The Secretary of State and SpokeSperSon for the MiniStry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) Katta Orn, confirmed on Monday that the government, under the leaderShip of Prime MiniSter Hun Manet, haS eStabliShed a clear policy to regularly increaSe the minimum wage and provide variouS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s 2023 election year was marked by attacks against government critics and independent media, according to a 2024 global Human Rights Watch (HRW) report published Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Post will cease publication by March 29 following a significant fall in advertising revenues since the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic downturn, although the paper will continue operating online. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia earned $215 million from the exports of rubber articles in the first two months of this year, an increase of 90 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the latest trade data of the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports to Japan reached $365 million in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, an increase of 18.4 percent compared to the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnamese enterprises so far have invested in 124 projects in Cambodia with total registered capital of some Us$2.5 billion, four times higher than the figure in 2009. As such, Vietnam is now among the top five investors in Cambodia, said the Association of Vietnamese Investors in ss='cambodia-color'>...

In 2010, the Ha Tien Vegas Entertainment Resort, a casino investment on Kampot province’s border with Vietnam that included luxury karaoke rooms and suites, launched with high hopes of attracting Vietnamese gamblers. At the end of December, Ha Tien Vegas closed down. To the north, in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The EU slammed the government for the dire human rights situation in the southeast Asian country, giving it a one-month deadline to respond to a preliminary report on suspending trade preferences before deciding whether to go ahead with the plan. Brussels has warned Phnom Penh ss='cambodia-color'>...

The intervention of Prime Minister Hun sen has been requested by 31 families living in the Phnom samkos Wildlife sanctuary in Pursat province. Authorities said while they had settled in the area illegally, meetings were being held to resolve the issue. “We, the 31 families, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Stung Treng provincial police on Sunday Sent one of Seven men detained over the tranSportation of illegal timber to court.&nbSp;Provincial police chief Mao Dara Said the VietnameSe man waS Sent to the provincial court after being accuSed of tranSporting nearly 200 pieceS of beng timber SS='cambodia-color'>...

Four suspected illegal loggers in the Prey Lang area who are alleged to have tried to strangle Preah Vihear provincial rangers were subsequently released after an elderly father appealed to them on sunday. Prasat Phnom Kriel Community Natural Protected Area chief Phok Hong told The ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economic growth in 2020 would not be at the same rate as previously predicted at 6.5 percent, said Prime Minister Hun sen. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom has won the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association’s International Travel Award for Best Destination despite the global coronavirus outbreak that has dampen the global tourism industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on sunday released a statement condemning National Military Police Commander sao sokha for his admission that he sanctioned a “partisan use of force” in a January 15 speech in which he spoke of opposition protesters as the military police’s foes. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A lawyer for Russian businessman Nikolai Doroshenko on Thursday requested bail for the 54-year-old, a day after he was arrested in sihanoukville and imprisoned on fraud charges related to one of several disputes with fugitive developer sergei Polonsky. ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 hotels and guesthouses in siem Reap province permanently ceased operations while 230 others announced indefinite suspensions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial hall revealed yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of garment factories in Cambodia and elsewhere in Asia are facing serious financial problems because clothing brands have either canceled their orders or stopped placing new ones over the past several weeks.  ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nine NGOs yesterday demanded that Phnom Penh authorities publicly apologise for painting over a huge mural of a seamstress on the capital’s White Building last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On the basis that non-performing loans stood around 2.3 percent as of August 31, 2020, credit risk in the microfinance sector remains relatively low, said National Bank of Cambodia assistant governor and director-general Chea serey. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ao An, a former senior Khmer Rouge official and suspect in Case 004/2 of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), died at the age of 87 in Battambang province, according to ECCC spokesperson Neth Pheaktra. ss='cambodia-color'>...