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Philippine Airlines plans to launch flights between the Philippines and Cambodia, according to an aviation official. The move would break the monopoly of domestic competitor Cebu Pacific Air, which started flying the route in April last year. Aviation authorities in the Philippines sent a letter to ...

Despite massive reductions in HIV infection rates over the past two decades, HIV-positive Cambodians continue to face a wide array of non-medical challenges, a report released yesterday says. Written by NGOs, aid agencies and the government, the report says that vulnerable groups, including those who are ...

A Kampong Speu judge released the vice-president and a member of the Free Trade Union on bail yesterday after the court questioned the two about their alleged roles in a violent demonstration at Sabrina Garment factory. ...

A 5-year-old girl from Takeo province and a 2-year-old girl from Kampot province – who has already died – mark the 19th and 20th confirmed cases of avian influenza this year, a hospital spokesman said. The Ministry of Health is expected to issue a statement ...

The number of Ratanakkiri residents trapped in their homes by floodwater that continues to rise amid relentless rain is now estimated by provincial authorities to be at least 4,000. Heavy rain has put five Lumphat district communes – Lbaing I, Chey Uddom, Batang, Seda and Kaleng ...

In the week before the National Election Committee was formed in December 1997, Chheng Phon predicted he had a tough road ahead. “If you ask me personally, I must say I do not want this job,” the inaugural boss told the Post from the banks of a canal ...

ANZ Royal Bank has transacted a landmark commodities hedging deal with a local oil importer, officials at the bank said yesterday. The deal allows the company, whose name ANZ Royal would not disclose, citing confidentiality agreements, to lock in an agreed price for the future sale ...

A conservation group yesterday accused a military commander in Kampong Speu of smuggling two tonnes of illegally cut rosewood to Vietnam on Monday night. Chea Hean, director of the Natural Resources and Wildlife Preservation Organisation, said the commander had cut the timber in the protected Oral ...

In an apparent bid to reassure jittery visitors watching the country’s political scene, the Cambodia Association of Travel Agents (CATA) said in a statement yesterday that post-election tensions would not harm tourists. Addressing its members – tour operators and travel agencies – as well as national ...

A long-abandoned Pepsi bottling factory that became a part of the tourist trail in Battambang province has been razed to make way for a water-treatment facility, according to officials. On June 19, JICA signed off on a $33.5 million water-supply-system project in Kampong Cham and ...

Australian green energy company Star 8 has designed a solar-powered tuk-tuk and is in the process of building a factory in Cambodia to make the vehicles, according to a report in Australian newspaper The Age. The vehicles’ makers said the tuk-tuks will cost between A$2,000 (US$1,865) ...

With only about 10 per cent of its 1,000-person workforce at their stations by 8am yesterday, management at Hoyear (Cambodia) Garment Ltd cut its losses and announced that the factory would close for the next two days. Thousands across the capital opted out of work ...

What had been a relatively subdued gathering at Freedom Park yesterday became a jubilant celebration as opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha delivered the news of fruitful discussions with the government to party faithful. Despite much-diminished crowds – and the sobering events of Sunday night ...

សហគមន៍​ខ្មែរ​អាមេរិក​ប្រមាណ ៥០០​នាក់ គ្រោង​នឹង​រៀបចំ​បាតុកម្ម​មួយ​នៅ​មុខ​សភា​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​ក្នុង​រដ្ឋធានី​ វ៉ាស៊ីនតោន នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៨ ខែ​កញ្ញា ចាប់​ពី​ម៉ោង ១១​ព្រឹក ដល់​ម៉ោង ២​ល្ងាច។ គម្រោង​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​នេះ ធ្វើ​ឡើង​ដើម្បី​គាំទ្រ​សេចក្ដី​ព្រាង​នូវ​ញត្តិ​សម្រេច​ចិត្ត​ពីរ​របស់​ សមាជិក​រដ្ឋ​សភា និង​ព្រឹទ្ធ​សភា​សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ក្នុង ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ ភាព​ស្ងៀម​ស្ងាត់​បាន​កើត​មាន​នៅ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ កាល​ពី​រាត្រី​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ ជា​ទី​ដែល​អ្នក​គាំទ្រ​បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​រាប់​ពាន់​នាក់ បាន​ស្នាក់​អាស្រ័យ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ការ​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​របស់​ពួក​គេ​នៅ ថ្ងៃ​ដំបូង​។ ប៉ុន្តែ​ពួក​គេ​ត្រូវ​បាន​រំខាន បន្ទាប់​ពី​បាន​ឮ​ព័ត៌មាន ...

The intervention of the United Nations in two violent clashes between police and protesters on Sunday was as much of a surprise to the opposition party as to bewildered onlookers, a party spokesman said. Officers from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

A wealthy tycoon who stands accused of savagely abusing two teenage maids for nearly a decade has been anointed with the sought-after honourific of oknha. In a royal decree dated July 26 and obtained yesterday, Veng Lyphytech – who, along with his wife, Ly Pov, faces ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ បន្ទាប់​ពី​ឧបទ្ទវហេតុ​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​ពីរ​ដាច់​ពី​គ្នា​នៅ​រាជធានី ភ្នំពេញ កាល​ពី​ល្ងាច​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ ក្រុម​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​ចង្អុល​ទៅ​ការ​បិទ​ផ្លូវ​របស់​ប៉ូលិស​ជាច្រើន​កន្លែង​ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ ភ្នំពេញ រួម​ទាំង​មហាវិថី​ធំៗផង ថា ជា​មូលហេតុ​មួយ​នៃ​ការ​ស្តី​បន្ទោស​ក្នុង​ការ​បង្ក ...

Following two dramatic incidents of violence in the capital on Sunday evening, rights groups yesterday pointed to heavy police blockades at dozens of streets around Phnom Penh, including at several city arteries, as being partly to blame. Clashes broke out at Sisowath Quay on Sunday afternoon ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន និង​មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បាន​ប្តេជ្ញា ស្វែង​រក​ដំណោះស្រាយ​ដោយ​សន្តិវិធី នៅ​មុន​សម័យ​ប្រជុំ​សភា​លើក​ដំបូង​ដែល​គ្រោង​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៣ កញ្ញា​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ។ ការ​បេ្ដជ្ញា​នេះ បាន​ធ្វើ​ឡើង បន្ទាប់​ពី​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​បិទ​ទ្វារ ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Education has suspended the grade 9 examinations this week without citing a reason. In a letter sent yesterday, parents and students are informed that examinations slated to take place today and Tuesday would instead take place on September 26 and 27. ...

A potato farmer who unearthed old bullets as he ploughed his field on Friday in Oddar Meanchey province discovered more than 500 pieces of unexploded ordnance, anti-mine officials said yesterday. Farmer Hun Kren, 29, alerted authorities to the discovery in Banteay Ampil district, where Cambodian Mine ...

Four unidentified men were arrested yesterday for allegedly killing an endangered and pregnant gaur – a species of wild bovine – in a protected wildlife reserve in Mondulkiri province, provincial officials said. After villagers discovered the carcass on Wednesday, provincial authorities along with conservationists in charge ...