Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday lashed out at critics who claimed that the recent arrests of four opposition officials for their alleged roles in a violent protest were politically motivated, saying they had committed criminal acts and must be tried according to law. The ...

Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng on Monday urged the private sector to maintain good relations with the government to boost social and sustainable economic development in Cambodia. His comments were made at the Annual Government-Private Sector Forum held at a hotel ...

Cambodia and South Korea yesterday discussed accelerating the implementation of agreements to attract more investment signed during a summit in Busan last month. Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn met yesterday with newly-appointed South Korean ambassador to Cambodia Park Heung-kyoeng. “Both partners agreed to strengthen bilateral trade ...

Three of five land dispute victims, representing 150 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Slakram commune, on Tuesday sued provincial governor Um Reatrey and five others for manslaughter, and the use of intentional violence against them while they were detained for protesting outside the provincial hall ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday appealed to rice millers and paddy buyers not to lower prices and to secure better rates for farmers facing difficulties in the early harvest season. The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) said the low prices were due to an influx ...

Sound macro-economic performance coupled with political stability resulted in the Kingdom collecting some $6 billion in tax last year, up more than $1.485 billion on the government’s target of $4.56 billion for the period. Of the figure, $2.26 billion was collected by the General Department ...

The Water Resource Ministry yesterday warned that the water level at the Mongkol Borey reservoir in Banteay Meanchey province is falling due to drought. In a statement on its Facebook page, the ministry noted that the reservoir only has enough water to supply Mongkol Borey ...

Workers who have been told they have been sacked for striking at the co-owned Tai Yang and Camwell factories will forget about their seniority bonuses – for now – if they are reinstated, unions and an advocacy group said yesterday. In an attempt to end one ...

An International Monetary Fund and World Bank report has questioned Cambodia’s ability to deal with future financial crises if government borrowing increases. While the report indicated that Cambodia was at low risk for severe debt problems, it highlighted the need for effective management of new debt ...

More than one year after the government passed legislation to bring in a pension for people with disabilities living in poverty, a preliminary committee to workshop how to locate such disabled people has still not been formed, officials said yesterday. In June last year, the ...

On 23 July 2020, the National Bank of Cambodia has posted a statement on Cambodia’s foreign exchange reserves. According to the statement, Cambodia’s foreign exchange reserves value at 19,5 billion US$. Also, the National Bank of Cambodia acquire 36.5 tons of gold, of which: 12.4 ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Major banks”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of major banks in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as top banks in Cambodia, legislation, response to protect financial customers, the Association ...

On 10 March 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the progress of joint labor dispute solutions at NagaWorld.The joint labor dispute at NagaWorld is started from the spread of COVID-19, which results in the suspension of business activities in ...

On 10 March 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a joint press release on Cambodia and European Union hold 11th Joint Committee Meeting. The Meeting reviewed the progress made since the 10th Cambodia-EU Joint Committee Meeting held in Brussels in 2018 ...

Open​ Development​ Cambodia​ (ODC)​ publishes​ a​ new​ topic​ page​ on​ “Tourism”.​ This​ bilingual​ topic​ page​ gives​ a​ quick​ overview​ of tourism sector in Cambodia, together with related contents such as Ecotourism and Communities-Based Ecotourism in Cambodia, tourism in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges ...

An outside the court settlement was made in the biggest land dispute in Mondulkiri province had seen since 2019. Bousra commune chief Yeut Savin said yesterday that land disputes involving three companies – Varanasi Economic Land Concession Company, Socfin-KCD Company, Kovipama Company – and indigenous ...

On 17th November 2022, LICADHA issued a joint statement on AIIB loans to Cambodian microlenders risk worsening a human rights crisis.We, the undersigned civil society organisations in Southeast Asia and Europe, decry the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) approval of US$175 million in financing to ...

Garment workers waiting in line to get food. Photo by International Labour Organisation, taken on 14 July 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has the highest labor force participation rate in the Southeast Asia/Pacific region, with 82.7 percent of the working population aged 16-64 employed ...

In the market for lower to middle income housing, the line between ‘public’ and ‘affordable’ has been blurred.Post Property AnalysisLocal property developer, WorldBridge Land, Co. Ltd., and Singapore-based construction company, Strait Construction Group Pte, Ltd, last week announced a $100 million Memorandum of Understanding on ...

More than four years after the violent forced eviction of about 800 families from Dey Krahorm in the capital’s high-rent Tonle Bassac commune, small-scale construction is finally beginning on the site. In the past month, the skeletons of a future barbecue restaurant and a beer garden ...