When Cambodians go to the polls for the 2017 Cambodia Commune elections they will be exercising their democratic rights with the assistance of the world’s largest communist country, China. In a further gesture of Beijing’s […]
The fledgling Cambodia automotive sector is set to receive a boost with South Korean listed, Lao PDR registered auto manufacturer Kolao Group announcing plans for a $100 million dollar manufacturing facility in Bavet, near the […]
Malaysia’s economy is forecast to grow by 4.5 per cent in 2017 while the government’s financial policies are on track to meet medium-term objectives in a baseline scenario of moderate growth, low inflation, and external […]
Cambodia has celebrated United Nations Volunteer Day with a two-day event comprising a high-level dialogue panels on the role of volunteerism in realising Cambodia’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a showcase of the various volunteering […]
Just five months after the World Bank’s Myanmar Economic Monitor (MEM) projected 2016-17 Myanmar GDP to rise to 7.8 per cent and average 8.2 per cent per year over the medium-term, a report by the […]
At the same time as her army was being accused of raping, killing, and burning down the homes of ethnic Rohingya in Rakhine State, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi was in Tokyo accepting […]
A high-level delegation of foreign diplomats and UN representatives have spent a second day in Rakhine State in Western Myanmar investigating the latest outbreak of ethnic violence. The delegation, including the ambassadors of China, India, […]
As Cambodia claws its way into lower-middle income status one of the biggest hurdles it faces on its journey to the next level is the lack of a steady supply of skilled labour preventing its […]
In a bid to boost the quality of goods and services people receive at recreational venues across the country Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism has introduced a new ranking standards system. According to a statement issued by […]
Cambodia Minister of Agriculture Veng Sakhon has delivered a stinging broadside to the country’s agriculture and business sectors in the wake of what can only be described as the world’s shortest “crisis.” Just over a […]
Fear of the adverse effects of chemically tainted food is seeing an increasing number of Cambodian people choose organic produce, despite its higher prices. The trend mimics that in major international markets such as the […]
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) recently commenced direct Tokyo-Phnom Penh flights in a move that is expected to boost the number of tourists and business travellers between the countries. Currently ranked a distant third behind […]