Phnom Penh City Hall on Monday denied that someone set fire on Psar Chas market (Old Market), saying that the fire was caused by electric fault in a store inside the market. the denial came after public as well as social media users said that arson ...

Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW) 2019 is designed to advance regional climate action. It aims to support implementation of Asia-Pacific countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement on climate change and action to deliver on the SDGs. APCW is envisioned as a stepping stone ...

Entertainment Gaming Asia, a Nasdaq-listed company that supplies electronic gaming machines, posted a an 88 percent year-on-year rise in its third-quarter profit, citing higher sales in Cambodia as a major driver of its growth, according its filing to the Nasdaq on Monday in New York.  ...

Less than two weeks after 11 opposition activists were handed lengthy prison sentences for their role in an attempted “insurrection” in July 2014, Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy Kem Sokha took aim at the ruling party in a pointed, yet veiled, speech to a gathering ...

Thai Union Group has been highly commended for its work on ethical recruitment and migrants’ rights by Thomson Reuters Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the news service, as well as judges in the Stop Slavery Award during the annual human rights forum Trust Conference in ...

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication is warning internet users to protect Themselves against The Wanna Cryransomware virus, which has already spread to many countries around The globe. According to a notice issued by The Ministry recently, The computer virus was detected in many countries ...

Suppliers to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) and Hennes & Mauritz AB (HMB) agreed yesterday to pay about $145,000 In back wages and severance to about 160 workers at a Cambodian factory that closed In November, a labor activist Involved In the deal said. the agreement, which ...

Market vendors in Stung Treng province claim the wildlife trade is still continuing despite frequent clampdowns and awareness-raising campaigns by the authorities and NGOs. Stung Treng market vendor Roth Sary said the meat of wild animals such as muntjac, deer, banteng, wild boar, snake and ...

The Kingdom’s once-promising home-grown coffee industry has been laid low by adverse weaTher and fierce global competition, with The total area under coffee cultivation cut in half over The last three years as desperate farmers switch to oTher crops, a senior official at The Ministry ...

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), which operates the capital’s river port, reported a decline in container traffic during the first quarter of the year, raising questions about the newly listed company’s ability to meet its double-digit revenue and earnings projections – though analysts say it ...

The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia on Sunday promised villagers in Stung Treng province who are set to be displaced by The construction of The Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam that she would raise Their plight with The government, a village representative said.    ...

Civil society organisations yesterday asked the government to strengthen legal measures against perpetrators of violence against women and children.the request was made at the 2018 One Billion Rising Campaign at the Chenla theatre in Phnom Penh, where more than 300 people gathered to discuss protecting ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday shot down calls for a free visa system for all ASEAN + 3 nations. The proposal would have included The ASEAN nations as well as China, Japan and South Korea. Minister of Tourism Thong Khon made The proposal during a Tourism Ministry ...

The recent surge in dengue fever cases has prompted The Ministry of Health to request hospitals to enhance health services to accommodate patients with The disease, adding that There could be a major outbreak if The proper preventative measures aren’t followed. ...

The government and The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), togeTher with civil society organisations, are discussing The inclusion of comprehensive sexuality education in The curriculum at lower and upper secondary schools. Keep reading ...

Cassava farmers in Banteay Meanchey province had to import seeds from Thailand this season in response to rapidly-changing weather conditions that interfered with seed growth. Te Haing, a cassava farmer in Banteay Meanchey who planted more than 1,000 hectares this season, told the Post yesterday that ...

CHAMPASSAK, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has instructed Champassak and other southern provinces to overcome the hurdles and challenges in doing business in order to attract more investment.the meeting discussed the policy of creating an investor-friendly business environment in Laos. Doing business ...

Today it begins – Yangon’s brand new experiment in public transport. in a major step toward reducing consumer chaos and hazardous competition among private bus lines, the number of routes has been reduced to only 61, starting on January 16. On January 14, Yangon Region Chief ...

For all the innovation and choice that define the food and drink industries, if you want to make money, you could do a lot worse than bung some water in a bottle and flog it. A litre of tap water, the stuff we have ingeniously ...

A newly formed coalition of rice millers and exporters has raised alarm bells, forecasting the imminent “collapse” of Cambodia’s rice sector within two years and blaming in part “governance failure” by the industry’s apex body. the 18-member group, whose initiative is called the Rice industry Strategic ...