ក្នុងរបៀងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចភាគខាងត្បូង”។ បណ្តាញចែកចាយថ្មីនេះ នឹងត្រូវបានតំឡើងដើម្បីជួយជម្រុញស្ថេរភាពនៃការផ្គត់ផ្គង់អគ្គិសនីនៅក្នុងខេត្តចំនួន ៣ រួមមាន៖ ខេត្តស្វាយរៀង, ខេត្តកោះកុង, និងខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យ។  ...

ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូត​ថ្មី​របស់​សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប (EU) ដែល​ជួប​សម្តែង​ការគួរសម​ជាមួយ​ប្រធានរដ្ឋសភា លោក​ ហេង សំរិន ពី​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​បញ្ជាក់​អំពី​ជំហរ​របស់ខ្លួន​ក្នុង​ការខិតខំ​ប្រឹងប្រែង ដើម្បី​ជួយ​សម្រួល​ឲ្យ​កម្ពុជា​អាច​រក្សាបាន​នូវ​ប្រព័ន្ធ​អនុគ្រោះ​ពន្ធ​គ្រប់​មុខទំនិញ​លើកលែងតែ​សព្វាវុធ EBA (Everything But Arm)​។ ក្នុង​ជំនួប​សម្តែង​ការគួរសម​នោះ​លោកស្រី Carmen Moreno ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូត​ថ្មី​របស់​សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប​បាន​ថ្លែងថា ក្នុង ...

Younger Southeast Asian countries will look for a means of filling the financial gap between poorer mainland ASEAN members and more developed states this week during the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting, which kicked off today. At the five-day meeting which Prime Minister Hun Sen was ...

About 2,000 workers at Ocean Garment factory continued their ongoing strike yesterday by staging a sit-in on the premises of the factory in support of five union leaders facing prosecution for their role in recent protests. Workers began the sit-in yesterday after rumors spread that ...

Officials at the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX) may increase the number of daily stock trading sessions from two to seven, giving traders more flexibility to buy and sell, an official at the bourse said yesterday. Currently, trading on the CSX occurs in just two sessions, starting ...

Prominent Boeung Kak villager and protester Yorm Bopha was yesterday jailed in Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison, after she and her husband – en route to check for their names on a voting register – were pounced on by police in plain clothes in what ...

A prime piece of Phnom Penh real estate was put up for auction last week by a South Koran government agency attempting to recoup taxpayers’ money lost during a bank collapse last year. Bids have been made that could see a new development on the site, ...

While the global economic crisis weakened the ability of Cambodian households to purchase food, the government’s focus on agricultural production and other policies have since helped alleviate food insecurity in the country, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development said in a new report. Between June ...

The Cambodian National Rescue Party is making a strategic shift in its bid to win the next election: focusing less on traditional hot-button issues like government corruption and territorial disputes, and instead offering voters a series of concrete new policy initiatives. This required clear and ...

With Sunday’s commune elections quickly approaching, the five main political parties are all predicting substantial gains over how they faired in the last election in 2007, though none deny that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will continue to dominate the polls. And with the entrance ...

With an average of 1,100 additions every day, a new user joins Facebook in Cambodia every two minutes, according to estimates from social media marketing and advertising agency Social Media Plus. Founder of Social Media Plus Anthony Galliano said more and more companies operating in Cambodia ...

A mother of four, with the youngest on her hip, said she was not impressed by the palatial government buildings where Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Council of Ministers have their offices. Her own home is a wood-and-tin shack now partially buried under the ...

While shopping for a brand-new television, 27-year-old Loek Bunhai recently bought a Sony flat-screen at the Sunsimexco retail outlet on Phnom Penh’s Monivong Boulevard for $345. But with a monthly salary of $300 from his job as a microfinance officer in Phnom Penh, Mr. Bunhai was ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged the public to help the country by drinking beer during the inauguration of the new $60 million Khmer Brewery factory in Phnom Penh yesterday. “Don’t forget, [if you] drink one bottle or one can of beer, how much will the state ...

Children played along the banks of Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva peninsula yesterday, while their parents napped under the shade of their bright yellow and blue boat homes. But members of this Cham fishing community overlooking Phnom Penh’s city space said it was a very different scene on ...

The number of foreign owners of houses in Cambodia has soared in recent years after the government permitted foreigners to have rights over owning real estate in the Kingdom, according to officials of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. Speaking at the opening of ...