Union leaders yesterday rejected a proposal from Cambodian garment makers to provide US$9 a month for a worker’s housing and transport fees, demanding an additional $1. The benefits were announced last week after unions said They would lead a large-scale protest ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged two government officials and four farmers from Kampong Thom province’s Stoung district with encroachment onto protected land after They allegedly bulldozed a flooded forest that was designated as a protected fish hatchery, police and NGO officials said. ...

Malaysia and Cambodia pledged to promote diplomatic relations, trade and investment in Cambodia. Trade between the both countries increased up to USD 168.72 (154%) in 2009 to USD 428.83 in 2013. Cambodia and Malaysia have cherished good relations on trade and investment. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen asked Britain to help Cambodia on human resource development. Hun Sen and Hugo Swire, British Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs, had a meeting Friday at the Peace Palace. ...

A complaint lodged with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) alleges that a high-level planning official in Phnom Penh has been illegally building a house that has caused damage to neighbouring buildings, and used his influence to override a court order for construction to stop. ...

A handcart-puller who was knocked unconscious by military police during a May 26 protest in Poipet City—sparking an attack on the local customs office—on Friday filed a court complaint requesting $10,000 in compensation from his attackers, a rights monitor said Sunday. ...

NGOs on Monday vowed to press ahead with a protest march through Phnom Penh on Tuesday against a draft law that threatens to rein in the country’s non-government groups and associations despite City Hall’s threat to stop them by “any means.” ...

Phen Bunthoeun, the NGO director who was arrested and detained overnight by Vietnamese authorities for leading about 40 students to visit a disputed border area in Svay Rieng province on Saturday, admitted Monday that he had gone there to inspect alleged border violations. ...

Disgraced former Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Ang Mealaktei was sent to the Kandal Provincial Prison on Sunday after he was charged with embezzlement for allegedly confiscating an SUV from a drug dealer and giving it to his son, a prison official said Monday. ...

Comprehensive startup models are still small in Cambodia, even though there is growing interest circulating among young entrepreneurs. But one tech startup, Codingate, is ready to make a move to bring Cambodia’s IT service to the next level. ...

Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) yesterday said it has taken steps to fulfill its tax obligations to the government. ...

More than 870,000 people have been inoculated against the coronavirus in former red zones in Phnom Penh while more than 610,000 people got second jabs. ...

The government has so far spent $350 million in cash assistance subsidy programmes for more than 600,000 families poor and vulnerable families which suffered from Covid-19. ...

Cambodia will probably reopen between November and early next year, according to sources familiar with the matter. ...

The Kampong Chhnang Provincial Administration plans to remove four communes from Rolea Ba’ier district and incorporate Them into Kampong Chhnang town. ...

Cambodia has scheduled to host the 27th ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting on Nov. 10-11, 2021. ...

Cambodia-India is committed to strengthening cooperation in tourism and agriculture with the Kep Provincial Administration, a potential coastal tourism area. ...

Mobile water pumps were installed in some provinces as farmers continue to water shortages that threaten the dry season rice crops. ...

The World Bank approved $113 million in new financing to improve access to quality health care in Cambodia. ...

Making joint efforts to achieve common development is “even more necessary” than in the past for Asian countries that are facing common and critical challenges amid global uncertainty, a Cambodian politician said on Sunday. ...