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After the listing of Taiwanese-owned garment company Grand Twins International (Cambodia) Plc on the Kingdom’s stock exchange was delayed indefinitely, its underwriter said yesterday that the firm hopes to list before the national elections in late July. According to the underwriter, Phnom Penh Securities (PPS) Plc, ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday inaugurated a new water treatment plant in eastern part of capital Phnom Penh, saying that the plant would meet the rising demand of clean water in the city. The 90 million U.S. dollar plant was invested by the listed ...

Cambodian Free Trade Union of Workers (FTU) warned Tuesday to stage a protest if the authority does not release its eight members who were arrested by police on Monday during a demonstration at a Taiwanese-owned garment factory, a union leader said. FTU’s president Chea Mony ...

Oddar Meanchey province deputy governor Lon An yesterday confirmed CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat’s involvement in a trio of sugar cane plantations that rights groups took to the National Human rights Commission of Thailand last week, but denied their allegations of rights abuses. The deputy ...

Cambodia’s reliance on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy needs is set to increase in the coming years, despite the raft of hydropower projects planned by the government, according to new data from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Using baseline figures from the Institute ...

គណៈ​កម្មា​ធិការជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការបោះ​ឆ្នោត បាន​​ដាក់​ឲ្យ​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​​សេវា​ព័ត៌មាន​ទាក់ទង​នឹង​ការបោះឆ្នោត​តាម​ ទូរស័ព្ទ​ដៃ ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣នេះ។ លោក ខន កែវមនោ អនុប្រធាន​នាយកដ្ឋាន​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​ផ្នែក​ព័ត៌មាន​សាធារណៈ​នៃ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ ជាតិរៀប​ចំការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា អ្នក​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​សេវា​នេះ ...

Both exports and imports of garment materials rose more than 17 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, reflecting a growth in Cambodia’s biggest industry. Exports of garment and textile materials went up by 17.5 per cent ...

Skyscrapers, supermarkets and high-end clothing stores along Sihanouk Boulevard may reflect the increasingly affluent side of Phnom Penh, but turning down busy Street 63 toward Central Market the scene is more warzone than Asean capital, with air thick with dust and the road peppered with ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈ​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត គ.ជ.ប បាន​អំពាវនាវ ដល់​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​ទាំង​អស់​កុំ​ឲ្យ​ផ្សព្វ​ផ្សាយ​គោល​នយោបាយ​ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​រើស​អើង​សាសនា ឬ​ជាតិ​សាសន៍​.. ...

When 46-year-old Than Thol got a $900 loan from Samic Microfinance last year, he took advantage of a little-known and  lengthily worded insurance program called Measure for Economic and Accelerated Development for All, or MEADA. MEADA provides coverage for families of mostly lower-income borrowers in the ...

The number of fixed-line telephone subscribers in Cambodia increased by four per cent in 2012 compared to 2011, standing in sharp contrast to a mobile phone subscriber growth of 22 per cent in the same period, statistics show. According to figures from the Ministry of Posts ...

Japanese retail company MUJI announced the development of an eco-friendly natural dyeing plant in Cambodia, a press release on Sunday said. The plan is part of the Business Call to Action, a global initiative supported by several international organisations and hosted by the UN Development Programme ...

The government announced Monday that it will open a new passport office in the northwest province of Battambang, the first such office outside Phnom Penh. In a statement, posted to the Ministry of Interior website, the ministry said that the new passport office will serve people ...

Cambodia Angkor Air will launch routes to China and the South Korean city of Seoul by August while it eyes additional destinations to Singapore and Malaysia, according to a senior official with the country’s national carrier. “Singapore is a hub for Asia, so we have ...

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​ពី​ការ​ផ្តល់​ប័ណ្ណ​ព័ត៌មាន​បោះឆ្នោត​ផ្ដើម​ ដោយ​មន្ត្រី​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ ឬ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រោម​ឱវាទ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) ថា​មិន​បាន​ទូលំទូលាយ និង​មិន​បាន​ដល់​ដៃ​ពួក​គាត់ ...

About 200 people from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia affected by hydropower dam projects on the Mekong River and its tributaries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to share their experiences of how their lives have been adversely affected since the dams were constructed. Speaking at the ...

Logging baron Try Pheap’s MDS Import Export Co, Ltd has been granted a licence to collect and process the controversial plant known as yellow vine around the Stung Atay hydropower dam in the Cardamom Mountains, according to documents received by the Post yesterday. The vine has ...

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will consider claims of corruption in the government’s rice-pledging scheme made during a recent parliamentary session, a senior official from the agency said. However, it remains unclear when the NACC will conclude its ongoing probe. During screening of the 2014 ...

Cambodian police clashed Monday with workers at a factory that makes clothing for the U.S. sportswear company Nike, arresting seven, in the latest violence linked to a strike over salaries, union organizers and rights activists said. The protest at the Taiwanese-owned Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing plant ...

An agreement was signed between Cambodia’s Constructors Association (CCA) and the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction two days ago, to tighten enforcement on construction companies here in making them meet industry standards. The ministry’s head, Im Chhun Lim, said that Cambodia’s construction and ...

Duty-free agreements between regional competitors and foreign importers would put the Cambodian garment industry at risk, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said last week. Speaking to reporters after a meeting, Prasidh warned that the Kingdom’s garment sector would not be able to maintain its competitive edge over ...

Asia’s largest sugar company has been accused of torching hundreds of homes, orchestrating the imprisonment of a pregnant activist and using security forces to beat villagers – among a raft of other grave human rights abuses – by communities in Oddar Meanchey province. The allegations levelled ...

ខណៈ​ដែល​ការ​ឃោសនា​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​កាន់​តែ​ខិត ​ជិត​ចូល​មក​ដល់ គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ហៅ​កាត់​ថា គជប បាន​ប្រកាស​ប្រាប់​ដល់​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​ទាំង​អស់​ថា ត្រូវ​បញ្ចៀស​ឲ្យ​បាន​នូវ​ការ​ឃោសនា​ទាំង​ឡាយ​ណា​ដែល​នាំ​ដល់​ជម្លោះ​សាសនា និង​ពូជ​សាសន៍។ ការ​ឃោសនា​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ត្រូវ​តែ​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​ក្រោម​ផ្លូវ​ច្បាប់ ហើយ​មិន​ត្រូវ​នាំ​ទៅ​ដល់​អំពើ​ហឹង្សា​ឡើយ។ ...

A national silk board (NSB) under the Ministry of Commerce is being planned to weave tighter regulations into the Kingdom’s silk industry, the lack of which has deterred investors and hurt its export potential, according to industry representatives. Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said last week ...