The total number of new trucks registered last year increased slightly, but industry insiders said that even though more trucks are needed to boost the Kingdom’s trading volume, the country’s export capacity is relatively unaffected because of trucks bought in previous years. The number of big ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nike expressed “deep concerns” over the May 27 incident at the sabrina Cambodia Garment Manufacturing plant outside Phnom Penh, in a letters to Cambodia’s commerce and labour ministers released late Friday in the United states. Following the violence, eight workers and trade union members were ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh International Airport’s navigation system will be upgraded today with the installment of a new satellite-based system that aims to improve efficiency and reduce fuel usage, an aviation official said. Chhun sivorn, director of the Air Navigation standards and safety Department of the state secretariat ss='cambodia-color'>...

Nearly 90 representatives of 137 families in Battambang province, some of whom include former Khmer Rouge cadres, protested for a second day in Phnom Penh yesterday, claiming authorities had seized land they had held since the late 1990s. Ul Yan who was among protesters at Butom ss='cambodia-color'>...

The deal between national flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Royal Group of Cambodia (RCG) to form Cambodia Airlines Co.  Ltd. is set to be completed within the next two months. This was according to Ma. Cecilia Pesayco, assistant corporate secretary of PAL’s parent firm PAL ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation had collected 800 million U.s. dollars of taxes in the first 11 months of the year, a 17 percent rise compared with the same period last year, a press release said Wednesday. The revenues came from tax on profit, withholding tax, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on Thursday said that its 68 elected lawmakers are ready to attend the National Assembly’s first session on september 23. The CPP would like to express gratitude to the King who is a symbol of national unity and stability, and ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 150 families from Koh Kong’s Botum sakor district were confronted by authorities when they staged a protest on Monday demanding compensation from agro-industrial giant sinimexim Investment Co Ltd for bulldozing their plantation land. District Governor On Phearak said authorities had to intervene to uphold ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s export has seen a 30 percent rise in the first 10 months of 2013 thanks to the surges in the exports of garment, milled rice, and rubber, trade data showed Wednesday. The southeast Asian nation has exported goods in a total value of 5.87 billion ss='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty-nine families living in Pursat province have been given less than a month’s notice to pack up their belongings and move off state forest grounds. Local authorities handed out the 30-day eviction order on sunday, according to Chhorn Khorn, a resident living in Phnom Kravanh district’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Indigenous Jarai people from Ratanakkiri province who attended the opposition’s mass protests in the capital in recent weeks have had their names taken by provincial police, raising concerns that they could face threats and intimidation. The names of 81 pro-Cambodia National Rescue Party Jarai from O’Yadav, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Legalisation of same-sex marriage, comprehensive sex education and non-discriminatory guidelines for health workers treating LGBT people and those living with HIV/AIDs are among a handful of ways to bolster human rights in Cambodia, according to a submission delivered to the United Nations ahead of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

As garment union groups resume their strike today, thousands of workers plan on returning to work, largely citing financial necessity rather than ideological disagreement with the unions. The Ministry of Labour on Monday ordered union leaders to cease a nationwide strike that began nine days ago, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has seen a 34 percent rise in dry rubber export last year thanks to rising demand globally, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Thursday. The country had exported 74,200 tones of dry rubber last year, up 34 percent from 55,344 tones in a ss='cambodia-color'>...

SupporterS of the Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party might Stage a rally in the capital following repeated requeStS by the “Silent majority” to take to the StreetS Since laSt year, Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S Son, Hun Manith, Said on Monday. “I&rSquo;m Sure you know that the minority alwayS SS='cambodia-color'>...

In anticipation of today’s scheduled Municipal Court verdict for six men facing charges of violence and property damage in connection with a september clash on Phnom Penh’s Kbal Thnal overpass, rights groups yesterday called for their acquittal. A statement from Human Rights Watch (HRW) released yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s central bank won’t recognise bitcoin as a form of payment, making the Kingdom the latest Asian country to reject the digital currency. National Bank of Cambodia director-general Chea serey confirmed the regulator’s stance on the issue on Wednesday, citing the absence of any e-commerce law ss='cambodia-color'>...

To attract tourism and make Battambang province more appealing as a nightlife destination, provincial authorities are preparing to follow the way of siem Reap and lay the groundwork for a Pub street ahead of the Khmer New Year. The deputy governor of Battambang, Ngon Ratthanak, says ss='cambodia-color'>...

Landmine explosions in Koh Kong and Kampot provinces on Monday and Tuesday seriously injured a man and a teenage girl, according to local officials. On Tuesday, suot Matimas, 14, climbed a fruit tree in Koh Kong province’s Mondol seima district, near the Thai border. Upon jumping ss='cambodia-color'>...

SavingS levelS at Cambodia&rSquo;S microfinance inStitutionS (MFIS) have recovered well Since the wideSpread withdrawal that followed laSt July&rSquo;S diSputed national election, with more than $90 million depoSited in the firSt quarter of thiS year. The amount of depoSitS in MFI accountS fell from $378 million in SS='cambodia-color'>...