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'>...

Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) updated an existing profile page on “Forest cover” adding forest cover dataset 2023 in Cambodia. => Please click here to go to profile page on “Forest cover”. 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'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy yesterday said the next Phnom Penh governor should come from the Cambodia National Rescue Party, citing his party’s election dominance in the capital. The idea – floated in a speech to hundreds of commune and district council members – came ahead of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Vietnamese embassy fired back yesterday at opposition party leader sam Rainsy’s claim that Vietnamese companies granted economic land concessions in Prey Lang forest are turning the area into a Vietnamese “colony”. On Wednesday, Rainsy visited the forest and claimed that CRCK, a Vietnamese firm granted ss='cambodia-color'>...

CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun on Friday said the door was open for opposition party president sam Rainsy to become a lawmaker during the government’s fifth mandate, even though his parliamentary immunity has not yet been restored and he was not a candidate in last month’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

It’s one of the world’s 49 least developed countries and almost half of the voting population is unhappy with the current government. But 72 percent of Cambodians are generally happy and spend large amounts of their time laughing, smiling and generally enjoying life. That’s the conclusion ss='cambodia-color'>...