Employer representatives and trade unions sat down across from each other for the first time yesterday for head-to-head negotiations over next year’s garment sector minimum wage, with factory owners reluctantly offering a small $2 increase to their earlier proposal of $144.20. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Envoys of major clothing brands and retailers visited Phnom Penh this week to discuss how to achieve a “living wage” for Cambodia’s garment workers, while the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) contends the “uncompetitive” industry is slowing down as buyers pull out. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On Wednesday 23 september 2015, lawmaker leaders of the parties having seats in the National Assembly will have a meeting to discuss amendments to Law on Election of Commune/sangkat Council from 17:30 pm, at the National Assembly’s office. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A top mining official on Wednesday urged the government of northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province to crack down on a group of Vietnamese running an illegal gold mining operation villagers and rights groups say is being protected by local authorities. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Siam City Cement (SCCC)&rSquo;S board of directorS haS approved a 40-per-cent Share in a joint-venture company in Cambodia, Chip Mong Cement Corporation, a firSt Step in itS Strategy to take advantage of the upcoming ASean Economic Community. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Farmers hit by drought in Battambang this year are already benefitting from a new crop insurance product for rice farmers introduced by Forte Insurance, with at least 60 families in two districts of the country’s main rice-growing province collecting payments so far. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s former deputy consul-general to Ho Chi Minh City, who was arrested last year on suspicion of forging documents to allow luxury-grade wood to be exported into Vietnam, was sentenced to three years in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is ranked one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. Many of its people rely on agriculture, and the changes to the country’s climate, whether more droughts or more floods, makes them particularly vulnerable. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry yesterday called for Beijing’s cooperation in tackling a ring of Chinese methamphetamine traffickers operating in Cambodia, one day after an annual Interior Ministry report announced that the number of drug busts in 2015 had more than doubled compared to 2014. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A small-scale sand dredging business on the banks of sraeng lake in Banteay Meanchey’s Teuk Cho commune was shut down yesterday by Preah Net Preah district authorities after it was found to be operating without a license, according to district governor Ly sovannarith. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Justice on Friday announced two key changes to court policy related to land dispute cases as part of the government’s broader efforts to improve its handling of such disputes in the lead-up to the 2018 national election.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thirteen provinces across the country have finished harvesting their dry season rice and yields have increased on last year’s crop, but local millers and exporters are concerned about the bulk of the crop making its way to a neighboring country.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture has rejected a request from private-sector rubber firms – led by agricultural tycoon Mong Reththy – for a meeting to discuss the floundering fortunes of the nation’s rubber sector, claiming the ministry was busy and was already addressing the issue. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana met on Friday with the National Assembly’s opposition-led human rights commission to discuss issues related to judicial independence and court procedure, including government interference in the court system and abuse of the pretrial detention system.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Speu palm Sugar production iS predicted to Slightly decreaSe thiS year due to a late Start, climate change, water ShortageS and working capital for farmerS, but priceS are expected to riSe due to the Sugar&rSquo;S growing popularity Since itS geographical indication certification. SS='cambodia-color'>...

A two-star general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) will be questioned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court today for allegedly making defamatory remarks about a superior officer’s wife relating to land seizures in siem Reap province, according to court officials. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The World Bank on Monday said it still predicted strong growth from the Cambodian economy—led by garment exports—and only a moderate cooling over the next few years despite a “faster than expected” slowdown in China, Cambodia’s biggest foreign investor.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

As the opposition marked the 41st anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge, one of its senior officials yesterday lashed out at the imprisonment of a CNRP lawmaker for criticising the government’s handling of the Vietnamese border issue. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Although the Khmer Rouge no longer holds power, self exiled Opposition Leader sam Rainsy alleged that the regime’s residue pervades Cambodian society and culture. He made these claims via skype  at the Choeung Ek Genocide Center – also known as the Killing Fields – yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Montagnard asylum seeker was found dead on Wednesday morning in a Phnom Penh residence provided by the U.N.’s refugee agency, having committed suicide in his room, according to police. ss='cambodia-color'>...