Authorities in Stung Treng province discovered and confiscated a haul of luxury wood that was being transported in three trucks on Sunday night from the protected Virachey National Park, officials said Tuesday. Provincial deputy police chief Yorn Din said the trucks were stopped and searched as ...

As Buddhist monks across the country don saffron robes and leave pagodas in search of donations to fill alms bowls each morning, seven monks based in Dangkao district on the dusty outskirts of Phnom Penh are thinking only of feeding the country’s growing appetite for ...

The Education Ministry’s crusade to clean up the national high school exam continued Wednesday, with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) releasing a statement inviting concerned parties to monitor exams in August and warning that cheats would be failed and effectively banned from sitting again for two ...

Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday that Cambodia may soon agree to take in asylum seekers who are now detained on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru after being diverted while trying to reach Australia. Mr. Morrison told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that next ...

Environment Minister Say Sam Al met with private firms with land concessions last week to gauge their compliance with government rules and regulations, and adherence to their own contracts. Amid mounting local and international pressure, Prime Minister Hun Sen in mid-2012 ordered a freeze on ...

Just after sunrise in the slums surrounding the Stung Meanchey dump, Lak Han, 45, sits in the dirt outside his home methodically chopping up a large pile of rodents. For many years, like hundreds of others at the dumpsite, Mr. Han made a paltry living collecting ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has warned that some garment factories in Cambodia may be forced to shut down temporarily or lay off workers next month due to a shortage of raw materials. As the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) continues to spread across ...

Businesses with supply chains and operations in Burma, Bangladesh and Cambodia are benefiting from the world’s lowest labour costs, according to a new global ranking. Risk analytics company Verisk Maplecroft’s Labour Costs Index measures a combination of wages, employment regulations, social security contributions and labor productivity ...

Bangladesh and Cambodia have decided to set up a “joint commission” to promote bilateral ties as the two countries eye to deepen cooperation for regional peace, stability and prosperity. According to a joint statement issued after the talks between the two prime ministers in Dhaka on ...

Cambodia’s economic rise starkly contrasts the political chaos that reached a climax in November 2017 with the dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party — the country’s only major opposition party — and the detention of its leader, Kem Sokha. Prime Minister Hun Sen has ...

Protecting mangrove will be a main agenda of the World Wetlands Day to be held on Feb. 2, 2021, according to a press release from the Fauna&Flora International (FFI)-Cambodia programme and other partners. ...

On 11 October 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (70th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (70th) under social protection program to a total of 1,465 workers in 21 factories ...

On 12 October 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (71st) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (71st) under social protection program to a total of 1,178 workers in 16 factories ...

On 20 October 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (72nd) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (72nd) under social protection program to a total of 3,696 workers in 30 factories ...

On 01 November 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (73rd) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (73rd) under social protection program to a total of 5,625 workers in 27 factories ...

On 13 September 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (69th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (69th) under social protection program to a total of 3,398 workers in 42 factories ...

On 01 September 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (68th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (68th) under social protection program to a total of 6,366 workers in 22 factories ...

On 13 August 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (66th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (66th) under social protection program to a total of 3,571 workers in 27 factories ...

On 10 November 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (74th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (74th) under social protection program to a total of 1,037 workers in 15 factories ...

On 02 December 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the opening of allowances (75th) under social protection program in Cambodia.The government will open the allowances (75th) under social protection program to a total of 944 workers in 8 factories ...