Union leaders will send yet another request to the Ministry of Labor this week to call for changes to a contentious draft law that critics fear will take power away from labor organizations and benefit factories in Cambodia’s largest industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Beginning with last year’s Grade 12 national exam, the Education Ministry put a stop to the time-honored tradition of teachers taking bribes to allow students to cheat on the test, drastically reducing the passing rate among students and the profit-making potential for proctors. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In its latest published accusation of public graft, the Anti-Corruption Unit on Wednesday posted to its website anonymous claims that the heads of the National Military Police’s training center in Phnom Penh had been taking hefty bribes to secure enrollment, promotions and oth­er benefits. ss='cambodia-color'>...

There was one recorded case of cheating during this year’s grade 12 exam—held on Monday and Tuesday—down from about 20 last year, when the Education Ministry implemented sweeping reforms to stamp out bribes and cheats from the exam process, according to the education minister. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian National Survey of Oral MuScoal LeSionS, launched yeSterday at the UniverSity of PuthiSaStra&rSquo;S health faculty, found the prevalence of oral cancer and potentially malignant oral diSorderS among CambodianS waS 5.6 per cent &ndaSh; about five timeS more than Some other ASEAN countrieS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Young workers employed in Phnom Penh’s expansive informal economy may find it easy to get a job, but they face a high likelihood of labor abuses and receive significantly less pay than their peers in the formal sector, according to a study released over the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Noun Phymean is an executive director at the People Improvement Organization (PIO). Born in Kampong Cham province, she spent over 12 years with the United Nations and other international organizations. Now, the hardworking humanitarian is focusing on helping some of the country’s most impoverished children. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry’s anti-drug trafficking department announced on Friday that it has confiscated more than 87 kg of hard drugs and 1.5 tons of marijuana in the first nine months of the year, a sharp increase compared to the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new breakout of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory syndrome (PRRs) has taken the lives of more than 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts across siem Reap since mid-August, a new report by the province’s Agriculture Department says. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Negotiations are still under way between Royal Railway Cambodia and the Cambodian Government on implementing a new concession agreement designed to improve Cambodia’s railway systems as well as keeping the infrastructure running in an orderly manner.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The South Korean government will provide $10 million for the Kingdom&rSquo;S landmine clearing activitieS from 2021 to 2025. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs yesterday said it is studying a Licadho report that found that nearly one in three cases of rape or attempted rape of a woman were perpetrated by a relative of the victim. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak sokhonn restated his support of East Timor’s bid for AsEAN membership. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phase I of the Angkor Landmark development project about 15km northeast of siem Reap town is scheduled to officially break ground at end-2021, according to the developer’s CEO Tous saphoeun. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The COVAX Facility donated advanced refrigeration equipment to the Royal Government to boost the country’s vaccination storage capacity. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Fifty coffee shops have joined a two-month campaign initiated by the Royal University of Phnom Penh’s (RUPP) Department of Media and Communication (DMC) to reduce the use of plastic in daily lives. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) will defend the government’s National Human Rights Report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the UN Office in Geneva, switzerland, in March. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak sokhonn said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Heng Samrin, PreSident of the National ASSembly (NA) of Cambodia, haS expreSSed the NA&rSquo;S SatiSfaction and Support for the multi-Sectoral cooperation between the legiSlative bodieS of Cambodia and MalaySia. SS='cambodia-color'>...

ASEAN economic miniSterS ended their virtual 28th AEM Retreat on WedneSday, agreeing to charter ASEAN&rSquo;S regional work plan for 2022 in Setting prioritieS towardS expediting regional economic recovery. SS='cambodia-color'>...