About 1,000 workers from the Canteran factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district continued to strike on Saturday over a decision to push back the day they are paid. the workers have been on strike since Thursday after being told they will be paid on the 10th ...

Cambodia’s population has risen to 14.68 million, up nine percent over the last five years, according to the intercensal population survey. the survey conducted by the Planning Ministry’s National Institute of Statistics showed 7.12 million of the population are males and 7.56 million females, Xinhua news ...

Australian scientists have made a significant breakthrough in tackling malaria, one of the world’s deadliest diseases.Research led by the University of Melbourne, in conjunction with Stanford University and the University of Cambridge, has discovered compounds which can target the parasite present in the mosquito-borne virus. ...

Local petroleum retailers responded to a government deadline yesterday by agreeing to adopt a flexible pricing mechanism to reflect fluctuations in global oil prices, but there will not be any immediate price reductions, according to a Commerce Ministry spokesperson. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam last year increased nearly 30 percent to about $3.8 billion according to Vietnamese state-run media, while Cambodia has yet to report trade statistics for most of 2017.  ...

Another 37 female prisoners who are pregnant or have children will receive royal pardons during next week’s Khmer New Year holiday. ...

A news publisher who was imprisoned over criticisms of Prime Minister Hun Sen in several social media posts pleaded guilty at his trial on Tuesday but said he was just trying to arouse interest and more “likes.” ...

The number of traffic fatalities during The 2015 Pchum Ben festival was nearly The same as last year’s, dropping just three percent.34 people were killed in road crashes between October 10 and 12, one fewer than The 35 killed during The three-day holiday in 2014. ...

There were major traffic delays along Phnom Penh’s Veng Sreng Boulevard in Pur Senchey district Wednesday after about 200 garment workers from The Alim Cambodia Co. Ltd. garment factory formed a gated roadblock and protested for higher wages. A line of halted container trucks stretched for ...

Labor dispute complaints in the garment and textile sector declined last year compared with 2015, according to the Arbitration Council, which attributed the drop to the Trade Union Law. ...

The country’s draft $3.4 billion national budget for 2014 proposes yet anoTher $920 million in new debt to make ends meet, The same amount taken on this year, according to a copy of The spending bill obtained Thursday. The draft budget calls for nearly $400 million—or ...

The Interior Ministry is rushing to print passports for thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand before a March 31 deadline set by The neighbouring junta. So far, The Interior Ministry has received a list of just 60,000 workers in need of passports, according to The ...

With the government placing tourism at the center of efforts to diversify and grow the country’s economy, a French development organization launched a project on Tuesday to encourage companies operating in the sector to comply with labor laws. ...

A report from the General Department of Taxation (GDT) released on Wednesday showed that the department collected $2.183 billion in taxes, while Prime Minister Hun Sen on the same day announced that $2.384 billion in customs and excise duties was collected during the period. GDT ...

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction approved a total of 2,901 construction proposals in The first eight months this year, a year-on-year decrease of 13 percent. ...

On 18 August 2022, the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) announced a press released on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and Securities Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX).the MoU on “Technical Assistance for ...

On 03 March 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has posted a petition in support of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the verdict of Kem Sokha on their official social media site. According to the petition, all the civil servants under the ...

On 03 March 2022, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has posted a petition in support of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the verdict of Kem Sokha on their official social media site. According to the petition, all the civil servants under ...

n the ponds and rice paddies of the Cambodian countryside, trying to catch frogs can be deadly. Along Cambodia’s rivers, floodlands and lowlands live millions of venomous snakes, 10 species of which can be lethal if you disturb their slumber. Last week, a 13-year-old teenager from Kompong ...

The central bank’s efforts to foster development of an interbank lending market appears to be taking off as The demand for negotiable certificates of deposits (NCDs) increased sharply last year, with The financial tool seeing wider usage among The Kingdom’s financial institutions. ...