A group from the Japanese Fish Rearing Association led by Kazuki Nishimura met with Chan Sarun, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. During the meeting Kazuki Nishimura told the minister that the Japanese Fish Rearing Association wished to introduce Japanese fresh water fish (Nishiki Koi) ...

Foreign direct investment in the Kingdom soared 250 per cent year-on-year through August even despite the West’s economic woes, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An said yesterday. A total of 87 projects worth US$5.6 billion were approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia during the ...

US Diplomatic Cables released by WikiLeaks show that the US Embassy in Phnom Penh sought the presence of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the 60th anniversary of Diplomatic relations between the USA and Cambodia. Ms. Clinton did not attend the celebration but rather visited ...

Foreign tourist arrivals in the Kingdom increased by more than 15 per cent between January and October compared to the same period in 2010, Ministry of Tourism data showed. officials attributed the arrival of 2.3 million foriegn visitors during the first 10 months of the year ...

CSX chief executive Hong Sok Hour explains how the exchange will function on its first day of trading and into the future. The way to begin trading on the CSX is to open an account with any one of a dozen securities firms which are licensed ...

Members of the Asean People’s Forum, a coalition of NGOs that convened in Phnom Penh last week, declared yesterday that their rights had been violated after four workshops on sensitive issues were canceled by the venue where they met. In a statement representing more than 1,200 ...

A code of Conduct governing the South China Sea remains only an “eventual” prospect, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, despite it dominating discussions during this week’s ASEAN Summit. From the beginning of Monday’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the question of China’s potential involvement in the drafting ...

សេចក្តីសម្រេចចិត្តអាជ្ញារកណ្តាលកាលពីថ្ងៃទី ១២ ខែកក្កដា ដោយតុលាការអចិន្ត្រៃយ៍នៃអាជ្ញាកណ្តាលនៅទីក្រុងឡាអេ ដែលបានផ្តល់សិទ្ធិមួយចំនួនដែលជាប់នឹងដែនទឹកឱ្យទៅហ្វីលីពីនប្រឆាំងនឹងការអះអាងរបស់ចិនក្នុងបញ្ហាជម្លោះសមុទ្រចិនខាងត្បូង នេះមានន័យថា អាស៊ាន នឹងត្រូវដើរតួយ៉ាងសកម្ម តួនាទីការទូតនៅក្នុងការរំសាយភាពតានតឹង និងធានាដល់ស្ថេរភាពនៅក្នុងតំបន់ នេះបើយោងតាមកាតយល់ឃើញរបស់អ្នកវិភាគជាន់ខ្ពស់ និងអ្នកស្រាវជ្រាវ។ ...

ក្រុមសហជីពឯករាជ្យនិងគាំទ្ររដ្ឋាភិបាលបានថ្កោលទោសដល់លោកជាមុនីប្រធានសហជីពសេរីកម្មករដែលបានប្រកាសថាលោកអាចនឹងអំពាវនាវដល់កម្មករកម្មការិនីទាំងអស់ធ្វើកូដកម្មក្នុងករណីមានការចាប់ខ្លួនលោក កឹម សុខា ប្រធានស្តីទីរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ។ ...

Ocean Garment, the Phnom Penh-based clothing manufacturer at the centre of sexual harassment claims and an illegal strike that lasted more than two weeks, has agreed to compensate more than 2,500 workers for wages lost during the protests, a move union advocates have highlighted as ...

The governemnt yesterday denied a recent news report that discussions were under way to have Cambodian domestic workers sent to Singapore. An Bunhak, chairman of the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies (ACRA), said he did not know of any immediate plans to send maids to ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) and the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU) remained at odds yesterday over an expired deal to cut down on strikes despite an appeal from some major brands that they renew the arrangement. GMAC Chairman Van Sou ...

One of Cambodia’s most active unions has filed a complaint against a Thai mobile phone provider, claiming it laid off more than 50 staff members without warning and without compensation. The complaint was filed with the Ministry of Labor against Mfone, a company that belongs to ...

Property prices in Phnom Penh are rising for the first time since 2009, growing by as much as 10 percent in some areas of the capital during the first quarter of the year, real estate experts said yesterday. After years of stagnation in the property sector ...

Cambodia on Monday recorded 162 landmine casualties in the first ten months of this year, down 4 percent from 155 casualties at the same period last year, showed a report from the Cambodian Mine and Explosive Remnants of War Victim Information System. The report said that ...

Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Chair of 2012 ASEAN, will lead a delegation to pay an official visit to the United States of America on June 12 During the visit, Hor Namhong will have a bilateral talk with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...

While Cambodian handicrafts such as silk clothing, stone and wood carvings and rattan furniture are popular with tourists, who snap up the articles at gift shops and airports, the size of the sector is nowhere near what it might be, according to industry insiders. They ...

Members of the Association of Democrats, the group led by jailed activist and Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando, rallied in front of the Royal Palace yesterday to deliver petitions appealing for his release. Huon Phannary, the deputy secretary-general of the association, said yesterday that nearly 100 ...

Thailand and Cambodia will launch the first bus services linking Bangkok with Siem Reap and Phnom Penh in the next two weeks. The first bus service between the two countries will debut on Dec 29, said The Transport Co, a state enterprise under the Transport Ministry. The ...

Local food producer Ly Ly Food Industry had invested about $1 million for a Chinese-made machine to improve production and food quality as it prepared for the coming regional economic community, the company’s owner said yesterday. Keo Mom said a tremendous amount of goods from neighbouring ...