A report by NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut Organization (STT) revealed that people who are forcibly evicted from their homes without proper resettlement are burdened with debt, have low access to food, while children experience disruptive education and are subject to child labor. ...

Senate President Hun Sen proposed drafting a law against people who claim that Cambodia did not experience a genocide and wanted to start a “color revolution”. A political analyst has said the law would further shrink citizens’ freedom of expression in relation to historical events. ...

For nearly three years, about 300 local workers, 50% of them women, worked in a Vietnamese banana plantation belonging to Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Co (HAGL), covering 245 hectares in Talao commune, Andong Meas district in Ratanakiri province. ...

U.N. representatives from Japan, the European Union and Australia called on Cambodia to heed recommendations made in a report on human rights and economic land concessions by the U.N.’s envoy Surya Subedi at the Human Rights Council in Geneva Tuesday. While the E.U. commended Cambodia ...

King Norodom Sihamoni has issued a royal decree ordering the opening of three regional appeal courts in Preah Sihanouk, Battambang and Tbong Khmum provinces.   ...

Swisscontact, on behalf of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), on February 8 launched a new e-trade portal project in partnership with two Cambodian government institutions – the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) and Cambodia Post. ...

The newly appointed governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), H.E Dr. Chea Serey, gave an in-depth interview to Khmer Times on the Bank’s as well as her priorities in her role as the Governor. ...

The commerce minister yesterday urged European businesspeople in Phnom Penh to invest more in Cambodia and not to envy the Chinese firms now dominating the foreign investment scene. Speaking at the gathering of the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, Minister of Trade and Commerce Cham ...

Rice farmers in Italy plan to block four major grain exchanges in the country this week over what they say is the European Union’s failure to keep Italian rice competitive against that of cheaper Asian rivals including Cambodia, which is given duty-free access to European ...

In response to increased demand during lockdown, Smile Shop, a local e-shop, is offering new users a $10 discount on their first purchase for orders of $25 or more. They ensure deliveries are made between two and 12 hours post ordering in Phnom Penh. ...

Cambodia is ready to be a strategic partner of businessmen and investors to seize ASEAN’s viable economic opportunities and is committed to working closely with ASEAN member states and dialogue partners to build a resilient, sustainable and competitive ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) for the common ...

Population depends on agriculture 2014 :  73%(Source: The World Bank)Total rice production 2009 – 2012:  7.58 – 9.29 million tons(Source: NSDP, 2014-2081)Total fish catchment 2013:  718,000 tonnes* 73% fresh water* 14% the sea(Source: The Phnom Penh Post, 2014)   Rice farmers working in the field, Kandal province, ...

Since being endorsed by the Cambodian People’s Party in December as the ruling party’s only prime minister candidate, Hun Manet is increasingly appearing in public, taking his father’s place at events ranging from the inauguration of military buildings to road openings. ...

 Hundreds of families living along both sides of the so-called “94 canal” and facing relocation to make way for a new airport in Kandal province called for authorities to give them land titles, on-site development and an end to intimidation, during a public forum in ...

 Preav Hun cultivated bananas and mangos in the Areng valley of the Cardamom mountains for more than 25 years, but for the past six months Ministry of Environment officials have banned him and his indigenous Chorng neighbors from farming as the government rezones the protected ...

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The Constitutional Council on Thursday issued a statement warning that those who violate or don’t abide by its decision could be sentenced up to one year in prison or fined up to 600,000 riel. “The Constitutional Council has already examined and solved the 15 election ...

At least 92 per cent of the Kingdom’s agricultural input suppliers use digital payments in their businesses while 45 per cent use e-commerce, a new study found. The research, entitled “Digital Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Input Suppliers in Cambodia”, was compiled by the Centre ...

Cambodia exported just 78,000 tons of milled rice through the first eight months of 2012, and if the government is to reach its target of exporting 1 million tons each year by 2015 the agriculture sector needs more access to financing, participants at the Cambodian ...

Journalists, NGO workers and politicians are not immune to the long arm of the law if they flout it, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday as he distributed land titles in Kampot province. Mr. Hun Sen’s comments come 10 days after independent radio station owner Mam ...