Every day they come in the thousands and crowd under a blazing sun for hours, awaiting a moment that costs them more than two full months’ salary – a passport. And where are they going? “Thailand,” 21-year-old Sem Pheaktra said, squinting under a harsh mid-morning sun. He, and ...

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 ...

Like the telecommunications industry in Cambodia, the market for internet service providers (iSP), too, is overcrowded, leading industry experts to say that the situation is preventing new investment. Data from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications showed that at the end of 2012, Cambodia had ...

The Council of Ministers has approved a draft law aimed at protecting the patent rights of traditional Cambodian products, which if violated could be met with a fine of up to $5,000 and a five-year jail term. The law on geographical indication (G.i.), a status given ...

More than 40 fresh land rows have emerged across the country – and many more could be going unreported, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) said yesterday. A study CCHR conducted into land conflicts between 2011 and 2013 has resulted in the rights group publishing ...

Suy Sophan, the owner of development firm Phan imex, has been ordered to repay $2.7 million to a Korean company over an uncompleted sale of land at Borei Keila, from where hundreds have been violently evicted, a court document reveals. in a decision handed down in ...

Child rights groups Action Pour Les Enfants and international Justice Mission have said they carried out a “detailed and impartial” investigation into claims of sexual abuse before removing six young boys from their families against their parents’ wishes last week.  in a statement defending their work ...

As the razor-wire came down from Freedom Park on Wednesday, a group of unions quickly filed a request to be the first people to hold a demonstration inside the park since it was put into lockdown in early January. The letter, obtained by the Post yesterday, calls on ...

មន្ត្រី​គណៈកម្មការ​ឃុំ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​នៅ​ខេត្ត​រតនគិរី អះអាង​ថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ក្នុង​ឃុំ​មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ក្នុង​ប័ណ្ណ​ព័ត៌មាន​បោះឆ្នោត ប៉ុន្តែ​ពួក​គាត់​ខ្លះ​បាត់​ឈ្មោះ​ពី​បញ្ជី​បោះឆ្នោត។ មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នៅ​មូលដ្ឋាន​នោះ​កត់​សម្គាល់​ថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​បាត់​ឈ្មោះ​ពី​បញ្ជី​បោះឆ្នោត​មួយ​ផ្នែក​ជា​សកម្មជន ឬ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​មិន​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា។ មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ប្រចាំ​ខេត្ត​រតនគិរី អំពាវនាវ​សុំ​ឲ្យ​គណៈកម្មការ​ខេត្ត​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ខេត្ត​រតនគិរី (គ.ខ.ប) ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ករណី​បាត់​ឈ្មោះ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ពី​បញ្ជី​បោះឆ្នោត​សម្រាប់​ការ​ បោះឆ្នោត​ជ្រើស​រើស​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​អាណត្តិ​ទី៥​នេះ។ សេចក្ដី​អំពាវនាវ​នេះ​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ ទី២៣ ខែ​កក្កដា ៥​ថ្ងៃ​មុន​ពេល​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត និង​បន្ទាប់​ពី​មន្ត្រី​គណៈកម្មការ​ឃុំ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ​ញ៉ាង ស្រុក​អណ្ដូងមាស អះអាង​ថា បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ប្រមាណ ៦% ក្នុង​ឃុំ​មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ក្នុង​ប័ណ្ណ​ព័ត៌មាន​បោះឆ្នោត ប៉ុន្តែ​ពួក​គាត់​រក​មិន​ឃើញ​ឈ្មោះ​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​បោះឆ្នោត។ ប្រធាន​គណៈកម្មការ​ប្រតិបត្តិ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ស្រុក​អណ្ដូងមាស អ្នកស្រី សួន សុខាន់ មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​បញ្ជាក់​ថា សកម្មជន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ មួយ​ចំនួន​ខកខាន​ចូលរួម​ធ្វើ​ជា​អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍​តំណាង​គណបក្ស និង​បាត់បង់​សិទ្ធិ​បោះឆ្នោត ប្រសិន​ពលរដ្ឋ​ទាំង​នោះ​មិន​មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ​បោះឆ្នោត។ អ្នកស្រី​កត់​សម្គាល់​ថា ទំនង​ជា​ចេតនា​បំបាត់​សំឡេង​ឆ្នោត​របស់​សកម្មជន​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​នៅ​ មូលដ្ឋាន ទើប​កើត​មាន​បញ្ហា​បែប​នេះ៖ «យក​ឈ្មោះ​ហ្នឹង​ថា​ដាក់​ សង្កេតការណ៍​ទៅ​មើល​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​អត់​មាន។ រដ្ឋបាល ស៊ិក ហ្នឹង ក៏​ជួយ​មើល​ដែរ អត់​ឃើញ បាន​គាត់​ប្រាប់​ខ្ញុំ​ថា អូ​មេ​ភូមិ​មក​ពិនិត្យ​សុទ្ធ​តែ​បាត់​អ៊ីចឹង​ទាំងអស់»។ មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋបាល​នៃ​គណៈកម្មការ​ឃុំ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ​ញ៉ាង ...

A woman was killed and at least six others shot yesterday morning when police fired live ammunition into a crowd of hundreds of rioting garment workers in the capital’s Stung Meanchey district. UN reports said police also arrested 37 people, including seven monks, as a result ...

The British former Chairman of a troubled biofuel firm, who is in Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prision on forgery charges, has claimed he is the victim in the case for which he is awaiting trial. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh on March 23rd and ...

“I don’t know how to protect the terrItorIal IntegrIty [of the nearby CambodIan-ThaI border] – even my three hectares of land I cannot protect,” saId Bun Chanthorn, 54, one of hundreds of retIred and actIve soldIers who sInce 2010 have been battlIng the local authorItIes ...

Koh Kong Sugar has offered to settle its yearslong dispute with Cambodian families who accuse its plantations of stealing their land, but the farmers remain wary of being able to secure a fair deal. The firm, a subsidiary of Thailand’s Khon Kaen Sugar industry Limited (KSL), ...

As several hundred garment workers from the SL Garment factory pelted police with rocks during a protest near the Stung Meanchey pagoda in November, Men Sok Sambath, a 14-year-old scrap collector, decided to join the crowd. “i saw other people throwing rocks at the [police] truck, ...

The water company that sparked four days of protest in Prey Veng province last week has once again drawn criticism, this time from teachers in Kratie province, who say the firm is building a road across their school’s land. Forty-nine teachers at Preah Kossamak High School ...

More than a hundred supporters of imprisoned Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando gathered at the Preah Ang Dang Keu Shrine in front of the Royal Palace yesterday morning to offer prayers for his release. Sporting shirts printed with photos of Mr. Sonando, the group lit candles ...

A Ministry of Agriculture official said yesterday he was aware of allegations of illegal logging by Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers within protected community forests in Oddar Meanchey province and was looking into it. “i am following this case, but i haven’t received their petition yet,” ...

On vibrantly patterned straw mats, crowded around small plastic hampers of food, children – some with balloons, others with neon-coloured fans – huddle against their parents under the noon sun. But the parents are unblinking; some of the children barely have a pulse. Families have travelled up ...

Addressing the killing of 14-year-old Heng Chantha for the first time since she was shot dead last month by government security forces, Prime Minister Hun Sen offered his condolences before declaring that the killing of the teenager was not as serious as the U.S. bombing ...

After delaying mass production of the Angkor Car because of technical difficulties with starting the engine and opening the doors, Heng Development Co. Ltd. on Monday unveiled a new model and said it had severed ties with the Hong Kong-based firm responsible for the original ...