A Ministry of Agriculture official said yesterday he was aware of allegations of illegal logging by Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers within protected community forests in Oddar Meanchey province and was looking into it. “I am following this case, but I haven’t received their petition yet,” ...

Sao Saroeun, a Phnom Penh resident arrested last month for demonstrating against CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin’s Boeng Kak real estate project and released on bail last week, urged the courts to release 13 women still being detained at Prey Sar prison yesterday. the 13 women were ...

Busy juggling jobs, children, and housework, Cambodian women do not have the time, or platforms, to discuss bigger women-related issues like abuse, migration and forced eviction. And that is why a new initiative, called “Gender Cafe,” aims to change that by giving local women a ...

Addressing the killing of 14-year-old Heng Chantha for the first time since she was shot dead last month by government security forces, Prime Minister Hun Sen offered his condolences before declaring that the killing of the teenager was not as serious as the U.S. bombing ...

National Assembly Chairman Heng Samrin has urged the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to negotiate with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), and join the government’s parliamentary sessions. the appeal was made after the National Assembly kicked off its session on thursday to elect the ...

Families driven from their homes in Banteay Meanchey province by flooding can now receive nearby healthcare, after a clinic opened near an evacuation area over the weekend. the makeshift clinic, set up by the provincial government, makes available medicine and care to about 100 families living ...

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) — Chinese Tourism companies have warned Their ciTizens visiTing Siem Reap province noT To buy gifTs or souvenirs from vendors for fear of expensive counTerfeiT producTs.  A TourisT guide in Ankor WaT, Siem Reap said ThaT This happens a loT because ...

The MinisTry of HealTh said Thursday iT would shuT down a Phnom Penh healTh cenTer ThaT claims To cure diseases such as cancer and diabeTes wiTh The help of deToxifying machines, according To officials. Immanuel Bicom True Healing CenTer in Chamkar Mon disTricT did noT have ...

Clothing giant H&M is considering raising retail prices and passing the buck onto the consumer to help pay higher wages to garment workers in poor countries. there won’t be any price increases in the short-term, but it “might be a possibility” in the future, Helena Helmersson, ...

Overall revenue from Cambodia’s booming tourism sector reached $2.5 billion last year, according to tourism Minister thong Khon. Khon said in an interview on tuesday that the figure, which does not reflect the amount the state collected in taxes on the sector, marked a 15 per ...

With regional and international competition increasing, Cambodia’s workers could be falling behind. A new World Bank report says Cambodia’s labor force lacks the skills to advance the country’s economy, even as an increasing number of young people enter the labor market. Kem Lay, a sociology researcher, ...

Three separaTe communiTies from across The counTry were in Phnom Penh on Monday To peTiTion Prime MinisTer Hun Sen To personally inTervene To help seTTle Their various land dispuTes. CommuniTies affecTed by alleged land grabs in Phnom Penh and beyond ofTen appeal direcTly To Mr. Hun ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said that he made “tentative” plans with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday to appear before King Norodom Sihamoni on Friday to sign a deal ending the CNRP’s boycott of its 55 National Assembly seats. Government and CPP officials said they could ...

On the road to legal employment in thailand, Cambodian migrant workers are being made to undergo check-ups that have them cough, strip and give blood and urine samples to prove they are physically and mentally sound enough to work in the country. Obtaining a workers’ permit, ...

Social enterprise may be more than just a buzzword if last Saturday’s attendance at Cambodia’s second-ever conference on the matter was anything to judge by. the 350 person-plus crowd of attendees consisted predominately of Cambodians, for whom doing business appears to be about more than merely ...

Author: Greg Bem, ODC Library and Information Management Specialistthe time has come to reflect on my experience working with ODC. As the library specialist, I have seen quite a bit of activity since I arrived last September. From releasing updated pages in Khmer, to unleashing ...

Working from home during this period of COVID-19 seems to be likely adopted by many enterprises, including my organization Open Development Cambodia (ODC). As the outbreak of the Coronavirus is taking place with an abrupt increase of the positive confirmed for COVID-19 infection, people are ...

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s low-rise capital city is reaching for the sky—again. Long known as one of the last major Asian cities without a skyline, Phnom Penh embarked on a high-rise building boom in the middle of the last decade, only to see it derailed ...

Islamic finance could help to boost trade between Cambodia and the Middle East, as well as attract investment from Muslim-majority countries, experts said on Saturday. Knowledge of Islamic finance and banking, which bars interest lending and discourages unfair trade advantages, is almost nonexistent among Cambodia’s Muslims, ...

One of the men deeply involved in the development of Cambodia’s financial system, Dr Ghanty Sam, of the Financial Institute of Cambodia, who is also a board member of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, says people should be aware of the downside of ...