The National Assembly’s newly formed bipartisan Human Rights Commission met with representatives from the embattled Lor Peang village on Monday, promising a prompt resolution to their 12-year-old dispute over 145 hectares of land in Kompong Chhnang province. Lork Kheng, deputy chair of the commission, vowed that ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three CNRP Youth activists facing charges of taking part in an insurrection for their alleged roles in a violent opposition protest near Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park in July have been summonsed back to court early next month. A summons signed by Investigating Judge Keo Mony calls ss='cambodia-color'>...

With security footage of elephants, clouded leopards and other wildlife caught on hidden cameras in Cambodia’s Eastern Plains flashing on a TV screen, Toby Eastoe of Conservation International noted that their cameras also catch other activity. Presenters ranging from anti-corruption advocates to health service workers ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 workers who were fired by a Taiwanese-owned garment factory this week for striking over demands for further benefits will meet with union leaders “as soon as possible” to discuss potentially launching protests, a union representative said Tuesday. The workers were fired by the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 3,000 workerS proteSted in front of a garment factory in Prey Veng province Monday, calling for larger bonuSeS and better working conditionS, according to unioniStS and factory repreSentativeS. EmployeeS of the ChineSe-owned Komchay Mear Trading factory, which produceS clothing for U.S. brand Gap, have been SS='cambodia-color'>...

Three Thai men arrested in Cambodia for allegedly carrying counterfeit U.s. $100 bills with a face value of more than $7 million planned to circulate the fakes in rural areas where they would be less likely to be detected, police said saturday. The men were arrested ss='cambodia-color'>...

Interior Minister sar Kheng on Thursday announced plans to raise salaries of commune and village officials in an effort to close the gap between earnings of high- and low-ranking civil servants. The draft sub-decree, which will see wages of commune chiefs rise from 300,000 riel per ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hy Narin, the Meanchey district police chief arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Tuesday, was questioned on Thursday by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court over allegations that he stole more than $600,000 from the state and its citizens during his eight years as police ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 80 villagers locked in a land dispute in Preah Vihear province found their planned march to the National Assembly blocked by security forces in the capital’s Meanchey district yesterday. Village representative Meng Chanthorn said that the quashed march, which was ultimately abandoned without the use ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following a meeting with parliamentarians at the National Assembly yesterday, Minister of Labour Ith sam Heng announced the ministry would form a 27-member committee to study technical aspects of raising the minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment sector. The new committee will comprise nine representatives each from ss='cambodia-color'>...

A report from the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has decried the killing of journalists with no consequences, listing Cambodia as one of several countries where members of the press have been killed since 2004 “with complete impunity”. From 2004 to 2013, 370 journalists ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has affirmed the government’s determination to push forward the memorandums of understanding (MoUs) recently signed with Cambodia, particularly the one seeking to eradicate human trafficking. speaking of his official visit to Cambodia during October 30-31, Gen Prayut stated in his weekly televised ss='cambodia-color'>...

King Norodom Sihamoni officially appointed new memberS to the judicial body that overSeeS the Kingdom&rSquo;S judgeS and proSecutorS laSt week, following the paSSing of a controverSial law earlier thiS year outlining itS organiSation and functioning. According to a Royal Decree that waS Signed ThurSday by the SS='cambodia-color'>...

A study released by the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation puts Cambodia close to the bottom of the world in terms of the charity of its citizens, despite southeast Asia being cited as the world’s strongest performing sub-region. According to the World Giving Index, which ranks countries ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rady Mom, Cambodian-American state representative in Massachusetts, U.s.A, was not allowed yesterday to meet with 17 activists who are currently being detained at Prey sar prison. Rady Mom and his colleagues as well as Members of Parliament and senators of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party went ss='cambodia-color'>...

Medical students are up in arms about a tuition hike that would double costs and prevent some from gaining their degree, they told the Post yesterday. The University of Health sciences announced Friday that students wishing to pursue a specialty beyond the general medical degree would ss='cambodia-color'>...

The father of a man killed during a government-run fireworks display in October has sent letters to the King and two government institutions demanding compensation for his loss. Na Kry said yesterday that he sent letters last week to the King, the National Assembly and ss='cambodia-color'>...

A team from the United Nations refugee agency traveled to northeast Cambodia Wednesday to meet with 13 ethnic Montagnards seeking asylum in the country after fleeing alleged persecution in Vietnam, according to an agency spokesperson and a member of a local rights group. United Nations High ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Association of Banks in Cambodia has called on the securities and Exchange Commission to ensure that over-the-counter derivatives transacted by banks do not fall under the governance of the new draft prakas governing derivatives trading on Cambodia’s stock exchange. speaking at a workshop in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 50 Daun Penh diStrict Security guardS and about aS many riot police prevented 100 anti-eviction proteSterS from gathering at Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Freedom Park on TueSday after the city deemed the gathering illegal. The proteSterS were from a number of eviction-hit communitieS, including the Boeng Kak SS='cambodia-color'>...