Local researchers and fishermen along the Tonle sap and Bassac Rivers have shared their concern over plastic waste in the Kingdom’s rivers. Project manager of Wonders of the Mekong Chea seila told Khmer Times on Monday, that she had found a dramatic amount of plastic waste this ss='cambodia-color'>...

The SecuritieS and Exchange CommiSSion of Cambodia (SECC) on January 5 approved in principle a handful of applicationS for licenceS. In a preSS releaSe on the minuteS of an SECC meeting led by chairman and MiniSter of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth, the SecuritieS regulator SS='cambodia-color'>...

US ambaSSador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy Said the Kingdom&rSquo;S MiniStry of Health haS proven itSelf to be remarkably well-prepared for itS miSSion to prevent the Spread of Covid-19 Since the earlieSt dayS of the pandemic, making it one of the leading countrieS in the region SS='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners on Friday warned of an alarming decline in breastfeeding rates in Cambodia, calling for immediate action to reverse this downward trend. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government is aiming to boost the sale of carbon credits by expanding the scheme to all protected areas in Cambodia, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra. The ministry is currently preparing an additional REDD+ project on 1.19 million hectares of land, which ss='cambodia-color'>...

Most parts of the Run Ta Ek development site in siem Reap province’s Banteay srei district – which has been allocated for those willing to relocate from the protected Angkor Archaeological Park – have already been cleared, and the developers are well underway with the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampot provincial governor Mao Thonin offered a former battlefield turned banana plantation as an example of one of the province’s great success stories. “Once the site of immeasurable suffering, it is now a popular tourist attraction, while also producing up to 2,500 tonnes of export ss='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese investors and business people are keen to return to Cambodia following the opening of China’s borders and Cambodia, on its part, is ‘China Ready.’ The bonhomie between the business communities of the two countries came to the fore once again at a forum organised ss='cambodia-color'>...

A baby gaur was rescued by Wildlife Alliance on January 6 after being found trapped by a snare in Kampong speu province’s Oral district. The Ministry of Environment said that the calf had suffered injuries to its right front leg and had been sent to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Capfish-Capture, a project organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), is giving technical and financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (sMEs) in Cambodia’s fishing industry to promote compliance with international food safety standards, allow sMEs to upgrade their machinery, connect sMEs with microfinance ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam’s Unicorn Ultra (U2U) ecosystem, an All-in-One platform for potential builders, opened its representative office in Cambodia to introduce, build and develop products applying block chain, artificial intelligence (AI), and Big Data. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Calls are being made for tighter restrictions on alcohol advertising and tougher punishments for drunk drivers after four people were left dead and another four injured in the latest fatal smash to plague Cambodia’s roads. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three false alarms at a garment factory triggered another mass fainting incident yesterday morning, sending 59 female staff, including one security guard, to hospitals and clinics, according to a statement from the Ministry of Labour. The first alarm went off  about 7:40am in a sewing section, ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a sign of “improving” relations between Cambodia and the United states, the Kingdom will host Us President Barack Obama and secretary of state Hillary Clinton this year, officials confirmed yesterday. The visit would be the first by a sitting Us president. Joseph Yun, the Us ss='cambodia-color'>...

Echoing remarks made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen earlier last week, economic experts agreed that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita would reach Us$ 1,000 ( Bt30,377) this year, up from the estimated $900 at the end of 2011. Managing director of Acleda ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two days after extending indefinitely a ban on commercial fishing in Tonle sap Lake, Prime Minister Hun sen on Friday called for the release of all prisoners detained during the government crackdown, officials close to the premier said yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chhayli told the ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 40 workers had fainted at a garment factory yesterday after officials prevented them leaving the building when four of their co-workers collapsed, a labour department official said. The mass fainting occurred at the Nanguo Garment Co Ltd factory in Preah sihanouk province’s Prey Nub ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday that he would permanentlycance all 35 fishing lots on the Tonle sap lake – which had already been suspended in recent months – and turn them into a conservation zone to protect the lake’s pressurized wild fisheries, on which ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior has sought a warrant for the suspect who shot three people at a protest outside a shoe factory last week amid more allegations from government and police officials that the perpetrator was Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith. Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu sopheak ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has chosen representatives of two obscure NGOs to send to an annual meeting between civil society groups and regional leaders during next month’s Asean summit in Phnom Penh, sparking an outcry among other non-governmental groups that say this will prevent critics from being ss='cambodia-color'>...