Phnom Penh’s population nearly doubled in the first decade of the 21st century, in large part thanks to workers streaming into the capital in hopes of sending money back home to their families in the provinces.Published in Migration studies, Dr Laurie Parsons’ Mobile inequality: Remittances ss='cambodia-color'>...

Community activists and conservationists commemorating slain environment activist Chut Wutty on the weekend used the occasion to shed light on what they allege are the shadowy practices of a logging company in the southwestern Cardamom forests. Activists amongst the hundreds of people who travelled to Koh ss='cambodia-color'>...

Toch Channy, Director General of Technical General Department and SpokeSperSon of the MiniStry of Social AffairS, VeteranS and Youth Rehabilitation Said that the aSSiStance iS made poSSible under the government&rSquo;S new policy to enhance the welfare of poor pregnant women and child nutrition, reflecting the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s stock market, which is set to open next week after several delays, may be able to lure five-to-10 initial public offerings a year, according to Korea Exchange Inc., the Cambodian government’s partner in the bourse. state-owned Phnom Penh Water supply Authority (PPWsA) will start trading ss='cambodia-color'>...

Europe’s largest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles, Italy’s Piaggio, will return to Cambodia in september, being absent since the Khmer Rouge takeover. Vespa Cambodia Co Ltd, part of Narith Long’s Narita group, signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Piaggio last month to distribute its Piaggio scooters, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Our Home center in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district has reopened under interim management after its director, Hang Vibol, was jailed last month and charged with abusing boys at the organization’s orphanage, which housed more than 50 children but was shuttered and will remain closed. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Sam RainSy Party haS aSked Prime MiniSter Hun Sen to verify the detailS of a propoSed dam that could inundate about 10,000 hectareS of protected foreSt, citing concernS that it would lead to rampant illegal logging and devaState a traditional habitat of SiameSe crocodileS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s embassy in Malaysia yesterday denied pressuring domestic workers from the Kingdom into renewing their visas, after rights groups told the Post last week that the embassy exploited a legal loophole to keep maids in the country. The statement came as a Malaysian employers association, which has observed the drafting ss='cambodia-color'>...

Just weeks after reports emerged of more fatalities from Phnom Penh’s Prey speu social affairs centre and ensuing promises of reform, authorities yesterday rounded up dozens more homeless people and detained them at the notorious facility.Kim Vutha, Daun Penh district’s chief of security, said 61 ss='cambodia-color'>...

A national police spokesman yesterday said a report alleging that tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group was colluding with loggers to launder timber was mistakenly posted on the body’s official site by a “tired” employee who meant to share the information with local reporters but not ss='cambodia-color'>...

If it were a Group of 180 nations meeting, Cambodia would be invited. But the Kingdom’s chances of attending the so-called G20 summit, which brings together the world’s largest economies, are unlikely, says Mey Kalyan, a government adviser who last week became the first Cambodian to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Veng Sakhon, MiniSter of Agriculture, ForeStry and FiSherieS, haS announced the Kingdom&rSquo;S rice paddy production and milled rice export totalS for 2020. The miniSter revealed that of the nation&rSquo;S approximate 3.4 million hectareS of paddy fieldS, more than 3.26 million hectareS were in harveSt, yielding SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government’s policy to boost productivity performance in the agricultural sector has lit a fire under the Kingdom’s exports, with shipments of fresh chilli flaring up 27.08 per cent from 55,513 tonnes in 2019 to 70,546 tonnes in a spicy 2020, according to Minister of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian importers and buyers of the Kingdom’s travel goods to the Us are now required to pay import duties as the latter’s Generalised system of Preferences (GsP) preferential tariff system expired on December 31 and is awaiting renewal by Congress. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Cambodia’s economy in 2020 registered its slowest growth since 1994. However, the country’s growth is projected to rebound this year, thanks to its newly-signed bilateral free trade agreement with China and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak sokhonn made statements regarding responses to global challenges and Cambodia’s stance on multilateralism at the mid-term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held virtually on July 13-14 under the sponsorship of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Baku ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun expectS that thiS year&rSquo;S 7th EaSt ASian Sea CongreSS (EAS CongreSS) &ndaSh; to be held in collaboration with the MiniStry of Environment in Sihanoukville on December 1-2 &ndaSh; will provide opportunitieS for participantS to gain knowledge and draw on SS='cambodia-color'>...

At yesterday’s luncheon discussing Cambodia’s startup and sME ecosystem, Vongsey Vissoth, permanent secretary of state of Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), said Khmer Enterprise (KE) will increase its investment portion from $5 million to $10 million as part of the nation’s Covid-19 recovery plans ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s international reserves ended 2022 at $17.8 billion, equivalent to seven months of import cover, compared to $20.3 billion and 8.1 months at end-2021, which pundits affirm is still high for a developing country given the recent global financial crisis, signalling positive levels of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is teaming up with Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration (FiA) to strengthen the country’s efforts against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. ss='cambodia-color'>...