Officials at the World Bank, which in 2011 froze new loans to Cambodia amid a furore surrounding the Boeung Kak lake evictions, have approved preliminary proposals to issue funding for a project that could see families forcibly removed in Kampong Thom province. Under the World Bank’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Oxfam said it will expand its savings-led community-lending model in Cambodia as an alternative to traditional credit-based microfinance services, which it says are ineffective in reaching the Kingdom’s poorest. Oxfam’s saving for Change project, which trains rural communities to form savings groups, now has $5 million ss='cambodia-color'>...

Contentious plantation giant Vietnam Rubber Group reportedly “lost” nearly $391 million of state funds over five years, including $22.75 million from a rubber plantation in Cambodia, an official investigation into the firm’s dealings has found, according to Vietnamese media. Hanoi’s anti-corruption body, the General Inspectorate, last ss='cambodia-color'>...

As 14 Montagnard asylum seekers continue to evade authorities in the forests of Ratanakkiri province, an official said sunday that police deported seven “Vietnamese Jarai” from the northeastern province on saturday. Ratanakkiri provincial police chief Nguon Koeun said border police arrested the seven on saturday in ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a new report, U.K. environmental rights group Global Witness places Cambodian timber magnate Try Pheap at the heart of a vast illegal logging operation driving the country’s rarest tree species to the brink of extinction with the collusion of government and military officials. “The Cost ss='cambodia-color'>...

“I confess that the ministry hasn’t been able to control and achieve transparency in the real estate sector, but I can say that this sector has yet to show any signs of trouble,” Ngoun sokha, secretary of state for the Ministry of Economy and Finance, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Due to COVID-19’s devastating economic effect causing the collapse of Cambodia’s two major export markets, the United states and the European Union, representing about 75 percent of total market share, is forcing a refocus on expanding the Kingdom’s highly concentrated export market. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan’s sumi Wiring systems Co Ltd launched production of automobile wiring this month, a company official said yesterday. Japanese companies such as sumi and Minebea, a ball-bearings maker, have helped Cambodia’s manufacturing industry diversify away from garments, the country’s main manufacturing product and export, and Prime Minister Hun sen ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian milled rice exports grew by only 0.52 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from the government. Officials have expressed concern over Cambodia’s ability to reach its export target of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecasts that uncertainty surrounding growth in advanced economies will slightly affect the growth of some AsEAN nations, particularly low-income countries such as Cambodia. A senior IMF official told reporters on the sidelines of the fund’s annual meeting yesterday that some AsEAN economies relying heavily ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two pro-CNRP U.S. lawmakerS called on newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Rex TillerSon to take a hard-line Stance with the Cambodian government ahead of upcoming electionS, in a letter Signed on ThurSday.Alan Lowenthal, a Democrat repreSenting Long Beach, California, home to the largeSt Cambodian SS='cambodia-color'>...

Just over a month after a brutal police crackdown on striking Cambodian garment workers left at least five people dead, the country’s unions are calling for another strike in March, increasing the likelihood of further violence. At issue is the still-unresolved question of the workers’ minimum monthly wage. Roughly 700,000 ss='cambodia-color'>...

A representative of the Ottawa Convention expressed his organisation’s strong commitment and support for Cambodia’s vision and efforts in demining, starting with assisting the Kingdom’s hosting of an international mine victim conference for the first time. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Wind power is set to be connected to Cambodia’s national grid by 2026, adding a new clean energy source to diversify and strengthen the country’s energy supply, supporting the government’s goal of making electricity more affordable and sustainable, according to the Ministry of Mines and ss='cambodia-color'>...

King Norodom Sihamoni preSided over a nearly half-empty opening SeSSion of the National ASSembly on Monday aS all 55 elected lawmakerS of the oppoSition CNRP followed through with their threat to boycott parliament to proteSt diSputed reSultS of July&rSquo;S national election. AnalyStS and election monitorS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports of protected rosewood and other high-value timber to China more than tripled last year, according to U.N. figures cited in a new report that blames lax law enforcement across the Mekong region and skyrocketing demand in China for pushing some species to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Meat prices on Phnom Penh’s markets have seen large gains over the first half of the year, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce’s Trade Promotion Department. Economics Institute of Cambodia senior Researcher Neou sieha said yesterday that meat prices had seen significant increase ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Japan energy company yesterday said it planned to build a rice mill fuelled by rice husks in Cambodia’s Takeo province. New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kingdom’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) confirming cooperation ss='cambodia-color'>...

Dozns of construction workers in Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district protested on Wednesday, demanding more than $7,000 in wages their company owed them. The more than 30 workers were employed to construct a building at a sugarcane factory owned by Oknha Vinh Hour in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government launched the Revenue Mobilisation strategy 2019-2023 on Thursday. The 77-page book details key strategies such as modernisation of the General Department of Taxation’s (GDT) fiscal revenue system in response to the increasing demand for service quality, social equity guarantee and sustainability of revenue ss='cambodia-color'>...