The National Career and Productivity Fair 2023, scheduled for Nov. 10 and 11, will offer more than 20,000 vacancies for potential young people and interested workers. ...

Cambodian worker representatives have called for a $14 increase in the minimum wage, while employer representatives have proposed a $1 increase on the current rate of $204 for 2025, according to a press release from the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training following a meeting ...

A large-scale outbreak detected in Phnom Penh in 20 February took place when two out of four Chinese nationals who breached quarantine at the Sokha Hotel few days prior were tested positive. ...

Bunong community leader Miv Khem, 29, who like his neighbors in Memang commune relies on subsistence rice farming, dates the start of the dispute to 2017, when management of both the Keo Seima and Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuaries were transferred to the Environment Ministry. Protected ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet issued a warning to those who exploit the hardships of the people to pursue their ambitions of seizing state land. ...

The long awaited first security listing on the Cambodian Securities Exchange became a reality on February 23 with the Security Exchange Commission of Cambodia’s “in principle” approval of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s (PPWSA) “disclosure document for public issuance of equity securities”. This is effectively a ...

EU Ambassador to Cambodia Carmen Moreno applauded the country’s efforts to control the Covid-19 crisis and said the EU is transferring a €56 million ($66.7 million) grant to help restore the economy, said a Ministry of Economy and Finance press release. ...

Kandal provincial governor Kong Sophorn told Khmer Times yesterday that 11 families who don’t want to accept a cash settlement for their land within the construction area of the new international airport can choose a “land swap” instead. ...

Despite a wave of international concern over the shutdown of independent media Voice of Democracy (VOD), Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the outlet’s license will not be restored and offered VOD reporters government jobs instead in a Facebook post Tuesday. ...

Despite earlier statements by company representatives that $500 compensation packages being offered to land disputants at Ly Yong Phat’s Kampong Speu economic land concession (ELC) were negotiable, attendees of a meeting between company representatives and residents yesterday said they felt pressured to take the offer. ...

ADB (Asian development bank) pledged to offer $55 million loan for infrastructure restoration from flood damage last year in Cambodia. At the same time, AusAid also offered 5.25 million US dollars, and the Cambodian government will spend 6.39 million US dollars for the whole infrastructure ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen called on all citizens to participate in protecting the forest, environment and plant more tree saplings for the benefit of future generations, as he marked National Arbor Day yesterday. ...

Angkor Resources Corp., a Canadian company engaged in mineral and oil/gas exploration in the Kingdom, has reported that implementation of its industry-first, precedent-setting agreement with the indigenous Jarai communities in northeastern Cambodia is off to a ‘good start’. ...

Since the Government announced that those who are infected with Omicron can be treated at home on January 20, many have resorted to self-testing by using rapid test kits and are staying at home. ...

ASEAN always takes social development as a top priority and is committed to building a resilient, inclusive, people-centred community, and effectively implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). ...

On average, communities trained by the REDD+ project submit 50 formal reports about forest crimes per month to authorities based upon data captured through the SMART 7 application, according to the USAID Greening Prey Lang (GPL) Project. ...

Minister of Environment, Eang Sophalleth, reinforced the significance of bestowing economic independence upon communities in protected areas and entrusting local authorities with the power to intervene in instances of natural resource crimes. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated 5 map features of community fisheries in the existing dataset of “Fisheries resource management”. This dataset provides information on fish sanctuary, community fishery, and flooded forest in Cambodia.=>Please click here to go to “Fisheries resource management data” ...

A total of 13 out of 14 families locked in a land dispute with the Union Development Group in Koh Kong province on Tuesday accepted a compensation offer over crops destroyed by the company in January. Negotiations are also under way with the one family ...