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The long-awaited railroad between Phnom Penh and Bangkok moved one step closer to completion yesterday after tracks on the Cambodian side were connected to those in Thailand. The Poipet-Phnom Penh rail line was joined to the Bangkok-Sa Kaeo line during a ceremony at the international border ...

The government-owned bank charged with issuing $27 million in emergency loans to rice millers as part of an initiative aimed at propping up the struggling rice industry announced the terms of the credit lines yesterday, and said it would ensure that the funds were used ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said he would “eliminate” opponents who dare to protest against his government during a speech in which he also declared that he personally ordered the military to deploy around the CNRP’s headquarters late last month. Speaking at a graduation ceremony ...

Cambodia’s northern railway line has been linked to Thailand at the border in Poipet City, officials said at a ceremony on Monday—although sections of track in Cambodia still need to be finished before trains can start running between the two countries. At a ceremony marking a ...

The Turkish government is preparing documents and evidence to give to the Cambodian government in order to close Zaman schools, an official said yesterday. Turkey’s ambassador to Cambodia Ilhan Kemal Tug told Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong yesterday that his government was gathering evidence and documents ...

In the latest effort to mitigate the impact of plummeting rice prices, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the government was seeking $300 million from China to boost the capacity of rice millers and provide funds to them for purchasing paddy from farmers. ...

The annual boat races in Phnom Penh, marking the Water Festival celebrations, will take place between November 13 and 15 even if water levels in the Tonle Sap are low, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday. Speaking at a university graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, the ...

City Hall said villagers affected by the development project of the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district would have two months to claim the certificate of land policy before it would stop assuming responsibility for losses, according to a statement ...

Better branding of Cambodian products is essential as major global brands inundate the domestic market and local producers look to compete in international markets, panellists said Wednesday evening during an industry forum in Phnom Penh. Var Roth San, an adviser to the Ministry of Commerce, said ...

The Interior Ministry is hoping last year’s relative decrease in traffic accidents and deaths during the Pchum Ben holiday is a sign of things to come and asked citizens again this year to drive safely as they crisscross the country to celebrate the holiday. In a ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has quashed an attempt by the Ministry of Finance to collect back taxes owed on 470 police vehicles, granting them tax-exempt status after a request from the Ministry of Interior. The request, dated September 8, was approved on Tuesday. ...

Nougy Mom bounces her 2-year-old son in her arms as she waits at the gates of Phnom Penh’s notorious centre for “undesirables”, Prey Speu. The 34-year-old mother was there to visit her husband, a rubbish collector like herself, who was rounded up by authorities as he ...

Eleven Cambodian environmental campaigners received “moniseraphon” medals from the government last month in recognition of their work to support the nation, according to a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. But Buntenh, the founder of the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice, and social media ...

The Cambodia National Rescue Party plans to ask the National Election Committee to investigate the citizenship status of more than 400 people who have recently logged their names in the new digital voter lists. ...

In an effort to appease rice farmers and stimulate rice millers to purchase fragrant rice currently being harvested across the country, the government announced that it had found $27 million to pay for emergency measures. The Ministry of Economy and Finance released a statement on Friday ...

Cambodia urged the heads of all Asean national oil companies to cooperate together to ensure that there is demand and supply of energy in the 10-nation grouping, said a senior official in the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...

In an effort to increase transparency and accuracy, the payment of fees for government services such as business and vehicle registration, and taxes in the future, is now being handled by Wing Specialized Bank, the Commerce Ministry announced yesterday. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed ...

Cambodia’s ambassador to the United Nations pulled no punches in his response to a joint statement from almost 40 countries condemning the government’s recent actions and threats against peaceful protests, implying in his own letter that the opposition party was participating in “unlawful and anarchic ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn will attend the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week where he will join Asean foreign ministers, UN officials and heads of delegations from various countries, according to a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday. ...

With almost 2 million voters registered so far, the National Election Committee yesterday declared its roll-out of new digital voter lists to be ahead of schedule, though efforts to organise “free and fair” elections continued to be undermined by the persecution of opposition politicians, an ...

A commission of experts will check nearly 50 new Cambodian national ID cards today amid suspicions the card holders do not hold Cambodian nationality after irregularities were found during voter registration in Kandal province earlier this month. Provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun said yesterday afternoon that ...

Employer representatives and trade unions sat down across from each other for the first time yesterday for head-to-head negotiations over next year’s garment sector minimum wage, with factory owners reluctantly offering a small $2 increase to their earlier proposal of $144.20. ...

Authorities in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district reopened the Ta Mok bridge for traffic yesterday after water levels subsided, but some officials were still stationed at the bridge. The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology released a statement yesterday, saying the water in Ta Mok ...

In the wake of recent illegal digging in the capital, Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem has called on the Phnom Penh city governor to stop issuing licences allowing businesses to dig soil in the city and to strengthen its enforcement on a longstanding ...