Ministry of Interior warned that legal measures would be taken against those who would hold protests, defying a ban imposed by the government. the warning was made yesterday after the leaders of nine labor unions insisted that they would hold protests, which are scheduled for January ...

Hospitality groups continue to call on the government to provide an exit strategy from the lockdown of the Kingdom’s bars, clubs and KTV’s – so struggling owners can implement business plans, but some are deciding to quit. ...

Popular media outlets Radio Free Asia and Voice of America have become the latest to draw the attention of the government for allegedly not paying taxes, one week after a letter to the Cambodia Daily demanding more than $6 million in back taxes was leaked. ...

Hundreds of prisoners will be pardoned or see their sentences reduced on Tuesday following a request by the Ministry of Interior to the King. the royal pardons and sentence reductions, which benefit 339 inmates, coincide with Pisak Bochea Day, a celebration of the Buddha’s birth. ...

More than 1,000 workers protested in front of the soon-to-be-closed Svay Rieng Cambodia Garment factory yesterday to demand better severance benefits, and nearly half of them then marched to the provincial hall to seek help from government officials, workers said yesterday. Worker representative Pang Tra said ...

Lending by Cambodia’s commercial banks rose by 6 percent while deposits grew by 10 percent in the first quarter of this year, a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC)’s report said Tuesday. the report said the country’s 34 commercial banks had lent a total of 7.87 billion ...

Twenty representatives of workers locked in a monthlong dispute with management at the Ocean Garment factory appeared before the Arbitration Council yesterday, a union official said. A spokesman from the Arbitration Council yesterday told the Post that such cases are typically sorted out within 15 working days. ...

Sound macro-economic performance coupled with political stability resulted in the Kingdom collecting some $6 billion in tax last year, up more than $1.485 billion on the government’s target of $4.56 billion for the period. of the figure, $2.26 billion was collected by the General Department ...

The lean patch of Cambodia’s biggest export-earning segment of garments, footwear and travel (GFT) goods continued into The fifth month of The year as The January to May exports recorded a decline of 23.06 percent, compared to The same period in 2022. ...

Transparent reporting of garment factory compliance in Cambodia is continuing to help to improve conditions for workers, according to a new report. In its third online transparency report, the International Labor Organization (ILO’s) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme said two of the 13 factories in the Low Compliance group had ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia says it will push for revisions made on The draft trade union law last week to be changed.During a meeting on July 28, The Ministry of Labour said it had revised a number of provisions in The law, which ...

The merchandise trade volume between Cambodia and Canada reached $192.720 million in The first quarter of 2023, making The world’s ninth largest economy The Kingdom’s 10th biggest trading partner for The three-month period, according to Customs (GDCE). ...

The government will this year stop printing The royal gazette for sale to The public and begin publishing new editions online, an official said yesterday. ...

The government yesterday announced a total ban on The collection and export of human breast milk, after it emerged poor women had been earning cash through The trade. ...

The government collected 15.4 trillion riel or $3.7 billion in tax revenue in The first seven months of The year, which is equivalent to 58.7 per cent of The 2023 annual budget law, according to The Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

Workers at a Phnom Penh garment factory yesterday said they will strike to protest the firing of five union members, while a management official defended the dismissals. More than 2,000 employees at Por Sen Chey district’s Cambo Kotop Ltd will join the protest after the Collective ...

Dr. Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and First Vice President of the Mines Authority, on February 26, 2024, at the office of the Mine Authority, received Martin Vavra, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Cambodia, for a courtesy call and an inquiry on mine action in ...

The Labor Ministry is encouraging employers, with The support of unions, to implement article 116 of The Labor Law, which requires owners of enterprises and factories to pay Their workers twice a month. ...

The number of tourists travelling during The three-day Khmer New Year festivities saw a dramatic increase this year, with The largest attraction – Angkor Sangkran in Siem Reap – hosting more than a million visitors last week. ...

Prison overcrowding continues to be a major issue plaguing Cambodia, Ministry of Interior officials said on Monday, as they revealed a 3 per cent increase in population at correctional facilities and prisons nationwide. In 2014, the number of prisoners rose from 14,702 in 2013 to 15,165 ...