About 100 residents of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the powerful construction firm Phanimex filed a complaint at the Prampi Makara district offices on Friday, seeking the intervention of Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema and demanding that the ...

Some 100 former residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community yesterday delivered petitions to 10 embassies and the offices of the World Bank and European Union asking them to pressure the government into increasing the compensation for their evictions. Sam Vanna, a representative of the residents, ...

More than 100 workers from Cambo Handsome One garment factory gathered outside the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday and Saturday, after urging him on Thursday to intervene in a dispute with the factory’s Korean owners. The move followed an appeal to the Ministry ...

More than 200 Taiwanese tourists traveling to and from Angkor Wat in Cambodia were delayed yesterday after Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) unexpectedly suspended its flights to the world heritage site. The Taiwanese airline, which resumed services in April last year, leased one of its aircraft ...

The dispute that grounded a Tonlesap Airlines plane on Tuesday and stranded more than 200 passengers in Siem Reap and Taipei, Taiwain, continued yesterday, as plane owner Far Eastern Transport upped the sum it claimed Tonlesap owed for fuel. Far Eastern grounded a plane it had ...

Two villagers from Koh Kong  province involved in a land dispute with a Chinese company were detained for questioning on Saturday afternoon, halting their plans to file a petition with the Chinese embassy during President Hu Jintao’s visit. Thirty-three other villagers who had planned to deliver ...

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជិត ១០០នាក់ ដែលមានបញ្ហាដីធ្លីជាមួយមន្ត្រីមានអំណាច និងក្រុមហ៊ុនវិនិយោគ ក្នុងខេត្តត្បូងឃ្មុំ និងខេត្តក្រចេះ បានប្រមូលផ្តុំគ្នានៅក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដីនគរូបនីយកម្មនិងសំណង់កាលពីរសៀលថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញដើម្បីជំរុញឲ្យក្រសួងពន្លឿនការដោះស្រាយជម្លោះដីធ្លីរបស់ពួកគាត់ឲ្យបានឆាប់ ក្រោយពីពួកគាត់បានដាក់ញត្តិទៅក្រសួងច្រើនលើកហើយ តែមានភាពយឺតយ៉ាវក្នុងការដោះស្រាយ100; តំណាងពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ-ឥស្លាមនៅភូមិត្រពាំងស្រែ ឃុំ២ធ្នូ ស្រុកស្នួល ខេត្តក្រចេះ លោក ចាន យុង បានរៀបរាប់ថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋចំនួន ១៣៦គ្រួសារ បានរស់នៅ និងធ្វើស្រែចម្ការលើដីទំហំ ៥២៥ហិកតារ ជាយូរឆ្នាំមកហើយ ប៉ុន្តែនៅអំឡុងឆ្នាំ២០១០ ស្រាប់តែក្រុមហ៊ុន រតនៈស្តោន និងក្រុមហ៊ុន ថេរៈ វិនិយោគ បានឈូសឆាយដំណាំរបស់ពួកគាត់ ទៅអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ដាំកៅស៊ូវិញ100; ក្រោយពីមានជម្លោះដីធ្លី ពួកគាត់បានដាក់ញត្តិសុំអន្តរាគមន៍ទៅអាជ្ញាធរខេត្ត ស្ថាប័នថ្នាក់ជាតិមួយចំនួន និងក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដី ប៉ុន្តែមកដល់ពេលនេះ ពុំមានដំណោះស្រាយនៅឡើយ ទើបពួកគាត់ស្នើជាថ្មីឲ្យក្រសួងដោះស្រាយផ្តល់កម្មសិទ្ធិដីធ្លីដល់ពួកគាត់100; ...

Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast yesterday said he would urge Canadians to invest in Cambodia as opportunies become more viable to potential foreign direct investment from countries that have thus far played a small role in the Kingdom. Fast attended a ceremony recognising the first ...

Malaysia-based GO Communications Group has acquired Active Event Management, one of the leading public relations and events agencies in Cambodia. The 100-per-cent buy-out follows the group’s signing of a partnership agreement with leading Thai PR agency DC Consultants in May. Danai Chanchaochai, CEO of DC Consultants, said ...

Cambodia will know by the early hours of tomorrow whether its bid for a seat on the UN Security Council has been a success. The Kingdom is up against South Korea – the home country of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon – and Bhutan for the Asia-Pacific ...

Land prices in Bavet town in Svay Rieng province have been “stable” despite a great deal of purchasing seen in early 2013, property experts said. Nuon Rithy, general manager at the Bonna Realty Group, said there have been lots of land trading in Bavet so ...

An additional 200 armed police officers have moved into a village in Mondolkiri province where families locked in a land dispute with a Vietnamese-owned rubber plantation have been given until Friday to clear out, police and villagers said yesterday. Police had already moved about 100 officers ...

Boeng Kak protesters continued their fight for the release of 14 women and one man imprisoned since May 24, delivering a petition to the Senate and the Japanese Embassy on Friday that they hope will spur new intervention in the long-running land dispute. More than 100 ...

Cambodia’s trade with Malaysia grows sharply in 1st 4 months of Y 2011 The bi-lateral trade between Cambodia and Malaysia increased by 75% in the 1st 4 months of this year, compared to the same period last year, said a senior commerce official Wednesday. From January to ...

Cambodians are starting to learn about insurance, thanks to Canadian company Manulife, which held a press conference on the topic on Friday. Low awareness and a limited pool of skilled talent are challenges facing insurers in Cambodia according Prudential representative Pankaj Banerjee. Despite this, he said Prudential ...

Insisting on a response from American authorities, more than 100 eviction protestors from Phnom Penh continued to rally outside the U.S. Embassy yesterday and resubmitted a petition asking for President Barack Obama to address their land rights when he visits the country next week. Since confirmation ...

The locally based Global Media Group is bringing the latest LED lighting technology to the Cambodian market in an effort to reduce people’s electricity bills. GMG assistant chief executive Bun Sim said the company would use all its know-how, as well as experts from South Korea, ...

Surrounded by 100-armed police officers, authorities in Mondolkiri province yesterday said the roughly 200 families living on a rubber company’s land concession in Koh Nhek district have until Friday to leave their homes. After having already seen district police burn down three of their homes over ...

Representatives from over 100 Cambodian and Vietnamese companies gathered in Phnom Penh to seek agricultural investment opportunities between the two countries. Participants listened to reports on trade and co-operation opportunities in agriculture, forestry, aquaculture and seafood, delivered by representatives from both governments. They discussed Viet Nam’s ...

Senor members of the monastic community yesterday detained Buddhist monk Loun Savath, an award-winning human rights activist, after he took photos of protesting Boeung Kak lake villagers outside Phnom Penh municipal court. Monks, police and unidentified men in plain clothes violently forced Loun Savath into a ...