Sixty community repreSentativeS from Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom provinceS expreSSed concern yeSterday over a String of recent economic land conceSSionS granted within the boundS of the Boeung Per Wildlife Sanctuary. At a preSS conference held in Preah Vihear&rSquo;S Rovieng diStrict yeSterday, they claimed the SS='cambodia-color'>...

Three women were slightly injured while participating in a strike of about 500 workers outside the Zongtex Garment Factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district yesterday, a union representative said yesterday. suos sokha, head of the Rights and Profit Workers Federation of Trade Unions, said yesterday the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday called for greater regional cooperation to tackle a range of environmental problems in the Greater Mekong sub-region, but did not specifically address the threat posed by dams. “I call on all countries in the Greater Mekong sub-region to place more emphasis ss='cambodia-color'>...

Battambang provincial court has issued an injunction halting the sale of any part of Loran Import Export Company in a dispute over ownership of the prominent rice milling firm, according to a statement. The plaintiffs, including prominent media personality soy sopheap as well as Uy Ang ss='cambodia-color'>...

Poor sanitation costs Cambodia $450 million a year due to health costs resulting from water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, according to a new report by the UN Environment Program. The report follows data released last week by the World Bank that found that 75 percent ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s petroleum authority yesterday announced that it would like to renew discussion with Thailand in order to find a solution over disputed waters in the Gulf of Thailand widely believed to hold large quantities of oil and gas. Negotiations over how to split revenue from ss='cambodia-color'>...

The biggest names in the apparel industry, including Nike, Puma and Gap, would meet today with officials from the Ministry of Labour to discuss issues plaguing the Cambodian garment manufacturing industry, such as mass fainting and contractual disputes, labour activists said yesterday.  Dave Welsh, country ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rubber production in Cambodia is expected to increase by 245,500 tons per year by 2020, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). MAFF Minister Chan sarun said on Aug 30 that Cambodia will have 365,000 hectares for rubber production as the amount ss='cambodia-color'>...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea jumped more than 40 per cent year-on-year through September, according to the Korea Trade InveStment Promotion Agency. Total trade between January and September reached $387 million, according to KotRA, up 45 per cent from $267 million during the year-ago SS='cambodia-color'>...

A fertiliser company that has been approved to do billions of dollars’ worth of business in Cambodia, and is presumed to be based in the United Kingdom, is in fact affiliated with domestic conglomerate Royal Group, an insider has confirmed. Nitrogen Chemicals and Fertiliser (Cambodia) Ltd ss='cambodia-color'>...

More people are buying furniture thanks to a growing construction sector and solid economic growth. Cambodia’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in 2011 and is expected to grow by 6.5 percent for the next two years, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Meanwhile, the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The colonial-era buildings damaged by a construction site along Phnom Penh’s bustling riverfront are under threat of imminent collapse, a structural engineer who examined the area said yesterday. Local company Vattanac yesterday complied with local authority demands to halt construction at the sisowath Quay site – ss='cambodia-color'>...

As Cambodian exports continue to grow, commerce officials predict sovereign debt crises in the United states and Europe will not threaten the sector. Total exports surged by more than 46 per cent to Us$2.677 billion in the first seven months of the year, compared to ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 500 of the 600 garment makers at Meroson Cambodia Co Ltd went on strike yesterday, accusing the Taiwanese-owned firm which exports T-shirts to North America of using them as “slave labour” Chey sovan, vice-president of the Cambodian National Confederation for Labourers’ Protection, said that the main reason ss='cambodia-color'>...

Garment workers who went on strike over delayed payment of wages and other alleged violations of labour law on Tuesday morning were paid on Wednesday by management at the Chea Ieng garment factory in the capital’s sen sok district. Factory employee sun sopheak said yesterday that ss='cambodia-color'>...

The upcoming visit of Chinese president Hu Jintao to Cambodia next week will build closer ties between the two countries, China and AsEAN as the visit is coincided with the 20th AsEAN summit, said a senior official sunday. The visit will also create more confidence among ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 500 residents of Pursat City have signed a letter addressed to Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy suy sem threatening to take to the streets in protest if the town’s privately owned electricity distributor does not reduce prices. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of NGOs on Friday called on Australia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to suspend work and funding for a government-led project to rehabilitate the country’s railway system should authorities in Poipet City follow through on an eviction notice delivered to 22 families ss='cambodia-color'>...

ក្រ​សួង​ការងារ ​និង​បណ្តុះបណ្តាល​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ ​អះអាង​ថា​ នឹង​តាម​ដាន​ការ​អនុវត្ត​របស់​បណ្តា​រោងចក្រ ​សហគ្រាស​ ជុំវិញ​ការ​ទូទាត់​បើក​ប្រាក់​បំណាច់​អតីតភាព​ការងារ​ជូន​កម្មករ​និយោជិត ​តាម​គោលការណ៍​ថ្មី ដែល​នឹង​ចាប់ផ្តើម​អនុវត្ត​ជា​លើក​ដំបូង ​នៅ​ខែ​មិថុនា​នេះ ​ហើយ​ក្រសួងក៏​ត្រៀម​វិធានការ ss='cambodia-color'>...

លទ្ធផល​ប្រឡង​បាក់ឌុប​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ មាន​ភាព​ប្រសើរ​ជាង​ឆ្នាំ​មុន​ខណៈ​ដែល​បេក្ខជន​ជាប់​មាន​ប្រមាណ ៥៥ ភាគរយ​ហើយ​ក្នុង​នោះ​និទ្ទេស A មាន​ដល់​ទៅ ១០៨ នាក់​បើ​ធៀប​នឹង​លទ្ធផល​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៤ ការ​ប្រឡង​លើក​ទី ១ ដែល​បេក្ខជន​ជាប់​មាន​ប្រមាណ​តែ ២៥ ​ភាគរយ​ហើយ​និទ្ទេស A មាន​ត្រឹម​តែ ១១ នាក់​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​។ តាម​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​ព័ត៌មាន​ ss='cambodia-color'>...