A lack of innovation has contributed to Cambodia dropping seven spots on the World Economic Forum’s 2014-15 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR), which was released on Wednesday. The Kingdom ranked 95th out of 144 countries, down from 88th in the previous report, according to the GCR. Apart ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ol Sok Hour, a keen and promiSing Student, had hiS life turned upSide down two yearS ago when hiS parentS died of AIDS. YeSterday, the NGO celebrated the launch of itS Graduation HouSe, a facility that will offer accommodation and Support for orphaned tertiary StudentS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

NagaCorp Ltd, the operator of the NagaWorld casino resort (pictured) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, says it has commissioned “an independent professional party to review the internal controls of the company and its subsidiarieswith a focus on anti-money laundering”. The firm gives the information in its interim ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 200 ethnic Phnong villagers gathered in Mondulkiri province’s Bousraa commune yesterday to protest against several companies that hold economic land concessions in the area, which they say are destroying their traditional livelihoods. The villagers from Pech Chreada district accused the Kau su Dak Lak Company ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ath Thorn, the head of the country’s largest independent union, was placed yesterday under judicial supervision by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court a day after he joined demonstrations calling for a $177 monthly minimum wage for garment workers. Mr. Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...

The total amount of loans in Cambodia’s banking sector could rise to $30 billion by 2020, according to a report released today by Mekong strategic Partners, a new investment and advisory fund. Amid such growth, banks will be challenged to drastically expand their operations and will ss='cambodia-color'>...

A luxury twin-condo with 35 floors and 256 units is set to appear just to the southeast of the Olympic stadium by the end of 2017. sky Villa is a large project developed by the Crystal Orange Construction, with a hefty $100 million of capital ss='cambodia-color'>...

Less than a week away from the start of the new school year, the government is short on teachers. Every year, the government struggles to recruit enough instructors to keep pace with enrollment rates and replace those who have retired, left teaching or passed away. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

A campaign organised by Cambodians has led the country’s first vice-president of the National Assembly to urge Australia to back down from its bid to resettle refugees there. Kem sokha said in a letter to the Australian Ambassador to Cambodia, Alison Burrows, that the deal to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite the Cambodian stock Exchange (CsX) getting off to a sluggish start over the past three years, local university students are seemingly already on the way to becoming good stock-pickers. The winners, two students from Zaman University who went by the team name of Dark ss='cambodia-color'>...

Many types of Vietnamese goods have faced strong competition of imported products from nations in the southeast Asian region, while local businesses have met difficulties in broadening the presence of their products in these markets. For the last ten years, many businesses in Ho Chi Minh ss='cambodia-color'>...

Child labor has been a problem plaguing Cambodia for years, and a new agreement between the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) is the latest effort to eradicate it. “The agreement emphasizes collaboration between BFC and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Health Minister Mam Bunheng announced yesterday he has proposed that a reserve budget be used to help victims of the mass HIV outbreak in Battambang province’s Roka village, as he vowed to strengthen health services across the country. speaking at a press conference following questioning by ss='cambodia-color'>...

Less than a week after Laos declared its “sovereign right” to develop hydropower regardless of neighbouring countries’ objections, the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) gathered an “extraordinary meeting” to stress the importance of sustainable waterways. During the two-day discussions in Pakse, Laos which concluded yesterday, the Us ss='cambodia-color'>...

A surge in land disputes in Cambodia affected more than three times as many families last year as in 2013, a local rights group said Thursday, urging Prime Minister Hun sen’s government to address the issue with “long-term lasting solutions” instead of making empty promises. Rights ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s National Police chief Neth savoeun has told foreign embassies that it won’t tolerate “foreign mafia” in the Kingdom, in what appears to be a thinly veiled message to Russia concerning recent conflict between Russian nationals in sihanoukville. According to the statement, savoeun has been ss='cambodia-color'>...

Sitting in Geneva before a panel of international expertS choSen by the UN, Cambodian delegateS yeSterday did their beSt to dodge a SerieS of pointed queStionS regarding the Kingdom&rSquo;S adherence to the International Covenant on Civil and Political RightS (ICCPR). PhraSeS Such aS “I don&rSquo;t know SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia ranks near the bottom of 102 countries surveyed in a new index of government openness, scoring dead last in mechanisms through which complaints can be lodged against government officials and 98th in sanctions for officials’ misconduct. Overall, the Kingdom placed 98th in the World Justice ss='cambodia-color'>...

As more than 90,000 students across the country sweat over results that will rule them in or out of university, Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday announced that those who failed the tightly monitored 2014 national exam would be given a second chance to pass. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The 123 Cambodian Members of Parliament (MPs) from the ruling and opposition parties will vote on Tuesday next week to elect their leadership, Prime Minister Hun sen, vice president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said on Monday. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)’s ss='cambodia-color'>...