More than 100 NGOs and human rights groups yesterday urged foreign donors to flag issues regarding land policies, democratic processes and human rights during today’s Government-Development Partner Coordinating Committee (GDCC) meeting.   Intended as a preparatory meeting for Cambodia’s main government and donor summit, the GDCC is generally ...

ANZ Royal Bank chief executive Damian Bell has resigned from the post he held for not much more than a month, a company spokeswoman confirmed yesterday. He resigned “several weeks ago”, Libby Armstrong, a Hong Kong-based ANZ spokeswoman, said by phone. No explanation was offered for ...

យោង​ទៅ​តាម​ប្រភព​ព័ត៌មានមក​ពី​ទីភ្នាក់ងារសារព័ត៌មាន​កម្ពុជា​ AKP​ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​នៃ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ នឹង​ជួប​ជាមួយ​ប្រធាន​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​នាំ​ចូល​ប្រេងសាំង​ ក្នុង​ពេល​ឆាប់ៗ​ ដើម្បី​ពិភាក្សា​លើ​តម្លៃ​ប្រេងសាំង​ នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​។​​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​ ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​មាន ...

​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ (​គ​.​ជ​.​ប​)​ បាន​ពង្រីក​វិសាលភាព​ដាក់​ឱ្យ​ប្រើប្រាស់​ប្រព័ន្ធ​បច្ចេកវិទ្យា​ទំនើប​ ដើម្បី​ត្រួតពិនិត្យ​ ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់​ និង​បូក​សរុប​លទ្ធផល​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ ព្រមទាំង​ស្វែ​ករក​ទី​តាំ​ការិយាល័យ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ឃុំ​ សង្កាត់​ នៅ​ទូ​ទាំង ...

លោក ណូប៊ឺត ក្លេន (Norbert KLEIN) ក៏ជាសមាជិកដើមមួយក្នុងក្រុមប្រឹក្សាភិបាល នៃអង្គការទិន្នន័យអំពីការអភិវឌ្ឍ ហើយក៏ជាចាស់ព្រឹទ្ធាចារ្យនៃសហគមន៍អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់អ៊ិនធឺណែតក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដោយលោកបានដើរតួនាទីយ៉ាងសំខាន់ក្នុងការបង្កើតប្រព័ន្ធអ៊ិនធឺណែត ក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជានៅទស្សវត្សរ៍ទី៩០។ លោក ណូប៊ឺត ក៏ជាស្ថាបនិក មួយរូប និងជាប្រធាននៃអង្គការសង្គមអ៊ិនធឺណែតកម្ពុជាអស់រយៈពេលដ៏វែង ព្រមទាំងជា ស្ថាបនិក និងសមាជិកក្រុមប្រឹក្សាភិបាលនៃវិទ្យាស្ថានបើកទូលាយ ដែលជាអង្គការមិន មែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលមួយនាំមុខលើវិស័យបច្ចេកវិទ្យាគមនាគមន៍ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យាដើម្បីការអភិវឌ្ឍ (ICT4D)។ លោក បានបង្កើត និងគ្រប់គ្រងអង្គភាពឌឹមីរឺ (The Mirror) ដែលជាអង្គភាព ប្រមូលផ្តុំអត្ថបទសារព័ត៌មានដំបូងៗគេ ហើយដែលបានបើកដំណើរការយ៉ាងយូរចាប់តាំង ពីឆ្នាំ ១៩៩៧ ដល់ ២០០៩។ ទោះបី លោក ណូប៊ឺត ចូលនិវត្តន៍ក្តី តែលោកនៅតែជាបុគ្គល ដ៏សកម្ម។ លោក បានបន្តផ្តល់ការប្រឹក្សា និងចែករំលែកអំពីអ៊ិនធឺណែត និងបញ្ហាអភិបាល កិច្ចអ៊ិនធឺណែតនៅជុំវិញពិភពលោក។ ...

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 ...

“Vespa was in Cambodia before the war [and] Piaggio wanted to come back to the market in Cambodia, because the market is growing,” explained Frederic Bachelet, head of business development at Narita Vespa Co. Ltd. The company plans to break ground next week on ...

All but three of a group of 20 Cambodians who were held against their will on a fishing boat in Thailand had returned after agreeing to pay a fee for “transportation”, a police official said yesterday. The men, believing they were heading to jobs in Koh ...

With Cambodia currently seen as a country where the laundering of illicit cash may be going undetected, an international expert yesterday warned that economic growth and more international trade could leave the country open to financial crime. Gert Demmink, a former head of supervision at ...

Patrick Devillers, the French national and associate of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, seemed to be putting down roots in Cambodia. The architect – whose shadowy presence has been on the fringes of one of modern China’s largest political scandals – owned land and a restaurant ...

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 ...

The Svay Rieng Provincial Court will question four new witnesses to the February shooting of garment workers in Bavet City allegedly committed by former city governor Chhouk Bundith, a court official said yesterday. “We are preparing to schedule the questioning of four new witnesses. It ...

SIEM REAP CITY/KOMPONG THOM CITY – Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha led a parade of more than 20,000 supporters on Wednesday through the streets of Siem Reap City in what was the second-largest turnout for an opposition rally since Mr. Rainsy landed in ...

Cambodia’s promising animal feed sector will soon see support from a big pharmaceutical manufacturer which is now studying local demand for animal healthcare – a nearly untapped market. “We intend to introduce animal health business in Cambodia for our farm products and feed mills,” Khalid Baig, ...

WASHINGTON DC – The head of the election monitoring group Comfrel says a number of election irregularities and fraud have taken place during the campaign period, as observers prepare for Election Day on Sunday. Voter lists have numerous flaws, with some people unable to find their ...

The head of the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program said yesterday that consultations on its new public-disclosure initiative have been going on for more than a year, contrary to claims by a garment factory representative who characterised the process as hasty. Jill Tucker, chief technical adviser ...

Phnom Penh City Hall issued a letter Monday banning a group of monks who have marched cross-country to mark International Human Rights Day from completing the final leg of their journey, in which they had hoped to hand petitions to lawmakers at the National Assembly ...

Hung Hiep (Cambodia) Co., the only company in Cambodia licensed to import Mercedes-Benz luxury vehicles, said Monday it would no longer make repairs to new lines of Mercedes vehicles that are smuggled into the country. Company officials said the move is to reduce scams and repair ...

Researchers at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases have isolated a new class of drugs that could be used to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis, a disease that affects thousands of Cambodians, according to a report published in the journal Science Translational Medicine last week. The drugs, called indolcarboxamides, work ...

Seila, a tall, heavily made-up woman with orange-blonde hair, said she was in a park in Siem Reap last year when policemen approached her, put a gun to her head and told her if she ran, they would shoot. Legally, the Kingdom’s Constitution protects the ...