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 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities in Kompong Thom province yesterday forced a pagoda to withdraw its invitation to host a workshop about forest protection, continuing their pressure on two NGOs that provide community legal education in the province, a monk and NGO worker said. Chin Neth, chief monk at ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 60 Cambodian and international human rights groups and trade unions yesterday called on Cambodia and Malaysia to reach a bilateral agreement that would guarantee strong labor rights and working conditions for Cambodian maids employed in Malaysia. “The time is ripe for the Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...

The number of migrant workers abused by their foreign employers abroad more than doubled in 2011, rights group Adhoc announced yesterday before calling on the government to improve its efforts to protect both migrant and repatriated workers. “It’s a dangerous sign,” said Adhoc president Thun saray ss='cambodia-color'>...

Free Trade Union president Chea Mony yesterday rejected a charge in court that he and two other FTU members incited workers to damage property during a mass strike last year at the M&V garment factory. During nearly two hours of questioning at the Kampong Chhnang provincial ss='cambodia-color'>...

The European Union has launched a $4.5 million program aimed at increasing food security among indigenous minorities in Ratanakkiri province, including those whose land has been affected by the growing number of economic land concessions in the area. speaking on the sidelines of the launch in ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 ss='cambodia-color'>...

មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល និង​ស្ថាន​បេសកកម្ម​អចិន្រៃ្តយ៍​របស់​កម្ពុជា​ប្រចាំ​នៅ​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​បាន​ឆ្លើយតប​ថា ការទាមទារ​របស់​មន្ត្រី​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ និង​មន្ត្រី​ទូត​មួយ​ចំនួន​ឱ្យ​ទម្លាក់​បទចោទប្រកាន់​លើ លោក កឹម សុខា គឺជា​ការជ្រៀតជ្រែក​ចូល​ក្នុង​ប្រព័ន្ធយុត្តិធម៌​របស់​កម្ពុជា ខណៈ​ដែល​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​មន្ត្រី​ទូត​មួយ​ចំនួន​បន្ត​ចូលជួប​មេបក្ស​អតីត​បក្សប្រឆាំង ss='cambodia-color'>...

សន្និសីទ​ធនាគារ​អាស៊ាន​លើក​ទី​ ២២ និង​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា​ធនាគារ​អាស៊ាន​លើក​ទី​ ៤៩ ចាប់ផ្ដើម​នៅថ្ងៃនេះ​នៅ​ទីក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ​ក្រោម​ប្រធានបទ «​ការតភ្ជាប់​អាស៊ាន​ឆ្នាំ​ ២០២៥ ​ដែល​ជា​ពិភព​នវានុវត្តន៍​ឌីជីថល​សម្រាប់​វិស័យ​ធនាគារ​អាស៊ាន​មួយ​»​។ សន្និសីទ​នេះ​ប្រមូលផ្ដុំ​ដោយ​ប្រធាន​ធនាគារ ប្រធាន​ប្រតិបត្តិ អ្នកជំនាញ​ជាង​ ៤០០ ​នាក់​មកពី ss='cambodia-color'>...

លោកនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​លើកឡើង​នូវ​អនុសាសន៍​ ៤ ​ចំណុច​ សម្រាប់​សហព័ន្ធ​អតីតយុទ្ធជន​អាស៊ាន​ហៅ​កាត់​ថា VECONAC ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​​សហព័ន្ធ​នេះ​សម្រេច​បាន​នូវ​សមិទ្ធផល​ថ្មី​បន្ថែមទៀត​ក្នុង​ក្របខ័ណ្ឌ​ផែនការ​សកម្មភាព​អាស៊ាន​។ ការផ្ដល់​នូវ​អនុសាសន៍​ទាំងនេះ​បាន​ធ្វើឡើង​ក្នុង​ពេល​លោក​ធ្វើជា​អធិបតី​នៃ​ពិធី​បើក​មហាសន្និបាត​សហព័ន្ធ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS and Cambodia have agreed to begin diScuSSionS on a bilateral inveStment treaty (BIT) in a bid to Spur trade and inveStment between the two countrieS, officialS Said on Friday following the end of the ASEAN-US BuSineSS Summit in Siem Reap. “A bilateral inveStment SS='cambodia-color'>...

The U.N.’s special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, has waded in to the furor surrounding the imprisonment this week of two anti-eviction activists from Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities, posing with a poster calling for the release of the two women. Yorm Bopha, 32, ss='cambodia-color'>...

In parts of rural Cambodia, farmers’ primary source of income comes from harvesting rice — once a year. This is a poor outcome compared to other AsEAN countries which harvest twice or thrice a year. To help increase farmers’ income, Victor Combal-Weiss and Guillaume Virag founded ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni began a 3-day State viSit to Vietnam Starting on Monday at the invitation of VietnameSe PreSident Truong Tan Sang, local media reported. The viSit, the fourth made by Cambodian king Since he came to the throne in 2004, will likely elevate further SS='cambodia-color'>...

Former Khmer Rouge cadres who in return for laying down their weapons and swearing allegiance to the Cambodian government were granted plots of land in what is now Kampot province say local authorities aren’t respecting the deal. Representatives of 80 families in the province’s Chhouk district told the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Flooding  this year cost the government significantly less than expected due to better preparation and lower water levels than in previous years, first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management Nhim Vanda announced yesterday. The NCDM could not yet report the precise amount spent on flood ss='cambodia-color'>...

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&rSquo;S expanSion of itS home improvement loanS for low-income CambodianS. Fernanda Lima, director of US-baSed Socially SS='cambodia-color'>...

Every day they come in the thousands and crowd under a blazing sun for hours, awaiting a moment that costs them more than two full months’ salary – a passport. And where are they going? “Thailand,” 21-year-old sem Pheaktra said, squinting under a harsh mid-morning sun. He, and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities in Kratie province have denied entry to journalists and rights workers to the site of violent land clashes that led to the death of a teenage girl on Wednesday. Rights workers say they fear for the safety of villagers in Broma village, but police say ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 ss='cambodia-color'>...