A married couple and another man were called before a judge yesterday after being charged with clearing protected forest in Koh Kong province’s Kandorl commune. Kry Deuy, his wife, Moeung Yan, and a man named soun sareth cleared about 16 hectares of state-protected forest to cultivate ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 4,000 workers from two garment factories protested in Phnom Penh  yesterday for better working conditions – but bosses told them their 7.5 hour working days and free meals meant they had it pretty good. The workers from sL Garment Processing (Cambodia)’s sL1 and sL2 factories ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thai soldiers have shot dead three Cambodian men for illegally cutting rosewood on the frontier of Thai territory He [Prach Chan, governor of Cambodia’ s Battambang province] said the Thai side claimed that the men illegally entered Thai territory for logging purposes on saturday, in an ss='cambodia-color'>...

Acleda Bank PLC plans to launch internet banking services in september, the bank’s president and CEO, In Channy, said yesterday. Internet banking will be available to customers in Cambodia and abroad, Mr. Channy said. The system Acleda chose, he said, is used by many leading ss='cambodia-color'>...

International tourist arrivals soared nearly 18 per cent in the first quarter in this year compared to the same period the year before, according to data from the Ministry of Tourism. The ministry’s official statistics report showed that Cambodia received 1,172,072 tourists in three-month period, compared ss='cambodia-color'>...

Joining a growing number of airlines connecting to Angkor Wat’s gateway, Dragonair will fly between Hong Kong and siem Reap in October. The Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Cathay Pacific said in a statement last week that it will start the seasonal service on October 29 and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Palm sugar farmers in Kampong speu province will soon export their goods to south Korea, the senior officer of a grower’s network said on Monday. sam saroeun, president of the Kampong speu Palm sugar Promotion Association, said an agreement with the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency ss='cambodia-color'>...

Eleven senators supporting the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party say they will not take part in a senate session on Thursday scheduled to debate the 2014 budget. Opposition senators say they will not endorse a budget that did not go through proper parliamentary procedure and ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least four people were injured, one seriously, after Thai soldiers shot them as they allegedly illegally logged the Thai side of the Preah Vihear border on Wednesday. The injured men were part of a group of eight from Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district, provincial ss='cambodia-color'>...

A leading official from the opposition’s political negotiation team says more talks are planned with the ruling party. son Chhay, a lawmaker-elect for the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said Monday that talks to end the deadlock will continue following the latest round of sub-national elections, which ss='cambodia-color'>...

Berjaya Food Bhd’s share on Bursa Malaysia rose in early trade today following the announcement yesterday that it had incorporated a new subsidiary in Cambodia. As at 9.57am, the counter rose four sen or 2.45% to RM1.67, after opening at RM1.64, with 47,000 shares changing hands. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The new year has brought with it a mixed outlook for the vehicle market, as dealers post both positive and negative sales figures for 2013. Pily Wong, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen distributor Hung Hiep (Cambodia), said sales had been seriously affected by the Kingdom’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of Cambodian-Americans rallied at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, demanding the release of 23 labor activists still being held following deadly protest crackdowns last month. Protesters also called for a recall election, following July’s polls that opposition leaders say were marred by fraud. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of NGOs is urging Cambodia’s two main political parties not to rush the election reform process. Instead, the Electoral Reform Alliance says the ruling party and opposition should ensure they have completed the reform process before they open a National Assembly session, which would ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations independent expert on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, expressed concern today that the country’s National Assembly held its second session last week without the opposition representatives taking up their seat, and urged the legislature to upkeep the key principles of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite expecting 27,000 visitors per day, little planning has gone into tackling traffic congestion at Cambodia’s long-awaited AEON Mall when it opens June 30, City Hall said yesterday. There are 1,400 vehicle parking spaces allotted at AEON and 1,600 bikes spaces accessed via both sothearos ss='cambodia-color'>...

A stone wall from the Angkorian-era Banteay Chhmar temple that was damaged in a rainstorm last month will be repaired in July, an official said yesterday. Yang Tangkouy, a provincial official, said the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is cooperating with UNEsCO on the restoration ss='cambodia-color'>...

Anti-corruption czar Om Yentieng on Wednesday applauded high school teachers for overseeing the nation’s cleanest-ever national exam earlier this month, but warned that jail time awaited anyone who is found to be corrupt at the second round of exams in October. ss='cambodia-color'>...

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Opposition deputy leader and parliamentary first vice president Kem sokha promised on saturday to use his party’s status in parliament to summons and vote out long-serving corrupt government ministers with the help of the ruling party. ss='cambodia-color'>...