The Kratie Provincial Court yesterday charged a truck driver with illegally collecting and transporting luxury wood after forestry officers last week confiscated 148 pieces of luxury wood totalling 31.2 cubic meters from his truck, which had been transporting the timber along National Road 7 ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blamed illegal immigration for contributing to a current shortage in the Cambodian labor market but said workers could benefit from rising wages as a result of the demand for workers. Mr. Hun Sen said the shortage was hitting the agriculture sector ...

The number of families claiming to have lost contact with relatives working overseas has seen a significant increase in recent months, three human rights groups said Thursday. Local rights groups Adhoc and Licadho and the legal aid association Cambodian Legal Education Center (CLEC), said that ...

The decreasing amount of farmers harvesting soybeans last year has limited supply and raised prices at the markets roughly 42 percent to 4,000 riel per kg, or about $1, according to an agricultural official and farmers. Cheam Chan Sorphaon, director of the provincial agriculture department in ...

The government has already granted roughly 300,000 hectares in economic land concessions (ELC) so far this year, according to data released by a local rights group yesterday. The figure, which amounts to 40 percent of the total land concessions granted in all of 2011, has ...

The Cambodian government was strengthening its capacity to combat human trafficking by focusing on poverty reduction and was eager to work with other groups tackling the crime, Interior Ministry Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng said yesterday. “The issues of human trafficking and migrating workers are ...

ស្ត្រី​ខ្មែរ​ធ្វើការ​តាម​ផ្ទះ​នៅ​ប្រទេស​សិង្ហបុរី​ម្នាក់​បាន​រត់​ចេញ​ពី​ផ្ទះ​ថៅកែ​បន្ទាប់ពី​ត្រូវ​​ថៅកែ​បង្ខំ​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើការ​​រហូត​ដល់ ១៧ ​ម៉ោង​ក្នុង​មួយ​ថ្ងៃ​ដោយ​​​គ្មាន​ថ្ងៃ​សម្រាក​អស់​រយៈពេល​ជាង ១ ឆ្នាំ​កន្លះ​ហើយ​ត្រូវ​បាន​អង្គការ​មនុស្សធម៌​មួយ ...

សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​កាលពី​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃ​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​សម្រេច​ឃុំ​​ខ្លួន​ជនសង្ស័យ ៣ នាក់​ដែល​បាន​វ៉ៃ​អ្នក​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ឲ្យ​រងរបួស​ធ្ងន់​ក្រោម​ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ពី​បទ​បង្ក​ការ​ខូចខាត​ដោយ​មាន​ស្ថាន​ទម្ងន់​ទោស និង​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​ដោយ​ចេតនា​ដោយ​មាន ...

ដោយបារម្ភពីចំនួនគ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍ក្នុងឱកាសបុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌមានការកើនឡើងដូចឆ្នាំកន្លងទៅរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃនិងជាប្រធានគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិសុវត្ថិភាពចរាចរណ៍ផ្លូវគោក បានអំពាវនាវឲ្យប្រជាពលរដ្ឋទូទាំងប្រទេសមានការប្រុងប្រយ័ត្នពេលធ្វើដំណើរ។ ដើម្បីបង្ការ ទប់ស្កាត់ និងកាត់បន្ថយគ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍ផ្លូវគោកក្នុងពិធីបុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌដែលប្រព្រឹត្តទៅចាប់ពីថ្ងៃទី១៧ ខែកញ្ញារហូតដល់ដល់ថ្ងៃទី១ ខែតុលា (ថ្ងៃទី១នៃពិធីដាក់បិណ្ឌដល់ថ្ងៃបញ្ចប់នៃពិធីបុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ) លោក ស ខេងបានអំពាវនាវដល់សាធារណជន ដែលជាអ្នកប្រើប្រាស់ផ្លូវថ្នល់ត្រូវតែប្រុងប្រយ័ត្នខ្ពស់ដោយមិនត្រូវផ្ទុកមនុស្ស ឬទំនិញលើសច្បាប់កំណត់ ត្រូវពិនិត្យមើលបច្ចេកទេសរថយន្ត និងមិនត្រូវបើកបរលឿនហួសល្បឿនកំណត់នោះទេ។ ...

កង្វះ​ទុន​ក្នុង​វិស័យ​ស្រូវ​អង្ករ​នៅតែ​ជា​បញ្ហា​ប្រឈម​ដែល​ត្រូវបាន​វិស័យ​នេះ​លើកឡើង​ជា​ញឹកញាប់​អស់​រយៈពេល​ជាច្រើន​ឆ្នាំ​មក​ហើយ បើ​ទោះបី​ជា​ធនាគារ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​ជនបទ​ (RDB) គ្រប់គ្រង​ដោយ​បាន​បញ្ចេញ​កម្ចី​សម្រាប់​គាំទ្រ​ដល់​វិស័យនេះ​ជាច្រើន​ឆ្នាំ​មកហើយ​ក្តី​។​ អ្នក​នៅក្នុង​វិស័យនេះ ...

ឆាយណា យូនីខម ជា​ប្រតិបត្តិករ​ទូរគមនាគមន៍​ឈានមុខ​គេ​របស់​ប្រទេស ​ចិន និង​ជា​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ចុះបញ្ជី​នៅ​ផ្សារហ៊ុន​ហុងកុង​បាន​ពង្រីក​វត្តមាន​របស់ខ្លួន​មក​កម្ពុជា​ដើម្បី​បង្កើត​ផ្លូវ​ទូរគមនាគមន៍​អ៊ុបទិក តំបន់​ជាច្រើន​នៅក្នុង​គំនិត​ផ្តួចផ្ដើម​ខ្សែក្រវាត់​មួយ ផ្លូវ​មួយ​។ ក្រុមហ៊ុន​នេះ​បាន​បើក​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​បុត្រសម្ព័ន្ធ​របស់ខ្លួន China Unicom (Cambodia) កាលពី​ថ្ងៃទី​ ៣០ ខែវិច្ឆិកា ហើយក៏​ជា​ប្រតិបត្តិករ​ទូរគមនាគមន៍​ចុងក្រោយ ...

More than 50 police officers exchanged heated words with Ocean Garment strikers yesterday afternoon, marching for over an hour to Phnom Penh Municipal Court in support of five worker representatives suspended by the company. Mid-protest, however, the group of more than 2,500 – who have been ...

Ten months after the government suspended sending Cambodian women to work as maids in Malaysia, following numerous reports of abuse by employers and recruitment companies, families say they have completely lost contact with their loved ones who continue to work in Malaysian households. Local rights group Adhoc has recorded ...

A female garment worker died and 24 other workers were injured when the truck in which they were traveling careened into a pond in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district Wednesday morning, police said. More than 30 garment workers were on board a small, open-backed truck in Prek ...

One of the biggest challenges to protecting Cambodian migrant workers is the sheer distance between their homeland and the countries they are working in, Ministry of Labour officials said yesterday. A pattern has emerged in which brokers lure more and more Cambodians away from traditiOnal border-country ...

Police and court officials yesterday questioned, charged and imprisoned elderly woman involved in the long-running land dispute at the Borei Keila community in Phnom Penh, a day after an anti-eviction protester from Boeng Kak community met a similar fate. In both cases, police and court officials ...

Cambodia climbed the rankings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2012-2013 global competitiveness report to finish 85th out of 144 countries, an improvement of 12 places compared to the previous year. The WEF report, which was released yesterday, measured the competitiveness of each country on more ...

About 600 garment workers of the Top Form factory in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district continued protesting yesterday against new income tax deductions from their pay outside the factory after police blocked them from marching on National Road 5. Workers have been protesting since Friday against ...

Fifty Boeng Kak and Borei Keila residents rallied outside the Ministry of Justice yesterday and submitted a petition demanding the release of two anti-eviction activists they say have been jailed on trumped-up charges. Four representatives from the two groups were allowed to enter the ministry yesterday, ...