More than 60 percent of garment factory owners believe that the productivity of their workers could increase if nutrition levels improved and over half would be willing to provide meals for their workers as long as it came at the right price, according to a ...

Cambodian garment workers at a factory in Malaysia that supplies major international brands were on strike for a third day in a row yesterday, refusing an agreement on accommodation and demanding higher salaries. Representatives of the workers at the Honsin Apparel Sdn Bhd factory in Jahor ...

Worker from the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district said they will file a complaint with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court today accusing a manager  at the factory of sexual harassment, violence and verbally abusing female workers, union officials and garment workers ...

Human rights groups yesterday decried the result of the government’s investigation into the murder of forestry activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana, saying that there were many holes in the official finding. On Saturday, the government committee charged with investigating the killings in ...

Acting Prime Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday said that opposition leader Sam Rainsy, now doesn’t want the parliament chairmanship chair post, but equal committee posts within the parliament. Speaking to reporters after delivering certificates to 3,000 police officers, he said Sam Rainsy phoned him and told ...

Tep Bopha Prasidh, a wealthy businesswoman and wife of Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh, has been anointed with the sought-after royal title of oknha. According to an August edition of the Royal Gazette, King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the new title on July 11. Roughly translated as tycoon, oknha is a ...

In a bid to reinforce the legitimacy of his government amid an ongoing parliamentary boycott by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday looked west for an analogy. He chose one that didn’t involve a ballot box. Instead, he pointed to Thailand’s National ...

Officials on Monday said the government had not received an official statement regarding the EU’s potential withdrawal of Cambodia’s Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme. The EU launched the EBA withdrawal procedure on February 12, citing “a deterioration of democracy [and] respect for human rights” in ...

Traffic accidents killed at least 40 people and injured 80 during the Lunar New Year celebration since Friday. A National Police report yesterday said this was more than the 29 deaths and 65 people with  injuries recorded during the same period last year. Lieutenant General ...

The EU Commission on Wednesday announced the partial withdrawal of the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, citing a serious and systematic violation by Cambodia of principles in the four core human and labour rights. The suspension affects one-fifth or €1 billion ($1.08 billion) of Cambodia’s ...

On 17 April 2020, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement on the detection of methanol in hand-sanitized alcohol products. More than 80 tonnes of methanol were found, the announcement said. The ministry also asked businesses, businessmen, companies and individuals to stop selling and distributing ...

The man police allege was behind a so-called secession plan in Kratie province – an accusation used to justify a crackdown in which a teenager was killed last week – plans to hold a press conference to defend himself in the next two days, his ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef)  commended the Health Ministry’s crackdown on four companies for violating the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitute. The four companies are Royal Platinum Co Ltd, Nutrilatt, LMM Distribution and VVH Import Export. ...

On 22 May 2020, the Angkor Enterprise issued an announcement on the selling of long-term entrance ticket for Angkor Archeological sites to all tour operators, travel agents, relevant institutions, and international visitors to get informed. This action was made to accommodate foreigners staying in the ...

National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD (NCHADS) deputy director Hor Bun Leng told The Post on December 7 that the Council of Ministers, in a letter dated February 21 last year, determined people living with HIV to be a vulnerable group. This entitles them ...

At its Friday meeting on the study and formulation on the good use of trade agreements in promoting exports, the Ministry of Commerce announced research is currently under way on products to be imported and exported under the Cambodia China Free Trade Agreement (CC-FTA). One ...

On 18 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of COVID-19 on two Cambodian men, a 55-year-old Cambodian man who died at Luang Mey Hospital, and a 49-year-old Cambodian man who died at Chak Angre Health Center. Notably, these are ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Unions”. This bilingual new topic page gives the overviews of Unions in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as law and regulations, daily news and publications.=>Please click here to go to “Unions”.  ...

On​ 01​ May​ 2021,​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Health​ issued​ an​ announcement​ on​ the​ death​ of​ COVID-19​ on​ three​ Cambodian​ people,​ a​ 67-year-old​ woman,​ a​ 76-year-old​ woman,​ and​ a​ 61-year-old​ man​ who​ all​ died​ at​ Khmer-Soviet​ Friendship​ Hospital.​ These​ are​ the​ 94th​ 95th​ and​ 96th​ cases​ ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Trade”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of Cambodia’s trade and trading partners such as ASEAN countries, China, the United States and the European Union.=> Please click here to go to “Trade”. ...