The governmenT has agreed To review iTs reseTTlemenT agreemenT wiTh families relocaTed from railways as parT of an Asian DevelopmenT Bank (ADB)-funded rehabiliTaTion projecT, buT has refused a recommendaTion To seT up a debT-relief scheme for The evicTees, according To an acTion plan released by ...

More than 100 workers of Shenzhou garment factory in Phnom Penh fainted thursday, one day after a similar mass fainting at the same factory. the first workers fainted at about 8 a.m., setting off a chain reaction that sent the entire workforce running from the factory ...

Refugees who are resettled in Cambodia by the Australian government will be unlikely to gain employment rights, get an education or be given permanent residency, according to a peak international development body. the Australian Council for International Development said Australia had entered “uncharted territory” by resettling ...

Cambodia’s garment exports exceeded US$1 billion during the first quarter of 2012, yet many factories are failing to pay workers proper maternity leave benefits or address issues of fainting, a labour report says. the International Labour Or­ganization-Better Factories Cam­bodia’s twenty Eighth Syn­­­thesis Report on Working Conditions ...

Brighton Mining Group (ASX: BtN) has completed negotiations for the acquisition of a major interest in gold mining assets held directly or indirectly by Brighton Mining Limited (BML), boosting its concession holdings in Cambodia. these include the interest of BML in the Cambodian concessions held by ...

Koh Thom disTricT, Kandal province – On a quieT sTreTch of road in This sleepy border Town, There are some TellTale signs of an unusual Trade: A Trail of discarded dead raTs, some upTurned wiTh Their paws sTiff in The air, oThers covered wiTh a ...

CPP lawmaker and de facto party spokesman Cheam Yeap said yesterday it was now “too late” to form an independent committee to investigate alleged irregularities during last month’s national election and that the opposition CNRP needs to be “more flexible” in its relationship with the ...

Some 50 members of the Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities—many still bearing welts and bruises—walked to Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district offices tuesday and blamed officials there for a violent attack that broke out at Wat Phnom on Sunday night as they were peacefully ...

During an epic speech on Wednesday that lasted for more than six-and-a-half hours, Prime Minister Hun Sen told his newly approved Cabinet that they would be subject to increased public scrutiny as part of a series of reforms to be undertaken by the CPP over ...

After spending 2,073 days in prison, Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun were exonerated on Wednesday by the Supreme Court of having killed popular union leader Chea Vichea in 2004. Legal expert Sok Sam Oeun of the Cambodian Defenders Project said that although the two ...

SIEM REAP CITY – OpposiTion leader Sam Rainsy was greeTed Tuesday by 15,000 supporTers and a small dusT sTorm aT The CNRP’s firsT posT-elecTion rally in Siem Reap, where he once again called on Prime MinisTer Hun Sen To sTand down. Arriving on a scheduled flighT ...

A group of 12 ethnic minority villagers in Ratanakkiri province have filed a complaint with the provincial court over what they claim is collusion between other villagers and local authorities to illegally log luxury timber from 193 hectares of land inside a community forest. the Prov ...

With pant legs rolled up to his knees, Hoeuy Mon trudges through a brown and green patchwork of rice fields. His four hectares are in tkov village, Prey Veng province, about 300 metres from his home. On most of the journey, walkways enclosing each square plot ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal CourT on Thursday released four of The six men who were charged wiTh assaulT following violenT clashes beTween securiTy forces, proTesTers and angry commuTers in Phnom Penh lasT monTh, and inTends To release The remaining Two men Today, a righTs worker ...

Civil society groups held a workshop in Phnom Penh on thursday in which government officials and lawmakers were invited to discuss post-election land grabs and land-based conflict, although the ruling CPP failed to turn up to the event. though incidents of land-grabbing appeared to decrease ahead ...

Two weeks ago, Kandal erupTed. Skirmishes broke ouT aT mulTiple polling sTaTions where voTers were lefT off The lisT, and aT leasT one was forced To shuT down as locals blocked whaT They claimed were ouTsiders from voTing. In The end, This hoTly conTesTed province swung ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ កម្មករ និង​មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​សហជីព​ហាក់​ដូចជា​ខ្វែង​គំនិត​គ្នា កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ នៅ​ពេល​សួរ​ថា​តើ​គាំទ្រ​បាតុកម្ម ដែល​គ្រោង​ធ្វើ​រយៈ​ពេល ៣ ថ្ងៃ​នៅ​ទី​លាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​ដោយ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង ឬ​យ៉ាង​ណា ខណៈ​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​តែ ១ ថ្ងៃ គឺ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៥ ដោយ​ហាម​មិន​ឲ្យ​ប្រមូល​ផ្តុំ​គ្នា​នៅ​ពេល​យប់។ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ម្សិលមិញ​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​បាន​ចេញ​លិខិត​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​ មហា​បាតុកម្ម​ដោយ សន្តិវិធី​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ ទី១៥ កញ្ញា ចាប់​ពី​ម៉ោង ៦ ព្រឹក​ដល់​ម៉ោង ៦ ល្ងាច ហើយ​បាន​ហាម​ប្រមូលផ្តុំ​គ្នា​និង​ការ​ស្នាក់នៅ​ពេល​យប់​ដោយ​សារ​ត្រូវ​ចំ​ ថ្ងៃ​សិស្សានុសិស្ស​ប្រឡង។ យោង​តាម​យុទ្ធនាការ​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ឈ្នួល​ អប្បបរមា​រហូត​ដល់ ១៥០ ដុល្លារ​អាមេរិក ហាក់​ដូច​ជា​មាន​ឥទិ្ធពល​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​កម្មករ​កាត់​ដេរ ក្នុង​ខណ្ឌ មាន​ជ័យ កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​។ ប៉ុន្តែ ប្រសិន​បើ​ការ​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​មិន​មាន​ភាព​រឹង មាំ​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​កម្មករ​កាត់​ដេរ​ទាំង​នោះ ទេ​ការ​សន្យា​របស់​ពួក​គេ​ម្នាក់​ចូល​រួម​បាតុកម្ម​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ​ដល់ ថ្ងៃ អង្គារ ក៏​ហាក់​ដូចជា​មិន​រឹង​មាំ​ដែរ។ បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​អ្នក​ស្រី លឹម លី អាយុ ៣៧ ឆ្នាំ អង្គុយ​តវ៉ា​នៅ​រោងចក្រ ...

The MoTion PicTure As­sociaTion of Cambodia (MPAC), an independenT body ThaT aims To proTecT inTellecTual properTy, officially opened iTs doors Wednesday, vowing To puT an end To The sale of piraTed DVDs in Phnom Penh as iTs firsT order of business. “We are goingTo serve everybody ...

The single-parTy NaTional Assembly saT for The second day of iTs Third plenary session Wednesday, discussing Two of eighT chapTers of The drafT law on The OrganizaTion and FuncTioning of The CourTs. The CPP-only parliamenT—minus 55 boycoTTing opposiTion CNRP lawmakers-elecT—convened To discuss The firsT of Three ...

The Chinese-owned Union DevelopmenT Group in Koh Kong province is bulldozing swaThs of iTs land concession, originally inTended for a massive TourisT resorT, To planT cassava and palm oil Trees insTead, a CNRP lawmaker-elecT said Monday. Son Chhay, lawmaker-elecT and CNRP chief whip, visiTed The area ...