<p>Nearly 50 workers fainted on Saturday at a coat factory in the Tai Seng Special Economic Zone in Bavet City, Svay Rieng, a factory representative said Sunday. The incident was precipitated by one worker who fainted because she was already sick, setting off a chain reaction ...p>

<p>A Cambodian court on Tuesday afternoon released seven opposition party lawmakers-elect and one party activist on bail after the ruling and opposition parties reached a political agreement. “The eight politicians were released from phnom penh’s prey Sar prison at 4:45 p.m. after questioning judge Keo Mony ...p>

<p>&nbsp;On the second day of trial for nine NagaWorld union members accused of incitement, the phnom penh municipal court prosecutor claimed union leader Chhim Sithar had been directing an illegal protest while Sithar maintained she was merely participating in a legal strike aligned with labor ...p>

<p>Japan’s second-largest bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, officially opened a representative office in phnom penh on Friday. The office would serve as an information centre for potential investors and hoped to attract more Japanese companies, Masato Miyachi, general manager of the bank’s Asia and China division, ...p>

<p>Vietnamese businesses invested more than US$1.78 billion abroad last year, according to the planning and Investment Ministry’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA). Among them, Tanzania was the leading investment destination for Vietnamese investors, in terms of registered capital and accounted for 34 per cent of Viet ...p>

<p>After receiving a letter from the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the request to take actions against the Radio Free Asia and the Voice of America located in Cambodia, which have been actively engaged in broadcasting and renting airtime from other radio stations yet ...p>

<p>Hun Manith, the second son of prime Minister Hun Sen, has suggested that the large turnout at the CNRp’s eighth consecutive day of marches through phnom penh on Sunday was the result of paying protesters to show up. An estimated 30,000 people gathered at Freedom park ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s small economy leaves it especially vulnerable to devastation in the face of large-scale natural disasters, United Nations agencies and Cambodian officials warned last week. “The relative size of an economy adds to the vulnerability as seen particularly in the case of the Lao peoples’ Democratic ...p>

<p>A phnom penh Municipal Court judge on Wednesday rejected the prosecution’s request that former Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRp) president Kem Sokha be rearrested for allegedly violating his bail conditions. ...p>

<p>Nearly 80 people representing 56 families in Daun Ov community, Sangkat Cheung Ek, Khan Dangkor, who are worried about eviction, have urged the phnom penh authorities to expedite the issuance of land titles. And on-site development. ...p>

<p>Thirteen employees at a puma-supplying factory have lost their jobs after participating in a union election earlier this year. ...p>

<p>&nbsp;In mid-August, Chhoeun Daravy and eight others found themselves negotiating with police over the wording of a handwritten contract. Officers initially wanted the agreement to say that the nine had “illegally” entered a “prohibited area” in the recently logged phnom Tamao forest and flew a ...p>

<p>The pacific Asia Travel Association (pATA) launched its Cambodian chapter on Friday in the hope of further promoting the country’s second-largest sector by revenues. The sparsity of air routes to Cambodia was one of the main obstacles to the Kingdom’s tourism growth, pATA Cambodia chapter president ...p>

<p>Following a meeting on Aug 9, between Chan Saron, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and a delegate from China National Cereal, Oils and Foodstuff Cooperation (CNCOFC) that was led by Jiang Fan of the Chinese Commercial Department of Foreign Affairs, rice exports ...p>

<p>During the 10th annual Japan-Cambodia Kizuna Festival, the focus will be on the “kizuna,” or bond in Japanese, between the two countries. The opening ceremony begins at 6 p.m. tonight, and the festival runs until Sunday evening. Admission is free, and more than 10,000 people are ...p>

<p>When the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) was officially launched on Jul. 11 there were no companies listed because of a drive to ensure that everything was above board. “We want to assure full transparency,” says Huot pum, the deputy director-general of the Securities and Exchange ...p>

<p>A new, government-owned life insurance company aims to provide a safety net for Cambodian families, according to In Meatra, director-general of the Cambodia Life Insurance Company plc. Located on the 21st floor of Canadia Tower, Cambodia Life opened on May 21 and has 23 employees.&nbsp; “Cambodia ...p>

<p>Several hundred civilian supporters of prime Minister Hun Sen, backed up by an equal number of military police and provincial police armed with automatic rifles, batons and tear gas launchers, forced opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha to cancel a meeting with party followers ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s exports to the Regional Comprehensive Economic partnership (RCEp) countries reached $4.59 billion in the first seven months of this year, marking a significant 21% growth compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. The boost in exports ...p>

<p>The government has launched a social security pension fund aimed at providing retirement benefits to private sector employees, in a move applauded by civil society groups and workers. ...p>