Cambodia’s garment and footwear exports will likely see a slower percentage of growth this year at around 5 percent, compared with 7 percent in 2016, a trend that industry insiders dismissed as not being indicative of an overall decline or linked to the current political ss='cambodia-color'>...

One day after it was revealed that the United states would discontinue funding for the Cambodian government’s explosives removal body, the Us Embassy said it would fund a separate “world-class removal program” in the eastern part of the country, following a competitive bidding process. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Environment has appealed to authorities and the community to protect a temple discovered in Prey Lang forest in Kampong Thom province’s sandan district. Minister of Environment say sam Al lead a delegation to visit Trapaing Prers temple in Prey Lang forest last ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday that the majority of road damage in the country was caused by overloaded cement trucks. Mr Hun sen made the comments while presiding over the inauguration ceremony for the Chip Mong Insee Cement Cooperation in Kampot province’s Banteay Meas ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of people from 10 villages in svay Rieng province’s Krasaing commune claim that Mittapheap Rubber Tree Company has been clearing parts of their community-owned forest illegally for more than a year. On Tuesday, residents involved in the land dispute took matters into their own hands. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Broadcasting service launched the Kingdom’s first 24-hour news channel, Cambodian News Channel, to great fanfare last night at its new studios. During the launch, Kith Meng, chairman of both Royal Group and the new channel, said this news channel would further the development of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Investors in Cambodia’s northeast on Monday announced an investment in a cassava-processing plant in Battambang province. Prak Phoung Kesoa, assistant CEO at Battambang Agro-Industry, said yesterday that the plant would be 100 per cent Cambodian owned ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s rice exports in 2012 may fall significantly compared to last year, due to high fuel prices, soaring logistics costs and high prices. According to local sources, Cambodian rice shipments to Europe this month are at a $200 markup per container over those from Thailand and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy Prime Minister Men sam An has called for the greater use of local products in the tourism sector, as products from overseas that continue to supply the industry result in a 25 per cent loss in revenue for Cambodia’s Us$2 billion-a-year tourism industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Prey Lang Community Network of anti-logging activists announced yesterday that late last month it had accepted the Alexander soros Foundation’s $25,000 Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Environmental and Human Rights Activism on behalf of slain environmental crusader Chut Wutty. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local NGOs on Friday urged more participation in land dispute resolution by the nation’s youth. Youth participation can mean better laws, better application of those laws and greater respect for citizens, “especially for farmers and the poor,” said Chhit sam Ath, executive director of the NGO ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thailand’s Foreign Ministry Permanent secretary sihasak Phuangketkeow will visit neighbouring Cambodia this week.   Mr sihasak, in his capacity as Acting Foreign Minister, is scheduled to visit Phnom Penh on Tuesday and Wednesday July 1 and 2 to deepen bilateral ties between the two nations. ss='cambodia-color'>...

City Hall met with urban planning experts and officials from relevant ministries Tuedsay to discuss building a new overpass on Russian Boulevard, near the Institute of Technology, and extending the existing paved walkway along Phnom Penh’s riverside to Koh Pich bridge, according to Chrean sophann, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of six ethnic communities in Mondulkiri’s sen Monorom town yesterday accused local authorities of blocking their efforts to protect community and wildlife sanctuary forests, where they say luxury timbers are logged by Villas Development, a company co-owned by the wife of Mondulkiri Deputy Governor ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh on Tuesday offered grave warnings to anyone who “tries to topple the current government.” The minister appeared to be addressing the opposition, which has said it will call for mass demonstrations if election reform is not enacted by the ruling Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...

Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando yeSterday promiSed to once again defy Phnom Penh Municipal Hall and go ahead with an unSanctioned March 31 proteSt againSt the MiniStry of Information&rSquo;S refuSal to give him a televiSion licence and more relay frequencieS to extend the reach of SS='cambodia-color'>...

A group of villagers from Koh Kong’s Areng Valley gathered outside the offices of Flora & Fauna International (FFI) in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding a say in a project designed to relocate endangered siamese crocodiles from the site of the planned stung Cheay Areng dam. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Hong said that Cambodia is committed and willing to improve the country’s human rights and democracy record. Namhong said during a meeting yesterday with Ms. Flavia Pansieri, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Russia invites some Ministers of Cambodia to visit Russia to sign Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral consultation between the two countries, a government official said. The invitation was made during a meeting Monday between Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Dmitry Tsvetkov, new Russian Ambassador to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly approved changes to the country’s customs law yesterday, in order to comply with Association of southeast Asian Nations intergration standards. The changes demand border operations increase human resources, reduce paperwork and modernise procedures in order to simplify border exchange and facilitate trade between ss='cambodia-color'>...