While the smoke has long cleared on January’s violent garment strikes, for many of the 23 workers and unionists arrested and tried on charges widely considered to be baseless, the ordeal is far from over. Nine months after security forces used deadly violence to end strikes ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian scholars have voiced their support to Chinese President Xi Jinping for his announcement of China’s contribution of 40 billion U.s. dollars for the establishment of a silk Road Fund, saying that such a fund is vital for developing countries. Chheang Vannarith, senior researcher of ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 soldiers in Pursat province have threatened to resign en masse after being ordered to bulldoze their own lands, which are claimed by tycoon Try Pheap’s MDs Import Export Company. The threat of mass resignations came two days after a soldier, seng Pov, took ss='cambodia-color'>...

Thai soldiers admitted to burning alive two men last week who may have been undocumented Cambodians, Battambang military officials said yesterday. Cambodian officers said their Thai counterparts informed them that on the night of January 7, four Cambodians illegally crossed the border with intentions of evading ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh is one of the fastest-growing cities in southeast Asia. It added nearly 500,000 people between 2000 and 2010, for a total of 1.4 million. That has meant a lot of changes in a short period: more congestion, more markets, more housing. And, newcomers ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian national who was allegedly arrested on Thursday alongside dozens of Montagnard asylum seekers remained missing yesterday, while those sent back to Vietnam were reportedly abused by authorities for their attempted escape. Forty-two-year-old Dy Heun, an ethnic Jarai from Ratanakkiri province, was officially reported missing ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council of Ministers has granted farmers in Kompong Thom province permission to start farming on the floodplains of the Tonle sap lake in an area previously off limits and home to flooded forests that provide a critical fish breeding habitat. The Council of Ministers’ notice, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Economic ministers from the 16 participating countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) have reiterated their commitment to conclude negotiations by the end of 2015. The ministers reaffirmed they are committed to ending the RCEP negotiations in line with the vision endorsed by their state ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following the detention this week of homeless children as young as 1 year old at Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey speu vocational training centre, UNICEF yesterday called for an end to street sweeps and arbitrary detentions. Three people rounded up on sunday said in separate accounts this ss='cambodia-color'>...

Resintech Bhd, a local Polyethylene and poly vinyl chloride (PVC) pipe manufacturer, will tap into the rubber plantation sector in a bid to diversify its business segment given the healthy outlook on the rubber industry. Resintech’s managing director Datuk Teh Kim Poo said that according to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Tropical Storm Sinlaku iS expected to hit Cambodia today, bringing with it heavy rainS and flooding for reSidentS in the Kingdom&rSquo;S northeaStern provinceS, a government meteorologiSt confirmed. Mondulkiri and Ratanakkiri are expected to be the moSt vulnerable areaS, and the Storm will have little effect on SS='cambodia-color'>...

An increasing number of Cambodians are dissatisfied with the direction the country is moving toward, according to results from a nationwide survey by the Asia Foundation. The foundation interviewed 1,000 people face to face in May and June of this year—prior to a political deal struck ss='cambodia-color'>...

US AmbaSSador William Todd created the AmbaSSador&rSquo;S Youth Council in Cambodia in 2012, one of 80 Such groupS of youth around the world. The goal iS to create better relationS between Cambodia and the US and to cultivate young leaderS for Cambodia, he Said. “ThoSe SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Kampot Provincial Court on Thursday sentenced the former Banteay Meas district police chief and his former deputy to four years and two years in prison respectively for embezzling funds and taking bribes amounting to $64,360 over a five-year period, a court official said. In March, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Four ethnic Jarai village representatives in Ratanakkiri province, including the wife of a rights group activist, were ordered to appear at court today or face arrest on charges of defamation against Keat Kolney, the sister of Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon. The case is part of ss='cambodia-color'>...

How can one push for greater political participation of women in a patriarchal state that believes government is a fraternity? The Cambodian Committee to Promote Women in Politics faced this exact problem when it first started its work to encourage women to get more politically involved ss='cambodia-color'>...

An intensified campaign of religious and political persecution of Montagnards by security forces in Vietnam is responsible for more than 150 of the group fleeing to Cambodia, while authorities in both countries are working together to track down asylum seekers crossing the border, Human Rights ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Vihear province Try Pheap wants to turn over a new leaf.In an exclusive interview with the Post at the opening ceremony of his vast plantation in Preah Vihear province on sunday, the media-shy tycoon spoke of a desire to cultivate a new image – ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Land Management Ministry has issued 456,210 land titles so far this year. The ministry’s annual report, launched yesterday, said that it also resolved 105 out of 817 land disputes it received; the National Land Dispute Authority solved two out of 81 cases. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected about 956.76 billion riel ($239.19 million) in tax revenue in January, up 14.74 per cent compared to the same period last year. This is a positive step towards its target of collecting more than $2.885 billion by year’s end, ss='cambodia-color'>...