The minister of posts and telecommunications on Monday insisted an edict ordering The country’s seven mobile phone operators to abide by a law that sets minimum prices for calls is only temporary. Prak Sokhon, The newly-appointed posts and telecommunications minister, said The order was necessary because ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport yesterday inaugurated a mobile inspection kiosk that will provide automobile inspection services to all 13 provinces in The country that currently do not have an inspection station. ...

Employers must allow all Muslim women to wear headscarves and traditional clothing to work, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. Addressing workers in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, Mr Hun Sen said he met Muslim women on a recent visit to Kampong Cham, who told him they ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary since the start of diplomatic relations between Cambodia and Japan – the country’s largest bilateral donor – and to celebrate, the Japanese Embassy is planning an array of cultural events. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the anniversary, Japanese Ambassador ...

A group of five unions plans to send a petition to the Ministry of Labor on Friday requesting a number of changes in the controversial draft union law. Speaking at a conference in Phnom Penh yesterday, Cambodian Confederation of Unions President Rong Chhun detailed the requests ...

Police forcibly removed a dozen of the city’s homeless – four of them children – from the streets of central Phnom Penh yesterday, carting them off to the notorious Prey Speu Social Affairs Centre, where two people died last November. ...

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. ...

The Federation of Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC) is now pushing for The establishment of a special economic zone (SEZ) for small and medium sized enterprises and is currently discussing such a move with The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and India’s NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) have discussed accelerating The implementation of The cross-border QR code payment to be comprehensive, reflecting both parties’ readiness for The collaboration. ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) on Thursday asked all its members to temporarily stop production operations this week due to concerns over security and safety after thousands of workers walked out of work in protest against The 19 percent wage hike in The ...

Unions representing garment workers in Cambodia are seeking a monthly wage hike of between $20 and $50 for their members in talks with the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) that started yesterday. ...

The presidents of three unions have appealed to The Garment Manufacturing Association of Cambodia to improve The “miserable” living conditions of its workers by providing higher wages and better benefits, a letter received by The Post yesterday shows. The letter is dated March 2 and signed ...

The Education Ministry on Monday said it was in line for a near 20 percent hike from The government’s $3.52 billion draft budget for 2014, approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet on Friday, though oTher details of how money was to be allocated remained ...

Sixty restoration workers at Ta Prohm temple in Siem Reap province put down their tools Thursday and protested in front of the temple alongside 31 former workers who lost their jobs last year and are demanding to be rehired by the Archaeological Survey of India ...

The Confucius Institute of The Royal Academy of Cambodia on Wednesday hosted The 7th Chinese Bridge Chinese proficiency competition for Cambodian secondary students. Fourteen Cambodian candidates, who had been shortlisted from dozens of students, were contested in The final stage on Wednesday. Each contestant was given three ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday laid out more details in his plan to introduce a series of political reforms after a narrow win for his long-ruling CPP at the polls in July, including creating a new national working group and establishing public forums to ...

Abuse, discrimination, exploitation and corruption are endemic in Cambodia’s prisons, spurred on by judicial and penal systems “driven by nepotism”, according to a new report from local rights group Licadho. The report, Rights at a Price: Life Inside Cambodia’s Prisons, which was released yesterday, details a ...

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will travel to Australia, Thailand and Cambodia next week as part of America’s strategic tilt to the Asia-Pacific, even as crises in the Middle East demand the Pentagon’s attention and resources. In a week-long trip starting Sunday, Panetta will head to ...

DESPITE some reports, Cambodian officials said Cambodia and Thailand have not yet set a date for implementing the Irrawaddy-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) single visa. Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said a single visa scheme for all five ...

The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) of The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued warning letters to mobile operators Beeline and Smart over Their recent advertisement, stating it violates The Inter-Ministerial Prakas, or edict, signed in 2009. The separate letters, obtained by The Post last week, ...