Unions and labour rights groups have spent recent months unashamedly drilling home a stark reminder: Cambodia’s minimum garment wage, at $61 per month, compares poorly with those in Thailand – where workers earn more than $200 a month – and Vietnam, which has a base ...

During his speech last week at the swearing-in ceremony of Phnom Penh’s new governor, Pa Socheatvong, Interior Minister Sar Kheng noted that managing Cambodia’s capital is by no means an easy task. While critics of [former Phnom Penh governor] Mr. [Kep] Chuktema note his failure ...

Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ...

‘Top up $2 and get 30 free minutes daily for 20 days. Top up $5 and expand the same offer for a month. And, for a $10 recharge, that half-an-hour freebie lasts 50 days.” Mobile operator Beeline, which announced the promotion in August, called it “another ...

The opposition CNRP said Thursday it is forging ahead with plans to hold a three-day demonstration, which the party has dubbed a “camp-in,” despite a letter from the Ministry of Interior that says the protests can only go on for one day. The Interior Ministry letter, ...

Over the past three days, the CNRP conducted one of the most significant campaigns of mass demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government in years. For three days, more than 20,000 people packed into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for daily appearances from opposition leaders Sam Rainsy ...

A huge haul of river sand dredged in Cambodia has been quarantined at the southern Indian port city of Cochin since its arrival in April despite a ban on sand exports instituted by Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2009. India’s Deccan Chronicle news­paper reported on Tuesday ...

After years of immersion in a vicious price war, battle weary and capital-haemorrhaging [sic] mobile operators in Cambodia’s oversaturated telecommunications sector may finally have reason to breathe a sigh of relief; 2013 might be cited as the year the tide turned. Tarred by legal threats, ...

The head of a construction firm that was involved in a massive land swap with Siem Reap’s provincial government in 2010 defended the deal on Friday saying orders for the move of government offices and civil servants—which is now being reversed—came directly from the national ...

A day after its opening session and still devoid of the 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition CNRP, the country’s new, one-party National Assembly voted Prime Minister Hun Sen in for yet another five-year term Tuesday and approved an extensive re­shuffle of his Cabinet. In a ...

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A small gathering to mark World Teachers’ Day at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park briefly descended into chaos Sunday when a crowd of rally-goers wrested a concealed gun from a man working for the Ministry of Information after he forced his way to the front of ...

Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. Sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become ...

ក្រោយ​បញ្ចប់​ដំណើ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នៅ​ល្ងាច​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ ​លទ្ធផល​ក្រៅ​ផ្លូវ​ការ​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ថា​គណក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​បាន​១២០​អាសនៈ ហើយ​គណបក្ស​ហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិច​​បាន​ប្រាំ​អាសនៈ ស្រប​ពេល​ដែល​គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិ​រៀបចំការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ហៅ​កាត់​ថា គ.ជ.ប  បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​មិន​បាន​ការមាន ...

Employees at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in Kompong Speu province where two workers were killed when one of the building’s floors collapsed on Thursday have been ordered back to work today, despite ongoing concerns from labor activists about the building’s safety. While conceding that some parts ...

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The first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) on Monday blamed some of the deaths in this year’s floods on “careless” mothers. “Maybe the mothers are careless, maybe they don’t pay much attention to their children, so they drown,” NCDM First Vice ...

Like most millennium-old structures discovered in the forests of Cambodia, the locals had known all along about this one. Jarai minority villagers in this remote spot in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district not only knew about it, but they revered the red-brick temple, using it as a ...

 ពីរសប្ដាហ៍បន្ទាប់ពី​សហគមន៍​ជនជាតិដើម​ភាគតិច​ក្រោល ​បាន​ដុត​បំផ្លាញ​ទីស្នាក់ការមួយ​របស់​ក្រសួង​បរិស្ថាន​នៅក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ក្រចេះ ក្រសួង​បាន​កោះហៅ​​អាជ្ញាធរ​មូលដ្ឋាន​និង​ជនជាតិដើម​ភាគតិច​ឱ្យ​មក​ប្រជុំ​កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធ និងបានស្នើ​ឱ្យ​សហគមន៍ជនជាតិដើម​ភាគតិច​សុំទោស ។ ជនជាតិដើមភាគតិច​តែមួយ​រូបគត់​ដែល​បានចូលរួម​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​នេះ។​ ...

Victims of the violent clashes that broke out between security forces and stone-throwing youths in Phnom Penh on Sunday night recounted the event Monday, with some saying they sustained injuries while battling against riot police and others saying they were simply unfortunate commuters trapped in ...