About 60 farmers met yesterday in Phnom Penh to rise their concerns about the law on the management of farmland that is currently being drafted by the Ministry of Agriculture, which critics say will legalize land grabbing. The latest public version of the draft law grants power ...

More than 350 villagers from Preah Vihear province protested in front of the National Assembly on Friday, asking for support from lawmakers in their dispute with military veterans. The villagers, representing some 370 families in Kulen district’s Srayong commune, said that the land on which they ...

Myanmar Airways has temporarily suspended direct flights from Rangoon to Siem Reap and Phnom Penh due to low passenger numbers, an official at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) said yesterday. “We don’t know how long they will suspend operations, but when they get ...

Cambodia’s aviation regulator is imposing a royalty fee of $1,000 for almost every flight that lands at Siem Reap International Airport, a practice that airlines said is pushing up their costs, and which is also against an international aviation convention. While airline officials say the $1,000-per-landing ...

Cambodia may set up a consulate in Xiamen in the near future, and the Cambodian port city of Kampot is expected to establish sister city relationship with Xiamen, reported Haixi Morning News on Wednesday. Cham Prasidh, Cambodian Minister of State and Minister of Trade and Commerce, ...

Cambodia and the United States will hold a joint military exercise dubbed “Angkor Sentinel 2014” next week, aiming to build capacity for Cambodian armed forces and bolster bilateral military ties. The annual exercise will last for ten days (April 21-30) at the Training Centre for Multinational ...

​ជោគវាសនា​របស់​ផ្សោត​ទន្លេ​អុី​រ៉ា​វ៉ា​ឌី​ ដែល​នៅ​សេសសល់​នៅ​តាម​បណ្តោយ​ព្រំដែន​ឡាវ​-​កម្ពុជា​ គឺ​ស្ថិត​នៅ​លើ​ការ​ថ្លឹងថ្លែង​ បន្ទាប់​ពី​មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ឡាវ​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​រាយការណ៍​ថា​បាន​និយាយ​នៅសប្តា​ហ៍​នេះ​ថា​ ការ​សាងសង់​ទំនប់​ នឹង ...

China has pledged another $548 million in aid to Cambodia for infrastructure and irrigation systems, extending assistance that some critics say has bought it Cambodia’s diplomatic support. Agreements covering $500 million in soft loans and $48 million in grants were signed when Prime Minister Hun ...

រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ចំនួន​បី​រូប​ អញ្ជើញ​មក​ពី​ក្រសួង​នគរូបនីយកម្ម​និង​សំណង់​ ក្រសួងកសិកម្ម​រុក្ខា​ប្រមាញ់​និង​នេសាទ​ និង​ក្រសួងបរិស្ថាន​ បាន​ជួប​ដើម្បី​កំណត់​រួម​គ្នា​ចេញ​នូវ​ផែនការ​ការងារ​ ដើម្បី​គ្រប់គ្រង​ដី​របស់​រដ្ឋ​និង​ធនធានធម្មជាតិ​។​ យោង​តាម​សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍​ដែល​បាន​ចេញផ្សាយ​ទី​៣​ ខែកុម្ភៈ ...

The Ministry of Information on Saturday lifted a ban on the broadcast of all Khmer-language foreign radio programs by FM stations during the month leading up to the July 28 national election amid swift and harsh rebuke from the U.S. and the broadcasters themselves. The ministry ...

The government on Wednesday insisted that its decision to postpone U.S.-backed military assistance programs following the July 28 election would not have a negative impact on relations between the two countries. Marie Harf, the spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, also said on Tuesday that ...

Cambodia’s draft budget law for 2012 will seek to increase concessional borrowing by about 75 per cent compared to 2011, according to a copy of the draft obtained by the Post. A lack of aid commitment may have led to the increase in proposed borrowing, experts ...

A TelekomunikasiI Indonesia official said yesterday the company had cancelled plans to acquire a majority stake in Cambodian mobile operator CamGSM, just a month after officials at CamGSM parent Royal Group claimed a deal was imminent. Telkom finance director Sudiro Asno made the statement in Jakarta, ...

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced Friday that the U.S. and Cambodia have agreed to explore the creation of a bilateral investment treaty that would regulate the rules of foreign direct investment between the two countries, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement. According to the Embassy, such a treaty ...

The United States will sign up to provide 18.5 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia to support the country’s priorities in agriculture, food security, and climate change adaptation and mitigation, according to a media release from the U.S. Embassy here on Thursday. The agreement will be signed ...

The Cambodian government expects U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. CVX -0.53%to begin developing the country’s first offshore oil field early next year, and hopes the nation will become a regional hot spot for oil and gas investment, a government official said Wednesday Chevron discovered commercial resources ...

Two global life insurers are opening offices in Cambodia, one of Southeast Asia’s few untapped insurance markets, as they strengthen their foothold in a region that could eventually be a key driver of revenue growth. Britain’s No. 1 insurer Prudential said on Monday it won in-principle ...

Cambodia Airports, which operates the country’s three international airports, has financed a study of five of the country’s unused domestic airstrips ahead of government plans to rehabilitate the facilities, a representative of the company said yesterday. Khek Norinda, communications manager at the Cambodia Airports, said that ...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has ordered staff at Telecom Cambodia to attend a meeting today in order to “educate” them about the country’s Anti-Corruption Law after they made graft allegations and held demonstrations against the firm’s director-general Lao Sarouen earlier this month, Minister of Posts ...

The US yesterday criticised Laos for announcing it will begin building the 1,285-megawatt Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River today without studying its potential effects on Cambodia and Vietnam. A spokesperson from the US State Department in Washington said the government was concerned construction of the ...