The president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions Rong Chhun appeared in Kandal Provincial Court for nearly three hours yesterday, fielding questions stemming from accusations of incitement and defamation, the union boss said. According to Chhun, his appearance was related to a complaint alleging that he had incited ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a bizarre series of events, only days after being vindicated by the supreme Court, Phnom Penh International University rector Tep Kolap claimed to have been chased across Phnom Penh yesterday evening by men who shot at her car as she sought refuge in Prime ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local company VLK Royal Tourism Group has embarked on a joint venture with a Thai partner to build OC Hotel, a four-star boutique hotel in sihanoukville. The venture was prompted by rising demand as well as increasing tourist numbers to the coastal area off the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is predicted to greet 4 million foreign visitors this year, an expected 12 percent rise year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Monday. “Last year, we received 3.58 million foreign tourists, up 24 percent year-on-year, and generated total revenue of about 2.2 billion U.s. dollars,” he ss='cambodia-color'>...

Military police in Preah Sihanouk province Said yeSterday that they impounded four truckS carrying retail goodS worth about $1 million that a lieutenant general in the Royal Cambodian Armed ForceS had imported from Thailand without paying tax duty. The unpaid import duty amounted to about SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s most outspoken activist against illegal logging was shot dead today while escorting journalists near a protected forest in Koh Kong province, where he has repeatedly attempted to expose illegal logging rackets that include military officials. Chut Wutty, the director of Natural Resource Protection Group, was ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned six people, including a provincial director of water resources and a commune chief, over allegations that they cleared part of a flooded forest in Kompong Thom to illegally construct reservoirs on the Tonle sap. Earlier this month, military ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.N. representatives from Japan, the European Union and Australia called on Cambodia to heed recommendations made in a report on human rights and economic land concessions by the U.N.’s envoy surya subedi at the Human Rights Council in Geneva Tuesday. While the E.U. commended Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Chhnang villagers who have been hit with a new lawsuit over property that they and the wife of a senior government official both claim said yesterday that coming to court would be impossible, as they did not have a defense lawyer and needed time to locate ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tiger Airways’ first flight from singapore to Cambodia is scheduled to land at Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday morning, making it the latest airline to offer direct flights to the country. Deborah Yeo, a public relations consultant for Tiger Airways, said that beginning Monday, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s total export of milled rice via the single window office slightly increased by two per cent over the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. speaking at the Cambodian Rice Forum ss='cambodia-color'>...

Trade between Cambodia and Thailand increased by about 40 per cent to Us$3 billion in the first nine months of this year in comparison with the same period last year, according to figures provided by the Royal Embassy of Thailand in Cambodia. According to Nat Vimonchandra, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia imported almost 10 times as many used clothes as new ones in the first 11 months of last year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. some 79,217 tonnes of used garments worth $61.5 million were brought in during that period, compared ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) said yesterday that it had still found no replacement donor to commit long-term to carrying on its work helping indigenous ethnic minority groups secure communal land titles once it pulls out in May. Kan Vibol, project field manager for CIDA’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

The legitimacy of a lawsuit filed by prominent businesswoman Chhin sokountheary, also known as “Crocodile Grandmother”, accusing Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema of abusing his power by stealing some 34 hectares of privately owned land is being called into question by the Phnom Penh Municipal ss='cambodia-color'>...

As many as 40 workers are cutting down trees, marking other trees they plan to fell in protected forest areas and piling up luxury timber in a flood-safety zone in stung Treng’s srekor commune, a local official said yesterday. Commune chief seak Mekong said the workers ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.S. liSted gambling firm Entertainment Gaming ASia Inc. (EGA) will next month hold a grand opening for itS Second caSino on the Thai-Cambodia border, the company Said. In a Statement iSSued on Monday from Hong Kong, it Said that Dreamworld Club in Poipet, which haS been SS='cambodia-color'>...

As much as $16 billion of investment is needed in Cambodia over the next decade if the country’s infrastructure is to keep up with the pace of economic growth, ac­cording to a regional think tank. At a seminar in Phnom Penh on Thuesday, Jakarta-based Economic Research ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia saw a one per cent rise in inflation in April compared with the same month last year, according to the latest data from the National Institute of statistics (NIs). sim Ly, an official at the NIs said there was a slight increase in food and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cargo shipments moving in and out of the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) increased 29 per cent in the first six months of this year when compared to the same period in 2012, according to official data. The figures show that imported and exported goods amounted ss='cambodia-color'>...