Cambodian Commerce Minister sun Chanthol says the country’s rice has a branding problem. With better branding, he told a group of officials at a roundtable recently, more rice would sell. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday called on banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) to suspend loan repayments by borrowers affected by this year’s drought, or either make the loans interest free or cut the rates. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A steel bridge in Mondulkiri province’s Pech Chreada district snapped in half on Monday under the weight of a truck police said was carrying more than twice the weight the structure was rated for. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kratie’s provincial authorities on Friday gave an ultimatum to over 100 families living in Damrei Phong commune in Chhloung district, telling them to get off their land or face legal action.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

A cache of anti-tank weapons, including mines and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were discovered by authorities near the Cambodia-Thai border in Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district on Tuesday, according to officials. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two trucks loaded with illegal timber were confiscated and five men were arrested en route to Vietnam on sunday night in Kratie province’s Chet Borei district, according to Military Police who made the arrests. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s freshwater Mekong dolphin population has increased by four, adding a quartet of calves in the first five months of 2016 while also seeing a drop in the mortality rate compared with last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s dependence on illegal child labor, despite its small population, is endemic compared to neighboring countries, according to Veng Heang, director of the Child Labor Department at the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Attempting to call attention to the havoc low rice prices are wreaking on their livelihoods, hundreds of farmers in Battambang’s sangke district took to the streets yesterday, symbolically pouring rice onto National Road 5. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The country’s small and Medium Enterprises (sMEs) have been urged to register with the Ministry of Industry by early next year, in order that government policy intended to aid competitiveness can be more effective. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The property sector in Preah sihanouk province seems to be booming, thanks to new project developments, the growth in tourism and a twinning program between the province and Zhencheng district in China’s Guangdong province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Chroy Changvar peninsula land disputants yesterday delivered a petition to the Ministry of Land Management rejecting City Hall’s proposal to take away 90 percent of their land for the development of a satellite city. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Svay Rieng province on Saturday Shut down a training SeSSion for 16 obServerS regiStered to monitor thiS Sunday&rSquo;S commune electionS, Saying it had not been Sanctioned by authoritieS, according to an organizer. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Apparent CPP Commune Chief-elect Chhay Thy yesterday pledged to tackle ongoing forestry crimes in Ratanakkiri’s Pate commune – a cause he strongly advocated for during his tenure as a human rights staffer at Adhoc. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry says the Malaysian government has taken notice of Thailand’s recent crackdown on illegal foreign workers and begun one of its own, wrangling 79 illegal Cambodian migrant workers in two weeks. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The deteriorating political climate in Cambodia and ramped up government rhetoric against the United states could end up jeopardising the Kingdom’s economic relations with the Us, its largest single trading partner, analysts have warned. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Conservation NGOs yesterday raised the issue of alleged land grabs in the country’s protected areas by the military and local authorities at a resources protection forum, asking Environment Minister say sam Al to intervene.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new tech-centered co-working space is challenging the country’s young leaders to find practical ways technology can be utilized to create a positive impact on the day-to-day lives of people. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A commune chief has filed an official complaint against two Cambodia Daily reporters who interviewed villagers in Ratanakkiri province as part of the newspaper’s commune election coverage, accusing them of arriving “with bad intentions.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia moved a step closer to becoming an oil-producing nation yesterday after the government finalised its long-awaited production-sharing agreement with singapore-listed KrisEnergy to develop the country’s first oil field. ss='cambodia-color'>...