Protests over construction of the controversial Xayaburi hydro dam project in northern Laos could spread from Thailand to Cambodia as communities along the Mekong River begin to feel its negative effects, an International Rivers programme director said yesterday. About 70 Thai villagers who rely on the ...

ទិវា​ ១ ​ម៉ោង​សម្រាប់​ភពផែនដី​នៅ​ថ្ងៃទី​ ២៧ ខែមីនា​គឺ​នឹងត្រូវ​ធ្វើឡើង​ក្រោម​ប្រធានបទ​ «​ផ្តល់​ការស្រឡាញ់​ដល់​ធម្មជាតិ​» ដែល​ក្រសួងបរិស្ថាន និង​អង្គការ​មូលនិធិ​សកល​សម្រាប់​អភិរក្ស​ធម្មជាតិ​ (WWF) ​នឹង​រៀបចំ​តាមរយៈ​ប្រព័ន្ធ​ឌីជីថល​ដោយ​ការបញ្ជូនសារ​តាមរយៈ​បណ្តាញសង្គម​ទៅកាន់​ពលរដ្ឋ​ទាំងអស់​ឱ្យ​ចេះ​ស្រឡាញ់​បរិស្ថាន និង​ចូលរួម​ការពារ ...

​លោក​ គង់​ វិបុល​ អគ្គនាយក​នៃ​អគ្គនាយកដ្ឋាន​ពន្ធដារ​ (GDT)​ បាន​និយាយ​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍​ថា​ ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម​ពន្ធ​ សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ និង​លាង​លុយ​ បាន​ក្លាយជា​ឧបសគ្គ​ចម្បង​ក្នុង​ការ​ដើរ​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ដើម្បី​រីក​ចម្រើន​។​ លោក​សង្កេត​ឃើញ​ថា​ អាជ្ញាធរ​ពន្ធដារ​បាន​និង​កំពុង ...

​ធនាគារជាតិ​នៃ​កម្ពុជា​ (NBC)​ បាន​និយាយ​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​ ២០​ ខែមីនា​ថា​ ប្រតិបត្តិការ​ឌី​ជី​ថ​ល​ចំនួន​ ១,៨​ ពាន់​លាន​រៀល​ និង​ដុល្លារ​អា​មេ​រិ​ក​មាន​តម្លៃ​ ៤៩២​ ពាន់​លាន​ដុល្លារ​ត្រូវ​បាន​កត់ត្រា​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ​ ២០២៣​ ដែល​បាន​កើនឡើង​ជាង ...

Four trade unions on Tuesday demanded that Cambodia’s garment and footwear manufacturers raise the minimum wage of their workers and provide them with additional benefits, threatening a nationwide strike and demonstrations if they do not comply. In a joint letter to the Van Sou Ieng, president ...

Although International Human Rights Day ended in the forceful eviction of protesters from outside the US embassy last night, monks and their supporters who spent days marching to the capital met with no opposition in the morning as they defied a ban on marching to ...

An anonymous group on Saturday filed a corruption complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against senator Sok Kong’s Sokimex company’s management of the Angkor Wat temple complex. The complaint, dated March 10, alleges Sokimex has siphoned the majority of funds recouped from tourist entrance fees to the ...

Heng Hak wore a blank expression yesterday, her hair recently dyed a shade of blonde. Though her appearance suggested composure, a lift of her pant leg revealed the manifestation of the trauma she tried to escape last year. In March 2011, Hak jumped from the third ...

U.N. human rights envoy to Cambodia Surya Subedi wrapped up his seventh mission to Cambodia on Friday, saying that his own assessments of land concessions confirmed that they are being unfairly granted and leaving many communities out in the cold. Mr. Subedi said that meetings held ...

Toll Royal Railways (TRR), the current operator of Cambodia’s dilapidated rail network, restarted freight services to Kampot province yesterday, four months after it suspended its work. TRR’s resumption comes on the heals of a rival proposal to manage the train network by a consortium that includes one ...

The Prey Lang Community Network yesterday delivered a letter to authorities in Kampong Thom province’s Sandan district calling for the postponement of a Vietnamese concessionaire’s forest clearing and notifying authorities of their intention to deliver a lawsuit to the provincial hall tomorrow, network activists said. According ...

With Cambodia currently seen as a country where the laundering of illicit cash may be going undetected, an international expert yesterday warned that economic growth and more international trade could leave the country open to financial crime. Gert Demmink, a former head of supervision at ...

The owner of the $240 million Gold Tower 42 project in Phnom Penh has entered into arbitration with the project’s builder, in a bid to get work started again after construction halted on the project in September 2010 due to poor unit sales and cost ...

A Chinese factory manager sparked a near-riot in Phnom Penh yesterday morning after publicly destroying two photos of the late King Father in front of hundreds of workers. More than a thousand employees of the Top World garment factory launched an immediate strike, and threatened to ...

The Cambodian automotive industry will expand after the Kingdom’s integration into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, thanks to the free flow of goods within the bloc and Cambodia’s competitive advantage as a low-cost manufacturer, according to Cambodian Commerce ...

The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued warning letters to mobile operators Beeline and Smart over their recent advertisement, stating it violates the Inter-Ministerial Prakas, or edict, signed in 2009. The separate letters, obtained by the Post last week, ...

The Thai owners of a pair of sugar plantations in Koh Kong province accused of forcing hundreds of farmers off their land will give the land back if it can be proved that those evicted legally own the land, rights workers and a village representative ...

Cargos entering and leaving through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, the kingdom’s 2nd largest port, increased by 34 percent in the first three months of this year due to rising trade activities, a senior port official said Thursday. During the January-March period this year, the state-owned port ...

More than 800 street vendors and drivers of taxis, tuk-tuks and motorcycles working the border area between Banteay Meanchey province and Thailand yesterday marched through Poipet City calling for an end to the rampant corruption being carried out by border officials. Migrant workers who cross ...

Following global supply growth and falling prices, Cambodian rubber has decreased in value over the past three months, according to industry experts. Men Sopheak, deputy director-general of the Chop Rubber Plantation, a major rubber exporter in Cambodia, said yesterday that the price of dried [natural] rubber ...