About a decade ago, global manufacturing firms staged a mass exodus to Asia in search of low-cost alternatives to increasing domestic wage demands and operational costs. The consensus was the continued development of a regional supply chain that had formed in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, ...

Construction of a special economic zone (SEZ) near the Vietnamese border in Ratanakkiri province’s eastern O’Yad­aw district is on track, but who exactly will avail of the facility and its services remains a mystery—even for senior provincial officials. The latest announced venture of agro-industry land concession ...

សហជីព​ប្រហែល​ជា​បរាជ័យ​ក្នុង​ការ​ធ្វើ​កូដកម្ម​ដោយ​ការ​ស្នាក់​នៅ​ផ្ទះ​ដើម្បីទាម ទារ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ខែ​នៅ​ក្រោយថ្ងៃ​ចូ​ល​ឆ្នាំ​ខ្មែរ​កាលពី​ដើម​ខែ​នេះ​។ ប៉ុន្តែ​កូដ​កម្ម​ទាម​ទារ​ប្រាក់​ឧបត្ថម្ភ​កំពុង​​មាន​សន្ទុះ​កើន​ឡើង​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ស្វាយ​រៀង ...

Residents living in the Mekong River basin are expressing concerns over water degradation in the Mekong river and its impact on farming, aquaculture and the livelihood of the millions of people who live in the region. People from Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam’s Cuu Long (Mekong) ...

More than 200 villagers involved in three different land disputes gathered in front of Cambodia’s top court in the capital Tuesday to demand the release of jailed rights campaigner Yorm Bopha ahead of her final appeal against a criminal conviction later this week. Yorm Bopha’s impending ...

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Resources to feed and educate a child, access to shelter and a life free of abuse arc fundamental rights, yet each day millions of Cambodians struggle to meet their basic needs alone. With more than 30% of the population living below the national poverty line of ...

Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...

Well-known timber magnate Try Pheap is preparing to expand cross-country with a scheme that already gives him exclusive rights to buy all the wood felled on economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, a spokesman for the businessman said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Forestry Administration in February ...

កាល​ពីឆ្នាំ​២០១១​ លោក អឿន ភីរុន​ បាន​​ខ្ចី​លុយ​ចំនួន​​៤៥០​ដុល្លារ​ពី​ធនាគារ​អភិ​វឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី ដោយ​ប្រើ​លុយ​នោះ​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​សម្រាប់ទិញ​ម៉ូតូ​ចាស់​មួយ​គ្រឿង និង​​ពាក់​កណ្តាល​ទៀត​ចំណាយ​ទៅលើ​ការ​ចិញ្ចឹម​សត្វទា និងស​ត្វ​មាន់​មួយ​ចំនួន​តូច​។ គ្រួសារ​របស់​គាត់​ និង ...

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 ...

Some 50 members of the Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities—many still bearing welts and bruises—walked to Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district offices Tuesday and blamed officials there for a violent attack that broke out at Wat Phnom on Sunday night as they were peacefully ...

Two more people died in Kompong Cham province on Monday as a result of flooding that has claimed at least 30 victims since heavy rains spawned by tropical storms over the past two weeks caused the Mekong to break its banks and inundate thousands of ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party has reiterated its commitment to carry out electoral reforms ahead of the 2017 poll in an apparent bid to appease key demands of the opposition, civil society and the international community following July’s disputed election. With rare frankness, the party says ...

The Forestry Administration on Thursday said it could not comment on the accuracy of new, satellite-generated maps that suggest the government has been vastly overstating the country’s forest cover. Open Development Cambodia, an open data website, on Wednesday published a series of maps using U.S. satellite ...

With pant legs rolled up to his knees, Hoeuy Mon trudges through a brown and green patchwork of rice fields. His four hectares are in Tkov village, Prey Veng province, about 300 metres from his home. On most of the journey, walkways enclosing each square plot ...

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​រាប់រយ​គ្រួសារ​ដែល​បាត់បង់​ដី​ ​និង​ព្រៃ​សហគមន៍​ដោយសារ​ចម្ការ​កៅស៊ូ​របស់​វៀតណាម​នៅ​ភាគ​ឦសាន​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ​នៅ​ស​ប្តា​ហ៍​នេះ​នឹង​ធ្វើ​ពាក្យបណ្តឹង​ទៅ​សាជីវកម្ម​ហិញ្ញ​វត្ថុ​អន្តរជាតិ​ហៅ​កាត់​ថា​ IFC ​ជុំវិញ​គម្រោង​វិនិយោគ​របស់​ខ្លួន​នៅ ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Hall yesterday defended the actions of police and security guards who blocked protesters as they tried to leave the capital’s Boeung Kak area before they stopped and searched an NGO’s vehicle. Dozens of Daun Penh district police, security guards and military police blockaded ...

A new set of prakases tacked onto a law that regulates overseas employment recruitment agencies is a “step in the right direction” towards protecting some of Cambodia’s most vulnerable citizens from scams and abuse, local and international NGOs said yesterday. But some remain unconvinced that the ...

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