The government on Tuesday said it had “noted” 25 recommendations made by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), saying they were part of a political agenda and linked to the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). It accepted the other 173 recommendations ss='cambodia-color'>...

A feasibility study on the construction of a new airport in the Kingdom will be launched later this year, according to a Ministry of Tourism spokesman on Monday. The plan was approved last week in a meeting held by the Ministry of Economy and Finance ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Public Works and Transport Ministry on Friday said it plans to spend about $170 million to improve sihanoukville’s wastewater treatment system and deal with floods. Transport Minister sun Chanthol said during a workshop in the capital that he will push for the budget to be ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia, which has shed its status of ‘sick man of Asia’ is becoming more competitive economically, and the world is starting to notice it. The 2019 Global Competitiveness Report, which was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Oct 8, ranked Cambodia 106th out of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is aiming to no longer rely on Vietnam and Thailand for bandwidth and access to the international internet gateway. Prime Minister Hun sen during a cabinet meeting on Friday told Post and Telecommunication Ministry officials to look into how the Kingdom can have its own ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior government officialS Said yeSterday that Cambodia needS about 35,000 engineerS between 2018 and 2020 to Serve in Several SectorS. Pich Sophorn, Secretary of State at the Labour MiniStry and alSo vice chairman of the Board of EngineerS Cambodia, Said yeSterday at the board&rSquo;S annual SS='cambodia-color'>...

Shenzhou International Group HoldingS, a leading ChineSe clothing manufacturer, on WedneSday broke ground for the conStruction of a new 150-million-U.S.-dollar garment factory here after operating in the country for 14 yearS. Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed ForceS, and ChineSe SS='cambodia-color'>...

A fact-finding mission sent by the European Union will arrive in Cambodia late this month or early April, European Union Ambassador George Edgar announced this week. During a meeting Tuesday, the EU Ambassador told Minister of Commerce Pan sorasak that an EU delegation is scheduled ss='cambodia-color'>...

Inspired by their affection for the environment, a desire to have a clean and beautiful city, and wanting to send a message to people to stop littering, a group of some two dozen volunteer youths have taken to picking up trash day and night from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives of families embroiled in a land dispute with Union Development Group (UDG) on Monday gathered in front of the Ministry of Environment in a bid to bring about a speedy solution to the ongoing case. The villagers from Koh Kong province’s Koh sdech and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Workers, union leaders and politicians have expressed fear over the consequences of losing access to the EU’s “Everything But Arms” (EBA) agreement – something analysts have described as “manageable”. A team from the European Commission and European External Action service is currently in Cambodia for ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) recently noted that investors are facing difficulties finding warehouse space to rent at special economic zones in the country. CCC’s vice president Lim Heng told Khmer Times that the rapid rise of investment going into the country has left little warehouse space ss='cambodia-color'>...

Smart Axiata Co Ltd, the Kingdom&rSquo;S leading mobile telecommunicationS operator, contributed nearly $374 million to the Cambodian economy laSt year, accounting for 1.5 per cent of groSS domeStic product (GDP), itS CEO ThomaS Hundt Said on WedneSday. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government welcomes investment from Germany in the Kingdom’s solar and renewable energy sector as local demand for electricity continues to rise between 15 to 20 per cent annually, Ministry of Mines and Energy official Victor Jona said on Tuesday in Phnom Penh. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Exports of fresh fish and fish products fell significantly during the first nine months of the year, raising concerns about businesses and families operating in the Kingdom’s fisheries sector.Fresh and frozen fish export shipments fell 21 per cent during the first nine months of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

A banking sector initiative launched yesterday aims to advise Cambodia’s financial sector on best practices for sustainable lending while capitalising on the growing pool of international funds that could flow into green and socially responsible projects. The sustainable Finance Initiative will conduct two years of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The increased cultivation area of Kampot pepper has offset losses due to drought, with farmers of the premium quality peppercorn estimating that production could reach 80 tonnes in the coming harvest, nearly 40 per cent more than last season. The association’s 242 members have planted ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Rural Development on Friday announced that more than half of Cambodians now have access to improved sanitation such as latrines.According to the ministry’s statement, 47 per cent of Cambodians now lack access to improved sanitation, compared to 89 per cent in 1990.The ss='cambodia-color'>...

The victory of Aung San Suu Kyi&rSquo;S movement in Burma after yearS of military rule and repreSSion iS already Starting to unnerve autocratS nearby. LaSt week, Sam RainSy, an oppoSition leader in Cambodia, declared that the democratS&rSquo; “reSounding” victory “haS created panic among the laSt SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian women face many obstacles to success in education, including domestic violence and sexual violence, but an increasing number of them are seeking higher education and more work skills.More than 50 percent of Cambodia’s population is female, and many see the new generation as a ss='cambodia-color'>...