Good rains have boosted rice cultivation across the country, and nearly 90 percent of farmers have completed planting their paddies, although planting in Svay Rieng province is lagging due to drought, and agriculture official said yesterday. Chan Heng, administration bureau chief of the Agriculture Ministry’s administration ...

Just 6 percent of 12,006 commercial freight vehicles passed recent road safety inspections, while an estimated 70 percent of car drivers bought their driving licenses illegally from private driving schools, a meeting at the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation was told yesterday. Many of the ...

The government collected more than $1.4 billion in revenues during the first nine months of the year, a 27 percent increase over the same period last year, figures released Thursday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance show. According to the Table of Government Financial Operations ...

MORE UK-based brands were looking to set up shop in Cambodia, Britain’s ambassador to Cambodia, Mark Gooding, said yesterday. Gooding said at Costa Coffee’s official opening in Phnom Penh he was pleased by the arrival of the international chain, the largest coffee brand in the UK, ...

The Cambodian Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a jailed land rights activist’s appeal to be released on bail, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the whole case smacked of political interference and should be thrown out. “I am having heart, respiratory, and stomach ...

The U.S. has downgraded Cambodia in its latest global Trafficking in Persons Report for showing no discernable improvements in its efforts to combat human trafficking over the past year, the country’s first demotion in five years. The 2013 report cites an increase in the number ...

Koh Kong province’s mangrove forests have changed from being a source of charcoal to serving tourists who help to protect their biodiversity. The forests have now become a popular destination for Cambodian tourists. Yem Yan, Peam Krasorb commune chief in Koh Kong, said gradually visitors ...

U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi met with a senior official at the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday and reiterated a call for new legislation to be passed on governing Cambodia’s judiciary. “He did not ask us much on anything new, but he did ask for ...

Though U.S.-owned businesses in Cambodia are optimistic of the country’s economy, its appeal as an investment destination lags behind most of its neighbors due to the perception of endemic corruption, a new survey of 475 senior U.S. business executives in Asean shows. The 2013-14 ASEAN Business ...

Adding its name to a rapidly growing list of private companies, Tonlesap Airlines is gearing up for an initial public offering on the Cambodia Securities Exchange. And like many of these companies, the listing is still years off as Tonlesap prepares the tax and financial information ...

Hundreds of families from more than a dozen communities joined local human rights groups yesterday as they rallied outside the National Assembly for World Habitat Day, calling for an end to forced land evictions in Phnom Penh. Among those protesting were residents from the Boeng ...

Nagacorp will build an underground road and retail space linking its casino complex in Phnom Penh to nearby Koh Pich, according to the announcement released by City Hall yesterday. The underground road, which will be 23 meters wide and 447 meters long, will connect to National ...

The success Qatar’s Ooredoo had with being issued a mobile phone licence in Myanmar is an encouraging development for Middle East investors who are looking into the possibility of entering a venture or opening a business in SouthEast Asia. Let’s take a look at Cambodia. ...

​យុវតី​ សំអាត​ សុ​ខៃ​ គឺជា​ជនជាតិភាគតិច​ព្នង​។​ យុវតី​រូប​នេះ​បាន​ក្លាយជា​ជនជាតិ​ដើម​ភាគតិច​ តិចតួច​បំផុត​ដែល​ជម្នះ​រាល់​ការ​លំបាក​ ដើម្បី​បាន​រៀន​ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់​រហូត​ទទួល​បាន​សញ្ញាបត្រ​ បរិញ្ញាបត្រ​ផ្នែក​នីតិសាស្ត្រ​។​ ...

ចំណូល​សរុប​របស់​កំពង់​ផែ​ស្វយ័ត​ភ្នំពេញ (PPAP) ដែល​នឹង​ឡើង​ផ្សារ​ហ៊ុន​នៅ​ចុង​ឆ្នាំ​នេះ បាន​កើន​ឡើង​ជាង​១៤​ភាគរយ​ក្នុង​រយៈពេល​៩ខែ​ដំបូង​បើ​ធៀប​នឹង​រយៈពេល​ដូច​គ្នា​កាល​ឆ្នាំ​ទៅ។ នេះ​បើ​តាម​ទិន្នន័យ​ដែល​ភ្នំពេញ ប៉ុស្តិ៍ ទទួល​បាន​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ។ទិន្នន័យ​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ថា​ប្រាក់ ...

The World Bank said yesterday that it is continuing to search for a new country manager following the departure of Quimiao Fann last month for a new role in the former Soviet Union. A Chinese national and economist by training, Mr. Fan has been ...

Security barricades and razor-wire installations set up around Phnom Penh yesterday were supposed to maintain order as the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party kicked off what it promised to be three days of mass protests. But the show of force and control had more of an ...

Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...

Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...

The government’s abuse of land rights and indigenous minorities were among the top concerns raised Tuesday by non-governmental groups at a workshop in Phnom Penh on Cambodia’s progress toward achieving a long list of U.N. human rights recommendations. As part of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s ...