According to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks US officials in Bangkok believed that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s decision to name former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser in 2009 backfired after it increased support of the opposition. The Premier at the time of ...

Businessman Try Pheap, who in recent months received large-scale economic land concessions in Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province, has donated $130,000 to the sanctuary’s environmental management and the local CPP office,  officials said yesterday. Recipients of the funds denied that there was ...

Heavy flooding during the rainy season, affecting 10 out of 17 provinces in Laos, has underlined the need for stronger disaster-management efforts, experts say. Tropical storm Haima struck central and northern parts of the country on June 24, with Nock-10 hitting central and southern areas on ...

The Kingdom’s total trade with Singapore soared 148 percent in the first half of the year, while exports to Hong Kong increased 80 percent in the same period, according to Ministry of Commerce figures. The data showed that Cambodia’s exports to Hong Kong totalled in excess ...

Shanghai Construction Group has announced it will complete US$700 million in projects in Cambodia over the next five years, highlighting China’s dominant and still-growing presence in the Kingdom. The company presently oversees nine bridge and road construction projects in the Kingdom, according to government relations officer ...

A 54-year-old man in Kratie province’s Snuol district was crushed to death under trees felled on Tuesday morning by bulldozers belonging to Vietnamese rubber company Dy Nam, an official said. District governor Iv Saphum said that Khem Kan, a representative of 77 families involved in a ...

State-owned Telecom Cambodia has signed a business cooperation agreement with Vietnam National Post and Telecommunications Corp in order to bolster TC’s product portfolio and coverage area, company officials said yesterday. Telecom Cambodia offers both fixed-line phone and internet services in the Kingdom. Vietnam National Post and ...

In its capacity as Asean chair, Cambodia has said it wants to help lessen tensions on the Korean peninsula by trying to revive the six-party talks on North Korean denuclearization and by inviting North Korea to join the Asean Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh in ...

អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ី​វិល​ដែល​តាមដាន​បញ្ហា​ដីធ្លី​នៅ​ខេត្ដ​ព្រះ​សីហ​នុ​បាន​បន្ដ​រិះគន់​ចំពោះ​ការ​ចាក់​ដី​លុប​សមុទ្រ​ដែល​ជា​សម្បត្តិ​សាធារណៈ​របស់​រដ្ឋ​ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​កំពង់​ផែ​អ៊ូ​ទូក​ នៅ​ភូមិ​ ៤​ ឃុំ​ទំនប់​រលក​ ស្រុក​ស្ទឹង​ហាវ​ ខេត្ដ​ព្រះ ...

​សមាជិក​ព្រឹទ្ធសភា​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​យល់ព្រម​ជា​ឯកច្ឆន្ទ​ដើម្បី​អនុម័ត​ផែនការ​យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​ជាតិ​ឆ្នាំ​ ២០១៩-២០២៣​ ដែល​មាន​ទឹកប្រាក់​ ៥៧,៧​ ពាន់​លាន​ដុល្លារ​។​ ដើម្បី​ឱ្យ​ផែនការ​ថវិកា​ត្រូវ​បាន​បញ្ចប់​ វា​ចាំបាច់​ត្រូវ​ពិនិត្យ​ឡើង​វិញ​ដោយ​ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ​ និង​ត្រូវ​បាន​អនុម័ត​ដោយ ...

​កាលពី​ចុងខែ​វិច្ឆិកា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១១​ នៅ​ស្រុក​សណ្តាន់​ ក្នុង​ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ​  ​មុិញ​ នី​ ស្ថិត​នៅ​ក្នុង​ជម្លោះ​មួយ​ ជាមួយនឹង​នគរបាល​មួយ​ក្រុម​ប្រដាប់​ដោយ​អាវុធ​ ខណៈ​ពេល​ដែល​នគរបាល​ព្យាយាម​ដាក់​ខ្នោះដៃ​អ្នក​បរិស្ថាន​ ឈុត​ វុ​ទ្ធី​។​ ​នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​បណ្តាញ​សហគមន៍ ...

A local newspaper stringer who had written about illegal logging was found dead in the back of a car yesterday in Rattanakiri province’s O’Chum district. Hang Serei Oudom, 44, was a stringer for Vorakchun Khmer, or Khmer Hero, newspaper. Police said his body was covered in blood ...

More than 20 garment workers were injured yesterday in Svay Rieng province when a truck in which they were traveling overturned, a police official said. Fifty-seven workers were on board an open-backed truck in Chantrea district when the driver lost control on a road that had ...

The number of tourists to arrive in Cambodia in 2012 was at least 200,000 higher than expectations, possibly reaching 3.5 million, officials said yesterday. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, told the Post yesterday that  in the first 11 months of 2012, Cambodia received 3.2 million tourists, ...

Twelve journalists have been killed in Cambodia since 1993, according to a report from the rights group Adhoc, which believes much of the bloodshed was politically motivated. The body count was included in a round-up of abuses against the media in a report the group released ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the OPEC Fund for International Development have signed an agreement to support trade in emerging Asian countries under the ADB’s Trade Finance Program, according to a news release. The risk distribution agreement will support a projected incremental trade flow between ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday convicted local tycoon Chhin Sokountheary of encroaching on public lands and sentenced her in absentia to four years and six months in prison. Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Ly Lipmeng said yesterday that Sokountheary, who is also known as ...

Civil society groups urged the National Assembly Thursday to delay the adoption of a bill on the construction of a $780 million dam on the Sesan River in northeast Cambodia. Chhit Sam Ath, executive director of NGO Forum, told a news conference that estimates of ...

A draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) drawn up by Malaysia to regulate maids working in the country does not sufficiently protect their rights and needs improvements, an official at the Labor Ministry said on Thursday. Malaysian officials drew up the MoU between the two governments following ...

Local authorities have stepped in to halt construction around a disputed land concession in Ratanakkiri province in an attempt to discover whether the company has the right to clear forest that residents claim they depend on to survive. In what appears to be a rare showing ...