Moody’s Investors Service affirmed Wednesday Cambodia’s government issuer rating at B2 with a stable outlook, stating that recent labour unrest could result in only slightly slower economic growth this year. “Cambodia’s underlying credit strengths are expected to withstand the impact of recent political tensions and labor ...

Representatives from worker unions, confederation and Cambodian youth rallied Tuesday at the Freedom Park to mark 15th Youth International Day. After rallying at the Freedom Park, they marched to present petitions to the National Assembly, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, and Ministry of Labor and ...

Officials from Southeast Asia’s natural rubber-producing nations met in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for the 12th International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC). Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) joined ITRC core nations – Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia – for the event, which is being touted as a joint ...

A weekend storm surge that saw torrential downpours hit the capital had far more dire consequences outside of Phnom Penh, where hundreds of families were affected and at least one man was killed. At least 675 homes in eight provinces were damaged in sudden thunderstorms that ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blasted local officials for not working hard enough to curb illegal fishing in and around the Tonle Sap lake, where fisheries crimes are still rampant despite 90,000 hectares of protected areas. “Don’t do illegal fishing, use illegal equipment to fish, or ...

More than 200,000 Cambodian migrant workers have been either deported from or fled Thailand since early this month in the wake of a junta-led clampdown on illegal migrant laborers, Major General Pich Vanna, chief of Cambodia-Thailand Border Relation Affairs office, said Monday. “As of Monday evening, ...

In a mass firing the scale of which has not been seen since January, Phnom Penh’s Xin Fang garment factory yesterday terminated 106 employees for protesting in front of the factory. Management at the Por Sen Chey district factory on Thursday already sacked nearly 30 striking ...

The total amount of loans in Cambodia’s banking sector could rise to $30 billion by 2020, according to a report released today by Mekong Strategic Partners, a new investment and advisory fund. Amid such growth, banks will be challenged to drastically expand Their operations and will ...

In little more than a year, 16 Cambodians are known to have died from the human form of avian influenza H5N1, the highest number of fatalities in the world. Experts have met in Phnom Penh to try to work out why. the latest victim of ...

On 9 May 2016, Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen signed on sub-decree on the establishment of 18 natural protected areas (NPA), with a total land area of 2,674,503 hectares, to be under the management and conservation of Ministry of Environment. Prey Lang, one of the 18 ...

The National Bank of Cambodia on Wednesday hosted its first annual macroeconomic conference, outlining The need to ensure Cambodia’s rapidly growing financial sector supports sustainable and inclusive economic growth while managing greater risks. Cambodia’s banking and microfinance sectors have seen enormous growth in recent years with ...

More than 5,000 workers from a footwear factory in Kompong Cham province went on strike Monday, calling on factory management to increase their benefits. the lively crowd rallied outside the Taiwanese-owned Juhui Footwear factory in Choeung Prey district, dancing to music pumped out of loudspeakers as ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sunday issued a press release on the outcomes of the participation of Prime Minister Hun Sen in the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Japan. ...

On 06 May 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the consultative meeting on ASEAN humanitarian assistance to Myanmar. the consultative meeting was initiated by Cambodia as the ASEAN Chair in 2022 in cooperation with ...

On 16 August 2023, His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, extended congratulations to Her Excellency Carmen MORENO, departing Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Cambodia, for her exemplary efforts and success in her diplomatic tenure in ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Mar. 3 expressed concerns over comments made by foreign diplomats regarding The conviction of former opposition leader Kem Sokha, saying that They were violating The Vienna Convention on diplomatic Relations. ...

Independent radio station owner Mam Sonando declared his innocence yesterday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court where his trial began over his alleged involvement in a secessionist movement in Kratie province. Commenting on organization he founded, the Association of Democrats, Mr. Sonando told the court it was ...

On 02 October 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation participating in the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), the 24th ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) ...

On 15 December 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia and co-chair ...

Union leader Pav Sina on Monday filed a complaint with the Interior Ministry after an administrator at a Chinese-owned window factory in Svay Rieng province allegedly told three other members of his union that some factory owners were pooling money in order to have Mr. ...