Cambodia could soon become the next Asian country to reject the importation of rubbish from overseas, despite suggestions from the private sector that Cambodia could burn waste to produce electricity. According to The Guardian, China’s ban on foreign waste last year left developed nations struggling to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government yesterday ordered two NGOs to retract a critical report on the negative impacts of microloans after summoning their representatives for a meeting to defend their research. The report, published last month by Licadho and sahmakum Teang Tnaut, featured seven case studies of abuse chosen ss='cambodia-color'>...

Japan today will provide more than $1 million in grant aid to two NGO’s for demining work, community healthcare projects and children support networks. The signing ceremony for the grant assistance totalling $1,052,298 will be held in the Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh. An embassy statement ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday criticised calls from former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader sam Rainsy to boycott the July 29 elections as a “betrayal to the King, nation and people”. He also labelled Rainsy “stupid” in comparing himself with the late ss='cambodia-color'>...

Municipal police are considering implementing high-tech security cameras from China to help solve traffic accidents and crack down on crimes in the capital. Lieutenant General sar Thet, chief of Phnom Penh police, said on Facebook that he led a delegation in China yesterday to observe ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) last week approved 11 projects worth nearly $600 million. According to a post on CDC’s Facebook page yesterday, 11 projects were greenlighted on June 5-7, amounting to a total investment of $597 million. CDC estimates the projects will generate ss='cambodia-color'>...

City Hall will not allow the Cambodian Labour Confederation to stage a planned protest in front of the Labour Ministry today to demand a minimum wage for workers in the tourism, service and agriculture sectors. In letters, dated on Thursday and seen yesterday, Phnom Penh Governor ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government will grant social land concessions today to more than 200 poor families in Kratie province’s Chet Borei district. Provincial Governor Va Thorn yesterday said 223 poor families in Da commune, according to their size, would be given a total of 330 titles for between ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Health has banned the sale of medicine without a legal permit at supermarkets, mini-marts and baby shops nationwide. It said offenders face strict legal measures, including fines of up to 10 million riel ($2,500). A letter signed by secretary of state at ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 300 kakoh logs were confiscated on Monday by Ratanakkiri provincial anti-financial crime police, in cooperation with Banlung district authorities at a secret timber storage site in Yeak Loam commune’s Labo village. The logs have been handed over to local Forestry Administration officials pending legal procedures. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Khmer Silk Centre at the Royal UniverSity of Phnom Penh (RUPP) waS inaugurated on WedneSday, with the aim of booSting reSearch in the Kingdom&rSquo;S Silk induStry.​ Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, MiniSter of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron hoped that the centre SS='cambodia-color'>...

A new Prey Sar priSon building &ndaSh; part of the Scrapped VIP priSon project &ndaSh; waS handed over to the MiniStry of Interior&rSquo;S General Department of PriSonS on Friday and will be put into operation Soon. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday confirmed that Cambodia will extract the first drop of oil from the Apsara oilfield in Cambodia’s offshore Block A by mid-2020. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Monday (Nov. 18) that Cambodia has yet to approve the Taiwanese government’s request to establish a representative office in the country after Taiwanese business owners complained about the inconvenience of document processing. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A secret ballot yesterday failed to resolve garment union splits over what to demand at upcoming minimum wage talks, with at least one independent union rejecting the majority vote of $158 and vowing to put forward $178.The division came a day after Labour Ministry spokesman ss='cambodia-color'>...

The International Labor Organization says a new National Employment Policy will improve the country’s economy for the young generation.The policy, drafted with the help of sweden, aims to increase “decent and productive” employment opportunities, enhance skills and human resources development, and strengthen labor market governance, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Siem Reap iS gearing up for thiS year&rSquo;S Angkor Sankranti from April 14 to 16 and hopeS to attract more than the almoSt one million people who viSited laSt year, with hotelS and gueSthouSeS already being booked out.&nbSp;Ang Seila, manager of ReServe and Duty at SS='cambodia-color'>...

Following a Monday announcement from the Agriculture Ministry that provincial officials must ensure that the country’s rice millers pay adequate prices for rice paddy, the ministry followed up yesterday, saying that working groups had started discussing the situation with rice millers and rice farmers. In a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Top-scoring candidates from this year’s grade 12 national exam will be given free passes to train as pre-school and primary teachers in an effort to improve the quality of the education system.Prime Minister Hun sen approved a request from Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The country’s lower class will receive a series of tax breaks starting in 2016, Prime Minister Hun sen announced Thursday, with tariffs on motorbikes, tuk-tuks and farm machinery to be waived, along with fees at stalls in state-owned markets.striking a populist tone during the inauguration ss='cambodia-color'>...