An anti-tank mine exploded in Battambang province’s Bavel district on saturday, injuring an agricultural worker and damaging machinery, an official said, marking the latest in an upswing of explosions this year. The victim, identified only as sok, 46, of Bavel’s Kdol Tahen commune, and was hired ss='cambodia-color'>...

Seng Sakada, director-general of the Labor MiniStry&rSquo;S labor department, will lead a delegation to Singapore on Saturday to Study the miniStry&rSquo;S pilot program to Send domeStic workerS to the city-State, a recruitment agency director confirmed WedneSday. The team will inveStigate the SucceSS of the program, which SS='cambodia-color'>...

Australian-listed firm Donaco International, which currently has operations in Vietnam, has confirmed it is entering Cambodia’s already-crowded casino and gaming industry. The company announced on Friday that it had entered into an acquisition agreement to purchase the star Vegas Resort and Club casino in Cambodia’s Poipet ss='cambodia-color'>...

Both deposits and loans in Cambodia’s banking sector increased about 30 per cent last year, a rise that industry insiders say is a productivity boost for the Kingdom’s economy. By the end of December, deposits at all Cambodian banks reached $10 billion, a 32 per cent ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) last week approved a $160.6 million brewery in Chhak Chhoeu Neang commune’s Trapaing Veng village in Kandal province’s Ang snuol district. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Wildlife Conservation society Cambodia said this year’s nesting season of the critically endangered Cantor’s giant softshell turtles, have increased compared to the past three years. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prisoners still face being exploited for labour, despite the government’s March prakas banning goods made behind bars from being exported, rights group Licadho has said. Although Licadho believes the prakas will help protect the image of Cambodia’s garment industry, it says inmates still face exploitation under ss='cambodia-color'>...

“I will ask the Prime Minister to re-impose the red zone if people continue to violate the health measures of 3 do’s and 3 don’t’s and  cause serious infections in the community again.” Tea seiha, Governor of siem Reap Province said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Economic Research Institute for AsEAN and East Asia, in partnership with the Asian Network, launched last week a new ERIA initiative to promote inclusive economic development through entrepreneurship and innovation across AsEAN and East Asia: the E-s-I Knowledge Lab. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Japan have signed an agreement for Tokyo to provide up to $383 million in loans to expand sihanoukville Autonomous Port’s terminal capability. ss='cambodia-color'>...

“National Cashew Policy 2022-2027” has officially been launched to increase productivity and competitiveness of Cambodia’s cashew, one of the country’s priority agro-industrial crops. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit on Friday released a scathing, official “white paper” on the opposition party’s conduct in the lead-up to, during and after the hotly contested July 28 national election, accusing it of trying to destabilize the country to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some of the world&rSquo;S largeSt clothing brandS have warned the Garment ManufacturerS ASSociation in Cambodia of poSSible buSineSS ramificationS Should the factory repreSentative continue with planS to impede labour monitoring. Thirteen major buyerS, including Gap, H&M, Levi&rSquo;S, Nike and Puma, have Signed a letter to GMAC SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Education Ministry on Monday said it was in line for a near 20 percent hike from the government’s $3.52 billion draft budget for 2014, approved by Prime Minister Hun sen’s Cabinet on Friday, though other details of how money was to be allocated remained ss='cambodia-color'>...

CPP lawmakers including Prime Minister Hun sen unanimously voted Friday for their party members, suy sem and Cham Prasidh, to become heads of the newly created Ministry of Mines and Energy, and the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, respectively. The 67 ruling-party parliamentarians present also approved ss='cambodia-color'>...

Norwegian energy firm Eltek on Thursday demanded $5 million it is owed from bankrupt telecommunications company Mfone by the end of October and blamed the court and the government for stalling payment. During a meeting at Mfone’s headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Keng Kang III commune, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two of the country’s largest mobile phone operators are again offering attractive deals on calls, despite the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia’s (TRC) recent order to mobile operators to follow the government’s minimum prices for calls and to scale back customer promotions. On sunday, smart, which is ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen’s wife Bun Rany on saturday used a Cambodian Red Cross flood relief event in Pailin province to denounce the opposition CNRP’s three-day rally and marches in Phnom Penh last week as part of an effort to “cheat” the people of Cambodia. Ms. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The UN urged government and financial organisations to stimulate Cambodia’s flailing micro-insurance industry yesterday, after a study found the country’s poor are vulnerable to indebtedness during a crisis. The United Nations Development Business (UNDB) hosted a working group yesterday at Phnom Penh’s sunway Hotel launching the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two partners and about 20 employees at DFDL, a regional law firm that has consulted on some of Cambodia’s biggest investment projects over the past 16 years, stunned the company last weekend with an announcement of their departure to start a new tax advisory outfit. The ss='cambodia-color'>...