ព័ត៌មាន​

Tep Bopha Prasidh, a wealthy businesswoman and wife of Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh, has been anointed with the sought-after royal title of oknha. According to an August edition of the Royal Gazette, King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the new title on July 11. Roughly translated as tycoon, oknha is a ...

Before casting their ballots, residents in three communes in Kulen district carefully mulled their options. On one hand, many have found themselves locked in a land dispute with the government – forced to farm their land in secret from the forestry administration. On the other, ...

Provincial authorities in Siem Reap discovered a stockpile of rosewood weighing approximately 21 tonnes in Banteay Srei district on Wednesday afternoon. Tea Kimsoth, provincial Forestry Administration director, yesterday credited joint efforts made by the Forestry Administration and anti-economic crime police officials in discovering the wood stashed ...

Labor activists at the bi-annual Buyers Forum in Phnom Penh on Thursday said that short-term contracts in Cambodia’s garment industry were fueling the high number of strikes affecting the industry. “Most of [the disputes] are over dismissals or dismissals of union leaders and the reason why ...

A small survey of families in five villages in Battambang has found that most workers who are lured to illegal migrant work in Thailand cite salaries of twice the average Cambodian wage or higher as their main reason and appear unaware of the risks. Moeun Tola, ...

Siem Reap’s provincial government apparatus, which in 2010 was relocated to a remote site 16 km outside of the city as part of an extensive and hugely controversial swap of government land and buildings, is moving back to its old home in the tourist city’s ...

Security forces started searching vehicles entering Phnom Penh along all major roads Thursday morning in advance of a mass demonstration planned by the opposition CNRP for Saturday. The CNRP called the checkpoints an illegal and futile attempt to stop its supporters from attending the mass meeting. ...

Inside a shop in a restored building on the corner of Sothearos Boulevard and Street 266, nearly 10 Cambodians wearing the same uniform are walking around and cleaning tables. By the end of this year, Brown Coffee will have a total of eight branches in ...

ប្រព័ន្ធ​​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​ព័ត៌មានក្នុងស្រុក ​ផ្សាយកាលពីថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែកញ្ញា​ ជាខេមភាសា បានស្រង់​សេចក្តី​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​របស់​​ស្ថានទូតចំនួនបី រួមមាន ស្ថានទូត​អូស្ត្រាលី​ ស្ថានទូត​អាមេរិក​ និងឯក​អគ្គ​រដ្ឋ​ទូត​គុយ​វែត ធ្វើ​ការ​​អំពាវ​នាវ​​ដល់​ពលរដ្ឋ​របស់ខ្លួន ដែលរស់នៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា​ឱ្យរក្សា​ចម្ងាយពី​ការប្រមូលផ្តុំហ្វូងមនុស្ស ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​ធ្វើ​ការ​ត្រៀម​រៀបចំ​ខ្លួន​ជា​សាធារណៈ​ជា​លើក​ចុង​ក្រោយ សម្រាប់​គម្រោង​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​បែប​អហិង្សា នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​សៅរ៍​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ ដោយ​មេ​ដឹកនាំ​គណបក្ស​បាន​គូស​បញ្ជាក់​សារ​ចុង​ក្រោយ​អំពី​ភាព​អហិង្សា​ ក្នុង​ចំណោម​អ្នក​ស្មោះស្ម័គ្រ​ដែល ...

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) — Opposition party leader, Sam Rainsy, on Thursday visited Stung Meanchey market and temple, appealing to the people there to join in their mass prayer demonstration this weekend.The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will hold a “violence-free” mass prayer demonstration ...

With Saturday’s opposition protest now expected to be a peaceful meditation on justice—rather than a demonstration against a flawed election process—Cambodian analysts say the current post-election deadlock may soon pass. Opposition leaders said Monday they planned to go forward with a mass demonstration, but that they ...

The Cambodian pro-opposition trade unions on Thursday called on garment workers, civil servants and common people to join a massive nonviolent demonstration against the July 28 election results. In the election, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party gained the victory. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) of long-time ...

Around 4000 Cambodian garment workers are protesting after a factory supplying global brands including Gap and H&M fired hundreds of their colleagues for striking over conditions. Union leaders said the Singapore-owned SL Garment Processing factory fired 720 workers on Wednesday while more than 5000 others were ...

Nearly 50 workers, including a woman who is seven months pregnant, fainted at a clothing factory in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district yesterday due to poor ventilation, union officials and labour-rights groups said. The 47 employees at Wanshen Clothing (Cambodia) Co collapsed at about 3pm, ...

Japan’s TriAsia Group is in talks to acquire a majority stake in local television station TV3 and plans to broadcast Japanese-language shows, the television channel’s owner confirmed Wednesday. According to TV3’s owner, Khampun Keomony, revenues at the channel have been dropping, which prompted him to look ...

Roughly 100 rubber farmers in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Chum district blocked National Road 78A on Wednesday, demanding that authorities take action against a pair of laborers they accuse of stealing resin from their land. The laborers—Math Las, 40, and his wife, Nos Yas, 38—who are reportedly employed ...

Cambodia’s top court has ordered staff of the government-appointed national election body to be punished for mishandling secured ballot records but dismissed opposition complaints of irregularities in the July 28 national polls. The decision by the Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) on Thursday came as the ...

Management at one of Asia’s largest garment producers yesterday fired at least 600 employees, days after thousands returned to work following a two-week strike. Most of the workers fired by SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd – which supplies Gap, Levi’s and H&M – were members of ...

The Constitutional Council on Wednesday upheld the decision by the National Election Committee (NEC) to reject a complaint filed by the opposition CNRP regarding alleged voting irregularities in Battambang province. Battambang marks the 13th rejection out of 15 provinces and municipalities that the CNRP has lodged ...

The opposition CNRP on Wednesday held its second and last day of training for party supporters ahead of its mass demonstrations planned for Saturday driving home its message of peace and nonviolence. Amid persistent and ominous warnings from the government that the demonstrations may turn violent, ...

សហជីព​សេរី​កម្មករ​នៃ​ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា អំពាវនាវ​ដល់​កម្មករ​កម្មការិនី​ជា​សមាជិក​ប្រមាណ ១០​ម៉ឺន​នាក់ និង​កម្មករ​គាំទ្រ​ដទៃ​ទៀត ឲ្យ​ចូល​រួម​ធ្វើ​ពហិការ ឬ​ផ្អាក​ធ្វើ​ការ​ថែម​ម៉ោង ចាប់​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍ ទី៥ កញ្ញា រហូត​ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​កំណត់​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​អហិង្សា​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៧ កញ្ញា ខាង​មុខ​នេះ។ មន្ត្រី​តំណាង ...

Logging has officially begun in Stung Treng province in preparation for the construction of a massive hydropower dam, but local authorities and villagers said Wednesday that the clearing of forest is going unchecked outside the official dam concession area. The Lower Sesan 2 dam was approved ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Hall yesterday defended the actions of police and security guards who blocked protesters as they tried to leave the capital’s Boeung Kak area before they stopped and searched an NGO’s vehicle. Dozens of Daun Penh district police, security guards and military police blockaded ...