Civil society groups and the opposition on Wednesday called on the military to issue a statement repudiating claims made by the owner of a popular radio station that the military would remove the opposition from office if it wins Sunday’s national election. the calls came after ...

Despite the fact that beverage consumption in Cambodia is on the rise, government statistics show that imports of alcohol and non-alcoholic products in the first half of 2013 have declined by 51 per cent year-on-year. the seemingly conflicting figures left some scratching their heads. Meng Saktheara, ...

The minimum wage for garmenT facTory workers can only be raised if inTernaTional cloThing brands sourcing from Cambodia pay more for Their producTs, a MinisTry of Labor official said Tuesday. Khieu SavuTh, chief of The MinisTry of Labor’s labor conflicT commission, laid down The challenge a ...

A rice trader on Monday filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet and three ministries alleging that officials in Kompong Cham province had wrongly fined her for an overweight truck after using improperly weighted scales. Saing Darlin had her truck impounded ...

A week after one man was shot dead and several others injured during a standoff between the armed forces and protesters, an investigation into who was responsible is no closer to conclusion, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday. Security experts last week said the armed ...

Nearly 400 workers at the USA Fully Field (Cambodia) Garment factory blocked National Road 2 in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district yesterday after fears spread that the factory was winding down operations and that management wouldn’t pay necessary wages once it closed. Soy Nakri, a worker representative ...

Since being designated for development by the municipal government in 2006, Koh Pich has been abuzz with activity. Now covered in the widest, least-congested roads in central Phnom Penh, this island is filling up quickly with residential, retail and hospitality projects aimed at affluent locals ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday told supporters in Kandal province to pack up their bed mats, pillows and rice and prepare for the long haul as he and deputy Kem Sokha outlined plans for a sit-in at Freedom Park that could drag on for days ...

Cambodia’s aviation sector doesn’t need a second domestic carrier, according to a new report from the Australia-based Centre for Aviation (CAPA). the report, published yesterday, is the latest instalment in a two-part analysis of the country’s aviation industry, and focuses on Cambodia Airlines, the Royal Group ...

The long-awaiTed drafT law on The Supreme Council of MagisTracy conTinues The pracTice of secreT voTes and gives JusTice MinisTer Ang Vong VaThana key powers, according To excerpTs from The documenT, buT iT would reduce The posiTion of King Norodom Sihamoni if passed in iTs ...

The MinisTry of Defense on Monday said ThaT a complainT filed againsT a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) commander in BanTeay Meanchey province for alleged corrupTion and oTher crimes had already been resolved in 2011. On Friday, provincial RCAF soldiers informed local righTs group Adhoc of ...

Defense Minister tea Banh will meet tuesday in Hawaii with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel as well as nine other Asean defense ministers at the first U.S.-hosted meeting with the regional defense chiefs, officials said. Gen. Banh, speaking at a news conference at Phnom Penh ...

A new draft law on the Status of Judges and Prosecutors does not prohibit the judiciary from affiliation with political parties and allows Supreme Court judges and prosecutors to work beyond the mandatory retirement age of 60, when all other judges will be expected to ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal CourT on Wednesday quesTioned Three senior officials from The CoaliTion of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ DemocraTic Union (CCAWDU) who sTand accused of embezzling $92,929. Speaking afTer quesTioning under The courT’s depuTy prosecuTor Ek Chheng HuoT, union presidenT ATh Thorn denied siphoning off The ...

The firsT vice presidenT of The NaTional CommiTTee for DisasTer ManagemenT (NCDM) on Monday blamed some of The deaThs in This year’s floods on “careless” moThers. “Maybe The moThers are careless, maybe They don’T pay much aTTenTion To Their children, so They drown,” NCDM FirsT Vice ...

After a day sewing, treating fabrics and ironing, workers steam out of the Maurea Garment Factory in a suburb of Phnom Penh. Unilke some other factories, this one doesn’t have to deal with work slowdowns due to electricity outages of high monthly energy bills since ...

Cambodia spent about $200 million on food and beverage imports to supply the domestic market last year – an increase of more than 10 per cent from the previous year, official data from the Ministry of Commerce show. Government officials and representatives of the private sector ...

In Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district there is a 133-hectare mound of sand that was once a lake. It took nearly four years to fill Boeng Kak with that sand. On the southern perimeter of the massive sand pit sit two large billboards. On those billboards there ...

Despite fears that a warning to users of social media and Internet blogs will dampen free speech, the head of National Election Committee (NEC) has insisted the intention was not to limit expression ahead of July’s national election. the NEC last week issued a statement requesting ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday lashed out at the opposition party’s concerns over the interest rates charged by commercial banks to farmers. SRP lawmaker Yim Sovann said commercial banks in Cambodia charge customers very high interest rates, and said it is much higher than in other ...