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'>...

Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority aimed to raiSe US$20.4 million in a long-awaited initial public offering Scheduled for mid-April, the company Said yeSterday during itS firSt pitch to inveStorS. “We&rSquo;ve targeted trading for the 18th of April,” Said Han Kyung-tae, managing director of Tong Yang SS='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority iS gearing up to price an initial public offering of up to $24 million on 18 April, making it the firSt Stock to be traded on Cambodia&rSquo;S fledgling Stock exchange. Huy Vatharo, an executive director at underwriter Tong Yang SecuritieS, SS='cambodia-color'>...

A steady rise in the value of Cambodia’s riel since the beginning of the year demonstrated increased confidence in the currency often shadowed by predominant usage of the Us dollar, officials said yesterday. “The consequent rising value of riel proves there is more confidence in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Forestry Administration’s proposal to create a conservation zone for Prey Long, one of Cambodia’s largest remaining primary forests, has been scaled down by more than 20 percent and now covers about 480,000 hectares, an official said. During consultation workshops in Phnom Penh last month, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the creation of Cambodia’s first law on trade unions enters a final phase this week, labor activists and unions said the draft law as it stands is in urgent need of revision, as it would cripple unions and severely undermine collective bargaining rights. They ss='cambodia-color'>...

Women who had fainted in a poorly ventilated garment factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning were making winter coats to be sold at Walmart stores in Canada, it was revealed yesterday. Executives with Taiwanese-owned Heart Enterprise (Cambodia) Ltd also confirmed reports ss='cambodia-color'>...

VISA, MaStercard, Dell and CiSco SyStemS have been added to a growing liSt of US companieS looking to enter the Cambodian market, according to FranceS Zwenig, counSellor of the US-ASEAN BuSineSS Council. The financial ServiceS and information technology companieS joined GE, Chevron, JohnSon & JohnSon SS='cambodia-color'>...

Police are accused of breaking a 21-year-old woman’s nose and injuring two other women as about 900 workers marched from the Win shing-tex Cambodia garment factory in the capital’s Por sen Chey district yesterday. san sopha said, adding he would file a complaint against the ss='cambodia-color'>...