The government of Brunei on Saturday Signed a one-year contract to purchaSe 3,000 tonS of jaSmine or fragrant rice from Cambodia, the firSt Such deal reached by the two ASian nationS. The deal waS inked between Pg Haji Mohd Noordin B PLP Pg Haji Mohd Said, SS='cambodia-color'>...

A Malaysian Court yesterday sentenced a couple to 24 years in jail for culpable homicide after their Cambodian maid starved to death while working for them in their home on the northwest coast of Penag, Agence France Press (AFP) reported. Cambodian opposition lawmaker and former ss='cambodia-color'>...

A woman was killed and at least six others shot yesterday morning when police fired live ammunition into a crowd of hundreds of rioting garment workers in the capital’s stung Meanchey district. UN reports said police also arrested 37 people, including seven monks, as a result ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday accused certain groups of trying to hold the nation “hostage,” saying his government was functioning normally despite opposition calls for him to resign and hold fresh elections following disputed polls. His administration has also drawn criticism over its heavy ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Defence Minister Tea Banh insists neither Cambodian armed men nor soldiers had entered Thailand to carry out violence in Thailand during the political crisis. Defence Ministry spokesman Phapathip sawangsaeng yesterday said Gen Tea Banh made his remark during a meeting with caretaker Defence Minister Yuthasak ss='cambodia-color'>...

SAN FRANCISCO&nbSp;&mdaSh; The Oddar Meanchey REDD+ (Reduced EmiSSionS for DeforeStation and Degradation) project in Cambodia iS the firSt in the world to complete verification of emiSSion reductionS under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) with a triple gold Climate, Community and BiodiverSity (CCB) accreditation for emiSSion SS='cambodia-color'>...

Improved transportation links will assist further economic growth in the region, as Cambodia’s economy continues to improve, officials said yesterday.  Ministers from Cambodia as well as China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar met yesterday at the 17th Greater Mekong subregion Ministerial Conference held in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...

Amid safety fears in the construction industry, authorities yesterday refused to reveal the owner of a brand-new industrial building that crashed to the ground in Phnom Penh on sunday, just days before hundreds were to have set foot in it. sen sok district governor Khoun sreng ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday held a conference to discuss the next steps in Cambodia’s economic development. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has released the results of a five-week poll involving one million young people and suggestions from a series of student-led #ENDviolence Youth Talks. Among the findings from the poll and youth talks was that 85.7 percent of young ss='cambodia-color'>...

Up to 750,000 Vietnamese people are believed to be living in Cambodia, about 5 percent of the country’s population, but no one knows for sure. They are almost universally stateless. Few qualify for Cambodian citizenship. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s anti-money laundering agency is unable to investigate or penalise financial institutions that break the law, leaving the country open to exploitation by organised crime, according to a senior official in the unit.The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the top international anti-money laundering and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday concluded the trial of a former consular official with the Foreign Ministry accused of falsifying government documents to facilitate the sale of millions of dollars’ worth of luxury timber to Vietnam when he was stationed in Ho Chi Minh ss='cambodia-color'>...

After her third UN fact-finding mission to Cambodia, special rapporteur Rhona smith issued a searing review of the human rights situation in the country, stating that the days of the government evoking the troubles of the past century as an excuse for its present shortcomings ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that the ongoing detention of opposition leader Kem sokha was legal, despite claims his parliamentary immunity had been violated – and in spite of the fact that neither the accused nor his representatives were present. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Even as the skyline of Phnom Penh grows with the symbols of modern architecture, Cambodia’s economy still faces a host of challenges. On the surface, Cambodia’s economy is certainly improving. In september, the IMF raised its 2012 GDP growth forecast from 6.3 to 6.5 percent ss='cambodia-color'>...

Unions and labour rights groups have spent recent months unashamedly drilling home a stark reminder: Cambodia’s minimum garment wage, at $61 per month, compares poorly with those in Thailand – where workers earn more than $200 a month – and Vietnam, which has a base ss='cambodia-color'>...

After two years of assembling Hyundai vehicles in Cambodia for the domestic market, south Korea-based Hyundai Motor Company is increasing its production to meet rising demand, aiming to reach 800 units in 2013, a company’s representative said. Located in the Koh Kong special Economic Zone, ss='cambodia-color'>...

“I don’t know what I was expecting, but I wasn’t going expecting to look out the bus window and see all the blue bags along the roads and in the fields,” said 27-year-old Christopher Convery, who is currently backpacking for the first time in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

While significant obstacles remain, the success of the rice sector is a potentially crucial driver in Cambodia’s prosperous and equitable development. Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements recently, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...