Cambodia’s total paddy rice output reached 8.4 million tonnes in 2011, up from 8.25 million tonnes last year, according an initial assessment by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Provincial MAFF officials from across the Kingdom met in Phnom Penh on saturday, when data was ss='cambodia-color'>...

According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the regional and national power grids are key to development, though plans for their development have come under criticism by a number of NGOs who believe that power generation should be decentralized. The ADB’s Greater Mekong subregion program ss='cambodia-color'>...

Refresh Mobile yesterday announced the purchase of mobile banking outfit WING from Australia’s ANZ, although the amount of the deal was not released. WING will join Refresh’s stable of electronic payment and cell phone top-up services, in addition to soon offering overseas mobile remittance capabilities, Refresh ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia aimed to become one of the region’s main rubber producers over the next few years despite the industry’s low international recognition, officials said during the second Global Rubber Conference, held in Phnom Penh on Friday. To that end, the Kingdom had encouraged companies and investors ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Chinese company is aiming to invest in cement production in Cambodia, according to officials at the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy (MIME). The China Triumph International Engineering Company (CTIEC) would become one of Cambodia’s biggest cement producers and would invest in the Kingdom, said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three factory workers were injured yesterday during a protest in Phnom Penh’s Pur senchey district when more than 500 workers clashed with about 100 police officers, according to eyewitnesses and union representatives. Workers from Win shingtex (Cambodia) Co Ltd had originally planned to march from the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Supreme Court haS requeSted that the owner of Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Shuttered RenakSe Hotel depoSit $200,000 with the court aS proof that it iS able to pay compenSation to the hotel&rSquo;S former manager, a lawyer Said yeSterday. In 2008, the ruling CPP Sold the French colonial-era SS='cambodia-color'>...

Asean leaders urged the lifting of economic sanctions against Burma, while the Burmese president made his first public statement on the nation’s recent by-elections, calling them “very successful” at the Asean summit in Phnom Penh yesterday. “Asean has consistently spoken of lifting sanctions, but now, more ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some of SoutheaSt ASia&rSquo;S moSt acute problemS were left unmentioned yeSterday when government-Sanctioned civil Society groupS met with ASean leaderS at the regional bloc&rSquo;S Summit in Phnom Penh. NGOS from eight of the 10 ASean StateS attended the meeting, but the IndoneSian delegation pulled out, complaining SS='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of National Defence Tea Banh said on Thursday that having sanctions and external pressure placed on Cambodia was not worse than life under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Tea Banh, who is also deputy prime minister, was speaking to military and ruling party officials ss='cambodia-color'>...

A middle-aged man was arrested and sent to Phnom Penh Municipal Court Wednesday while three other supporters of slain political analyst Kem Ley were also arrested as they were attempting to sell t-shirts with Kem Ley’s portrait and commemorating his assassination’s third anniversary. According to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on saturday addressed the Kingdom’s spending on new infrastructure projects during the groundbreaking ceremony for 34 new roads in Preah sihanouk province amid calls for greater transparency over Cambodia’s expenditures. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following a decision by opposition leader sam Rainsy for the CNRP to cautiously re-engage with the CPP in parliament rather than carry out a full-blown boycott, senior officials from the parties met at the National Assembly on Thursday for the first time since last month’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Speu palm Sugar iS expected to receive itS geographical indication (GI) StatuS certification from the European CommiSSion&rSquo;S Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development by the end of thiS year, according to an official from the Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion ASSociation (KSPSPA).&nbSp;Mr. Sok Sarang, SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government has asked the company that manages airports in Cambodia to explain why, according to airline Bassaka Air, it demanded $240 from the carrier for helping a disabled passenger board one of its aircraft.Bassaka Air, which found itself at the centre of a media ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite industry concerns that a minimum wage increase to $128 earlier this year would hurt Cambodia’s garment exports, the garment and footwear sector – a mainstay of the economy – showed robust growth for the first half of 2015, netting around $3 billion, according to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labor passed all responsibility for foreign work permits today to E-solutions (Cambodia) Co., leaving a multitude of unanswered questions about the private company that will process, produce and distribute the permits online. Ministry spokesman Heng sour declined to answer questions about the company, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian goods benefit from the lowest export tariff rates in the world but the Kingdom’s trade is still held back by lengthy bureaucratic procedures and corruption, according to a new study by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Global Enabling Trade Report 2016, a study published ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s former opposition leader sam Rainsy said on sunday he was open to talks with Prime Minister Hun sen, who has held power since 1985, to end a crisis caused by the dissolution of the main opposition party ahead of elections in July. The Cambodia National ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia should have its own satellite to make high-speed broadband available to all, Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday. The prime minister also proposed that the Royal Group, a local conglomerate, partner with other  companies to make the Kingdom’s satellite dream a reality. Addressing about 600 ss='cambodia-color'>...