Workers at a Kampot province cement factory began striking yesterday, protesting late payment of their salaries for May. The 224 employees of Cambodia Cement Chakrey Ting Factory in Kampot’s Teuk Chhou district said the company was supposed to pay them at the end of May but ss='cambodia-color'>...

Acleda Bank has reinvested $39 million of profits back into its operations instead of paying out dividends to shareholders, an announcement on its website states. It is the 11th time Alceda has opted to increase registered capital, with the latest top-up taking the bank’s total capital ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 1,000 workers from the Canteran factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district continued to strike on saturday over a decision to push back the day they are paid. The workers have been on strike since Thursday after being told they will be paid on the 10th ss='cambodia-color'>...

British Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs said that Britain wanted to see Cambodia’s two winning parties returning to negotiation to end political deadlock in the country. Hugo swire, who is on his two-day visit to Cambodia, made such comments during a meeting Friday with Kem sokha, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ratanakkiri’s prison director has been moved to a new post after 20 years on the job. In a ceremony held on Thursday, the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons officially replaced Ngin Nel, transferring him to the Ministry of Interior, where he will serve as ss='cambodia-color'>...

A small set of Cambodian factories being monitored by the International Labor Organization have showed some signs of improvement, according to a recent report. The ILO’s Better Factories initiative monitors 51 facilities. In a new report, the ILO says 30 of those factories showed signs of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy says he is prepared to call for more mass demonstrations if negotiations over election reform fail with the ruling party. speaking to reporters from Australia, where he is traveling, the president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party said he was willing to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The work of fourth Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge has almost been completed after a 16-month construction, a contractor said Thursday. He Luesa, head of shanghai Construction (Group) General Company’ s construction team, said the construction of a 855 meters by 13.5 meters Takhmao Bridge across Tonle Bassac ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS on ThurSday handed over underwater demining equipment to the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC)&rSquo;S Underwater Demining Unit in northern Kampong Chhnang province, Said a preSS Statement from the US EmbaSSy. US AmbaSSador William E. Todd delivered the equipment, including inflatable boatS, air compreSSorS, SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia on Tuesday officially issued a new 50,000-riel banknote (in equivalent to 12.5 U.s. dollars) in order to mark King Norodom sihamoni’s 61st birthday, which falls on May 14. A sub-decree on the issuance of the new banknote was endorsed by ss='cambodia-color'>...

Improvements in agriculture practices in the Mekong region and lessons for policy will be discussed at a conference in Phnom Penh this week. The conference, ‘A Policy Dialogue on Rice Futures: Rice-based Farming systems Research in the Mekong Region’ was opened today by Australia’s Ambassador ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prey Sar priSon officialS on Friday Set fire to 1,705 mobile phoneS that had been confiScated from inmateS there over the paSt three yearS. Yin Kun, deputy chief of Prey Sar&rSquo;S Correctional Center 1, Said that the public burning of phoneS would remind priSonerS that communicating SS='cambodia-color'>...

After striking for more than a week, employees at Phnom Penh’s sun Well shoes yesterday marched to Por sen Chey district hall, demanding their voices be heard. some 300 people marched from their Veng sreng Boulevard factory with a list of seven demands, including the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Singaporean bakery chain BreadTalk will open up in two locationS in Phnom Penh thiS July, the bakery&rSquo;S franchiSee confirmed yeSterday. Ly Daline, CEO of Cham & Ly Corporation, whoSe company will run BreadTalk in Phnom Penh, Said a riSing middle claSS meanS changeS in conSumer SS='cambodia-color'>...

SmugglerS Sank two boatS filled with illegally logged roSewood into Koh Kong&rSquo;S Sre Ambel River aS they Shook off purSuing rangerS from Wildlife Alliance on March 22, the NGO haS Said. An anonymouS informant tipped off rangerS in Sre Ambel diStrict to the boatS, allegedly filled SS='cambodia-color'>...

Members of a Lao ethnic community in Ratanakkiri province allegedly burned down three makeshift houses belonging to a rubber plantation on Monday. The 250 villagers in Veun sai district’s Hatpak village accuse Indian-owned sK Company of encroaching on the forest and ignoring markers demarcating village farmland, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian men drink more than the global norm and their liquor habits are on the upswing, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization. People – especially men – throughout the Western Pacific and southeast Asian regions are drinking more, according to the WHO’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s exports to Japan increased sharply by 39 per cent over the first three months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Total exports reached more than $178 million at the end of March, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX) haS approved Grand TwinS International&rSquo;S (GTI) final SubmiSSion of IPO documentS and iSSued an official liSting date of June 16. “Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange haS a great honor to inform the public that Grand TwinS International (Cambodia) Plc iS approved to be SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government must make more of an effort to not only eradicate child labor, but also its underlying causes, and ensure that children attend school, local rights group Licadho said Thursday. In a statement released ahead of World Day Against Child Labor, the group said the ss='cambodia-color'>...