Women who had fainted in a poorly ventilated garment factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning were making winter coats to be sold at Walmart stores in Canada, it was revealed yesterday. Executives with Taiwanese-owned Heart Enterprise (Cambodia) Ltd also confirmed reports ...

Hours after arriving for his latest visit to the country, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday urged Cambodia to increase state spending in infrastructure and education and to modernize the country’s financial system, according to media reports. Local reporters were quickly ushered out of ...

Health officials and workers are concerned about budget shortages for the treatment of tuberculosis in the Kingdom as new data reveals that prevalence of the disease has declined 37 percent from 2002, officials said yesterday. Mao Tan Eang, director of the National Centre for Tuberculosis and ...

More than 1000 factory workers protested in Phnom Penh yesterday outside the Sun Well Shoes Company factory in Pur Senchey district, demanding higher wages and the dismissal of the factory’s administration chief, union representatives said. Tep Saroeun, a union representative at Sun Well Shoes Company in ...

Several RCAF soldiers sent by Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities to defuse a protest against an agro-industrial company Friday allegedly shot their weapons into the ground near a group of protesters, a villager and a rights worker said yesterday. The approximately 200 villagers were attempting to ...

The Cambodian Legal Education Center (CLEC) is “extremely concerned” after an investigation following a mass fainting last month at Nanguo garment factory in Preah Sihanouk province last month found that at least one to two workers are fainting daily in eight factories in the province. ...

The Interior Ministry yesterday defended Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew, Hun To, following explosive allegations by an Australian newspaper, The Age, which alleged that Australian police had suspected Mr. To of involvement in a drug smuggling and money laundering syndicate. An official from the Cambodian conglomerate ...

អាជ្ញាធរ​ខេត្ត​ព្រះ​សីហ​នុ​បាន​ផ្តល់​ដី​ឡូត៍​ដល់​ប្រជាជន​ចំនួន​ ៤៥​ គ្រួសារ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​សៅរ៍​នេះ​ បន្ទាប់​ពី​ពួក​គេ​បាន​យល់ព្រម​រុះរើ​ចេញពី​ចំណី​ផ្លូវ​សាធារណៈ​នៅ​សង្កាត់​បួន​ ខេត្ត​ព្រះ​សីហ​នុ​។​ លោក​ គួ​ច​ ចំរើន​ អភិបាលខេត្ត​បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍ ...

​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៥​ ខែឧសភា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៩​ ស្ថានទូត​សាធារណរដ្ឋ​សហព័ន្ធ​អា​ល្លឺ​ម៉​ង់​ ភ្នំពេញ​ បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​ព័ត៌មាន​អំពី​ ការ​ប្តេជ្ញា​បន្ត​ចូលរួម​របស់​អា​ល្លឺ​ម៉​ង់​ក្នុង​ការ​លុប​បំបាត់​ភាព​ក្រីក្រ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​។​ ប្រទេស​អា​ល្លឺ​ម៉ ...

ទំនាក់ទំនងកាន់តែធំរវាងប្រទេសជប៉ុន និងកម្ពុជាកំពុងរឹតបន្តឹងចំណងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរវាងប្រទេសទាំងពីរខណៈជប៉ុនកំពុងជំរុញដល់មហិច្ឆតាអភិវឌ្ឍខ្សែចង្វាក់ឧស្សាហកម្មរបស់ខ្លួន។ មន្ដ្រីនៅអង្គការពាណិជ្ជកម្មក្រៅប្រទេសជប៉ុន (JETRO) ជាភ្នាក់ងារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍របស់ជប៉ុនឲ្យដឹងថាភាពទាក់ទាញសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរបស់កម្ពុជាគឺផ្អែកលើកម្លាំងពលកម្មទាប និងទីតាំងភូមិសាស្ដ្រដែលនៅតាមបណ្ដោយច្រករបៀងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចទាំងខាងកើត និងខាងលិចរវាងតំបន់ឧស្សាហកម្មរបស់ប្រទេសថៃ និងកំពង់ផែកុងតឺន័រ កៃម៉េប (Cai Mep) របស់ប្រទេសវៀតណាម។ ...

បើ​ទោះបី​ជា​តំណាង​សហជីព​ចំនួន ១៤ កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​មូល​មាត់​គ្នា​ទាមទារ​ឲ្យ​​មាន​ការ​ដំឡើង​​ប្រាក់​ឈ្នួល​អប្បបរមា​សម្រាប់​កម្មករ​ពី ១២៨ ដុល្លារ​ដល់​ ១៦៨ ​ដុល្លារ​សម្រាប់​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៦ ក្តី​ក៏​ប៉ុន្តែ​តំណាង​និយោជក​បាន​ហៅ​ការ​ទាមទារ​នេះ​ថា​ខ្ពស់​ «មិន​អាច​ទៅ​រួច»​។ប៉ុន្តែ ...

Kampong Chhnang authorities had sacked the Teuk Phos district governor and police chief after subordinate officers accused them of conspiring to sell almost 300 hectares of state-owned forest land to a private company, provincial officials said yesterday. According to a Kampong Chhnang official who declined to ...

The recruitment firm HRD Company had allegedly threatened the mother of two sisters working as maids in Malaysia, pressuring her to withdraw her NGO complaint seeking help in repatriating her daughters or risk having all communication with them cut, a rights group said yesterday. Pov Chhan, ...

The long-awaited trial of former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith – accused of shooting three garment workers at a protest in February – could begin within the next week, a Svay Rieng Provincial Court official said yesterday. Investigating judge Pich Chhert said the inquiry into the ...

With the aim of attracting 25 million international visitors from 2013 to 2015 to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CVLM) the respective ministers of tourism pushed for greater cooperation in developing the region’s tourism sector on Friday,  according to the Vietnamese Communist Party official news ...

Military officials are attempting to squelch a potential lawsuit from relatives of three people killed Friday when Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers smuggling wood through Siem Reap province drove a military truck, donated by the U.S. government, into the family’s motorbike, police officials said. ...

More than 60 people yesterday rallied at the National Assembly, the UN Human Rights Office, the Danish Embassy and the German Embassy as part Of a petition campaign to seek the release Of two jailed women from the Boeung Kak and Borei Keila communities. Villagers and ...

Cambodia’s growing economy and hunger for new brands, particularly among young people, contribute to making Cambodia a profitable market for the franchise business, industry insiders said at the Franchising Forum in Phnom Penh last week. [Rami Sharaf, CEO of RMA Group in Cambodia] said Cambodia is ...

Bloggers from across Asia came together in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap this weekend to discuss blogging, technology and Internet freedom at 2012’s Blogfest Asia festival, a gathering of over 160 opinionated and distinctly geeky participants. Tops on the agenda? Internet freedom.  The Cambodian contingent ...

THAI agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand (CP) Foods is setting up a new silo and drying plant for maize in Pailin province. The exact investment cost is not known. According to a newspaper report in The Nation, the plant, together with a planned feed-meal plant in Laos, ...