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'>...

True Money, a new entrant to Cambodia’s growing mobile money-transfer market, said yesterday it will start operations across the Kingdom from January 1, with the first phase focusing only on local transfers, according to a company official.The money-transfer service, which comes under the Thailand-based Charoen ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least three people were injured in a grenade attack on street 163 in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Keng Kang III commune at about 7:40pm yesterday evening, police said. The victims did not appear to be the intended targets of the grenade, which was tossed under a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday that China gave assurances that it will grant greater access for Cambodia’s agricultural products to enter its markets. “It is my mission to ensure that domestic goods, especially agricultural products, can be exported to China in greater quantities. I just ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of mothers who died in labour has nearly halved over the past four years, down from 182 fatalities in 2011 to 100 this year, the ministry’s research commission into maternal mortality revealed yesterday.The dramatically reduced death rate was largely due to improvements in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on saturday sent his condolences to the government and people of Egypt over the death of former Egyptian Foreign Minister and secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who passed away on February 16 at the age of 93. Along with ss='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition on Tuesday appeared to wobble toward an end to its almost five-month boycott of the National Assembly, despite having seemingly achieved no notable concessions from the ruling party. he CNRP has sat out full National Assembly sessions since May to protest a court ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nget Khun, a 76-year-old known to some in Cambodia’s capital as “Grandma Mommy,” hasn’t had a quiet retirement. A World Bank spokesperson said the bank is in discussions with the government about “how to support the country’s development in a way that benefits all Cambodians.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

After weeks of occasionally tumultuous negotiations saw 2016’s minimum wage for garment workers raised to $140 earlier this month, Prime Minister Hun sen warned yesterday that the new rate could cause factories to flee Cambodia, even though he was credited with personally intervening to push ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local rubber producers yesterday expressed little enthusiasm to attend this year’s Global Rubber Conference, which opens today in Ho Chi Minh City, voicing pessimism about the gloomy market for natural rubber and scepticism on whether the conference would yield any solutions to producers’ pricing problems.Among ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sixteen memberS of the US CongreSS have Signed a joint letter to Prime MiniSter Hun Sen calling on the premier to “immediately ceaSe the haraSSment and perSecution” of the oppoSition.The letter, Sent late laSt week, pointed to the National ASSembly&rSquo;S deciSion laSt month to expel SS='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives for garment sector employers and employees will vote on Wednesday for their respective final proposals for the new minimum wage next year.​ Two weeks ago, members of the tripartite minimum wage negotiations began a series of meetings to discuss their various salary proposals. The Garment Manufacturers ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite longstanding criticism of the Arbitration Council, Labor Minister Ith samheng defended the government mediation body during a meeting yesterday, saying it represented workers’ best chances at solving labor disputes.During a discussion with members of the Fair Work Commission of Australia on Friday, Mr. samheng ss='cambodia-color'>...

The developer of Banhji, a locally developed accounting platform aimed at small- and medium-size enterprises (sMEs), is in talks with investors to secure funding as part of a plan to expand the application beyond Cambodia. Officially launched in October after a four-month beta testing period, ss='cambodia-color'>...