The results of an investigation into two mass fainting incidents at a factory in Kampong Chhnang confirmed that M&V International Manufacturing had violated Cambodian labour law by forcing some staff to work overtime and failing to give them a full day off each week, according ...

Union leaders gathered in the capital yesterday to discuss strategies to curb the garment industry’s widespread use of temporary contracts for hiring workers, saying employers were using them to discourage unions and ensure their workforce remained docile and easy to exploit. They also accused employers of ...

Dramatic new video footage of the January 18 Kratie province land dispute shooting has been released on the internet, depicting TTY rubber company security guards opening fire on a crowd of unarmed villagers. The 48-second video, recorded by a villager on a mobile phone and uploaded ...

The Kratie Provincial Court yesterday charged a truck driver with illegally collecting and transporting luxury wood after forestry officers last week confiscated 148 pieces of luxury wood totalling 31.2 cubic meters from his truck, which had been transporting the timber along National Road 7 ...

The number of families claiming to have lost contact with relatives working overseas has seen a significant increase in recent months, three human rights groups said Thursday. Local rights groups Adhoc and Licadho and the legal aid association Cambodian Legal Education Center (CLEC), said that ...

Striking workers planned to set tyres aflame today outside a garment factory that supplies JC Penney in the capital’s Por Sen Chey district, union officials said yesterday on the sixth day of the strike at Hong Kong-owned Win Shing-tex Cambodia Co Ltd. Ath Thorn, head of ...

​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៦​ ខែមេសា​ ឆ្នាំ​ ២០១៨​ ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាភិបាល​របស់​ធនាគារពិភពលោក​បាន​អនុម័ត​ហិរញ្ញប្បទាន​ចំនួន​ ៩០​ លាន​ដុល្លារ​អា​មេ​រិ​ក​ ដើម្បី​គាំទ្រ​ដល់​កិច្ច​ខិតខំ​ប្រឹងប្រែង​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ក្នុង​ការ​បង្កើន​គុណភាព​នៃ​ការ​អប់រំ​ឧត្តម​សិក្សា​ និង​ការ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​នៅ​ក្នុង ...

នៅថ្ងៃដែលអ្នកស្រី តេង លាងគីម ត្រូវបានជ្រើសរើសជាអ្នកស្ម័គ្រចិត្តសុខភាពភូមិ គាត់មិនបានប្រាកដទេថាគាត់អាចធ្វើវាបាន។ ការងារនេះតម្រូវឱ្យគាត់អប់រំស្ត្រីស្តីពីសុខភាពមាតា និងទារក នៅក្នុងភូមិ សិរី សុខា ខេត្តក្រចេះ។ គាត់បានទទួលតួនាទីនេះ ខណៈពេលដែលគាត់មានអារម្មណ៍ថាគាត់មិនទាន់មានចំនេះដឹងគ្រប់គ្រាន់នៅឡើយ  ហើយសព្វថ្ងៃនេះ រយៈ២០ឆ្នាំក្រោយមក គាត់នៅតែបន្តបំពេញតួនាទីនេះ។ “អ្វីដែលជម្រុញឱ្យខ្ញុំនៅបន្តការងារនេះ គឺដើម្បីជួយដល់ស្ត្រីជាម្តាយអាចបង្កើតកូនដោយសុវត្ថិភាព ជាមួយនឹងទារកដែលមានសុខភាពល្អ” គាត់បានមានប្រសាសន៍។ អ្នកស្រី តេង លាងគីម ទទួលបានការបណ្តុះបណ្តាលពីមន្ត្រីសុខាភិបាល នៅមណ្ឌលសុខភាពកន្ទួត និងមន្ទីរសុខាភិបាលខេត្តក្រចេះ។ អ្នកស្រី គឺជាផ្នែកមួយនៃកិច្ចផ្តួចផ្តើមដែលគាំទ្រដោយអង្គការ Unicef ដើម្បីលើកទឹកចិត្តដល់ការអនុវត្តប្រកបដោយសុវត្ថិភាព និងការបង្ការជម្ងឺតេតាណូសម្តាយ និងទារក។ ...

អ្នកជំនាញ​កម្ពុជា​ និង​រុស្ស៊ី​ កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ បាន​បញ្ចប់​ការពិភាក្សា​អំពី​លទ្ធភាព​នៃ​ការសាងសង់​ និង​បង្កើត​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ​ និង​បច្ចេកវិទ្យា​នុយក្លេអ៊ែរ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​។ កិច្ចពិភាក្សា​នេះ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ធ្វើឡើង​នៅ​ខេត្តសៀមរាប​ ដែល​មាន​រយៈពេល​ ២ថ្ងៃ​ នៅ​អំឡុង​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​លើក​ទី​ ៣ នៃ​ក្រុមការងារ​រួម​កម្ពុជា​ – រុស្ស៊ី​ស្តី​ពី ...

More than 50 police officers exchanged heated words with Ocean Garment strikers yesterday afternoon, marching for over an hour to Phnom Penh Municipal Court in support of five worker representatives suspended by the company. Mid-protest, however, the group of more than 2,500 – who have been ...

About 600 garment workers of the Top Form factory in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district continued protesting yesterday against new income tax deductions from their pay outside the factory after police blocked them from marching on National Road 5. Workers have been protesting since Friday against ...

Eating rat is a common phenomenon over the border in Vietnam, but increasing numbers of Cambodians in nearby villages are adopting rodent cuisine with relish. As many as three tonnes of rats are caught every day in Cambodia and exported to Vietnam to feed a ...

A local journalist and a forestry officer who were arrested by military police forces in Kratie province last week for beating a man and firing a gun into the air were released on Monday as part of a compromise between the victim and his attackers. Srey ...

The man accused of shooting the man who shot environmental activist Chut Wutty last April had been summoned to the Koh Kong Provincial Court to stand trial next month on charges of unintentional homicide, a court official said yesterday. According to deputy prosecutor Srey Mak Ny, ...

Mirach Energy Ltd., formerly known as China Petrotech Holding Ltd. (CPHL), announced on Tuesday that its Cambodian counterpart, CPHL (Cambodia), had contracted two companies to conduct environmental impact studies for offshore assets in Block D, off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province. Mirach Energy said in ...

A project to rebuild Cambodia’s decrepit rail-system appears on track for completion, despite delays and difficulties relocating residents The ABC has been told of the $26 million originally allocated through AusAID, just over $14 million remains, and will go towards finishing tracks and building a bridge ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday that in order to manage future tourist numbers, the government will construct a new international airport on the site of the Kampong Chhnang airbase, which was built by slave labor during the Khmer Rouge regime. Mr. Hun Sen said that ...

A draft law on the financing of a controversial dam project in Stung Treng province obtained yesterday shows that about $38 million will be spent on the resettlement of almost 800 families. This marks a significant decrease from the more than 1,000 families the companies ...

The London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog) plans to investigate allegations that a Cambodian factory producing Olympic merchandise for Adidas is not paying workers a sustainable living wage, a spokesman for Locog said yesterday. The investigation is a response to an article published Saturday ...

Two men from Kratie province who were removed from a vehicle on Tuesday while traveling to Phnom Penh to demonstrate at Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house over a land dispute, have been arrested by internal security police and charged with fraud, an official said yesterday. Sless ...