The Ministry of Health said Thursday it would shut down a Phnom Penh health center that claims to cure diseases such as cancer and diabetes with the help of detoxifying machines, according to officials. Immanuel Bicom True Healing Center in Chamkar Mon district did not have ss='cambodia-color'>...

Because of ongoing strikes and an inability to fill orders, sL Garment Processing (Cambodia) says it is shedding cash flow as buyers shift away from one of Asia’s largest producers, factory management confirmed yesterday. International brands H&M and Gap reduced their orders, while Levi’s ceased buying ss='cambodia-color'>...

Manned barricades that dotted the city yesterday, strangling traffic along Norodom, sothearos and other key thoroughfares, will remain in place through tomorrow, the government announced. The unsigned directive issued yesterday, which emanated from the election security council chaired by Interior Minister sar Kheng, thanked citizens and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Only about 10 per cent of Cambodia’s workforce is being granted paid annual leave, a report released last week says. Under the 1997 Labour Law, workers who work a standard 48-hour week are entitled to 18 days of paid annual leave, in addition to one day ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two Cambodian companies on Monday signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese companies to invest in the agricultural sector. One deal was inked between Chan sothea, general director of Cambodia’s Century Rice Group, and Ivan, managing director of shengen Yonglongxin Industrial Company. Under the agreement, the two ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than a dozen journalism and hu­man rights groups have called on Cambodia’s political forces to protect journalists and guarantee citizens’ access to an open and unobstructed press during the current political unrest. In a statement released Wednesday, the Cambodian Center for Independent Media, along with ss='cambodia-color'>...

Teachers around the country will recommence a labor strike today, demanding a raise in salary to $250 per month, teachers and the Cambodian Independent Teachers Union (CITA) said Tuesday. Teachers in Phnom Penh and at least five provinces on Monday began piecemeal strikes after CITA leader ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leaders sam Rainsy and Kem sokha are due to appear before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court as scheduled this morning after retaining the services of a new lawyer, a CNRP spokesman said Monday. Mr. Rainsy and Mr. sokha, as well as union leaders Rong Chhun ss='cambodia-color'>...

Construction on Phnom Penh’s first international-standard critical-care center is expected to begin in April, and when completed it will offer state-of-the-art medical technology and highly trained staff, according to an official with the Japanese firm in charge of the project. “[Construction] is supposed to start from ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Municipality has warned the public to expect prolonged traffic disturbances around O’Russei market in Prampi Makara district after construction began in the area Monday as part of the ongoing Japan-funded drainage project, a statement from City Hall said. The public has been asked for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Political tensions that remain unresolved in both Cambodia and Thailand could lead to more violence in both countries, analysts warn. Thailand is going through another spate of democratic reform, following demonstrations that forced Prime Minister Yingluck shinawatra to step down and call for new elections. Those elections ss='cambodia-color'>...

Overall revenue from Cambodia’s booming tourism sector reached $2.5 billion last year, according to Tourism Minister Thong Khon. Khon said in an interview on Tuesday that the figure, which does not reflect the amount the state collected in taxes on the sector, marked a 15 per ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) announced the conStruction of a fifth water treatment Station yeSterday, Saying that without an additional plant, the capital could face a Severe clean-water Shortage aS Soon aS 2017. Speaking at a preSS conference organiSed by the JapaneSe International Cooperation SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday said that political parties would be banned from setting up permanent campaign bases in the city during next month’s council elections. The announcement followed the CNRP’s request to City Hall on Friday asking permission to set up a base ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy opposition leader Kem sokha has drawn the ire of the government and civil society groups after on Wednesday accusing Vietnam of orchestrating the Koh Pich bridge stampede that killed more than 350 people in 2010 as part of a plot to “eliminate the Khmer ss='cambodia-color'>...

ScoreS of familieS in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Borei Keila community tore down a corrugated metal fence and took up temporary reSidence in developer Phan Imex&rSquo;S unfiniShed Building 9 aS anger over Smaller-than-promiSed relocation plotS boiled over yeSterday morning. The occupation began after local and municipal authoritieS came SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Forestry Administration in Preah Vihear province on saturday raided a remote cabin in Choam Ksan district where they found 200 pieces of illegally felled luxury wood, police said sunday. The 15 cubic meters of wood uncovered included the Thnong, Beng and Neang Noun varieties, and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Forestry Administration in Kampot province on Tuesday confiscated about 2 cubic meters of illegal timber from a truck in Toek Chhou district’s stung Keo commune, officials said. The bust is at least the third in a week, with forestry officials confiscating 200 pieces of illegal ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Chinese-owned company in Preah Vihear’s Tbeng Mean­chey district stumbled across an 8th-century sandstone carving of the Buddha while excavating land there on Wednesday, the provincial culture department said yesterday. Oug Vireak, a deputy with the culture department, said the firm Lan Feng had been bulldozing ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party figureS who have been at the forefront of negotiationS with the oppoSition party yeSterday offered lukewarm reSponSeS to the proSpect of reStarting talkS that would bring an end to the oppoSition&rSquo;S Seven-month-long parliamentary boycott. Their poSition &ndaSh; that the oppoSition party waS SS='cambodia-color'>...