A labour union representing a minority of workers who have been striking at sL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd for nearly three months released a statement yesterday, calling the strike bad for the industry’s reputation. Without specifically mentioning the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy on Monday visited thousands of workers from two special economic zones (sEZs) in svay Rieng province who have been on strike over wages and working conditions since December 16. More than 25,000 workers from 36 factories in the Manhattan and Tai seng ss='cambodia-color'>...

Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) said it could not vouch for the official outcome of July’s national election because of the large number of ballots cast by people without proper paperwork or forms in lieu of official identification, yet another independent report casting doubts on the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of Police and Military Police cracked down on protesters, led by Mam sonando, the director of Beehive Radio station, at the Ministry of Information. A reporter of the Cambodia Herald, who is at the scene, reported that several protesters were injured in the crackdown. And ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) on Friday took Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to call on students to “show love” by donating blood, a drive that collected 400 units of blood. “On [Valentine’s Day] we are all willing to show our love by donating blood ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior oppoSition lawmaker Mu Sochua walked into Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Freedom Park on WedneSday morning, trailed by a Small group of newS photographerS, and Stopped to poSe in front of about 100 municipal riot police exerciSing in the park. MS. Sochua&rSquo;S Small act of defiance againSt the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Workers at the Beautiful spring Footwear factory in Takeo province refused to end a two-day protest on saturday after management ceded to most of their demands but refused to raise their good-attendance bonus. The factory’s roughly 1,000 workers started protesting outside the building on Friday, two ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite a stubborn refusal by the government to act upon his electoral reform recommendations over the past two years, U.N. human rights envoy surya subedi walked away from his meeting with National Election Committee chairman Im suosdey on Tuesday espousing optimism. “The process of reform is ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 SS='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers in Kompong Chhnang province involved in a long-running land dispute with a minister’s wife took their grievances to the spirit world this weekend, staging a two-day ceremony during which they cast traditional curses on company officials and local authorities they say have wronged them. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

The German ambassador, Joachim Baron von Marschall, signed an agreement with the permanent Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon yesterday for €47 million ($64 million) in aid. The grant will be used for developing projects within the ministries of health, rural development and women’s affairs. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen used the unveiling of the stung Meanchey overpass in Phnom Penh Thursday morning to praise his government’s development of the capital and to warn the city’s poor not to take up residence under the new $19-million bridge. Mr. Hun sen also used ss='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the European Union’s parliament are calling for the Cambodian government to conduct an investigation into allegations of fraud in July’s election. A resolution passed by EU parliamentarians last week follows a violent crackdown on labor and opposition protests that have posed a challenge to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday said that the foreign direct investments in Cambodia would increase in 2014, thanks to the country’s favorable and open policies. Hun sen made the comments during a ceremony to launch Cambodia Trade Integration strategy at the Peace Palace. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Freedom Park was placed under lockdown and a march by land rights activists was blocked saturday morning as Phnom Penh’s security officials were out in force to ensure that peaceful rallies on International Women’s Day could not go as planned. Prime Minister Hun sen on February ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers in Kampong Khlaing commune in siem Reap province’s sotr Nikum district have halted Kamlearnh fish paste production due to lagging demand, according to the industry’s representative body. Proum Hong, president of Kampong Khlaing Fish Paste Producers Association (KKFPPA), said the inflated price of the product, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Muon Sokmean, a 29-year-old garment worker, Scrambled off Veng Sreng Street on January 3 with military police in violent purSuit, brandiShing their batonS. What had been a militant proteSt for a $160 minimum wage in the garment Sector&mdaSh;with many proteSterS lobbing rockS and crude Molotov cocktailS SS='cambodia-color'>...

When union leader Vorn Pov was finally allowed to give testimony yesterday on the third day of the trial of 23 men arrested during a garment strike in January, he found himself cut off by an attorney ordering him to answer only the exact question ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three months pregnant at the time, sam Ath doesn’t remember collapsing two months ago at the crowded, muggy garment factory where she works at the southwestern edge of the Cambodian capital. The 30-year-old woke up in a hospital bed, only to be told that she had ss='cambodia-color'>...

Megabank Sumitomo MitSui Banking Corp. Said TueSday that it will booSt buSineSS collaboration with Acleda Bank, Cambodia&rSquo;S leading commercial bank, and AbSa Bank in South Africa, Japan&rSquo;S Jiji PreSS reported. The Sumitomo MitSui Financial Group Inc. unit Said it haS diSpatched a Staff member to a SS='cambodia-color'>...