Roughly 2,000 workers from the Malaysian-owned Global Apparels Limited garment factory in Phnom Penh went on strike yesterday after the factory announced it would be reducing staff numbers by 500 over the coming months, union representatives said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

An extension of the terminal at Phnom Penh International Airport will be officially opened late next week, a senior official from the state secretary of Civil Aviation (ssCA) told Khmer Times yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the government fends off continued accusations of nepotism within its institutions, a royal decree issued in early March revealed the appointment of four official assistants to four-star general and deputy prime minister Tea Banh, two of whom are the general’s own sons. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Research released on Monday in the Journal of Archaeological science may lead to whole chapters of Cambodia’s history being rewritten. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday that it was reviewing a diplomatic request from Turkey to close Zaman-operated schools in Phnom Penh because of their alleged ties to an organization being blamed for last month’s failed coup in the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The fate of the last surviving Irrawaddy river dolphins on the Laos-Cambodian border hangs in the balance after a Laos government official was reported as saying this week that construction of the dam would begin by the end of the year.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prince Norodom Ranarridh, leader of the royalist party Funcinpec, says he has offered support to Prime Minister Hun sen, to verify Cambodia’s maps in its demarcation discussions over the Vietnam border. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The son-in-law of senator Kok An has rejected accusations the tycoon is attempting to grab six hectares of land from a plot he sold to a south Korean development company 10 years ago. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday warned that a CNRP victory in the 2018 national election would inevitably lead to war when the opposition party starts redistributing land from the rich to the poor, something that opposition leader sam Rainsy said would only be done ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government ministries bound by sexist traditions and a lack of support are keeping women officials across Asia from implementing their ideas, female leaders gathered for a four-day seminar in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Economists say Cambodia is not facing the risk of an aging population, as is happening in richer countries around the region, but it must still plan for a future when its younger generations grow old. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the remote province of Ratanakiri, in northeastern Cambodia, deforestation and climate change are taking a heavy toll on communities.Drought has damaged crops, from rice to sesame, cashews, beans and potatoes, making it hard for farmers here to earn a living. And deforestation has greatly ss='cambodia-color'>...

With the return of the Cambodia National Rescue Party to the National Assembly this week, following a boycott that began in November, analysts say there is a chance some of the party’s activists could be released from jail. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The flow of Korean investment into Cambodia has been in the spotlight for more than a decade, primarily foreign direct investment in the construction and property sectors. Investment from the East Asian nation continues its rise, and in 2014 south Korean investment in Cambodia ranked ss='cambodia-color'>...

Under the effect of Dipole Model Index, Cambodia will experience extreme hot weather with minimum rainfall, increasing thunderstorms, lightning and strong wind during Dry season in March and April. The situation continues to strike until the end of July. Good amount of rain reports and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Commerce Ministry has created a special taskforce to study challenges threatening the sustainability of the nation’s rice industry and will report its findings within two weeks, a ministry official said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association (CVEA) will set out a framework to build a professional training school by April to enable its agents to compete with those from other countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen will attempt to renegotiate the $1.5 billion of soviet-era debt Cambodia accrued during the 1980s when he visits Russia in May, according to a post on the premier’s Facebook page.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Vihear’s deputy governor has vowed not to let protesters near Prime Minister Hun sen as he cuts the ribbon on a $360 million sugar mill in Tbeng Meanchey district today. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Adhoc president Thun saray on Tuesday defended his rights group’s pro-bono legal representation of the alleged mistress of deputy opposition leader Kem sokha, who last week rescinded her denials of the affair and accused Adhoc staff of convincing her to lie. ss='cambodia-color'>...