Cambodia’s cultural siem Reap province and China’s eastern Jiangxi province have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in a number of fields, according to a copy of the MoU on saturday. The deal was inked on Friday afternoon between Khim Bunsong, governor of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s traffic police officers, whose reputation for bribe taking is renowned, will soon be monitored by a new mobile police unit to ensure they uphold the law, the Ministry of Interior said. The special Team Monitoring Traffic Law Enforcement will ensure that traffic police are ss='cambodia-color'>...

A day after union leader Vorn Pov was violently arrested during garment strikes in early January, he was driven to an unknown location and told by armed officers to get out of the vehicle. The union leader said his group of co-accused share a cell ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the course of a city’s development, especially a capital city, certain events serve as mile markers, raising their profile both regionally and globally. Few understand the changing views of Japanese investors toward Cambodia better than the upper management of boutique real estate consultancy AnnaCam ss='cambodia-color'>...

Taiwanese garment factory Grand Twins International (GTI) has carefully laid out a schedule so it can go public on Cambodia’s stock exchange after the dust settles from unrest tied to minimum wage disputes, according to the company’s chief financial controller, Henry Chen. GTI received approval from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister sar Kheng and opposition leader sam Rainsy said Tuesday that preparations are underway for a meeting between Mr. Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun sen to discuss the country’s ongoing political deadlock. On the sidelines of the second session of the National Assembly since the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.N. special rapporteur on the freedom of peaceful assembly and association, Maina Kiai, began a three-day unofficial visit to Cambodia on Wednesday, just one month after military police shot dead five protesters in Phnom Penh and the government imposed a ban on public gatherings. Mr. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s newly established government panel to investigate minimum wage reform held its first meeting Thursday to lay out a strategy for addressing the hot button issue, as union leaders announced plans to protest to back their demand for monthly salary increases for footwear and garment ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of eight villagers from stung Treng and Ratanakkiri provinces facing displacement by the construction of the Lower sesan 2 dam lodged a petition Thursday with the Chinese Embassy and three ministries demanding that the developer negotiate with them. “The affected families have never been ss='cambodia-color'>...

Armed soldiers will continue to patrol Veng sreng street, the garment factory-lined thoroughfare in Phnom Penh’s Pur senchey district where military police shot dead five workers during a nationwide strike last month, until labor unrest in the garment sector subsides, the deputy commander of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hun Manet, the oldest son of Prime Minister Hun sen and the commander of the Ministry of Defense’s counterterrorism department, used the opening ceremony of a new building at a Phnom Penh pagoda sunday to warn of the possible consequences of increased political division in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Environment Minister say sam Al met with private firms with land concessions last week to gauge their compliance with government rules and regulations, and adherence to their own contracts. Amid mounting local and international pressure, Prime Minister Hun sen in mid-2012 ordered a freeze on ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the shadow of Anlong Mountain in Preah Vihear province, the whir of engines pierces the tranquil scrubland. Here, in the midday heat, a group of workers scour the earth for traces of gold. A licence granted to Malaysian gold miner Delcom, which first began ss='cambodia-color'>...

Siem Reap province&rSquo;S Banteay Srei diStrict authoritieS on Friday Stopped and warned of legal action againSt the unauthoriSed clearing of foreSt land led by a machinery owner at the diStrict&rSquo;S Hal village in Tbeng commune.​ DiStrict governor Khim Finan told The PoSt on Sunday that SS='cambodia-color'>...

Railway freight services between Phnom Penh and Touk Meas commune, in Kampot province’s Banteay Meas district, the location of a siam Cement factory about 40 kilometres north of Kampot town, began yesterday, finally putting the Toll Royal Railways concession on an earning basis. According to Toll Royal Railways ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian Development Bank announced yesterday that the organizations behind the rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railways, including the government and the Australian development agency, have jointly pledged to address the complaints of people facing eviction from dwellings across the rail lines. The Australian government provided ss='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty-nine community representatives from Kampong speu’s Phnom sruoch district travelled in person to the National Assembly building in Phnom Penh yesterday to file a complaint against provincial governor Kang Heang and other officials, accusing them of “robbing a total of 950 hectares of farm land”.  ss='cambodia-color'>...

Destruction of Cambodia’s forests is one of the biggest threats to the country’s ability to effectively deal with the effects of climate change, the UN warned in a new report to be released today. Cambodia is one of the most vulnerable countries in the region ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Angkor Village Hotel and Resort is breaking the law by refusing to reinstate 67 sacked workers that the Arbitration Council ruled were unlawfully dismissed, siem Reap’s deputy governor claimed yesterday. After attending a protest of hotel workers and supporters outside the hotel in siem Reap ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some commercial bankS could increaSe loanS to the agricultural Sector thiS year, according to induStry inSiderS who cited improvementS in the Sector and a riSe in crop priceS. Cambodian farmerS lack the capital needed for inputS Such aS SeedS and fertiliSer, while domeStic rice millerS often SS='cambodia-color'>...