An international study of the health of the world’s oceans compiled by more than 65 experts this week ranked Cambodia 179 of 221 countries surveyed, confirming the fragility of the Kingdom’s marine environment. ...

Following a long tradition, the Open Development Cambodia (ODC) team had the chance to go on the off-site Annual Staff Retreat and Reflection between the 20th and the 23rd of January 2021. the team spent four days at Chi-Phat Ecotourism Community and Tatai Paradise Eco ...

A vast majority of Thai farmers are struggling to upgrade the quality and quantity of their yields, as more than 90% of agricultural household use basic machinery for their production process, however a melon farm in Ayutthaya province has adopted an advanced technologies through computer-based ...

CAT Telecom Public Company Limited (CAT) is putting internet of Things (IoT) technology to work in the service of Thai agriculture under its CAT Digital Come Together initiative. CAT seeks to encourage Thailand’s farmers to make digital technology an integral part of their farming operations. ...

The state-owned lender Government Savings Bank (GSB) temporarily stopped accepting applications for its Covid-19-relief loans on Thursday as more than 100,000 requests are pending in The system, amid online backlash.“We expect to resume taking loan applications again early next week,” said GSB director Withai Rattanakorn ...

The Phnom Penh municipal government issued a warning to those operating unlicensed sand quarries after a military helicopter plunged into one killing four people on Monday, but some questioned City Hall’s motives and commitment. The statement, dated Tuesday and signed by Governor Pa Socheatvong, came a ...

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic effectively pressing the pause button on many upcoming construction projects in the country, four major solar projects are still on schedule and expected to start generating power to the grid by the end of 2020. ...

The guaranteed $190 per month minimum wage should be temporarily suspended, to ensure The sector remains competitive until The COVID-19 pandemic is resolved, says The secretary-general of The Garment Manufacturing Association in Cambodia (GMAC). ...

The Labour Ministry decided to end The $40 allowance per month for garment, footwear, and travel products workers whose contracts were suspended due to The Covid-19 pandemic. However, The ministry will still continue to provide this allowance to workers in The field of tourism. ...

Cambodia has joined the international Transport Forum (ITF) as the organisation’s 64th member country. Ministers of transport from the 63 current member states agreed to admit the Kingdom to the ITF on May 19 at their Summit in Leipzig, Germany. ...

The government knew two Chinese men it detained were refugees awaiting resettlement in Canada, but still deported Them to China, according to a United Nations letter seen by Reuters. The letter, sent by The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ...

The tripartite working group tasked with setting The minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment industry is slated to officially convene on 28 September, with The results of The negotiations to be announced on 5 October if all goes to plan. Keep reading ...

Cross-border trade fell by 3.4% in 2019, weighed down by the strong baht, volatile foreign exchange and the prolonged trade war.the Commerce Ministry’s Foreign Trade Department said on Tuesday that the country’s overall cross-border trade, including transit trade, amounted to 1.337 trillion baht, falling short ...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha remains bullish on the future of Thai workers, stressing how the unemployment rate is below 1%. “Thailand is now ranked fourth among countries with the lowest unemployment rates,” the prime minister told officials, labour leaders and workers on Wednesday at an ...

A Kachin civil society network is seeking to bring charges against the operator of the Hpakant jade mine which dumped the tailings that collapsed in a massive landslide on November 21, according to an area resident. the confirmed death toll from the landslide had risen to ...

The government is currently streamlining its policy for The power sector to ensure The country’s energy security and coal can be one of The options, according to Daw Mi Mi Khaing, director general of Department of Electric Power Planning under The Ministry of Electricity and ...

Renaissance Minerals, a subsidiary of Australia-listed Emerald Resources, is expected to begin extracting gold in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province next year, according to a high-ranking official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...

Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts spokesman Long Bunna Sireyvath said on Thursday that 10 major museums have been instructed to close temporarily in line with the government’s efforts to reduce areas with large concentrations of people to contain Covid-19. ...

All kinds of business in state markets are permitted to resume from the onset of June 15, according to a new decision issued by Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng late on June 14. ...

Conservationists have begun reintroducing a critically endangered turtle species in its original habitat in the upper Chindwin River. the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said it has begun the “soft release” of 40 rare Burmese roofed turtles near Linpha village in Hkamti township in Sagaing Region. Burmese roofed ...