Residents in the vicinity of Kab Ko market in Phnom Penh’s chamkarmon district found themselves fumbling in the dark yet again yesterday on the second consecutive day of hours-long power outages. According to locals, electricity to the street failed around noon on Wednesday and was restored class='cambodia-color'>...

The much-anticipated Inclusive Business Enabling Environment for cambodia (Ibeec) strategy will be adopted soon to meet the needs of 1.7 million poor and low-income cambodians by 2023, a wide-ranging virtual meeting conducted by the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation heard on March 18. class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 30 workers fainted at a garment factory in Kandal prov­ince over the past two days after inhaling noxious fumes circulated by a ventilation fan located near the facility’s toilets, an official said.   class='cambodia-color'>...

Local authorities investigating a house in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kok district confiscated more than 260 containers of fertilizer and insecticide Wednesday morning after neighbors of a chinese man complained of a noxious smell emanating from his house, which they feared might have been a dangerous class='cambodia-color'>...

A group of 50 migrant workers on Wednesday protested outside a branch of a recruitment agency in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district that they say duped them out of $260 they paid for a guarantee of employment in Thailand. class='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian NGO direCtor who on Saturday took about 40 of his primary- and high-sChool students on a trip to a disputed border area in Svay Rieng provinCe was beaten by Vietnamese Civilians and imprisoned overnight, offiCials said Sunday. Class='Cambodia-Color'>...

Home to abundant natural resources and biodiversity, the listing of Phnom Kampong Trach, Phnom chhngouk, Phnom Kbal Romeas and Phnom La’ang as protected cultural and historical sites would be of great benefit to the local communities and environment, said Kampot provincial governor cheav Tay. cLass='cambodia-color'>...

The European Union has launched a call for proposals under the EU thematic programme “Non-State Actors (NSA) and Local Authorities (la) in Development” for a total of 2.9 Million euros (over 3.9 million USD) in grants to strengthen civil society and to enhance the participation class='cambodia-color'>...

Despite concern from the E.U. that cambodia is being used by chinese bicycle makers to avoid an anti-dumping duty, the bike industry has maintained strong export growth to Europe, according to the latest data from the European commission (E.c.). class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian interns working in Japan on the TeChniCal Intern Training Program (TITP) must not run away from their employer or seek work with a firm different to the one they are ContraCted with, the Ministry of Labor and VoCational Training said in a statement Last CLass='Cambodia-Color'>...

One month after the capital’s power provider promised to end chronic city blackouts for good this hot season, residents and businesses continue to find themselves sweltering in the heat and throwing away any spoilable goods due to the unpredictable losses of electricity. In March, Electricite du class='cambodia-color'>...

Responding to parliament’s order to investigate allegations against a recruitment agency with a record of mistreating its workers, the Ministry of Labour dispatched a team today to meet with a group of defrauded Labourers. cLass='cambodia-color'>...

A U.S. State Department official told the country’s Senate on Thurs­day that recent political events in cambodia, including the beatings of lawmakers outside the Nation­al Assembly and the removal of opposition officials from their seats and positions in parliament, were a cause for “grave concern.” class='cambodia-color'>...

Military police in Takeo province last night arrested a military general and close aide of ousted Phnom Penh Municipal court director Ang Mealaktei, who was officially removed from his position Wednesday amid allegations of vast corruption. class='cambodia-color'>...

Hotel transaction volumes in Asia hit US$620 million (Bt18.18 billion) in the first quarter, up 190 per cent from the same period last year, and properties in Southeast Asia are attracting investor attention, according to real-estate services company Jones lang laSalle. “Rising visitor arrivals, robust trading class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 families in Prey Veng province protested outside the Pea Reang district police office on Wednesday against electricity providers Elisa Hour and Electricite du cambodge (Edc), which have both refused to lower electricity rates, despite having made a promise to do so three class='cambodia-color'>...

Labor unions and associations have suspended their strike pLan scheduled for March 12 following the request by garment workers, according to a union leader. The suspension came after the meeting between the union leaders from a coalition of 18 Labor unions and associations today. The unionists cLass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Soma Group and Thailand’s C.P. Intertrade on Thursday signed a joint-venture agreement to build a sophistiCated riCe milling and refining faCtory in the western Kampong Speu provinCe of Cambodia. The deal was inked between Sok Puthyvuth, Chief exeCutive offiCer of Soma Group, and Prasit DamrongChietanon, Class='Cambodia-Color'>...

During negotiations yesterday, allegedly defrauded workers in Kampong Thom and a recruitment agency hammered out a deal that saw limited compensation delivered to the aggrieved would-be migrants. class='cambodia-color'>...

During negotiations yesterday, allegedly defrauded workers in Kampong Thom and a recruitment agency hammered out a deal that saw limited compensation delivered to the aggrieved would-be migrants. class='cambodia-color'>...