The faintings between January and August were much higher than The 802 reported in The whole of last year, while only one factory worker died in The workplace in 2013, The Free Trade Union of Workers of The Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC) said in a ...

Cambodia will establish commercial centres in three major Chinese cities to provide information and support to Chinese traders and investors looking to do business in the Cambodian market, a Commerce Ministry official said yesterday. ...

With wage negotiations slated for later this month, the head of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia has warned that the country could lose hundreds of thousands of jobs if workers win their demand for a minimum wage of $207 per month. ...

The World Bank upgraded Monday its GDP growth forecast for Cambodia to 7.0 percent for this year, up 0.3 of a percentage point from its last projection in December. “In Cambodia, a likely stabilization in high-income country conditions should support furTher improvements in garment production and ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has reportedly continued to urge pragmatism in drafting The legal framework of draft union law ahead of The public consultation later this week, demanding a reflection of interests from both workers and employers in The country’s garment sector.  ...

Fish imports from Belize, Guinea and Cambodia are to be banned from the European Union, and three more countries have been warned their imports are in danger, in the first major sanction against countries that allow illegal fishing operations to carry on under their countries’ ...

The German government yesterday confirmed it has suspended preferential visa treatment for private travel by members of The Cambodian government, including Prime Minister Hun Sen and his family, following The dissolution of The opposition CNRP. ...

The Centre for Excellence on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition (CE SAIN) – a joint development effort by The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, The Royal University of Agriculture, Kansas State University in The US and The US government’s USAID development agency – inaugurated ...

Southeast Asia’s youthful population is embracing the internet and rapidly connecting to the digital economy, creating enormous potential for economic growth throughout the region, panellists at the World Economic Forum on Asean said yesterday. Addressing a panel discussion on “the Asean Dream”, Kao Kim Hourn, the ...

The Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) has urged The relevant ministries and institutions, especially The government, to present The blueprint for The development of Tamouk Lake to The public and to respect The rights of those living along it. ...

The Kampong Speu provincial authority said on Wednesday that its task force has completed registering thousands of families in Oral district who have been locked in a long-running land dispute with a sugar plantation owned by a well-connected tycoon. ...

South Korean investment in Cambodia’s agricultural industry, especially its food-processing sector, could result in the export of more value-added products that could help transform the Kingdom’s economy, a senior official at the Council for the Development of Cambodia and Korean officials told an investment forum ...

The Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) met with visiting National Council for Solidarity Front for The Development of Cambodia MoTherland (SFDCM) here on Monday to discuss future cooperation. The Cambodian delegation is visiting Vientiane from Saturday to Wednesday to furTher strengThen relations between The two ...

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld The decisions of The lower courts in The case of Seng Chenda, wife of well-known tycoon Khaou Chuly, upholding a 20-year prison sentence for attempted murder, a court official said. According to judge Khim Pon, presiding, The court agreed with ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Wednesday officially launched The country’s national clearing system in order to increase efficiency and expand clearing and settlement services for inter-bank transactions. A central bank statement said that The central system can clear and settle payment instruments such as ...

Cambodia annulled licenses to four private firms whose concession of 40,000 hectares threatens Prey Lang, one of the richest national forests. A letter from the Council of Ministers to the Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Mining, in charge of managing the forests and the natural resources, ...

The European Union yesterday pledged to support Cambodia with three grants totaling $54 million, including one payment to help bolster The country’s ability to organize its public finances, officials announced at a press conference in Phnom Penh. “The E.U. will continue to support Cambodia with ...

European Union (E.U.) Ambassador to Cambodia Jean-Francois Cautain distanced himself Monday from a European Parliament resolution calling for an independent investigation into July’s disputed national election and the killing of five striking garment workers this month. the European Parliament on Thursday passed the resolution, which urges ...

The latest CBRE Cambodia Market View on The industrial market is upbeat about investment in The Kingdom, despite frequently touted political risks. “Cambodia remains an attractive destination for industrial work and operations, with low inflation rates of 2.9 per cent and comparatively low minimum wages,” says ...

A group of nine Montagnard asylum seekers hiding out in Ratanakkiri province had a close brush with law enforcement officials yesterday, even as a new group of the Vietnamese ethnic minority crossed the border into Cambodia, a rights group and a villager helping the hiding ...