Mount Borkor Resort, the highest location in Cambodia, located near the coastline, will be inaugurated to welcome tourists from all destinations by the end of 2011, while the road climbing to the plateau’s peak and other tourism structures are about to be completed so far, the ...

Damage to Cambodia’s rice crop from widespread flooding earlier this year will likely cause economic growth to fall below 6 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which yesterday offered the lowest gross domestic product (GDP) prediction so far In a statement, the IMF chose ...

Marking another milestone in the years-long struggle between the government and the families of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake community, Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema handed out 254 land titles to lakeside residents at City Hall on Saturday. But with the government shrouding the titling process ...

ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​សម្លៀក​បំពាក់​រយ៉េរយ៉ៃ ផាត សុខលាង អង្គុយ​នៅ​កូន​ខ្ទម​តូច​មួយ​ជើង​ជាប់​ច្រវាក់​ស្ថិត​នៅក្នុង​ភូមិ​ថ្មី ឃុំ​ក្រឡា ស្រុក​កំពង់សៀម ខេត្ត​កំពង់ចាម​នាង​ត្រូវ​បាន​គ្រួសារ​សម្រេច​ដាក់​ច្រវាក់​ជើង​ដោយសារ​តែ​មាន​បញ្ហា​សុខភាព​តែងតែ​ដោះ​សម្លៀកបំពាក់​ចោល​រត់​ចោល​ផ្ទះ​ និង​ប្រើ​ហិង្សា​ទៅលើ​សមាជិក ...

រដ្ឋាភិបាល សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល រួមទាំង​ដៃគូ​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ដទៃ​ទៀត​បង្ហាញ​ការប្តេជ្ញាចិត្ត​រួមគ្នា​ក្នុង​ការបង្កើត​សកម្មភាព​ជា​វិជ្ជមាន ដើម្បី​រួមគ្នា​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​វិបត្តិ​ប្លាស្ទិក​ដែល​កំពុង​ផ្តល់​ផលប៉ះពាល់​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​ដល់​ភពផែនដី ជាពិសេស​មនុស្ស​ និង​សត្វ ខណៈ​ការប្រើប្រាស់​ប្លាស្ទិក​កំពុង​មាន​ការកើនឡើង​ខ្លាំង​ទាំង​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​ កម្ពុជា​ និង​ពិភពលោក​។ ការប្រកាស​ពី​ការប្ដេជ្ញាចិត្ត​រួមគ្នា ...

Throngs of protesters gathered at the Olympic Stadium yesterday, at times straining against a mix of police force barriers and riot shields in their effort to show support for jailed Beehive Radio director Mam Sonando, whose trial was beginning just down the street at Phnom ...

Sixty families in Kompong Cham province’s Krathor district are planning to file a complaint with provincial authorities after local land management officials decided to take away their registration documents for land titles under Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recently launched titling program. Pon Pumm, 44 a farmer, ...

As examples, Laos broke ground on a new Mekong River dam that’s causing concern bordering on fury in Cambodia and Vietnam. India is enraged about a new Chinese dam going up on the Brahmaputra River. And Ethiopia’s new dam on the Nile is angering Sudan, ...

By the time Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon closed the first session of the Cambodian Securities Exchange yesterday morning, shares in Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, the Kingdom’s first domestically listed company, were just shy of soaring 50 per cent. Institutional and retail investors traded 487,110 ...

“I trust the Cambodian doctors with a simple problem. But if it’s a serious illness, and I need an operation or something, I don’t really trust them,” said Ly Molina, 31, a businesswoman from Phnom Penh. Ms. Molina spoke as she waited for a bus to ...

China’s demand for natural resources is being felt in a big way in Cambodia. Illegal logging and economic land concessions are threatening Cambodia’s dwindling forests, which now echo the sound of chainsaws. Prey Lang forest — an eight-hour journey north and east of the capital, Phnom Penh ...

The village in Kratie province where a teenage girl was shot dead by government security forces on Wednesday remained completely sealed off to independent observers on Friday, drawing concerns from human rights workers that the government had imposed a state of martial law in the ...

Siem Reap City – With a host of uncertainties still hanging over the U.S. economy, more than 100 American businesses—the largest delegation to ever visit Cambodia—gathered here over the weekend, and all of them were in agreement about one thing: The slowdown in the U.S. ...

A year from now, 23-year-old Sum Tiara will graduate from the Royal University of Law and Economics with a degree in law. At the moment, however, she needs to earn a living and pay for her studies by working in bars and restaurants in Phnom Penh. ...

Large payouts last year by local insurance companies to two garment factory owners and regional natural catastrophes have resulted in a huge hike in the cost of fire insurance for commercial premises in Cambodia, brokers said. Cambodia’s insurance industry paid out some $24 million in fire ...

As questions linger over the fate of the independent Beehive Radio station in the wake of its owner’s arrest, a government official yesterday insisted there were no plans to stop it from broadcasting, despite its often critical stance toward the ruling party. “No plan to shut ...

In the hilly wilderness across southwestern Cambodia, the foundations of the country’s strengthening bonds with China are taking root. It is there that large dams supported by Chinese money are being built to literally bring the impoverished southeast Asian nation out of darkness. The largest of ...

A rubber company that has been repeatedly accused of encroaching on communal land belonging to an ethnic minority in Ratanakkiri province has cleared 150 hectares of forest outside of its economic land concession (ELC) in the past month, according to the senior investigator for local ...

More than 120 families in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district sent a letter on Monday to the district governor asking for his help in addressing the flooding problem that has seen some of their homes collapse and has forced many to seek temporary accommodation elsewhere, villagers ...

Althought the initial book value – purchase cost minus depreciation – of the assets of bankrupt Cambodian telecommunications firm Mfone was estimated at $105 million, employee representatives claim the estimated market value is closer to $30 million to $40 million. Bou Kunthea, an Mfone employee representative, ...