Jailed Sam RainSy Party Senator Hong Sok Hour&rSquo;S bail hearing haS been Set for WedneSday, with hiS lawyerS Saying that they have depoSited 10 million riel (about $2,500) in anticipation of a potentially favourable outcome. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Several trade unionS repreSenting Some of the garment Sector&rSquo;S 700,000 workerS petitioned lawmakerS on Monday to make important changeS to a controverSial draft union law before paSSing it and warned of maSS proteStS if they were ignored. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials are encouraging Japanese investors to channel more funding into the country’s booming construction and property development market, with the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction rolling out the red carpet for them. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 2,800 supporters attended the first congress of Nhek Bun Chhay’s Khmer National United Party (KNUP) in Phnom Penh yesterday, a party spokesperson said, weeks after splitting from the Prince Norodom Ranariddh-controlled Funcinpec party. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government launched a national plan for multilingual education in primary schools on Tuesday in an attempt to better integrate ethnic minorities into the public education system, taking over a program started by two children’s organizations. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s ambassador to Australia yesterday swiftly denied allegations of corruption amid reports the embassy is under investigation for links to an alleged alcohol and tobacco black market that took in roughly $200,000.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 200 families gathered last week in a village in Koh Kong’s Kiri sakor district, demanding compensation for their removal from land to make way for a Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) project in 2011. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Group’s $30-million luxury resort on Koh Rong island will not be completed on schedule as the company has faced numerous port development issues and, according to company management, a snarl of red tape. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rice exports fell almost 6 percent during the first half of the year, to 268,190 tons, according to government figures—despite the industry’s repeated calls for help to prevent such a decline.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly’s (NA) second Commission on Economics, Finance, Banking and Auditing yesterday asked the European Union (EU) to increase rice and clothing import quotas from Cambodia, after a discussion on EU subsidies to the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...

At 8 a.m. on Thursday, Lin sampho picked up an Australian tourist from a siem Reap City hotel to take her to the Angkor Archaeological Park for a morning trek through the site’s ancient temples. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four people – two of them police officers – were sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for selling nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine to an undercover police officer in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district earlier this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With the government placing tourism at the center of efforts to diversify and grow the country’s economy, a French development organization launched a project on Tuesday to encourage companies operating in the sector to comply with labor laws. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government’s Apsara authority will join forces with the Preah Vihear administration to establish a joint committee to prevent illegal logging and to manage state land in the protected areas around Koh Ker, officials said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government yesterday ordered the governor of Banlung town in Ratanakkiri province to return the concession granting control of Banlung market back to its original holder after he tried to switch managers without the government’s permission. ss='cambodia-color'>...

As part of a long-planned project to overhaul the country’s social security system, Prime Minister Hun sen signed into law yesterday a sub-decree effectively granting health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Cambodian workers. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Although over half of its rice exports were to China last year, it remains a highly competitive market amongst other rice exporters, namely Thailand, Pakistan, and Cambodia, said Bui Huy Hoang, Vietnam’s commercial counselor in China. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The top judge and prosecutor in Cambodia’s judiciary will see their allowances rise 300 per cent to $2,500, while those in lower courts are also in for significant hikes, according to a decree released yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 20 members of the opposition party’s permanent committee traveled to Manila on saturday night for a two-day conference with CNRP President sam Rainsy, who remains in exile, party spokesman Yem Ponhearith said on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The independence of the country’s judiciary was among the issues that UN special Rapporteur for Human Rights Rhona smith raised yesterday during a meeting with the minister of justice as part of her 10-day visit. ss='cambodia-color'>...