Women make up the majority of street vendors selling food, clothes and a range of other retail goods across Cambodia, a new report in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Business has revealed. Using data from Cambodia’s economic census, researchers Nobuo Hirohata and Kazuhiro Fukuyo, from Yamaguchi ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy and a convoy of CNRP officials had a rocky tour through the northwestern province of Oddar Meanchey on Wednesday.    ss='cambodia-color'>...

United StateS ASSiStant Secretary of State Daniel RuSSel yeSterday Said Cambodia&rSquo;S political Stalemate waS a matter of concern, but nonetheleSS expreSSed hope the coming electionS would be free and fair. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Officials from the Ministry of Labour met with former workers from three garment factories in the capital’s Por senchey district this morning after the owner absconded without warning last week, leaving 2,000 workers without their severance or salary for the month of January. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Navy personnel are preparing to hold joint exercises with counterparts from the United states next month, an official said yesterday. Mey Dina, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Force’s Navy, said about 200 officers from both countries would begin the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Union officials have applauded the Ministry of Labor which is preparing to ratify some International Labor Organization’s (ILO) conventions, including two that unions, factory workers and domestic workers have long demanded. The Labor Ministry said on Wednesday that to promote and protect the rights, benefits and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Officials from Prime Minister’s Hun sen’s cabinet yesterday accepted the petition of 110 Preah Vihear villager representatives seeking intervention in a land dispute with defunct NGO DARPO. Hun sen cabinet member Nov Ra told villagers who protested in front of the prime minister’s house to return ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police officials said yesterday two people had died when a Mondulkiri gold mine collapsed on saturday, but that neither of them worked for the mining company that owns it. Provincial police chief Nhem Vanny said two men aged 25 and 30, had died in a ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 1,000 members of the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly—a network of communities throughout the country that includes farmers as well as land and labor activists—will rally at Freedom Park on Monday to demand an end to the current political impasse. The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kandal provincial authorities and officials from multiple ministries are investigating the apparent theft of historical artefacts from a stupa at Oudong Mountain said to contain some remains of Buddha himself. Relevant authorities were tight-lipped yesterday about which objects were missing, but a local news outlet reported ss='cambodia-color'>...

Singapore Signed two energy-related MemorandumS of UnderStanding (MOUS) with Cambodia and the United Arab EmirateS (UAE), at the Singapore Energy Summit on Monday. ThiS iS part of itS effortS to Strengthen partnerShipS in the energy Sector. Second MiniSter for Trade and InduStry, Mr S ISwaran, SS='cambodia-color'>...

Riot police and security forces prevented an opposition delegation from meeting with 23 protest detainees in Kampong Cham province on Tuesday, for second day in a row. No violence was reported, as the delegation from the Cambodia National Rescue Party met with more than 100 police ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group representing Cambodia’s indigenous communities traveled to New York this week, meeting with UN officials and other minority groups from 70 countries. Cambodia’s minorities face a host of problems, particularly as they try to maintain a way of life that relies on traditions and the ss='cambodia-color'>...

TV news viewers in Cambodia are fed a steady diet of praise for the government and top officials. Whether they’re giving speeches that go on for hours, cutting a ribbon at a new development project, or shaking hands with foreign dignitaries, government leaders are presented ss='cambodia-color'>...

A deal between the ruling party and opposition in July may have ended a yearlong political deadlock, but some rights workers now worry the compromises will not be worth the long-term costs to Cambodian democracy. But Ou Virak, chairman of the board at the Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the lateSt appeal by jailed BritiSh buSineSSman Gregg Fry&Shy;ett to have hiS trial for fraud delayed becauSe he failed to file hiS appeal requeSt within the permitted timeframe. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s aviation authority says it has no plans to follow in the footsteps of some of Asia’s largest nations and ban new flights from Thai-based carriers, after an international audit has raised “significant safety concerns” about the standards of Thailand’s aviation authority. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has again ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world with the release of global anti-bribery association TRACE’s bribery risk index. According to the index, titled the TRACE Matrix and released on November 11, Cambodia is the fifth most at risk country ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of activists staged a flash mob in Phnom Penh’s Wat Botom park Thursday evening, performing the Madison and the cha-cha-cha to bring attention to women’s rights in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a move towards enhancing Cambodia’s water infrastructure, the Phnom Penh Water Authority (PPWsA) and Vinci Construction Grands Projets (VCGP) have finalised $103.3 million contract yesterday for the design and construction of the third drinking water treatment plant in Bakheng. ss='cambodia-color'>...