Thousands of people flocked to high schools across Phnom Penh over the weekend to sit for a Korean language test in the hopes of finding higher-paying work in South Korea, students said Sunday. According to a schedule released earlier this month by the Labor Ministry, which ...

Cambodia will implement new standards for its electricity system – modelled after Singapore – in order to reduce the risk of electrical fires, officials said. ...

The first half of 2015 has seen a nearly 50 per cent increase in illegal fishing busts, though the vast majority resulted in no punishment for offenders, a new report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries shows. ...

The amount of companies granted construction permits from the government are slowly decreased in 2015 compared to previous years while the government attempts to reform construction laws and regulations. ...

As talk of El Niño-inspired droughts shaped much of the conversation ahead of this year’s late-blooming rainy season, recent torrential rains in some areas of the Kingdom have given way to new fears of crop inundation and damage. ...

The Environment Ministry in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday launched a $5 million, five-year plan to mitigate the effects of climate change on rural communities in four Cambodian provinces. ...

Amid what some meteorologists have dubbed a “Godzilla-like El Niño”, drought conditions during Cambodia’s scheduled monsoon season have significantly worsened from what last year were termed historically bad levels, a new report from the Ministry of Agriculture shows. ...

In a strongly worded defence of the proposed trade union law, employer association CAMFEBA released a position paper yesterday claiming the law would curb instances of illegal strikes and a proliferation of minority unions, which it says is needed to harmonise the country’s troubled industrial ...

Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital will receive an additional $2 million this year from the government purse, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...

The General Department of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Economy and Finance vowed to take legal action against those using vehicles with unpaid tax and unapproved modifications after relevant authorities had advised them through educational announcements. General Department of Customs and Excise director-general ...

Cambodia’s trade deficit with its global trading partners has continued to widen in 2019, with $7.66 billion more  imports than exports, according to a government report, increasing from $4.83 billion in 2018 and representing a 31.6 percent rise in one year. ...

The Securities Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) has responded to concerns that a lack of licensed auditors may be affecting listed companies’ ability to submit interim financial results in full and on time to the market regulator. ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) launched here on Nov. 23 the “Excellence Programme 2” to help small- and medium-sized enterprises prepare for stock market listing. ...

The Australian Government joined the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) to launch the landmark Domestic Capital Mobilisation for Infrastructure Investment through the Security Market Project. ...

Share price fluctuations can either create opportunities for gains for investors – or potentially be the cause of losses. Factors that drive demand (buying orders) higher than supply (selling orders) will generally lead to an increase in stock price. Conversely, any that drive supply higher ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) on January 5 approved in principle a handful of applications for licences. In a press release on the minutes of an SECC meeting led by chairman and Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth, the securities regulator ...

The newly-renamed Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and its nine capital-market-regulator counterparts in ASEAN on March 15 signed a new five-year Action Plan 2021-2025 for the development of the sector. ...

Two companies listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) reported sound business performance last year despite economic duress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic’s enduring stranglehold on regional and global economies. ...

The Cambodian economy is not insulated from fears of inflation and the selloff of US bonds, according to a financial analyst. US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed the US’ quantitative easing policy to spur a turnaround in the country’s economy. ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn said it is only with true multilateralism that the international community will be able to address the current major challenges because they are global in impact.   ...