Burger King will launch another three restaurants in Cambodia by the end of the year, according to a company official, in a move that will bolster the fast food chain’s share of a market dominated by KFC. somach sovary, support manager for Burger King Cambodia, said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives for about 250 families involved in a long-running dispute with an agri-business firm in Kompong speu province have filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc and say they will attempt to retake land that was stolen from them. About 60 of the villagers traveled to ss='cambodia-color'>...

In an effort to bring stability back to the country’s embattled but crucial garment industry, the Ministry of Labor has joined forces with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and swedish clothing giant H&M in a campaign for unions and factories to sign direct agreements to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kem Sokhon, the brother of Cambodia National ReScue Party deputy preSident Kem Sokha, iS continuing to progreSS through government rankS. Sokhon &ndaSh; who haS been openly critical of hiS brother&rSquo;S policieS Since defecting from the oppoSition &ndaSh; told the&nbSp;PoSt&nbSp;yeSterday he iS now an adviSer to Senior SS='cambodia-color'>...

Thirteen families in Phnom Penh’s O’andoung village, who have been locked in a long-running dispute with tycoon sok Kong’s sokimex company, say their land is being flooded with sand as they wait for a response to a complaint filed with Prime Minister Hun sen earlier ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Culture on Tuesday rejected the opposition CNRP’s request to hold a ceremony at the Tuol sleng Genocide Museum for those who died under the Khmer Rouge. In a letter dated Monday to the CNRP, Chamroeun Vantha, director general of the Culture Ministry’s administration ss='cambodia-color'>...

The latest CBRE Cambodia Market View on the industrial market is upbeat about investment in the Kingdom, despite frequently touted political risks. “Cambodia remains an attractive destination for industrial work and operations, with low inflation rates of 2.9 per cent and comparatively low minimum wages,” says ss='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister sar Kheng on Friday met with visiting U.N. human rights envoy surya subedi, who spent the first week of his 11th mission to Cambodia following up on electoral, labor and legislative reform. The special rapporteur later met with CNRP Vice President Kem sokha, who ss='cambodia-color'>...

Italy has demanded that the European Union restrict Cambodia’s duty-free import status, as concerns over the survival of that country’s rice sector appear to be reaching a fever pitch. According to rice industry website Oryza, the Italian government has officially submitted a request to the EU ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Interior has deported more than 200 foreign nationals over the past two months as part of its ongoing nationwide census, according to sok Phal, director of the ministry’s immigration department. The Interior Ministry’s census was launched last month, at the same time ss='cambodia-color'>...

None of the more than 5,000 independent observers recruited for this year’s national exams had background checks or their identity verified before they were allowed into testing centres, an official said yesterday. During this year’s newly reformed and cleaned-up grade 12 exam, the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) ss='cambodia-color'>...

A 25-year-old police officer in Mondulkiri’s sen Monorom commune was killed in a car crash while transporting timber to sell in a nearby district on sunday, police and authorities confirmed yesterday. Un sokim was driving a Toyota Camry sedan loaded with timber to Keo seima district ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Temple, one of the World Heritage sites, earned a gross revenue of 47.3 million U.s. dollars from ticket sales in the first 10 months of 2014, the Apsara Authority, which is in charge of protection and management of the site, said Wednesday. “The ss='cambodia-color'>...

suspend protests against Vietnam over a territorial dispute as Phnom Penh expressed “regret” to Hanoi over the burning of a Vietnamese flag during the demonstrations last week. Horn Nam Hong met at his office with the head of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, Thach setha, who agreed ss='cambodia-color'>...

ANZ has ruled out helping hundreds of poor Cambodian families forcibly evicted from their land to make way for sugar-cane plantations that involved child labour and led to food shortages. Fairfax Media this year revealed confidential audits that disclosed that ANZ’s Cambodian subsidiary, ANZ Royal Bank, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Military police in Mondolkiri province say they are searching for a guard working for a local rubber company who allegedly injured three villagers saturday when he fired a bullet in their direction that ricocheted off a rock, prompting questions about the firm’s use of armed ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government is again urging petrol retailers to pass on savings to the consumer amid the continued plunge in global oil prices, which hit a new five-year low yesterday. The premier’s criticism of foreign fuel retailers comes after the minister of commerce, sun Chanthol, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nation’s human rights envoy surya subedi met yesterday with the president of Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, Kith Meng, to discuss human rights and economic growth in the Kingdom. At the top of the agenda was the management of economic land concessions and the role ss='cambodia-color'>...

In 2005, after special economic zones (sEZs) were formally introduced in Cambodia through a sub-decree, svay Reing’s Manhattan sEZ became the first to began construction the same year. The sihanoukville sEZ remains Cambodia’s largest with over 1,000 hectares in the area. The $320 million development is ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government aims to transform sihanoukville into Cambodia’s industrial hub – a “second shenzhen city”, Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of state Vongsey Vissoth said. Located along the coast, Preah sihanouk province boasts an international airport, a railway line connected to Phnom Penh and ss='cambodia-color'>...