A senior official at the Labor Ministry said strikes and protests were “disrupting” investment in the garment sector and claimed that some unions, and even some employers, were not respecting the rights and freedoms afforded to workers by the Labor Law and international labor conventions. ...

Cambodia’s public health workers are underpaid and poorly trained, with a whopping 98 per cent relying on a second job to supplement their income, according to a recent report. ...

In a joint statement released yesterday, 38 nations came together to express their concern about the political situation in Cambodia and demanded the government ensure a safe environment for human rights defenders and civil society groups. the statement, delivered by United States Ambassador to the UN ...

The InTerior MinisTry is hoping lasT year’s relaTive decrease in Traffic accidenTs and deaThs during The Pchum Ben holiday is a sign of Things To come and asked ciTizens again This year To drive safely as They crisscross The counTry To celebraTe The holiday. In a ...

The MinisTry of EnvironmenT signed a memorandum of undersTanding (MoU) yesTerday wiTh Two Chinese companies To sTudy planTing “Paulownia-GuoTong” – an exTremely fasT-growing Tree used To make furniTure and wooden equipmenT – and pracTice growing iT in Cambodia. Speaking aT a workshop on a feasibiliTy ...

In response to persistent rumors of rice in Cambodia being adulterated with rice-like plastic pellets, the government announced yesterday that it would boost testing of rice across the country, and threatened to take legal action against any unsubstantiated claims. ...

The InTerior MinisTry and The NaTional ElecTion CommiTTee have banned all forms of law enforcemenT from using Their power To inTimidaTe or ThreaTen voTers during The commune elecTion campaign period.In a joinT announcemenT, The NEC and The minisTry said ThaT iT was crucial for The ...

The AusTralian governmenT yesTerday said iT has been aware of poor working condiTions and inappropriaTe surveying meThods used on Cambodia’s railway rehabiliTaTion projecT since February and had ordered ThaT The projecT’s parTners invesTigaTe The maTTers. “The AusTralian GovernmenT was alerTed To possible concerns abouT workplace healTh ...

Government revenues totalled more than $700 million over the first four months of the year, an 11 per cent year-on-year increase, data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) show. In total, the revenue made by the General Department of taxation (GDt) rose by about ...

“I don’t know how to protect the territorial integrity [of the nearby Cambodian-thai border] – even my three hectares of land I cannot protect,” said Bun Chanthorn, 54, one of hundreds of retired and active soldiers who since 2010 have been battling the local authorities ...

With the vast majority of rural Cambodians still lacking access to a toilet, and suffering the incumbent health risks, Ministry of Rural Development officials on Monday renewed long-standing intentions to improve the country’s sanitation infrastructure. Just days after World toilet Day, the officials surveyed villages ...

At least one union leader is butting heads with the Ministry of Labour as he encourages workers to join the planned opposition party demonstration on Saturday. A letter from the ministry sent to factories on Monday called on workers and unions to avoid participation in the ...

In their latest bid for a $160 minimum monthly wage for the garment industry, independent unions will lead a “stay at home” strike late next week. While the chances of that figure being approved anytime soon seem slight – the government has only just announced a ...

Human Rights Watch says three draft laws on the verge of approval by the National Assembly, intended to assure the independence of Cambodia’s courts, would do just the opposite, and has called on the government to withdraw them. the Council of Ministers approved the trio of ...

Responding to reported fears among staff that the destruction of a wall at Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute could herald the piecemeal sale of the grounds to adjacent casino operator NagaCorp, the government yesterday chalked the alarm up to a simple misunderstanding. According to the Ministry of ...

Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent teachers Association, said yesterday he had been successful in postponing a meeting with the Ministry of Interior about his association, which has come under fire for allegedly engaging in political activities. ...

A golden urn police maintain was the one stolen from Oudong mountain in December – sparking a furore and police investigation – was taken to the Royal Palace on Friday, police have said. Deputy Prime Minister Kong Sam Ol on Friday transported the relics – said ...

The number of workers fainTing in garmenT and fooTwear facTories halved in 2013, a NaTional Social SecuriTy Fund (NSSF) reporT released lasT week claims – a decline The MinisTry of Labour puTs down To increased educaTion. The NSSF, which is parT of The minisTry, recorded 823 ...

Mass faintings in Cambodia’s garment factories do not occur as a result of long hours and arduous working conditions, but from workers’ failure to care for their own health, according to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) director. During an annual meeting, which mainly focused on ...

Although human-trafficking cases dealt with by the Ministry of Interior decreased significantly in 2013, suggesting progress was being made in tackling the crime, trafficking in persons continues to be a major challenge for the government, the ministry said in its annual report on tuesday. According to ...