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'>...

The saga of the stalled $240 million Gold Tower 42 was revived last week when it emerged that a supplier for the project had accused the owner and builder of failing to pay out nearly $500,000 in fees, according to an injunction request obtained by ss='cambodia-color'>...

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While the opposition party steps up its efforts to persuade the international community to cut ties with a government it says was formed by a “constitutional coup”, lawyers and analysts yesterday questioned whether the party’s reasoning has any legal basis. In a letter sent to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 16.9% growth in september according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information department. The country attracted 283,787 visits compared to 242,747 during the same month in 2012. Released by the Ministry of Tourism, late last week, data showed the percentage ss='cambodia-color'>...

Injecting methamphetamines is on the rise in Cambodia, particularly among younger addicts, as recreational users have begun to switch from smoking and pill-popping to mainlining, a report by the Australian National Council on Drugs suggests. The report, released yesterday, details how amphetamine-type stimulants (ATs) and their ss='cambodia-color'>...

Small and Medium enterpriSeS (SMES) in Cambodia have So far Seen an increaSe, reaching the number of around 560,000. However, thiS Sector doeS not grow with reliability and the capacity in buSineSS operation doeS not go to international market Standard or Standardization of free market. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Political instability has done little to dampen Vietnam’s appetite for investment in Cambodia, the latest figures revealed yesterday by Prime Minister Hun sen show. Last year, Vietnamese investment reached $302 million, up 250 per cent from $86 million in 2012, according to the prime minister, who ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 4.7% growth in March according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information Department. The country attracted 400,076 visits compared to 382,206 during the same month last year. Released by the Ministry of Tourism, late last week, data showed Vietnam led the field ss='cambodia-color'>...

After a third day of questioning, during which the plaintiff’s story allegedly changed, the head of Cambodia’s largest independent garment union is in the dark as to where his case stands. Investigating judge Chea sok Heang yesterday did not set a date for further questioning and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation SayS three more airlineS will apply for an Air Operator Certificate over the firSt quarter of 2015. The SSCA general director, Kao Sivorn, told local media that three carrierS have applied with an intention of Serving regional routeS, but declined SS='cambodia-color'>...

According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the greatest obstacle to foreign investment in the Cambodian economy is the country’s deep energy shortfall. According to Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy, the situation has not improved much in more than a decade, with only ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ruling party lawmaker Chheang Vun yesterday said opposition parliamentarian Um sam An’s legal immunity could be suspended for criticising National Assembly President Heng samrin, but refused to specify what law, if any, the Cambodia National Rescue Party member had broken. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Holding her husband’s hand through prison bars yesterday, Tith Narin delivered the heartbreaking news – their eldest son was dead.Narin’s husband, Ouk Pich samnang, was one of 11 Cambodia National Rescue Party activists convicted on Tuesday for his alleged role in a protest that turned ss='cambodia-color'>...

A forest peoples’ network has appealed to tycoon Try Pheap to issue a written commitment to put a halt to his companies’ deforestation activities after he told the Post last week that his logging days are over. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin has grown again after he was handed a handful of new jobs on Tuesday, including advising the prime minister on anti-corruption efforts and overseeing the Council of Jurists and “one-window” service for foreign investors. ss='cambodia-color'>...