About 300 workers entered their sixth day of strikes yesterday at a bra factory in the capital, which manufactures lingerie supplied to Victoria’s Secret and Valentino, but their hopes of a quick resolution were dashed when a Ministry of Social Affairs official admitted he was ...

About 40 families of ex-Khmer Rouge and government soldiers in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district complained to rights group Adhoc yesterday, accusing officials of forcing them to thumbprint a contract saying they would vote CPP so the party could resolve an ongoing land dispute, an ...

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ខណៈ​ដែល​បន្លា​លួស ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​រើ​ចេញ​ពី​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ សហជីព​មួយ​ក្រុម​ បាន​ប្រញាប់​ដាក់​សំណើ​មួយ​ ទៅ​សាលា​រាជធានី ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​ការ​ជួបជុំ ​នៅ​ទីលាន​នេះ​ ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​វា ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​បិទ បន្ទាប់​ពី​កើត​មាន​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​កាលពី​ដើម ...

As Barack Obama was declared president of the United States for a second term yesterday, about 50 anti-eviction protesters for the Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities camped out in front of the U.S. Embassy and appealed for the president’s help in addressing land rights ...

Two items on the government’s energy agenda – preparations for talks with Cambodia on a solution to the countries’ overlapping claims in the Gulf of Thailand and the plan to open a 21st round of bidding for petroleum exploration and production concessions – are likely ...

The share price of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) fell 50 riel yesterday to 6,250 riel, or about $1.52, bringing the authority’s share price lower than its initial public offering (IPO) in April. The decline matches views expressed by investors here that the authority’s ...

In order for Cambodia to maintain the same rate of growth it has enjoyed in the past few years, exports need to diversify from textiles and tourism to modern services, said the World Bank’s country manager yesterday in Phnom Penh. “Cambodian firms are already tentatively exporting ...

Cambodia’s workforce must quickly improve its skills base if it is to compete with other countries in the region when the Asean bloc becomes a single market in 2015, officials said yesterday at a seminar held in Phnom Penh. When the Asean Economic Community goes ahead in ...

កាលពី​ចុង​សប្ដាហ៍​កន្លង​ទៅ​ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធាន​​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង ​​​បាន​​លើក​ឡើង​​ជា​ថ្មី​ម្ដង​ទៀត​​អំពី​​លទ្ធភាព​ដែល​​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​​​អនាគត​របស់​គណបក្ស​​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ អាច​​នឹង​​ធ្វើ​ការ​បែង​​ចែក​ឡើង ...

The International Monetary Fund has warned that a credit boom in Cambodia poses a threat to economic growth. Banks have been cutting interest rates to win customers and private sector credit has increased by almost a third in the past 12 months, the fund said. This ...

After years of futile protests demanding their land back, villagers forcibly evicted by sugarcane plantations connected to CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat launched a boycott campaign yesterday targeting the international firms that sell his sugar. Thousands of families accuse the senator’s plantations of forcing them off ...

The former president and current party secretary of the struggling Funcinpec party, Nhek Bun Chhay, has been nominated as a government adviser – a position the government ranks equivalent to that of a deputy prime minister. Senior ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yeap said the ...

​លទ្ធផល​នៃ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត ឃុំ សង្កាត់ ថ្ងៃ​ទី​ ៤ មិថុនា អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​ធំៗ​ទាំង​ពីរ​រក្សា​មុខមាត់​របស់​ខ្លួន ប៉ុន្តែ​ការ​ទទួល​បាន​សំឡេង​គាំទ្រ​ច្រើន​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​បង្ហាញ​ថា​គណបក្ស​នេះ​មាន​ឱកាស​ខ្លាំង​ក្នុង​ការ​ឈ្នះ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ជាតិ​ឆ្នាំ​ក្រោយ​ហើយ​ថា​វា​អាច​ធ្វើឲ្យ ...

Amid safety fears in the construction industry, authorities yesterday refused to reveal the owner of a brand-new industrial building that crashed to the ground in Phnom Penh on Sunday, just days before hundreds were to have set foot in it. Sen Sok district governor Khoun Sreng ...

With Sunday’s commune elections quickly approaching, the five main political parties are all predicting substantial gains over how they faired in the last election in 2007, though none deny that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will continue to dominate the polls. And with the entrance ...

The commune election had only just ended on Sunday when the scam had started. On Tuesday, a well-dressed man claiming to be the brother of one of Phnom Penh’s newly reelected commune chiefs visited a business to present an invitation. It was convincing: The father of the ...

As much of the world struggles with post growth, Cambodia’s tourism and hospitality sector continued to expand and diversify, attracting more intraregional activity and especially from major emerging markets in Asia, MICE segments, as well as traditional leisure clientele. Like neighboring countries Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Laos, Cambodia has quickly emerged into a well sought-after tourist ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged people to resolve their own land disputes to aid the progress of an ambitious land-titling project announced earlier this month. Speaking at an event in Kompong Cham province’s Kroch Chhmar district to mark National Fish Day, Mr. Hun Sen thanked ...