Labor rights activists and a government official accused the International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program of ineffectiveness in its monitoring of factory conditions following a deadly ceiling collapse on Thursday at a shoe factory in Kompong speu province. Moeun Tola, labor program head of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

There has been a 13 percent increase to Cambodia’s two international airports since the beginning of the year. The UsA, China, south Korea and Vietnam along with Japan were the key factors in this growth. The government’s attempts to attract visitors and investors is cited ss='cambodia-color'>...

Atok-Big Wedge Co. Inc., a listed company owned by the group of former Trade minister Roberto Ongpin, acquired Tidemark Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong company that owns 25.9 percent of Forum Energy Plc, an oil and gas firm controlled by Philex Mining Corp. Atok-Big Wedge said ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s latest brewery is set to launch on November 1, introducing a new player into the growing Cambodian beer market, insiders said yesterday. The Khmer Brewery plant, a Us$60 million joint venture between locally based Chip Mong Group and major international brewery manufacturer Ziemann Group, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Internet service protocol company Mega will join the Cambodia’s gaggle of active providers today after launching an unconventional marketing campaign that sought to stir curiosity. Four billboards without a clear company name appeared around Phnom Penh in early January. “something Mega is coming soon” the ad, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The timing couldn’t have been better. After a week in which one NGO was suspended and others warned to “readjust their work,” and the World Bank was finally forced to reveal that it had stopped loaning to Cambodia, the government announced over the weekend that ss='cambodia-color'>...

The evictions and so-called “land grabs” have angered aid donors, putting at stake hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid as well as a trade scheme that gives Cambodian produce tariff-free access to the EU. International donors and lenders such as the World Bank ss='cambodia-color'>...

Multiple government ministries and the International Labor organization will form a group to investigate the mass fainting that have plagued Cambodia’s garment industry over the past several months, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said yesterday. There have been at least 15 mass fainting since the beginning ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ratings agency standard & Poor’s yesterday lowered Cambodia’s long-term sovereign credit rating by one notch to B due to the country’s continued inability to diversify its economy and increase government spending. The decision by standard & Poor’s comes after the agency said in september that constraints ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hours after downgrading Cambodia’s long-term sovereign credit rating, ratings agency standard & Poor’s said it had also decided to lower the credit rating for Acleda Bank to B from B+, though it maintained its outlook for the bank as stable. The decision follows a similar decision ss='cambodia-color'>...

If the government continues to grant economic land and mining concessions at the current rate, there will be no more arable land left in the country to give away within one year, a researcher from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights said yesterday. Pointing to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Economy and Finance Minister Keat Chhon yesterday urged consumers to limit their gasoline consumption in the face of rising prices, saying the Cambodian government would not boost the hundreds of millions of dollars he claimed it already offered in fuel subsidies. speaking at the Ministry of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The first trial in a long-running land dispute with the wife of Industry, Mines and Energy Minister suy sem will start today at the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court, a human rights worker and court officer said yesterday. Court prosecutor Penh Vibol confirmed that the court would ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism is projecting sizeable growth for the industry this year, according to Director General Tith Chantha. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Minister of Economy and Finance Cham Prasidh yesterday said the Kingdom would push forward with efforts to eliminate development gaps among AsEAN member states during its chairmanship this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Foreign Affairs Minister Prak sokhonn met with newly appointed United Nations Development Programme representative Pauline Tamesis yesterday. After the meeting, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Chum sounry said Ms Tamesis confirmed UNDP’s commitment to continue cooperating with Cambodia and supporting policies of the government. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 200 villagerS from Koh Kong province in a longStanding diSpute with the Koh Kong Sugar InduStry Co Ltd were prevented by the capital&rSquo;S Daun Penh diStrict authoritieS from proteSting at the home of Prime MiniSter Hun Sen on WedneSday. On Monday, the MiniStry of SS='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has ordered Minister of Land Management Chea sophara to personally inspect claims of landfilling at Praek Treng beach. He also ordered a private company to dredge the beach and restore it to its previous condition. The order, issued on september 18, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The SwediSh EmbaSSy in Cambodia Signed a memorandum of underStanding with the Royal UniverSity of Phnom Penh (RUPP) on WedneSday to fund a high-quality training and reSearch inStitute. The agreement iS worth in the region of $10 million for a four-year pilot phaSe focuSing on SS='cambodia-color'>...

Half a million Cambodian farmers could possibly be looking at empty rice bowls if the European Union (EU) pushes through with the withdrawal of its Everything But Arms (EBA) trade preference. While the garment and footwear sectors stand to lose the most if the EBA trade ss='cambodia-color'>...