Cambodia’s three-year reign as holder of the World’s Best Rice Award came to an end last year, but the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) is confident it will regain the title at next month’s ceremony in Thailand. CRF secretary-General Moul sarith told Khmer Times yesterday that they ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite flood damage causing reduced production levels, cassava farmers in Pailin province are benefiting from an increase in the purchasing price, provincial department of agriculture officials say. “This year’s harvest dropped to 25 tonnes per hectare from 30 tonnes per hectare last season because of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on saturday met with Australia’s visiting counterpart to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Hor Namhong briefed Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop about the political situation in Cambodia, assuring her that there is no political deadlock in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh on Wednesday cemented a “sister city” relationship with Lowell, Massachusetts, which has the second largest Cambodian-American population in the U.s. after Long Beach, California. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On the back of a quest for high-rolling Chinese clients, NagaWorld’s gross gaming revenue soared 17 per cent in 2014, although profits were slightly down due to rising costs and lower profit margins from VIP customers. Gross gaming revenue clocked in at $381.4 million for 2014, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the United StateS waS valued at 3.17 billion U.S. dollarS in 2014, a 5 percent riSe from 3.01 billion U.S. dollarS in 2013, the figureS of the U.S. Department of Commerce Showed Friday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

After negotiations between vendors and management at Phnom Penh’s sorya Mall ended without a solution on Wednesday, hundreds of disgruntled shopkeepers shut their shops on Thursday, effectively closing one of the city’s biggest shopping centers. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Stung Treng Provincial Court on TueSday charged a 25-year-old man with illegal fiShing after he allegedly uSed a grenade to kill fiSh in a protected Stretch of the Mekong River in Thala Barivat diStrict. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Preah Sihanouk province are Seeking the arreSt of Oleg Tikhanov&mdaSh;a RuSSian buSineSSman on Interpol&rSquo;S liSt of moSt-wanted criminalS&mdaSh;for ordering an attack that led to a violent brawl at Sihanoukville&rSquo;S Queenco Hotel & CaSino in February. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The U.N. was due to appoint its new human rights envoy to Cambodia on Friday night at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, with British academic Rhona smith expected to be selected from a three-person shortlist. ss='cambodia-color'>...

After flooding in May left much of the US State of TexaS underwater, auto induStry inSiderS are warning that water-damaged vehicleS from the US could Start appearing in Cambodian gray market auto dealerShipS, diSguiSed to look new. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Commerce Ministry on Wednesday released a draft of the country’s first food law, which establishes a Food safety Authority charged with protecting domestic consumers and ensuring that exports meet international standards. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Representative of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva on Monday refuted claims made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that civic space is shrinking in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

To mark World Turtle Day, Wildlife Conservation society (WCs) in collaboration with Fisheries Administration celebrates the conservation of the Critically Endangered Cantor’s Giant softshell Turtles in Cambodia, by releasing 580 hatchlings into the wild. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh court on Friday ordered opposition Candlelight Party vice president son Chhay to pay the ruling CPP 3 billion riel ($750,000) in damages, finding him guilty of defamation for saying that voting fraud occurred during the June commune elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Total foreign direct investment (FDI) to the real estate sector peaked at $3.6 billion in the years preceding Covid-19, where half of the approved investments was backed by Chinese investors. In 2019 alone, FDI financing in the property and real estate development in Cambodia stood around ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the National Bank of Rwanda recently held talks to explore ways to establish Bakong online payment system in that country, said an NBC statement. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A team from the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) iS working cloSely with the Takhmao fire department to provide water to the reSidentS of Takhmao town. Several memberS of the public have complained about a Severe lack of water preSSure in recent weekS, with SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s international trade performance in the first half of 2023 registered $23.69 billion, a decrease of 13 percent from $27.24 billion in the same period last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina received visiting Dr Christoph Hoffmann, Member of the German Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development. ss='cambodia-color'>...