Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises (sMEs) are busily preparing for the AsEAN Economic Community’s free flow of goods in 2015 and are probably not that different from the other 10 AsEAN member states’ own sMEs.  Te Taing Por, president of the Federation of Associations for ss='cambodia-color'>...

The persistence of dangerous and demeaning forms of work remains a major challenge for the Kingdom’s development, according to the UN’s annual Human Development Report (HDR) launched yesterday by the United Nations Development Programme.Dubbed “Work for Human Development”, the 2015 report finds the Asia-Pacific region home ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia will push to finalise a rice-exporting bloc with four other regional countries by the end of the year in a bid to become the world’s “food basket”, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The group of countries including Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar – ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open source software is an important way forward and a useful impetus for development in Cambodia, according to attendees of the Kingdom’s first software conference this weekend. The conference, which centred on TYPO3, an open source content management system (CMs), was held this past weekend ss='cambodia-color'>...

Problems continue to grow for Khmer National United Party President Nhek Bun Chhay in the wake of the prime minister’s decision to terminate his role as a government adviser, with at least two members of his group defecting to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in ss='cambodia-color'>...

SuSpected timber SmugglerS have gotten off the hook in the vaSt majority of buStS that have followed Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S January call for a crackdown on the illegal timber trade, a PoSt analySiS haS revealed. In the wake of the prime miniSter&rSquo;S creation of SS='cambodia-color'>...

Mr. BUN Tharum is currently a communications lead at InsTEDD iLab southeast Asia, a locally run innovation lab focused on the sustainable design and development of technologies for social good. A blogger and self-claimed digital diplomat in Cambodia since 2004, Tharum initiated the first technology ss='cambodia-color'>...

Beehive radio station director and accused “secessionist” Mam sonando was sent to Prey sar prison yesterday, where he will be detained until his trial on formal criminal charges including insurrection, a conviction that alone could result in up to 15 years behind bars. After two and ss='cambodia-color'>...

One of the two Boeung Kak lake residents released on bail from Prey sar prison on Friday is prepared to be a witness in the appeal trial of the 13 women convicted and sent to jail last month – but only if he is invited ss='cambodia-color'>...

China’s Export-Import Bank officials proposed to provide loans of up to Us$70 million for rice milling in an effort to aid Cambodia’s efforts to export a million tonnes of rice by 2015, government officials said yesterday. The bank’s officials visited Cambodia last week to met with Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...

In July, conservationists in Cambodia sounded the alarm over a regulation that saw eight protected areas in Koh Kong province collectively lose territory twice the size of Phnom Penh, the country’s capital. Officials said the move, affecting nearly 127,000 hectares (314,000 acres) under sub-decree No. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Prisons (GDP) is planning to establish an ad-hoc working group to cooperate with the Ratanakkiri Provincial Administration to find a solution to a land dispute concerning the provincial prison. The announcement followed a December report by a local online media outlet on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Changes to forestry and protected area laws are proceeding without enough public input, communities say, as drafts introduce hunting licenses and remove wording about ethnic minorities. The country’s Protected Areas Law and Forestry Law are being amended by the environment and agriculture ministries, respectively, sparking growing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific this year are projected to see better performances than in 2022 as the continued easing of pandemic restrictions boosts consumption, tourism and investment, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said, highlighting “China’s reopening is the main factor brightening ss='cambodia-color'>...

Techo Startup Center (TSC) would like to inform the public that: aS of May 15, 2023, TSC haS approved 22,656 uSer&rSquo;S requeStS to create a CamDigiKey account (for individual uSerS) Submitted through the CamDigiKey mobile application, in which each requeSt iS approved (SucceSSful) within 8 SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has urged Kampot and Kep provincial authorities to diligently manage and preserve salt marshes to sustain and enhance salt production. Manet emphasised the necessity of managing and conserving salt marshes, given the government’s classification of the product as a strategic commodity, during ss='cambodia-color'>...

By making information accessible to anyone with an internet connection, ODC facilitates rational, fact‑based dialogue, improved communication, strengthened policy making, and better development planning across all sectors. The ODC website has been featured on Le Petit Journal, an online French newspaper, as a case of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The global economic recovery this year continues to benefit Cambodian banks, although insiders said yesterday macro-economic press-ures were still weighing on the industry. some of Cambodia’s biggest banks had enjoyed a strong 2011 thanks to a rebound in lending, deposits and profits, officials said. Economists, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank has ceased funding Radio National Kampuchea (RNK) as of last month due to a failure to comply to the bank’s Demand for Good Governance Project agreement. The funding ended on June 30. The World Bank granted RNK Us $20 million with a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s total foreign reserves jumped to Us$3 billion in the first half of 2011, up from $2.7 billion at the end of last year, according to the National Bank of Cambodia. The reserves help to bolster the Kingdom’s financial standing, which in turn draws investor interest ss='cambodia-color'>...