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Cambodia observed the Forest Day on Tuesday, urging people to plant trees in order to ensure the sustainability of forest and environment. The celebration was presided over by King Norodom Sihamoni and attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen and senior officials of the government, the parliament, ...

More than 30 families evicted from a former airport site in Preah Vihear province’s Chea Ksan district have filed four complaints with the provincial court since April against district governor Sok Hay. Lor Chan, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, said a total of 31 families ...

Acleda Bank is trying to protect its customers from getting bamboozled by a phone scam in which callers allegedly posing as bank employees ask for money transfers in exchange for a prize, according to a statement and ads placed in a local newspaper. An Acleda ...

Despite criticisms over safety, outbreaks of sometimes violent industrial action and a raise in the minimum wage that it was warned would scare off manufacturers, Cambodia’s garment sector is booming, according to government figures. A report on state newswire Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Friday said ...

The number of shipping containers that passed through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 29 percent during the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2012, according to figures released yesterday. The port received 50,157 standard containers between January and ...

ក្នុង​អំឡុង​ពេល​យុទ្ធនាការ​ឃោសនា​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ដែល​បាន​ចាប់​ផ្ដើម​ឡើង​ ជិត ២​សប្ដាហ៍​កន្លង​មក​នេះ មាន​ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍​ជា​ច្រើន​កើត​ឡើង​នៅ​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស ជុំវិញ​បញ្ហា​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នេះ។ ដី​ប្រពន្ធ​ទាស់​គ្នា​ដោយសារ​និន្នាការ​នយោបាយ​ខុស​គ្នា ដោយ ហ៊ុំ ចំរើន ខេត្ត​ស្វាយរៀង៖ ទំនាស់​ក្នុង​គ្រួសារ​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​ខុស​គ្នា​មួយ ...

Two days before a land activist’s scheduled sentencing, about 400 people affected by land grabs demonstrated at Pursat Provincial Court in support of the man who frequently protests against the Pheap Imex Company. About 12,000 families are now involved in land disputes around a Pheap ...

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 ...

នៅព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ​នេះ គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ហៅ​កាត់​ថា គ.ជ.ប បាន​អញ្ជើញ​គណបក្ស​ទាំង​៨​​ដែល​បាន​ឈរ​ឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត និង​ក្រុម​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​ចូល​រួម​ក្នុង​កម្ម​វិធី​ធ្វើ​ការ​ណែ​នាំ​ និង​បញ្ជ្រាប​អំពី​គោល​ការណ៍​ណែនាំ និង ...

This small Southeast Asian country was supposed to become a model for the world apparel industry, with tough factory monitoring and strong worker protections. But a dozen years after the United Nations’ International Labour Organization launched a program to manage Cambodia’s booming garment trade—the first of ...

Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s largest banks, opened a representative office here Monday thanks to increasing interest in Cambodia by Japanese investors, a bank official said. To date, Cambodia has five foreign banks’ representative offices, 34 commercial banks, seven specialized banks and 37 microfinance institutions, ...

A controversial land titling program set up by Prime Minister Hun Sen has been suspended ahead of the July 28 elections, but critics say the program should not be restarted. The titling program itself began in December 2012 and is expected to end after elections scheduled ...

The Kirilo No.3 Hydro-power Station, located in the KOH Kong Province of Cambodia, was recently put into operation. The ribbon cutting ceremony of the Project was held on February 23, 2013 in the power station area. The Project was investigated and designed by HYDROCHINA Mid-South ...

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temples, one of the world heritage sites, generated an annual revenue of 30 million U.S. dollars from ticket sales, Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An said Sunday. Last year, the temples attracted 2.06 million foreigners, up 28 percent year-on-year, he ...

As trade activity between Cambodia and China intensifies, banks are seeing an increase in deals transacted in yuan, the Chinese currency. Operating in Cambodia since 2010, Bank of China’s Phnom Penh Branch has been trying to promote business transactions in yuan, and has seen a significant ...

In the past few years, the explosive events at Boeung Kak lake – including violent evictions and arrests – have gone largely unreported outside the Kingdom’s independent media outlets. Outspoken community representative Tep Vanny has been under attack from her fellow Boeung Kak residents, who ...

Less than two months after staffers at a Vietnamese rubber concessionaire were charged over setting homes aflame during a land dispute, the company has been accused of burning and bulldozing more than 900 cashew nut trees and eight hectares of plantation land in O’Chum district, ...

Japanese sports brand ASICS has agreed to pay compensation to the families of victims who died in a factory collapse in May, a brand representative said. ASICS Corporation managing executive officer Ron Pietersen, who arrived in Phnom Penh on Friday, said the company profoundly regretted the ...

A fire sparked by an electrical fault ripped through the Doeum Kralanh market in Siem Reap City early Friday morning destroying 200 stalls and causing more than $1 million in damage, according to market traders and police officials. The 8,000-square-meter market in Kokchak commune housed a ...

A new Malaysian player in Cambodia’s expanding banking sector aims to capture the “emerging affluent” with its mobile and online services. Malaysian-based Hong Leong Bank will begin operating in Phnom Penh today, with a branch on Street 214. Joe Farrugia, CEO of Hong Leong Bank Cambodia, ...

គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ទទួល​បាន​បណ្ដឹង​ចំនួន​៩៧ហើយ​​ បើ​គិត​ត្រឹមថ្ងៃ​ទី​៦​កក្កដា ត្រូវ​នឹង​ថ្ងៃ​​ទី១0 នៃ​យុទ្ធនាការ​ឃោសនា​បោះ​ឆ្នោត។ បណ្ដឹង​ជាង​៥០ ត្រូវ​បាន​ដោះ​ស្រាយ​រួច​ហើយ។ ចំណែក​បណ្ដឹង​ដែល​សេស​សល់ គណកម្មការ​ឃុំ-សង្កាត់ និង​ខេត្ត​ រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត កំពុង​តែ ...

The government of Brunei on Saturday signed a one-year contract to purchase 3,000 tons of jasmine or fragrant rice from Cambodia, the first such deal reached by the two Asian nations. The deal was inked between Pg Haji Mohd Noordin B PLP Pg Haji Mohd Said, ...

About 30 former residents of the Boeng Kak community submitted a petition on Friday morning to the World Bank office and several embassies in Phnom Penh, calling for a halt to all funding for longtime anti-eviction protesters from the Boeng Kak area. The Boeng Kak counter-protesters ...

គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ បាន​ប្ដឹង​មេ​ឃុំ​បាយដំរាំ ស្រុក​បាណន់ ខេត្ត​បាត់ដំបង ទៅ​គណៈកម្មការ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ ទាក់ទិន​ករណី​យក​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​ទៅ​បង្រៀន​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ជា​ច្រើន​នាក់ ឲ្យ​ចេះ​គូស និង​បង្ខំ​ឲ្យ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា។ គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​បាន​ដាក់​ពាក្យ​បណ្ដឹង​ទៅ​គណៈកម្មការ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត ​ឃុំ​បាយដំរាំ ហើយ ...