Six people were arreSted in three Separate incidentS for trying to Send 236 CambodianS into Thailand where they were to work illegally, police Said yeSterday. Prak Saony, Kompong Chhnang provincial anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection bureau police chief, Said that police arreSted five people in a SS='cambodia-color'>...

Anti-competitive behaviour in Cambodia’s domestic airline industry is limiting its growth, with the relevant authorities “reluctant” to open the domestic market up to competition, an aviation report found. Monopolising this market currently is the country’s flagship carrier, Cambodia Angkor Air, according to a Centre for Aviation ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.S. faSt-food chain Burger King iS Set to open itS firSt reStaurant in Cambodia next month, an official confirmed yeSterday. AdvertiSementS have gone up at the Phnom Penh International Airport bearing the famouS Burger King logo, with a meSSage Saying that the chain iS “Coming Soon.” SS='cambodia-color'>...

With a new Chinese-built container port on the Mekong River in Kandal province now operational, the existing port in Phnom Penh is undergoing renovations to shift its focus to the growing number of cruise ships docking in the capital, an official said yesterday. Eang Veng ss='cambodia-color'>...

The five-day Cambodia Gems & Jewelry Fair (CGJF) will kick off on June 14 at the Diamond Island (Koh Pich) Exhibition Centre and will be hosted by the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce in association with Hong Kong’s World Trade Fair Ltd. the CGJF has attracted companies ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh municipal officials Nov. 8, 2012 dismissed the complaints of more than 60 families about a Russei Keo district ice factory’s levels of noise and bad fumes. Following their inspection of the Om Rith factory, a manufacturer of super Ice, officials from Phnom Penh’s Department ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is aiming to persuade all of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) least developed country members to propose a further suspension of the opening of their service sectors to the WTO’s rich members as the 2013 deadline for the proposal draws nearer. The least developed countries ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economy will grow by an average of 7 percent in each of the next five years, the World Bank said yesterday in a report on the country’s economic outlook. In its periodic update on economies in the region, the World Bank predicted gross domestic product ss='cambodia-color'>...

Long-time foreign members of the Cambodian business community said the Us-AsEAN Business Forum, held on Friday in siem Reap, was largely successful in setting the country in the sights of America businesses, but multinational corporations will need more time in the Kingdom before nailing down ss='cambodia-color'>...

Siam City Cement and the Chip Mong Group will co-build a new cement plant in the ToukmeaS diStrict of Kampot by 2015 in order to take advantage of the “huge” demand in Cambodia. The plant will cater Specifically to the Cambodian market, although they will alSo SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s cashew-nut exports increased sharply from 443 tonnes in 2011 to 4,453 tonnes last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. But observers say these figures do not reflect reality, as a large percentage of exports had not been recorded. An expert in cashew nut production, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Both exports and imports of garment materials rose more than 17 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, reflecting a growth in Cambodia’s biggest industry. Exports of garment and textile materials went up by 17.5 per cent ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly is set to dismantle the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, rebuilding it as the Ministry of Mines and Energy and creating a new Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, a senior CPP lawmaker confirmed on Friday. The move comes just a few weeks ss='cambodia-color'>...

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​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ​ ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា​មួយ​រូប​បានអោយ​ដឹង​ថា​ ប៉ូ​លី​ស​ចាប់ខ្លួន​មនុស្ស​បួន​នាក់​ ក្នុង​ពេល​បង្ក្រាប​ការ​ជួញដូរ​ថ្នាំ​ញៀន​មួយ​នៅ​ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ​ ដែល​ក្នុង​នោះ​មានកូន​ប្រុស​របស់​លោក​វរសេនីយ៍ទោ​ម្នាក់​ និង​សមាជិក​ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា​ឃុំ​ម្នាក់​ កំពុង​ជាប់​ឃុំ​។ ss='cambodia-color'>...

When Asia-Pacific leaders gather this weekend in southeast Asia—a bright spot in a sputtering global economy—their Cambodian hosts may extend a warm welcome to U.s. President Barack Obama, but they will view officials from Beijing as old friends. Mr. Obama’s visit to Cambodia—this year’s host for ss='cambodia-color'>...

What do three Cambodian teenage girls, a French T-shirt designer, a Japanese doctoral student and a Cambodian businessman have in common? On Thursday afternoon, they were all captured by the appeal of BRow Coffee and Bakery on street 214. The value of this crowd of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s largest bank is ready to launch its first micro-finance institution (MFI) in Myanmar, but one final barrier remains: an operating licence from Myanmar’s government. Acleda Bank’s chief executive, In Channy, expects the licence to be granted by the end of this month. Once that is done, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Visitors hoping to stay in Phnom Penh’s top hotels in the coming days will have to seek shelter elsewhere, as the city’s most sought after rooms are booked solid for the East Asia and Asean summits, hoteliers said yesterday. “We are completely full during the ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 ss='cambodia-color'>...