<p>A Cambodian Monk in South Korea alleged that there are some officials in the Foreign and Interior Ministries illegally issuing service passports for Cambodian migrants in order to work in South Korea, according to video footage posted by a local media outlet on Monday. The ...p>

<p>Browse any online expat or tourist forum where people ask whether the tap water in phnom penh is safe to drink and you will likely find an adamant “No!”&nbsp;But according to water sanitation experts, these forums are wrong. phnom penh has some of the safest ...p>

<p>The Kingdom’s petroleum and gas imports fell in the first quarter of this year due to waning consumer and business demands, according to the Ministry of Commerce. However, a large petroleum, lubricants and oil importer said the fall in gas imports was just relative and ...p>

<p>A new treatment designed to stabilize those with post-traumatic stress disorder (pTSD) has pro­v­en highly effective and could be used to help the roughly quarter of Cambodians who have the mental illness, according to a new study. &nbsp; ...p>

<p>More than 100 striking workers at the Vanny Bio-Research company in pursat town agreed to go back to work yesterday after mediators promised to find an adequate resolution to their&nbsp;demands for a wage hike. The company breeds and cares for 30,000-40,000 monkeys they sell to ...p>

<p>Just weeks since the United States announced it would grant new trade privileges that allow Cambodian-manufactured travel goods such as luggage and backpacks to enter the US market duty-free under its Generalised System of preferences (GSp) scheme, a visiting American trade official hinted yesterday that ...p>

<p>The government of Japan has agreed to provide a $134,526 grant to pH-Japan (pHJ) – a Japanese NGO working to improve Cambodia’s healthcare system – the embassy announced yesterday.&nbsp;According to an embassy press release, pHJ will use the money in Kampong Cham province, focusing on ...p>

<p>Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand will have to pay 950 baht (about $27) to receive a travel card or Overseas Cambodian Worker Card (OCWC), the Labor Ministry announced yesterday.&nbsp;From September 26, workers will be able to apply for the documents, under a bilateral agreement signed ...p>

<p>Nougy Mom bounces her 2-year-old son in her arms as she waits at the gates of phnom penh’s notorious centre for “undesirables”, prey Speu.&nbsp;The 34-year-old mother was there to visit her husband, a rubbish collector like herself, who was rounded up by authorities as he ...p>

<p>The Japanese government agreed yesterday to provide more than $830,000 to the Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) to assist the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) with demining operations in the northwestern part of Battambang province.&nbsp;The deal was signed by Japan’s Ambassador to Cambodia Yuji Kumamaru ...p>

<p>Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya pLC., known more commonly as Krungsri announced last week that it was entering the Cambodian microfinance market with the acquisition of Hatta Kaksekar Limited (HKL).&nbsp;In a press release, Krungsri ‒ itself part of the Japanese-based Mitsubishi UFJ since 2013 ‒ described ...p>

<p>Authorities in Kompong Speu province on Wednesday seized more than 1,000 logs on the property of a Chinese-owned sugarcane plantation, marking the third time the firm has been found with illicit timber in the past year.&nbsp;Local officials offered no explanation for why the plantation’s on-site ...p>

<p>In the first nine months of the year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cambodian embassies abroad have helped nearly 600 Cambodians who went to live and work abroad, legally or illegally, to return home.&nbsp;Foreign Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry said yesterday that the ministry and ...p>

<p>The National Election Committee (NEC) dismissed a request to help migrant workers vote in the upcoming elections, despite creating a system similar to what was requested for soldiers only seven days ago. NEC spokesman Hang puthea said they would be unable to help the roughly ...p>

<p>Voter registration has fallen far behind schedule over the past two weeks, with enrolment dropping to just 30,000 a day from a target of 100,000, according to official figures, leaving more than 2 million Cambodians at risk of not registering to vote in time. ...p>

<p>A $1.5 billion new satellite city called the Cambodia-China Friendship City is to be built in the capital’s northern suburbs next year adjoining the Ly Yong phat Satellite City.&nbsp;According to local media reports, the construction of the friendship city would be undertaken jointly by the ...p>

<p>Cambodia and Thailand will be linked by a railway by the end of 2016 as planned, according to senior official, but some sections of track from phnom penh to Banteay Meanchey province remain unrestored.&nbsp;Minister of public Works and Transportation Sun Chanthol said this week that ...p>

<p>Sroeun, 43, a former rice farmer from Kandal province, said he was sure there had never been any accidents at his construction site.​&nbsp;“Small things happen. Scratches on our hands,” he said, declining to give his full name as a supervisor stood nearby during a break ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Labour met with unions on Friday to gather input on a universal minimum wage law currently being drafted, union representatives and ministry officials confirmed yesterday. “The meeting is a forum for each party to review the draft and provide comments so the ...p>

<p>An environmental impact assessment released on Friday for a $245 million mining project slated to begin operations in Mondolkiri province next year has raised concerns about its potential effects on the environment and local communities.&nbsp;The project, proposed by the Chinese-owned Alex Corporation, would see a ...p>