The Ministry of Labour has announced that factory managers must allow employees three days off for Khmer New Year, even as some union leaders encourage workers to extend that time. In a letter to factory owners dated March 25, Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng reminds owners ...

Publicly listed Japanese conglomerate Resona Holdings signed an agreement yesterday with Cambodia Public Bank (Campu) aimed at increasing its customer base in the Kingdom’s banking sector. Resona Holdings subsidiary firms Resona Bank, Saitama Bank and Kinki Osaka Bank are all part of the agreement, which allows ...

Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) appealed to Labor Minister Ith Samheng, and relevant institutions to immediately stop ongoing protests at Tai Seng and Manhattan Special Economic Zone in Svay Rieng’s Bavet town. Workers led by Mr. Pav Sina, President of Collective Unions of Movement of ...

Amret Microfinance received a $10 million boost yesterday by a loan from German development bank KfW, according to a joint statement from the finance institutions. Chea Phalarin, chief executive officer of Amret Microfinance Institution, said yesterday that the new loan – equal to nearly double its ...

Union officials and the garment sector’s factory association said yesterday they supported a new program meant to enhance relations between employers and employees, but remained sceptical of how effective it would be. In a ceremony yesterday, the Ministry of Labour inaugurated the program, which entails training ...

The opposition party is standing strong on key demands it says stand between it and joining the National Assembly, Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president Kem Sokha said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after returning from a five-day trip to New Zealand, Sokha said that, in addition ...

Six environmental organisations opposing Laos’ controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam yesterday took their complaints to a new level: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia. In a 23-page letter, the organisations from Cambodia, Thailand and the US collectively requested an investigation into the trans-boundary impacts of the ...

A senior CPP official on Monday night outlined the ruling party’s stance in its stalled negotiations with the opposition CNRP on the creation of the new bipartisan election commission. The CPP is insisting that NEC members not be allowed to hold foreign passports and that ...

The National Assembly will cut some jobs in this fifth legislature in order to enhance the quality of its officials, an official said Tuesday. “Some staff don’t work, but they receive pay by just only coming to provide thumbprints,” parliament’s spokesman Chheang Vun said in ...

Safety in Cambodian garment factories needs to be improved through a complete overhaul of building regulations and the inspection regime, says a new report. The Cambodia Garment and Footwear Industry Fire and Life Safety Risk report, funded by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the International ...

Cambodia’s massage palours and spa centres are now required to have at least 30 per cent of their staff trained and certified or risk having their business permits revoked, according to a new directive from the Ministry of Tourism. The directive seeks to professionalise the practice ...

Hundreds of Cambodian workers warned on Monday to hold bigger and longer protest at Poipet-Kloeng Loek crossing border if Thai military doesn’t release 16 Cambodian cart workers today. According to the workers, Thai authority issued a new rule to restrict Cambodian cart workers not to allow ...

Around 80 citizen journalists from around Cambodia held a meeting in Phnom Penh Wednesday, in a first-ever networking event for a new kind of reporter in the country. Professional journalists and other media professionals joined the event, sponsored by the Cambodian Center for Independent Media and ...

Dismissing a recent report showing a sharp increase in land disputes, the government has said such conflicts are in fact decreasing and formally called on rights group Licadho to release its findings. Licadho reported last week that it recorded about three times as many new land ...

The rules of Sothearos Boulevard are once again shifting. After recently converting the road to a one-way street – a move that was largely ignored by the motos and cars that use the busy thoroughfare – the Phnom Penh Municipality released a new statement on Saturday ...

A new report issued today by Transparency International calls for the establishment of an ASEAN Integrity Community (AIC) to combat corruption, warning that economic integration could otherwise deepen the graft that taints the region. “If economic integration is not built on a strong foundation of transparency, ...

A royal decree released yesterday has assigned 38 paid advisers to deputy ruling party president Say Chhum to assist him in his new role as Senate president. The same document, signed by King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday, also served to disband the large team of advisers ...

China is the Kingdom’s top rice importer, and is also bringing in Cambodian cassava, rubber, cashews, peppers and a small amount of corn. But experts say efforts to increase export shipments and open Asia’s biggest market to new products will fall short unless Cambodia addresses ...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and the Ministry of Commerce held a workshop yesterday to garner feedback from NGOs and businesses on the draft National Food Law.The new law deals with the safety, labelling and advertising of food and agricultural products for local consumption ...

Optimism continued to climb in Cambodia in its fight against COVID-19 as no new cases were reported for the third consecutive day. ...