The Cambodian Legal Education Center (CLEC) is “extremely concerned” after an investigation following a mass fainting last month at Nanguo garment factory in Preah sihanouk province last month found that at least one to two workers are fainting daily in eight factories in the province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Thom province About 500 frustrated villagers, citing the authorities’ inaction as their motivation, rode some 250 motorbikes into Prey Lang forest over the weekend in yet another effort to combat illegal logging they say is decimating the area. The villagers from four provinces surrounding Prey Lang ss='cambodia-color'>...

Housing rights groups yesterday criticized resettlement packages paid out by the government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to people displaced by the rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railways, saying the packages do not account for growing inflation. A joint statement issued yesterday by Housing Rights Task Force, ss='cambodia-color'>...

One man was killed and one injured in two separate shooting incidents that took place last week at the borders with Thailand and Laos, officials said yesterday. In both cases, the Cambodians are believed to have been shot while illegally logging highly coveted luxury rosewood in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry yesterday defended Prime Minister Hun sen’s nephew, Hun To, following explosive allegations by an Australian newspaper, The Age, which alleged that Australian police had suspected Mr. To of involvement in a drug smuggling and money laundering syndicate. An official from the Cambodian conglomerate ss='cambodia-color'>...

Even with an improved domestic job market, many Cambodian workers are seeking jobs overseas, despite the risks. This is mainly due to the government’s failure to get the word out, Moeun Tola, a labor advocate at the Community Legal Education Center, told “Hello VOA” Thursday. “We see ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “sDG 12 Responsible consumption and production”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN sustainable Development Goals (sDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on sDG 12, you ss='cambodia-color'>...

Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS provided plotS of land to 45 familieS on Saturday after they agreed to move off a roadSide in Sihanoukville&rSquo;S Buon commune.&nbSp;Provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun Said on Saturday during a land diStribution ceremony that the 45 familieS Squatted and lived on a SS='cambodia-color'>...

 Fourteen families in Oddar Meanchey province’s O’smach commune on Friday sent a letter to Chea sophara, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, asking him to intervene in their land dispute with military officials. The families accused border military commander Pok sophal and three ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “sDG 11 sustainable cities and communities”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN sustainable Development Goals (sDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on sDG 11, you ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s economy has seen an influx of business investors from China, which has driven demand for housing and hospitality services in the southeast Asian nation. Two million Chinese visited the country last year, an increase of around 67 per cent from 2017. They represented the ss='cambodia-color'>...

wo NGOs focused on Cambodian road safety have sent a letter to Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron on Wednesday requesting that road safety be included in students’ learning objectives ahead of the beginning of the new school year on Friday. In their letter, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Around 50 metres of riverbank on saturday collapsed in Kampong Cham province’s Kampong Cham city and has affected a commune administration hall building. Provincial Governor Un Chanda, who inspected the collapse site in Veal Vong commune, on saturday said he had ordered officials to tackle ss='cambodia-color'>...

Short-SightedneSS, weak adherence to the law and poor working conditionS in Cambodia&rSquo;S garment Sector are creating a fertile field for StrikeS to prevail over negotiationS, a recent Study releaSed by the Arbitration Council Foundation, an independent labour mediator, haS found.According to the Study, incidentS of SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia Rice Bank (CRB) will intervene to prevent the price of fragrant rice from falling further by offering to buy the staple grain directly from farmers at the market price of 840 riel (21 cents) a kilogram. The CRB also called on farmers to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government will not increase the rate for income tax and other taxes for the next two years, but will instead concentrate on expanding the base for tax collection, taking into account that there are still many individuals and businesses that do not pay tax ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bangladesh is rushing to push forward a draft proposal to form a joint trade commission with Cambodia that is expected to be signed this year, an official from Cambodia’s Commerce Ministry said yesterday. Trade between the two developing nations has been minimal, amounting to just ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday urged Pakistan to boost trade and investment between the two countries. The appeal was made during a meeting with Deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Qasim Khan suri at the Peace Palace in Prampi Makara district’s Mittapheap commune ss='cambodia-color'>...

North Korea wants to boost its ties with the Kingdom started by Late King Father Norodom sihanouk and the Kim Il sung more than 50 years ago. Ri Kil song, North Korea’s deputy foreign minister, conveyed this to Foreign Affairs Minister Prak sokhonn during a courtesy ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Thursday ordered National Committee for Disaster Management first vice-president Kun Kim to visit O’Chunh Primary school in Teuk Kraham commune’s sen Rung Roeung I village in Choam Ksan district, Preah Vihear province, after images of students studying in tents went ss='cambodia-color'>...