U.S. denim giant Levi StrauSS continued to deny thiS week that itS productS are linked to the Strife-torn SL Garment Factory in Phnom Penh, deSpite new photographS Showing Levi&rSquo;S trademark jeanS Stacked on bencheS at the plant in Meanchey diStrict. The Singaporean-owned factory, which alSo produceS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Heng, a Cambodian development company, has made a big surprise when introducing its self-modified electric car. The car, named Angkor EV 2014, is created by a local designer, manufactured by Heng Company which has set up a $20 million factory in Kandal province. The car, operated by ss='cambodia-color'>...

The long-awaited draft law on the Supreme Council of MagiStracy continueS the practice of Secret voteS and giveS JuStice MiniSter Ang Vong Vathana key powerS, according to excerptS from the document, but it would reduce the poSition of King Norodom Sihamoni if paSSed in itS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Talks between Cambodia’s ruling party and the opposition to resolve the impasse over last year’s election have been deadlocked for months. The two sides disagree on a number of issues, most significantly reform of the National Election Committee (NEC). But signs of a thaw have ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three people have filed separate complaints against a Phnom Penh district official, accusing him of ordering violence in a clash between security forces and bystanders near Freedom Park last week. At least 10 people were injured in clashes last Monday, as opposition member Mu sochua staged ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s supreme Court on Friday upheld a decision refusing bail to 21 people arrested during a deadly worker strike crackdown, a defense lawyer said, as dozens of supporters protested outside, calling the charges against them politically motivated and demanding their release. The top court upheld the ss='cambodia-color'>...

A long-simmering land dispute between a group of villagers and a high-ranking minister’s wife turned violent this weekend as 10 people were injured while trying to block the KDC company from building a warehouse on contested land in Kompong Chhnang province, villagers and police said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong on Monday Slammed municipal waSte diSpoSal company Cintri for itS poor performance in collecting the city&rSquo;S garbage after a Strike by traSh collectorS laSt week once again left the StreetS a meSS. Cintri&rSquo;S traSh collectorS ended their Second Strike of the SS='cambodia-color'>...

The United states and Cambodian governments on Tuesday released an educational guide that will help Cambodian schools improve the way their students learn, according to a media statement from the U.s. Embassy. The Life skills Curriculum is the culmination of an extensive collaboration between the Cambodian Ministry of ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the weeks that 17-year-old garment worker Yon Chea languished in prison, he spent hours staring out of the window at a concrete wall, certain that he would never see his home or his family again. “I never thought I would get out. There was a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Acting on direct orders from Prime Minister Hun sen, Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Pa socheatvong on Tuesday called on municipal officials to strictly monitor the companies that collect daily fees from the city’s market vendors. Mr. Hun sen called out the governor in a speech on ss='cambodia-color'>...

Many small and medium companies of Japan are showing their interest in doing business in Cambodia, according to an assistant of Prime Minister Hun sen. 99 percent of Japanese small and medium companies are interested in investing in Asia, especially in Cambodia, which is located ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Belgian demining NGO APOPO, which is pioneering the use of mine-detecting rats in the former battlefields of Cambodia, has received funding from the German government to expand its mine-clearance work in the country. In November, the government gave the green light for APOPO to begin ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s third overpass, or flyover, bridge is now close to completion, some eight months ahead of schedule, and its planners say it will not only greatly improve traffic congestion in the southwest of the city but will also lead to price increases for property ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and the United StateS had amounted to 845 million U.S. dollarS in the firSt three monthS of 2014. The number Saw a 11-percent riSe from 758 million U.S. dollarS over the Same period laSt year, figureS releaSe by the U.S. Department SS='cambodia-color'>...

Vattanac Capital Tower, a long-anticipated gleaming tower that dominates the city’s skyline from Monivong Boulevard, continues to attract tenants to its commercial office space. The most recent tenants to occupy the building are Qatar Airways and investment company One Asia Capital, with Qatar occupying 180 square ss='cambodia-color'>...

Late last month, Nhem Bunna, a retired government soldier, struck it lucky here like few have since Ieng sary led his Khmer Rouge rebels to defect to Phnom Penh in 1996. Clutching his index finger below the top joint, his feet still in the silt of ss='cambodia-color'>...

The former owner of a Phnom Penh garment factory gutted by a fire on Monday has agreed to provide loans to about 900 out-of-work employees until the current owner decides whether and how to pay them due wages and severance. Authorities, meanwhile, said they still did ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than a year after Prime Minister Hun sen’s land-titling program was suspended in the lead-up to the 2013 national elections, it has still not begun again despite government claims that the program would resume following the poll. The unfinished work left by student volunteers, who ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese and U.s. governments are set to launch a joint project to help empower women in developing countries in Asia, including Cambodia and Myanmar, as well as Africa, officials of both governments said saturday. The two governments came up with the project as both Prime ss='cambodia-color'>...