During the third meeting of the joint-party Electoral Reform Commission on Monday, the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP agreed to 14 points for future discussion, but failed to address the central issue of reforming the National Election Committee. The CNRP entered the first round of talks ss='cambodia-color'>...

On the sidelines of a government event marking International Labor Day, Labor Minister Ith sam Heng on Thursday blamed recent strikes in Bavet City on unnamed provocateurs, but said efforts were underway to resolve the dispute. He also said that a government-ordered shutdown of the 30-plus ss='cambodia-color'>...

NGOs working in democracy, human rights and transparency all say they face a lack of cooperation from Cambodian authorities, especially in the provinces, a new report finds. The Cooperation Committee for Cambodia conducted research on Cambodia’s overall climate for civil society organizations, finding that those dealing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government data showed that Cambodia’s rice exports to the European Union had dropped by 30 percent in 2019, after the economic bloc imposed tariffs at the start of last year. Ministry of Agriculture data showed that rice exports dropped from 300,000 tons in 2018 to around ss='cambodia-color'>...

They came from down the road and from across the country, trailing flags and portraits in their wake. They paused to pin thin black ribbons and coarse patches of cloth onto blazing white shirts. And, one by one, starting early yesterday morning, Cambodian mourners lined the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following a government push for Cambodia’s largest state-owned firms to list on the Cambodia securities Exchange, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) said yesterday that it plans to float on the newly launched bourse. The port would join Telecom Cambodia and sihanoukville Autonomous Port, both of which ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government is planning to install surveillance equipment on the networks of Cambodia’s mobile phone operators and Internet service providers (IsPs), a senior Interior Ministry official said Tuesday, vindicating concerns about inspections the ministry quietly conducted on telecommunications firms in October. In October, officials from Lieutenant ss='cambodia-color'>...

The co-working and co-living space Outpost Cambodia announced details of a startup competition today that will offer a winning company free 24/7 access to a desk for up to six people for six months in its workspace on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula, four specialised consultations with ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 25 April 2022, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on the signing of the development objective agreement grants between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Government of the United states of America. The Royal Government of Cambodia, through ss='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese-funded construction, including land clearing, several new structures and a new pier, “continues to transform” sihanoukville’s Ream Naval Base “at a rapid pace,” a U.s. think tank said Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s central bank is looking to tighten monetary policy to slow an inflation rate that could hit 8 to 9 percent this year, National Bank of Cambodia Director General and spokeswoman Nguon sokha said yesterday. Increases in commodity prices and petroleum has led to rising ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Information on Tuesday ordered two Khmer-language newspapers owned by the same publisher to halt publication for failing to follow ministry rules. In a notice signed by Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith, Phnom Penh-based The Water and Fire News and The World newspapers ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh municipality is set to launch a campaign today at Daun Penh district’s Kandal market aimed at educating residents about disposing their garbage correctly in an effort to reduce flooding in the area. The campaign comes after the area experience several bouts of severe ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s strong economic growth so far this year has driven petroleum imports 67 per cent higher year-on-year through October, according to Ministry of Commerce data. Total imports reached 1.2 million tonnes, or Us$1.14 billion worth, in the first 10 months of the year, compared to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The price of coffee in Mondolkiri province, the country’s top coffee producing area, is continuing to increase as demand for the commodity continues to grow, according to local farmers and officials. Chay Moa, who owns a 5-hectare coffee farm in sen Monorom City, said that he ss='cambodia-color'>...

US SenatorS are puShing for a reSolution that would uSe US influence within the Mekong baSin to enSure that the conStruction of hydroelectric damS, Such aS the Xayaburi dam in LaoS, would meet exacting environmental StandardS. The reSolution would not be law but rather policy SS='cambodia-color'>...

ABA Bank has been awarded “Cambodia Retail Bank of the Year” award by this year’s Asia Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards. With 150 bankers from across Asia on hand to congratulate the winners in singapore, ABA Bank Deputy Chief Executive Officer Askhat Azhikhanov said ss='cambodia-color'>...

PERSISTENT flooding in Several areaS of the Kingdom could reSult in more than US$100 million worth of damage, the National Committee for DiSaSter Management Said yeSterday. Flood waterS have killed 207 people Since early September and forced more than 32,000 familieS from their homeS, according to SS='cambodia-color'>...

Two Cambodian banks have set aside Us$200 million for loans to bolster the Kingdom’s struggling rice-milling industry, officials said yesterday. The move comes as the Cambodian government has called on the private sector to boost loans to rice millers during the harvest season as a way ss='cambodia-color'>...