Rising water temperatures are affecting fisheries and marine life, said several representatives of Cambodia’s aquaculture industry, and the effect is decreasing seed production and lowering aquaculture farmers’ productivity. say sorn, president of aquaculture seed production in siem Reap province, told the Post yesterday that water temperature ss='cambodia-color'>...

Farmers can expect better rice paddy yields this year compared to last year after the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday predicted that the rainy season would run from mid-May until November with only a short dry spell. Chhomg sopal, agriculture development ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japanese retail company MUJI announced the development of an eco-friendly natural dyeing plant in Cambodia, a press release on sunday said. The plan is part of the Business Call to Action, a global initiative supported by several international organisations and hosted by the UN Development Programme ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temples, one of the world heritage sites, generated an annual revenue of 30 million U.s. dollars from ticket sales, Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister sok An said sunday. Last year, the temples attracted 2.06 million foreigners, up 28 percent year-on-year, he ss='cambodia-color'>...

A well-known community representative who has long battled alleged land-grabbing by economic land concessionaire Pheapimex Group was arrested on fraud accusations and jailed in Pursat province’s Krakor district yesterday.Fellow community representative Lun sivy, 42, said Kuch Veng, a member of the Cambodian Peace Network, was ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived for an official three-day visit sunday, during which he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Hun sen as well as inaugurate a new Vietnamese-funded hospital and attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a bridge linking the two countries. Tran ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 1,000 workers at one of Asia’s largest garment-processing factories have joined more than 4,000 who began a strike last week, as union workers demanded the company meet nine conditions, including severing ties with a shareholder. Employees at the sL2 factory of sL Garment Processing (Cambodia) ss='cambodia-color'>...

ASX-liSted junior Brighton Mining Group on WedneSday announced that it would buy two unliSted companieS to gain control of high-grade manganeSe project in IndoneSia, and gold projectS in Cambodia. Brighton Mining holdS a 70% Shareholding in Summer Gold InveStmentS, which holdS two mineral conceSSion areaS SS='cambodia-color'>...

A 31-year-old man was killed on Monday when part of an illegally dug gold mine collapsed in Battambang’s Phnom Proek district, commune officials said yesterday. Bon Boern, 31, died at the scene, while Ath Kri, 21, was treated at the provincial hospital for a head injury, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Philippine Airlines plans to launch flights between the Philippines and Cambodia, according to an aviation official. The move would break the monopoly of domestic competitor Cebu Pacific Air, which started flying the route in April last year. Aviation authorities in the Philippines sent a letter to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Factories in svay Rieng province’s Manhattan special Economic Zone have fired or suspended at least 50 workers – and are pursuing legal action against some – for participating in a strike last month that saw some 30,000 walk off the job. Heads of the Collective Union ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minor Hotel Group Ltd (MHG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thailand-listed Minor International Public Company Limited (MINT), has acquired majority ownership of siem Reap-based sothea Boutique Resort to strengthen MINT’s presence in southeast Asia. After the $6.4 million deal, the sothea Resort will be rebranded ss='cambodia-color'>...

Clothing giant H&M is testing the garment production waters by entering into exclusivity agreements with factories in Cambodia and Bangladesh, according to a report from Bloomberg News yesterday. This means that sweden-based H&M would buy all of the factory’s output. H&M, it seems, would still be ss='cambodia-color'>...

The KeyBridge International (Hong Kong) Investment Company has acquired 65 percent shares of a Cambodian telecommunications company EMAXX in an amount of 15 million U.s. dollars, officials of the two companies announced Wednesday. “EMAXX has converted from a family business into a joint venture,” Ai Min, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Five men in Koh Kong province could be prosecuted for stealing from a construction crew after the group allegedly seized tools in January, preventing the construction team from building fences in their village. Police summonsed the villagers from Kiri sakor district’s Prek Khsach commune for questioning ss='cambodia-color'>...

Aeon Co, the Japanese firm developing the soon-to-be-opened Aeon Mall on Phnom Penh’s sothearos Boulevard, has reported a record $62.3 billion in revenue for its financial year ending February 28. The company, which has more than 260 subsidiaries, including the shopping centre development arm Aeon Mall ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh City Hall has purchased 40 secondhand buses from south Korea for an expansion of the city’s fledgling public bus service, said a municipal official who declined to reveal the details of the order. City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said the buses are slotted to ss='cambodia-color'>...

An ongoing land dispute may become more than just an embittered ordeal for three Khmer Krom villagers after officials requested yesterday that a Takeo court levy them huge fines. According to representatives from Borei Choslar district’s sangkum Meanchey village, they are only farming barren land that ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kandal province’s Tuol Reachea pagoda has been ordered shut for a week after authorities yesterday broke into the living quarters of Thean Vuthy, a man who claims to be the next Buddha, and found jewellery and other “irregular” items. The joint force from the Ministry of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four of six men arrested on Thursday for allegedly clearing more than three hectares of protected forest within Mondulkiri’s seima Biodiversity Conservation Area were charged on saturday, court officials and rights monitors said yesterday. sou sovichea, provincial deputy prosecutor, confirmed yesterday that the four suspects charged ss='cambodia-color'>...