Ath Thorn, the head of the country’s largest independent union, was placed yesterday under judicial supervision by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court a day after he joined demonstrations calling for a $177 monthly minimum wage for garment workers. Mr. Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian ...

Following the detention this week of homeless children as young as 1 year old at Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu vocational training centre, UNICEF yesterday called for an end to street sweeps and arbitrary detentions. Three people rounded up on Sunday said in separate accounts this ...

A dispute has erupted off the coast of Sihanoukville. On one side is the country’s aviation authority, backed by the local airport. On the other side are a couple of guys and a few flying boats. the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) said yesterday that ...

No one would regard a small country such as Cambodia to be a protagonist in an international affair. However, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and the weakest link Cambodia is now being criticised for breaking Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) ...

A group of South Korean delegates on Monday announced that it was seeking to invest in six priority areas in the Kingdom, a move aimed at boosting trade between the two countries. the plans were discussed during a meeting between the Council of Development of Cambodia ...

The government says that it is increasing its efforts to clamp down against counterfeit drugs in Cambodia.Speaking at a Pharmaceutical and Medical Expo yesterday in Phnom Penh, Nov Phalla, deputy director at The Department of Drugs and Food at The Ministry of Health said The ...

More than 1.16 million internal tourists went on holidays in various provinces during the four-days Khmer New Year from August 17-20, according to the data from the Ministry of Tourism. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday told senior officials to stop investors from using land concessions as a pretext for logging and to discuss the possibility of reducing the amount of time such concessions can last. the government placed a moratorium on logging concessions in 2002 to ...

The government yesterday asked fuel retailers to lower petroleum prices, so as to reflect The drop in global prices in The last few months.At a meeting chaired by Chhoun Dara, a secretary of state at The Commerce Ministry, oil companies were given a week to ...

Amid a visit by the Special Rapporteur to Cambodia, non-governmental organizations have asked the government to improve human rights conditions in the country, where freedom of expression and political rights continue to be undermined, along with the abuse of political opponents and the shutting down ...

The government will issue a standard for The type of mango known as ‘keo romeat’, a move that seeks to bolster sales abroad as well as consumer trust on The product, a high-ranking official revealed yesterday. ​​​ ...

The government has taken The opportunity of The COVID-19 crisis to develop agriculture, while The garment and tourism industries, which are The Kingdom’s economic pillars have been hit hard by The pandemic. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Tuesday that the government had released $1.2 billion to assist the poor and vulnerable people in the country since 2019. ...

Communities living close to the Lower Sesan II dam site in Stung Treng province have called on the government to publicly disclose what compensation they will receive. Logging continues as the area is cleared ahead of construction, but those who will be forced to leave their ...

The Ministry of Interior yesterday ordered all prisons across The country to release inmates scheduled to be freed on weekends and public holidays ahead of time raTher than prolonging Their sentence. ...

At least 500 workers from three garment factories in Cambodia demonstrated on Tuesday outside the Labor Ministry in the capital Phnom Penh, demanding that government officials intervene in their quest for better working conditions and food and transportation subsidies. ...

The Kingdom exported $4.7214 billion worth of garments, footwear, travel products (GFT) and oTher finished textile goods in The first half of 2021, up 0.9 per cent year-on-year from $4.6813 billion, according to The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia. ...

Government officials have threatened that those who boycott the coming election but ink their fingers to indicate they had voted will face punishment according to the law. But analysts and opposition figures say that there is no applicable law relating to such an issue. ...

Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA) has asked the government to help support street vendors and tuk-tuk drivers as they feel the pinch amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Switch Garment, together with the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) kicked off this month a series of energy audits which will take place in garment factories across Cambodia, according to a press release issued this week. ...