In light of ongoing disputes over working conditions in the garment sector, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) released yesterday details on hundreds of factories it believes will offer greater transparency along the garment supply chain – from producers to buyers – and shine ...

The British former Chairman of a troubled biofuel firm, who is in Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prision on forgery charges, has claimed he is the victim in the case for which he is awaiting trial. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh on March 23rd and ...

While exports of Cambodian rice have been booming, analysts are predicting that new competition from Myanmar could eventually rain on the parade. Cambodia exported nearly 176,000 tonnes of rice in the first six months of the year, a 125 per cent increase from the same period ...

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​កម្ពុជា ២​នាក់ តំណាង​ឲ្យ​ប្រជាពល​រដ្ឋ​រងគ្រោះ​ចំនួន​ ៦០០ គ្រួសារ​ បាន​ដាក់​ពាក្យ​បណ្តឹង​រួម​គ្នា​​ទៅ​តុលាការ​ថៃ​ ​នៅ​ទីក្រុង ​បាងកក​ ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ស្ករ​ស​ដ៏​ធំ​មួយ​របស់​ថៃ​​ឈ្មោះ​មីត្រផល (Mitr Phol) ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ករណី​រំលោភ​បំពាន​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​នៅ​ក្នុង ...

Container traffic through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 7.5 percent in the first eight months of this year versus the same period last year, hitting the port’s record on Tuesday. During the January-August period this year, the port had received 57,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, ...

តុលាការក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ​បាន​ចេញ​ដីកា​កោះហៅ​បេក្ខជន​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ម្នាក់​ទៀត​ ដើម្បី​ធ្វើការ​បង្ហាញខ្លួន​នៅ​ក្នុង​តុលាការ​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​បាតុកម្មហិង្សា​ ដែល​កើតឡើង​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​ ១៥​ ខែកក្កដា​នៅ​ក្បែរ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​។​​ ...

បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​មាន​ការ​រីក​រាល​ដាល​នៃ​ជំងឺ​រាត​ត្បាត​ក៏​ដោយ គម្រោង​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​លំ​នៅ​ឋាន​លំ​ដាប់​ខ្ពស់​នៅ​ក្នុង​រាជ​ធា​នី​ភ្នំ​ពេញ​​​នៅ​តែ​បន្តកើនឡើង​។ វិ​ស័យ​សំ​ណង់​គឺ​ជា​ក្បាល​ម៉ា​ស៊ីន​នៃ​សេដ្ឋ ...

Qatar’s ambassador to Cambodia says his country wants to open a bank here in an effort to enhance, and attract more, trade and investment from Middle East countries to the Kingdom. Bloomberg reported yesterday that Arqaam Capital, a Dubai-based investment bank, had said it was ...

Hotel transaction volumes in Asia hit US$620 million (Bt18.18 billion) in the first quarter, up 190 per cent from the same period last year, and properties in Southeast Asia are attracting investor attention, according to real-estate services company Jones Lang LaSalle. “Rising visitor arrivals, robust trading ...

Continuing its efforts to quell an increasing number of strikes in the Kingdom’s lucrative garment sector, the government this week issued a directive aimed at giving provincial and municipal governors powers to resolve issues at factories without calling on ministries in Phnom Penh. “To ensure further ...

Faced with widespread evictions and opaque private sector deals, activists in Cambodia are calling on the government to be more open and transparent about land concessions, beef up mechanisms for resolving land disputes, and abide by the rule of law. It is estimated that ...

Despite criticisms over safety, outbreaks of sometimes violent industrial action and a raise in the minimum wage that it was warned would scare off manufacturers, Cambodia’s garment sector is booming, according to government figures. A report on state newswire Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Friday said ...

A father whose three children were badly beaten by employees of a rubber plantation has accused a Ratanakkiri Provincial Court judge of threatening to send two sons, aged 14 and 21, to jail unless they accept $1,000 in compensation and drop the assault complaint. Ry Saron ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on a directive last week to trans­fer 11 government bodies, previously overseen by Cabinet Minister Sok An, to relevant ministries and institutions, further cutting the expansive portfolio of the deputy prime minister in the wake of July’s national election. ...

យោង​​​តាម​​​អង្គការ​​​ពល​​​កម្ម​​​អន្តរ​​​ជាតិ ILOបាន​​​ឲ្យដឹង​​​ថា ការ​​​បញ្ចេញ​​​ឈ្មោះ​​​ និ​​​ង​​​ការ​​​ធ្វើ​​ ...

The documents concern a court case brought by representatives of Hong Kong-based Enviro Group Holdings Limited who are suing John Davies and Lim Lian Tho – both former company directors of Phnom Penh based subsidiary Enviro Corporation (Cambodia) Ltd – and Mark McCluskey, a lawyer ...

Six additional economic land concessions have been granted, totaling 46,000 hectares in protected areas. As a means to spur agribusiness companies the concessions include two in Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary in Kompong Speu province. Prime Minister Hun Sen signed in the grants on June 3 ...

In Svay Rieng province villagers are in their fourth day of protests after authorities refused to meet with them to discuss a land concession that Metapheap Company has received in order to open a rubber plantation. The company was granted a 1,230 hectare land concession ...

Cambodia has seen an increase in the number of tourist during the first six months of the year of 13 percent according to the Ministry of Tourism. Increased direct flights to Cambodia are cited as the explanation for the increase. Tourists have been coming from ...

Vietnamese company FPT Telecom aims to extend operations to the Kingdom, after its attempted acquisition of Vietnam’s EVN Telecom fell through. FPT Telecom “has plans to expand business in Cambodia, but all is in discussion”, a spokesperson said late on Monday, declining to comment further. ...