The court prosecutor investigating last month’s shooting of three female factory workers at a special economic zone (SEZ) denied a newspaper report claiming the chief suspect, former Bavet City Governor Chhouk Bundith, had confessed to shooting the women. Svay Rieng Provincial Court prosecutor Hing Bunchea said ...

Cambodia is importing hundreds of tons of silk from China and Vietnam to compensate for a fast-declining domestic industry, which is suffering due to producers opting to grow other crops instead or raising silk worms, according to silk producers. Men Sinoeun, director of the Artisans’ Association ...

The government has instructed the owners of all venues providing Internet and telephone access to the public to install security cameras on their premises to record the identity of users in an effort to crack down on terrorism and cyber-crime, states a government directive obtained ...

Three villagers who were evicted last year to make way for the rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railway—part of a $142 million project paid for by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and AusAid—were hospitalized early Friday morning after they were attacked with rocks and sticks at a ...

Police threatened workers and fired shots into the air as a dispute involving about 800 Cambodian workers at Phatthana Seafood Co Ltd in Thailand’s Songkhla province escalated yesterday, a workers’ representative said. Sok Sorng said “many police” had threatened workers with guns as more than 1,000 ...

យ៉ាង​ហោចណាស់​ តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ពីរ​រូប​ ត្រូវ​បាន​ក្រុម​បាតុករ វាយ​ឲ្យ​រង​របួស​រហូត​ដល់​​សន្លប់​ស្តូក​ស្ដឹង​នៅ​លើ​​ដង​ផ្លូវ​នៅ​មុខ​រដ្ឋសភា​កាល​ពី​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ​ម្សិល​មិញ ហើយ​បន្ទាប់​មក​បាតុករ​មួយ​ក្រុម​បាន​ទៅ​ឡោម ...

ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​និង​កូរ៉េ​ខាងត្បូង​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ចុះហត្ថលេខា​លើ​កិច្ច​ព្រមព្រៀង​ចំនួន​ ៥ រួមមាន​ការ​ចាប់ផ្តើម​ការសិក្សា​រួមគ្នា​មួយ​ស្តី​ពី​លទ្ធភាព​នៃ​កិច្ច​ព្រមព្រៀង​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​សេរី​។ កិច្ច​ព្រមព្រៀង​នេះ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ចុះហត្ថលេខា​ដោយ​រដ្ឋមន្រ្តី​ក្រសួង​ការបរទេស​ ប្រាក់​ សុ​ខុន​ និង​សម​ភាគី​កូរ៉េ​ គឺ ...

 រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួងការបរទេស​កម្ពុជា​លោក ប្រាក់ សុខុន ស្នើ​ដល់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​សាធារណរដ្ឋ​កូរ៉េខាងត្បូង បង្កើន​ការទទួល​យក​ពលករ​កម្ពុជា​បន្ថែមទៀត ស្រប​ពេល​លោក​មើលឃើញ​ថា ការបញ្ជូន​ពលករ​កម្ពុជា​ទៅ​ប្រទេស​នេះ​អាច​ទទួលបាន​អត្ថប្រយោជន៍​ខ្ពស់ និង​ទទួល​បាន​ជំនាញ​ច្បាស់លាស់​។ ការស្នើ​ឱ្យ​បង្កើន​ចំនួន​ពលករ​នេះ​បាន​ធ្វើឡើង​នៅក្នុង​ជំនួប​ពិភាក្សា​ការងារ​ទ្វេភាគី​ជាមួយ​លោកស្រី កាង ឃ្យុងវ៉ា ...

The Ministry of Labour has played down reports it is close to sending domestic workers to Singapore, a country that has only recently granted foreign maids a weekly day off. The two countries’ governments had been in talks with Singapore’s Association of Employment Agencies about placing ...

An outstanding court warrant for Phnom Penh International University rector Tep Kolap was dropped after the intervention of the premier and his wife, according to Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Touch Naruth. Declining to comment on the extent of the premier’s intervention, deputy commander of ...

US-BASED Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) yesterday signed a deal to provide a $5 million long-term loan to Thaneakea Phum (Cambodia) Ltd (TPC), a local microfinance institution (MFI), to support TPC’s expansion of its home improvement loans for low-income Cambodians. Fernanda Lima, director of US-based socially ...

The Phnom Penh municipal authority has called on Borei Keila residents evicted on January 3 to present official documents proving they are eligible for housing. City Hall’s request came as part of a statement criticising NGOs and political parties that encouraged “poor” residents, who were not ...

The dismissal of a worker allegedly fired by Xin Lan (Cambodia) garment factory in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district for frequently relieving himself on the factory’s perimeter fence has sparked a mass strike of about 1,000 fellow workers – almost all of the factory’s staff. Nov ...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has promised to compensate thousands of garment workers demanding back pay they say they are owed since their factory owner fled the country to escape mounting debt, according to officials. Kandal provincial labor department director Thol Neang told RFA’s ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday told senior officials to stop investors from using land concessions as a pretext for logging and to discuss the possibility of reducing the amount of time such concessions can last. The government placed a moratorium on logging concessions in 2002 to ...

Worker from the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district said they will file a complaint with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court today accusing a manager  at the factory of sexual harassment, violence and verbally abusing female workers, union officials and garment workers ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at the UN’s human rights envoy to Cambodia yesterday, saying Surya Subedi’s latest report skewed too heavily toward the opposition and suggested his talents might be better employed elsewhere.   While the premier never mentioned the Nepalese national and Leeds ...

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is trying to boost the tourism industry after its contribution to economic growth and offering job creation as ASEAN economic integration 2015 is moving and the free flow of workforce mobilization has been needed to help ensure steady growth. Cambodia’s tourism sector, in 2011, offered 350,000 direct jobs and millions of ...

The grand finale at Phnom Penh’s much-ballyhooed TEDx event on Saturday was intended to send a message. Several activists, among them Loun Savath and the son of the late Chut Wutty, would stand before an audience of 600 and read accounts of violent land disputes. Images from ...

The U.S. has called on the Cambodian government to give fair legal treatment to the 13 women recently jailed for demonstrating against their evictions from the Boeng Kak area, according to a U.S. State Department spokeswoman. Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with U.S. Secretary of ...