Bloggers from across Asia came together in the Cambodian city of siem Reap this weekend to discuss blogging, technology and Internet freedom at 2012’s Blogfest Asia festival, a gathering of over 160 opinionated and distinctly geeky participants. Tops on the agenda? Internet freedom.  The Cambodian contingent ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government will not allow international airlines to establish domestic services in Cambodia, and the country’s domestic air travel industry is not being monopolised, says an industry leader. These two points were made by Tek Reth samrach, state secretary of the Council of Ministers, in response ss='cambodia-color'>...

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THAI agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand (CP) Foods is setting up a new silo and drying plant for maize in Pailin province. The exact investment cost is not known. According to a newspaper report in The Nation, the plant, together with a planned feed-meal plant in Laos, ss='cambodia-color'>...

While the CPP in Phnom Penh has spent much of the campaign period broadcasting speeches by Prime Minister Hun sen, hosting music concerts and sending well-known comedians into the streets to work the crowds, the sRP has a starker campaign focus. When the sun sets, 10 ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian-flagged cargo ship was used last year to deliver four missile-launching vehicles to North Korea in violation of a U.N. security Council resolution that prohibits the sale of weapons to Pyongyang, according to media reports. The 84-meter long “Harmony Wish,” which flies a so-called Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mobile money transfer service WING is preparing to launch a mobile wallet service later this year, and ACLEDA Unity is preparing to expand its own mobile services, enabling people to quickly pay for things just by touching their phone to a point-of-sale terminal. Near-field communications (NFC) ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 100 Prey Lang villagers in Kampong Thom province’s sandan district will today embark on a three-day “forest watch” mission to monitor what community representatives say are increased illegal logging activities in the jungle. This is the fourth time the community has conducted monitoring in the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian workers are expected to arrive in Qatar soon as the southeast Asian country’s national assembly has approved a draft law to send workers to the Gulf state. According to The Phnom Penh Post, the house approved the draft law recently after the two ss='cambodia-color'>...

Almost 500 Tropicana Casino staff from gambling hub Poipet have threatened to strike on saturday if the casino’s Thai owner does not reinstate their union leader, sath ser, sacked by the company for supporting another terminated employee, workers said yesterday. A staff member who did not ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tens of thousands of garment workers will enjoy an early start to the Pchum Ben holiday today as they trek back to their homeland. Their excitement, however, is not shared by their bosses, who will be left to rue a week-long halt in production. Enterprise and establishment ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday lashed out at critics of the Mam sonando verdict, saying outsiders shouldn’t be seeking the release of a prisoner. speaking to hundreds of villagers at a land title ceremony held in Chhuok district of Kampot province, Hun sen defended the guilty verdict handed ss='cambodia-color'>...

A majority of small and medium enterprises in Cambodia were not registered, despite the advantages it offered to businesses, participants at a workshop on business registration procedure, intellectual property and business etiquette for women heard yesterday. Referring to 2011 statistics, Chan sorey, vice-minister of the Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian migrant workers at a tuna processing company in Thailand have had their passports confiscated by their employers and are effectively trapped in substandard work conditions, research released yesterday revealed. Non-profit research organisation Finnwatch said it had found a number of “problems” with working conditions at ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a mysteriously vague citation, Adhoc monitoring head Chan saveth has been called to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to face charges of “providing assistance to specific perpetrators”. Although the court’s summons, which asks saveth to appear on August 24, provides no specifics as to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Land conflicts, discrimination, corruption and inequality dominated discussions between citizens and lawmakers at forums across the country this year, according to the U.s.-based organization the National Democratic Institute (NDI). In its annual report, obtained yesterday, the NDI noted “significant consistencies in the concerns facing Cambodians across ss='cambodia-color'>...

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'>...