Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has created a committee to resolve compensation and resettlement issues for 1,000 families displaced by the controversial Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in Stung Treng province. Keep reading ...

To get high quality silk scarves or silk products ready to sell in shops or markets takes at least two or three days of hard work by weavers, most of whom work in small villag ...

Arken Imirbaki, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress ( NPC), met separately with Cambodia’s acting-head of state Say Chhum and National Assembly President Heng Samrin on Thursday to discuss ways to further enhance ties and cooperation between the two countries.​ ...

The Asia Foundation conducted a survey of 750 businesses to see what kind of impact Covid-19 is having on Them. The report includes a summary of findings from The survey as well as statistical tables of The results. View and download Them here. ...

Just 222 days after the launch of a campaign to address the court case backlog throughout the Kingdom, the Ministry of Justice has cleared 35,100, or 89 per cent, out of a total of 39,152 cases that were pending. ...

After garment workers swelled turnout at the opposition’s ongoing demonstrations yesterday to what some estimated to be double the number seen at any previous rally, party leadership announced a weeklong moratorium on the marches. Demonstrators will continue to assemble at Freedom Park each day, said Cambodia ...

A peaceful Labor Day demonstration of workers calling for better living conditions and independent courts was violently dispersed Thursday morning by district security guards, municipal police and men in plain clothes, who beat protesters, journalists and bystanders with batons, wooden sticks and crude metal poles. Shortly ...

Independent researcher and founder of the “social network” Khmer for Khmer, Kem Ley, may found as many as 1,000 political parties by the end of 2016. ...

As Cambodia moves forward with its Industrial Development Policy, the government is seekIng support from International organisations for smooth implementation. the Post’s Kali Kotoski sat down with Li Yong, director-general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, to discuss his fIndIngs and how the organisation ...

Pineapple growers are asking the government negotiate official exports of the crop to China as soon as possible, a farmers association says. the call comes after pineapple cultivators suffered estimated losses of K700 million (US$458 million) during the previous harvest season when China suddenly banned imports ...

With the construction of markers No.30 and No.275, the border demarcation between Viet Nam and Cambodia has been basically completed, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission Nguyen Anh Dung commented. ...

A senior member of the Electoral Reform Alliance yesterday appealed for the National Election Committee to be given special jurisdictional powers over certain areas around the country during election campaigns so that it can ensure freedom of assembly. ...

After years of delays and setbacks, the Cambodian firm set to operate the Kingdom’s landmark oil refinery finally broke ground yesterday on a $1.62 billion project with an updated completion date set for the middle of 2019. ...

The opposition CNRP will neiTher protest at The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday nor send any senior officials There to oppose The scheduled hearing of 11 of its members who stand charged with “insurrection,” opposition spokesman Yem Ponhearith said Thursday. ...

Duong Otdom Chhorvin, aka Duong Chhay, was convicted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday of having beaten and threatened to kill the son of tycoon Try Pheap but walked free following the verdict after having his sentence reduced. ...

SACOMBANK yesterday announced the launch of its new subsidiary, the 100 per cent foreign-owned Sacombank Cambodia Plc, which is set to target the Kingdom’s rural population. the Vietnamese commercial bank plans to open branches throughout the country’s provinces to provide banking services to a larger cross-section ...

The government on Thursday formally accepted a request from Cambodia’s top Buddhist monks to consider drafting a law that would ban The country’s more than 50,000 monks from voting. At The end of The meeting Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An, The minister of ...

(KPL) The compensation for The losses of people’s property and houses to pave The way for The development of The Vientiane Highway running parallel to The Kaysone Phomvihane Road has been estimated to be at least 40 million US dollars.More ...

As Cambodia’s economy has boomed over the last decade, the broad French-built boulevards and leafy backstreets of Phnom Penh have become bottlenecks, with giant SUVs parked two- or three- deep, clogging the roads. At peak hour, the center of town turns into a Hobbesian crush of ...

The National Assembly on Monday unanimously approved The draft law on The “Approval of The National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023”, and also gave The go-ahead to anoTher four draft laws. At The session, which was presided over by National Assembly president Heng Samrin, The five ...