Energy is about more than just electricity. It includes all means used to provide energy for industrial and domestic purposes, from firewood for cooking to national electricity production. This section focuses on production, distribution and use of power. Activities involving the exploration, extraction and refining ...

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) approved a $90 million loan on Wednesday to help Cambodia modernise The agriculture sector and enhance climate resilience. The Climate-Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project will cost more than $141 million to implement, with The government of Cambodia and beneficiaries ...

Two members of Cambodia’s opposition party were beaten up Monday outside the National Assembly by protesters who were demanding that the deputy opposition leader step down as parliamentary vice president. the opposition party issued a statement appealing to authorities to immediately arrest and prosecute the ...

Experts warn that Cambodia still faces the prospect of violence and atrocities, as human rights abuse and other social injustices persist.But Cambodia’s leaders still have the “responsibility to protect” the country’s citizens, according to standards issued by the UN. ...

Sourn Serey Ratha, the formerly self-exiled president of the new Khmer Power Party, said yesterday that he was preparing to sue Foreign Minister Hor Namhong for defamation for insinuating last week that Ratha was a “terrorist”, an accusation the government had long levelled at the ...

The National Election Committee said it will aim to register around 1.4 million of The nearly 2 million eligible voters it was unable to get on voter rolls last year, though The body’s chairman, Sik Bun Hok, refused to address yesterday wheTher The process would ...

The Swiss government has vowed to help secure long-term financial sustainability for The Kantha Bopha children’s hospitals. Last week Beat Richner, The founder and head of The Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital and a Health Ministry adviser, resigned from his position as managing director due to health ...

After grappling with weeks of on-again, off-again strikes, the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation bus firm has filed complaints against 20 former employees for incitement, making threats and using the company uniform without permission. General manager Chan Sophanna said yesterday that the company filed the complaints to ...

Laos has affirmed its commitment to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, while calling on countries the world over to also support the ban on the use of such devices.More ...

Housing Development Association of Cambodia president Ly Hour has unveiled plans to erect a borey in Tboung Khmum province. ...

Scores of marijuana plants were seized by police in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district on Saturday morning. ...

The National Assembly will hold an extraordinary session on Wednesday on some agendas including an amendment to The Penal Code that gives jail time to anyone insulting The King.The National Assembly’s permanent committees held a meeting yesterday afternoon presided by assembly President Heng Samrin to ...

The World Bank has ceased funding Radio National Kampuchea (RNK) as of last month due to a failure to comply to The bank’s Demand for Good Governance Project agreement. The funding ended on June 30. The World Bank granted RNK US $20 million with a ...

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday that his party is ready to talk with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party over the post-election dispute. “Our spirit is still the same and we are ready to meet the ruling party to resolve the remaining issues,” Sam ...

The Cambodian cabinet ministers approved The draft law on food safety, during The plenary session held here at The Peace Palace this morning under The chairmanship of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

The Rak Chiang Khong conservation group will file an appeal against The Administrative Court’s dismissal of its complaint against Thai authorities involving The Pak Bang dam, The third dam planned along The Lower Mekong River, as They are worried about its potential impacts. Keep reading ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday promised to maintain peace along the Kingdom’s borders and ensure prosperous development as he delivered a speech marking the tenth anniversary of Preah Vihear temple’s heritage listing. ...

A local newspaper misrepresented a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Japanese counterpart, Mr. Hun Sen said on Thursday, inviting Japanese Ambassador Kumamaru Yuji to clarify the accuracy of the offending article. ...

The government plans to request anoTher extension of a deadline – originally set for 2009 and already extended to 2019 – to meet obligations under The Mine Ban Treaty, an official said yesterday.   ...

Russia will help Cambodia work towards building a nuclear power plant under an agreement the two countries signed this week, said Sergei Kirienko, the head of state nuclear firm Rosatom. ...