Anguished cries from supporters and family members echoed outside the Appeals Court in Phnom Penh yesterday as they received the news bail had been denied. They had been hoping for the release of 21 people detained since a brutal government crackdown in early January. On ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian garment manufacturers and the association that governs them are failing to meet the standards set by the U.N.’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as evidenced by lethal violence against workers during garment strikes in January, when five people were shot dead and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Telecommunications companies say they are being left in the dark on the controversial draft law on cybercrime, despite provisions in the proposed law allowing prosecutors to order internet service providers to preserve data for them as part of criminal investigations. Three large telecom firms providing internet ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two polarizing narratives emerged after the Monday night discussion between U.s. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Hun sen, with the U.s. claiming it had been “tense,” while Cambodia insisted the talks were cordial. When it came to agenda, Mr. Obama put human rights, electoral and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Power Partner Profit Group has signed 10 memoranda of understanding with Chinese companies for cooperation on agriculture, mineral resources and electronics. Insiders said the penning of the MoUs, which do not guarantee a final agreement, was another step toward realising a Us$5 billion bilateral trade ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite offering an uplifting outlook for Cambodia’s economy this year, economists at the World Bank said yesterday that it could still succumb to volatile commodities prices, particularly food and gas. speaking to journalists after the release the bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Update for 2012, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Roughly 4,000 garment workers at a factory supplying clothes for U.s. brands Gap, Levi strauss and Old Navy went on strike yesterday and threatened to march in Phnom Penh on Thursday to demonstrate against poor pay. The demonstration took place at Tai Yang Enterprises in Kandal ss='cambodia-color'>...

Regional flights to Cambodia will rise next year with the news that Philippines Airlines is eyeing flights to the Kingdom and singapore’s silkAir announced it would increase the frequency of flights to siem Reap. The regional wing of singapore Airlines, silkAir, announced on Tuesday an increase ss='cambodia-color'>...

Environmentalists have expressed disappointment at the outcome of the second Mekong River Commission (MRC) summit, which wrapped up yesterday. International Rivers, an environmental and human rights organisation, yesterday released a statement slamming regional leaders’ failure to address concerns over the proliferation of dams on the mainstream ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh city of Vietnam agreed to strengthen further cooperation to develop the two cities. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior Cambodian officialS on TueSday vowed to further enhance cultural and people-to-people relationS between Cambodia and China for the benefitS of the two countrieS and peopleS. “Cambodia SupportS all activitieS to broaden cultural tieS with China,” Cambodian MiniSter of Culture and Fine ArtS Phoeurng Sackona Said SS='cambodia-color'>...

More than 1,000 garment workers gathered in Phnom Penh and marched through the city center sunday, demanding a “decent wage” from their factories, the largest garment-sector demonstration in the capital since military police fatally suppressed a protest for higher wages in January. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Toll Royal Railway signed an agreement yesterday afternoon with companies that will supply locomotives and parts for Cambodia’s railway network. As a result of the agreement, international tenders will be called in the coming months for the procurement of up to four new 2,000-horsepower locomotives and ss='cambodia-color'>...

A fleet of bulldozers owned by an unknown company and accompanied by armed RCAF soldiers began razing some 300 hectares of contested farmland in Oddor Meanchey’s Anlong Veng district yesterday, village representatives said. “There were four soldiers with RCAF uniforms and AK-47s and every bulldozer ss='cambodia-color'>...

If Cambodia’s oil and gas sector is well managed, and transparent, it could provide the country a golden opportunity for investment, development and poverty reduction, said independent economist Chan sophal, who spoke at a recent gathering looking at the economies of oil-producing countries. Chan sophal said ss='cambodia-color'>...

When it became the first—and still the only—company to list on Cambodia’s stock market on April 18, the Phnom Penh Water supply Authority saw its share price shoot up some 50 percent on its first day of trading before beginning two weeks of steady decline. since ss='cambodia-color'>...

Over 70 judges and justice ministry officials from throughout AsEAN gathered at a U.s.-supported AsEAN legal and judicial cooperation workshop in Cambodia this week for an unprecedented exchange of ideas on the rule of law in the AsEAN region. Representatives from the AsEAN senior Law Officials Meeting (AsLOM), AsEAN Member state judicial bodies, and the AsEAN ss='cambodia-color'>...

Huawei Technologies (Cambodia) Co agreed yesterday to withdraw its injunction against Mfone in order to pave the way for a court-appointed administrator to sell the bankrupt company’s assets and compensate its many creditors. Along with other creditors, Huawei representatives expressed concerns that the assets would ss='cambodia-color'>...

Italian sportswear brand Kappa and U.s.-based retail giant Walmart apparently source clothing from the latest addition to the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) list of low-compliance factories, according to a union leader at the factory who provided the branded tags from the clothing her members cut ss='cambodia-color'>...

This tourist town counts itself among the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club and more than 1 million tourists each year are drawn to its tropical water and sandy shore. Yet when the U.s. Embassy last month warned its citizens to avoid some beaches ss='cambodia-color'>...