At least three Cambodians who have travelled to work as maids in Singapore since August last year as part of a pilot scheme have complained to worker welfare groups there about employer abuse and poor working conditions, including molestAtion and the slapping of a worker. In ...

Nineteen Cambodian men were repatriated Sunday morning after being rescued by Indonesian authorities from slavery on Thai fishing boats, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong. ...

The labor minister said Tuesday there were so few underage workers in the garment industry that “we can count them on our fingers,” but a unionist and an NGo countered that child labor was still rife in the country’s smaller garment factories. ...

Eight more rescued Cambodian fishermen were repatriated Tuesday from Indonesia’s Ambon Island, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, following the return of 230 others two weeks ago. ...

More than 90% of tourists visiting Cambodia will end up at Siem Reap’s world heritage site Angkor Wat, despite efforts to open other areas of the country to tourism. officials attending the Asean Tourism Forum admitted that efforts to convince tour operators to include trips to ...

Population depends on agriculture 2014 :  73%(Source: The World Bank)Total rice production 2009 – 2012:  7.58 – 9.29 million tons(Source: NSDP, 2014-2081)Total fish catchment 2013:  718,000 tonnes* 73% fresh water* 14% the sea(Source: The Phnom Penh Post, 2014)   Rice farmers working in the field, Kandal province, ...

Cambodian exports to the United States, the world’s largest economy, rose sharply during the first three months of the year following a marked increase in the shipments of travel goods after the US renewed its Generalized System of Preferences in March. ...

The General Department of Taxation collected more than $761 million in taxes during the first three months of the year, a slight increase of about 10 percent compared to the same period in 2017. ...

Listed industrial park operator Phnom Penh SEZ reported revenue of $1.46 million for the first quarter of 2017, a decline of $1.72 million, or nearly 54 percent, compared with the same period last year, according to a filing yesterday on the Cambodia Securities Exchange. ...

Cambodia recorded a sharp rise in milled rice export in the first three months of 2012 thanks to increasing international market demand and more investment in post- harvest technologies, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday. A commerce report showed that the country exported 95,230 tons ...

Cambodia has dispatched 4,779 workers to Thailand, South Korea and Japan in the first three months of this year, according to a report from the Ministry of Labor on Friday. During the January-March period this year, the country sent 4, 100 workers to Thailand, 678 workers ...

Cambodia imported 453,000 tons of petroleum in the first three months of 2014, up 10 percent from 412,190 tons over the same period last year, the data of the Ministry of Commerce showed Tuesday. During the January-March period this year, the country spent 442 million U.S. ...

Despite lapses in factory safety and ongoing labour unrest, Cambodian exports of garments and textiles grew 9% in the first three months of the year. According to data from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), Cambodia exported US$1.17bn worth of garments and textiles between January ...

Publicly-listed garments firm Grand Twins International made a small profit this quarter by slashing its costs, although that didn’t stop the company from taking a hit to its revenues, according to its first-quarter results released yesterday. ...

Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol announced that his ministry will launch a live stream broadcast on Facebook called the “MPWT Live Show” and the topic of the presentation will be “Road Infrastructure Achievements: 2018-2021 and Planning 2021-2023”.   ...

Sixteen Cambodian border traders were imprisoned by the Thai military over the weekend after they were caught smuggling shoes and clothing illicitly bearing registered trademarks across the Poipet City border crossing on Saturday. The traders, who supply the Rong Kluea border market in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo ...

Worldwide renowned travel advisory website–the tripadvisor.com–has listed Nepali capital Kathmandu in its top 10 best places to visit in Asia. While Siem Reap of Cambodia topped the chart, China’s Beijing and Shanghai cities hold the respective second and third best places to travel in the ...

Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage site, received 4,710 foreign tourists in the first five months of this year, up 39 percent compared with the same period last year, statistics by Preah Vihear province’s tourism department showed Tuesday. Kong Vibol, chief of the department, said ...

As Macau casinos are showing continuous drop of revenue, Australian and Cambodian casinos don’t seem to have the same problem. The latest casino operator to reveal an impressive growth of net profit is NagaCorp Ltd. The Group reported an increase in profit of 49% ($101 ...

Six Cambodians, including a police officer, were arrested in Laos last week after crossing into the country illegally from bordering Stung Treng province, according to a military official. The group, which also included two women, had been foraging for plants and fishing in the jungle near ...