As International Women’s Day approaches, 12 organisations have finished drafting a petition calling on the government to continue to address challenges women are facing, including violence, inequality and poverty. The 12 organisations include the Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights, Coalition of Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...

Between 1995 and 2017 Cambodia grew at an average rate of 7.7%; gdp per person rose from $321 in 1994 to $1,137 in 2017, after accounting for inflation. Foreign money has flooded in and Cambodia’s economy, which war and the Khmers Rouges had destroyed, has ss='cambodia-color'>...

The plastic waste found in 83 containers at the sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Tuesday came from the Us and Canada, the Ministry of Environment said. The huge shipment of rubbish weighed some 1,600 tonnes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s footwear sector will provide more opportunities for investment and production than the garment sector due to significant growth over the last five years, said an International Labour Organisation (ILO) research bulletin on Cambodia’s garment, textile, and footwear (GTF) industry. The bulletin said the footwear ss='cambodia-color'>...

In August, two local Cambodian organizations, Licadho and sahmakum Teang Tnaut (sTT) published Collateral Damage: Land Loss and Abuses in Cambodia’s Microfinance sector, a report about the dangerous growth of the country’s microfinance sector. It spotlighted an issue that researchers have been warning about for years. A report ss='cambodia-color'>...

Even if current levels of spending on climate change adaptation are maintained, rising temperatures in the Kingdom will continue to impact economic performance, reducing the country’s GDP by almost 10 percent by the year 2050, a report released Tuesday has found. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Exports of travel goods from the Kingdom are set to gain from the ongoing Us-China trade war as Us lobbyists for the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) claim that President Donald Trump plans to raise duties on such China-made products from 10 to 25 ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 local small and medium enterprises (sMEs) were registered during the first three quarters of this year, and officials expect the government’s tax incentive policy for sMEs to boost growth, said a Ministry of Industry and Handicraft report. The sMEs – 105 of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries expressed optimism that this year would be another good year for the sector, with ministry spokesman srey Vuthy saying many agro-processing factories are expected to commence operation this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The municipal Department of Public Works and Transport said on Thursday that it planned to remove tonnes of waste disorderly disposed of in the capital’s sewage canal next week. The move followed widespread criticism of mass floating rubbish and the municipal authority’s alleged inaction. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rhona Smith, the UN Human RightS Council&rSquo;S (UNHRC) Special Rapporteur for Cambodia, met with a Senior Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) official to learn about the agency&rSquo;S methodS and progreSS, and urged the government to Step up itS fight againSt corruption. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Kun Nhem the director-general of the General Department of Customs and Excise, said on sunday that the owner of a Cambodian business is being questioned over the discovery last week of 83 plastic-rubbish filled containers at sihanoukville Autonomous Port. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Labour Ministry has announced that all factories across the country must have their own infirmary completed by the end of this year, noting that 88 percent of factories having built infirmaries already. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty mobile clinics out of 40 provided by the Chinese government were deployed yesterday in 11 citities and provincial health departments to bring timely and effective services to people, especially in rural areas. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected over $2 billion in tax revenue last year, up 13.37 per cent from the same period in 2017, according to a statement released by the department on Tuesday. At the December 2018 tax collection revenue meeting, General Department ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee has requested the Japanese government to send experts to teach Cambodian officials on ways to educate the public on the importance of participating in democratic elections both at the national and subnational levels. sik Bun Hok, NEC president, made the request to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The human rights arm of the International Bar Association (IBA) is recommending that the membership of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) in the IBA be reviewed, raising the prospect of ejection in a scathing new report on the country’s judicial system. ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least 100 cubic metres of luxury timber allegedly belonging to powerful tycoon Na Marady was intercepted in stung Treng province’s sesan district yesterday, officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ford expects sales of its passenger vehicles in Cambodia to surge 30 per cent this year on rising purchasing power and strong brand appeal, a company representative said yesterday. speaking at a luncheon organised by the Amcham Cambodia, Loflin said the Us carmaker sees the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The long-exiled leader of the “People’s Power” movement, sourn serey Ratha, returned to Cambodia on Thursday, following a pardon for the crime of treason by King Norodom sihamoni in July. ss='cambodia-color'>...