About 200 farmers protested in front of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday and submitted a petition requesting changes to a draft law on the management of agricultural land, which rights groups have said could effectively legalize land grabs from poor farmers. the government says the ...

Production of Cambodian organic rice is rising rapidly as international demand for the product increases, experts said at a forum for growers and other in­dustry members held tuesday at the Phnom Penh headquarters of agricultural NGO Cedac. “In the first six months of this year we’ve ...

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says much work is still needed to establish the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a single market for trade and development in 2015. Lee, head of the most advanced economy in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, ...

A month after a company owned by tycoon Kith Meng was ordered to suspend logging the reservoir area of the controversial Lower Sesan II dam, the government yesterday threatened legal action against it if its orders aren’t followed. In a letter obtained by the Post yesterday, the Council ...

Anti-human trafficking NGO SISHA announced the results of its internal audit yesterday, attempting to clear financial misconduct allegations made earlier this year. Retired police detective and founder of the NGO Steve Morrish came under fire in August after two of the charity’s former employees leaked information ...

Since 2011, an estimated 3,000 resin trees have been illegally razed by rogue loggers and a land concessionaire operating in Mondulkiri’s Sen Monorom district, villagers claimed yesterday. Resin trees are a vital source of income for the Phnong ethnic community in Sokdom commune, according to thleuk ...

A two-day meeting between union leaders, senior government officials and representatives of the SL Gar­ment Factory failed tuesday to reach a solution for factory workers, who have been on strike since early August and on Monday demonstrated in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Phnom ...

The NaTional Assembly’s CPP-run finance commiTTee approved The counTry’s $3.54 billion drafT budgeT for 2014 Wednesday, iTs lasT hurdle before debaTe and a possible voTe can be held by The full Assembly, where The opposiTion is sTill refusing To Take nearly half The seaTs. “AfTer The ...

Voter rolls at several polling stations appear to have been “intentionally manipulated” in advance of the election to allow large groups of individuals to cast fraudulent ballots in communes where they were ineligible, according to a report released Saturday by rights group Licadho. One of the ...

The Free Trade Union (FTU) requesTed ThaT The GarmenT ManufacTurers AssociaTion in Cambodia (GMAC) permiT workers naTionwide To Take a weeklong holiday in order To parTicipaTe in The opposiTion’s planned demonsTraTions, according To a leTTer senT by The FTU This week. Signed by union presidenT Chea ...

Anti-corruption advocates say they want the US government to help them push for transparency in the extractive industries, as ongoing mining continues to disrupt the lives of many Cambodians. At least 120 companies, most of them Chinese, have obtained mining licenses in the last decade, as ...

FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has not lost its interest in pursuing a joint-venture agreement with Royal Group of Cambodia (RGC) to establish Cambodia Airlines Co. Ltd.  PAL President Ramon S. Ang confirmed that his airline’s discussions for investment in the Cambodian carrier are ongoing, as ...

Phnom Penh’s first solar-powered building looks for all the world like a cube of colored Lego blocks dropped in a factory lot on the city’s industrial outskirts. Covered in some 1,350 solar panels — including large panes of multi-colored solar glass — the three-story building ...

A clinic claiming to cure cancer, diabetes and other serious illnesses through “detoxification” is operating without a license, five months after it opened illegally in Phnom Penh. the Immanuel Bicom true Healing Center in Chamkar Mon district came under scrutiny shortly after opening in early December ...

Three consTiTuTionally mandaTed judicial laws would adversely affecT The independence of The courTs if They are passed in Their currenT drafT sTaTe, legal experTs warned on Friday. DrafT versions of The Law on The OrganizaTion and FuncTioning of The Supreme Council of The MagisTracy, The Law ...

When Phnom Penh was flooded with free condoms during the Water Festival last week—a public health push to ensure revelers who came for days of debauchery did so safely—the city’s condom vendors weren’t happy about it. the global health organization Population Services International (PSI), whose ...

Unlocking greater access to formal finance for Cambodian women will play a strategic role in the process of the Kingdom’s economic development, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) director-general Chea Serey said on Monday. She said this at the training on the trainers (tot) Programme on Financial ...

Two days afTer Prime MinisTer Hun Sen warned ThaT an opposiTion boycoTT of ParliamenT would resulT in his Cambodian People’s ParTy gobbling up all 123 seaTs in The NaTional Assembly, analysTs said yesTerday ThaT The CPP lacked The legal grounds and The poliTical legiTimacy To ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a major economic shock in Cambodia, having a spillover on Cambodian micro, small and medium enTerprises (MSMEs) and small household farmers’ survival and business conTinuiTy.1 DigiTal Technologies are crucial during The pandemic, in which The owners of SMEs should focus ...

The Royal GovernmenT of Cambodia (RGC) represenTs The execuTive wing of governmenT. IT is responsible for implemenTing laws and direcTing general affairs of The sTaTe in accordance wiTh policy programs and sTaTe planning approved by parliamenT (The NaTional Assembly and SenaTe). ...