China’s growing influence in Laos, marked by expanded investment and trade, has led some international agencies to warn Laos about an unhealthy financial dependence on China.  Analysts say Laos is looking to balance China’s influence by drawing support from longstanding backer Vietnam as well as ...

The mega free trade pact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership took effect in South Korea on Tuesday. ...

The Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, which represents the the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) this year, will organise three key virtual meetings on March 28-30. ...

Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said here on Tuesday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to strengthen its centrality, unity, and solidarity to address key challenges for the sake of regional and global peace, security, and sustainable development. Cambodia is the chair ...

The Republic of Korea (RoK) will continue to support Cambodia to achieve its strategic goal of becoming a high-income economy by 2050. ...

A 14-year-old boy with congenital heart disease who was lucky enough to meet with South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee may get the chance of a lifetime and receive surgery and treatment at Asan Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea. After seeing his plight, many ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet raised two initiatives to promote trade and investment of Korean investors in Cambodia. The premier spoke at the opening ceremony of the Cambodia-Republic of Korea Business Forum on 16 May 2024 in Seoul, South Korea.​ ...

Cambodia, along with China and South Korea, has among the 10 most mature retail central bank digital currencies (CBDC). ...

Sathapana Bank has pre-emptively removed its signature golden lion logo from all 162 branches nationwide as the private Bank aims to deflect government criticism and avoid confusion as being identified as a state-owned institution, a Bank executive said yesterday. ...

Cambodia lacks the skilled labor force necessary to advance the economy and the government must find ways to create more valuable work as it faces fierce regional and international competition, according to a new report released Thursday by the World Bank. The report, “East Asia Pacific ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $75 million senior loan with Cambodia’s largest Bank, ACLEDA Bank Plc, to address the rising financing requirements of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. ...

The Kingdom’s banking and financial institutions have restructured 22.2 trillion riel ($5.5 billion) in loans for 367,239 borrowers in the first half of this year, to ease the burden on the public as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak dampens economic activity, according to the National bank ...

With the employment rate growing on an average of 2.5 percent annually, the nation will create additional jobs for about 235,000 people per year, increasing the opportunities to approximately 10.2 million in the next three years. ...

The 2024 Cambodia Banking Conference, held in Phnom Penh from August 22-23, brought together industry leaders, policymakers and international partners to discuss the future of the country’s Banking sector in the face of global economic challenges. ...

Survivors of human trafficking in South-East Asia require better access to health services, especially related to mental health, a study says. ...

Satellite images suggest tropical forests from the Amazon to the Philippines are disappearing at a far more rapid pace than previously thought, a University of Maryland team of forest researchers say. Tropical Asia showed the second largest increase in deforestation with 0.8 million hectares (about ...

A business concept competition between university students from Cambodia, Japan and Myanmar that provided the perfect opportunity for improving business plans and networking with business people yesterday was won by one of Cambodia’s own. Lay Huy Huoy, a second-year student at Cambodian Mekong university majoring in business and ...

The Royal University of Phnom Penh’s department of psychology has seen a decrease in students and its dean has blamed a lack of human resources and decreased interest in the subject. Phan Chan Pov, dean of the psychology department at the University, said there are ...

Two officers with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces were sentenced to one year each in prison for accepting bribes to secure positions for three men in the government’s National Defence University (NDU) in 2013. ...

Speaking at the inauguration of the Heng Samrin Tbong Khmum University yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen called for a program to establish universities in all provinces, saying that the creation of more institutions of higher learning would improve access to education outside of the capital. ...