ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cambodia’s biggest international garment brands met yesterday to discuss wage issues, strikes and worker conditions, among other of the industry’s most pressing topics. But in a year marked by a fatal building collapse at the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu, mass demonstrations, and bankruptcies ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ធម្មនុញ្ញ​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​សម្រេច​ដូច​នឹង​ គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត ដោយ​ច្រាន​ចោល​បណ្តឹង​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ដែល​ប្តឹង​សុំ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ ​ផ្ទៀង​ផ្ទាត់​តួលេខ​និង​រាប់​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​ឡើង​វិញ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត បាត់ដំបង។ នៅ​ក្នុង​សវនាការ​ប្រហែល ២ ម៉ោង​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា ...

Some of these ASEAN economies are not like the others. Singapore is 80 times richer than Myanmar and its population lives 20 years longer than Cambodia’s, while Myanmar ranks 50 places behind Cambodia in terms of global competitiveness, according to a wide-ranging analysis from the World ...

Strong economic growth and an increase in tourism had driven Siem Reap land prices, according to an industry expert. Sorn Seap, general manager of Key Real Estate who had studied land prices in Siem Reap town, said land prices in Siem Reap town increased about 15 ...

The gap between Cambodia’s health rich and health poor is “devastating”, according to a report by World Vision issued yesterday. Cambodia is ranked 124 out of 176 countries on the global index based on four indicators used to measure the gap in each listed country: life ...

Evictees of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community appealed yet again to municipal authorities for alternative housing yesterday, saying garbage and waste has inundated their current settlement and is making it increasingly difficult to enter and exit the area. Borei Keila residents were evicted from their land ...

Cambodia’s highest monks have called on the clergy to refrain from joining any political demonstrations, calling it an abuse of morals and professional ethics. In a statement issued on Sunday and obtained yesterday, the three top Buddhist leaders liken joining protests to the act of killing. “An ...

At least one union leader is butting heads with the Ministry of Labour as he encourages workers to join the planned opposition party demonstration on Saturday. A letter from the ministry sent to factories on Monday called on workers and unions to avoid participation in the ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​បាន​ប្រកាស​កាលពី​ ម្សិលមិញ​ថា មហា​បាតុកម្ម​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​គ្រោង​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​ថ្ងៃទី​៧ ខែ​កញ្ញា នឹង​មាន​លក្ខណៈ​ស្ងប់ស្ងាត់ ដោយ​អ្នក​ចូលរួម​រាប់ពាន់​នាក់​នឹង​ចូលរួម​ក្នុង​ពិធី​បន់ស្រន់​និង« សមាធិ»។ បើទោះបីជា​មេដឹកនាំ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​លើក ឡើង​ថា សេចក្តី​សម្រេច​នេះ​ធ្វើ​តាម​ព្រះរាជសារ​របស់​ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី ដែល ...

Far stricter monitoring of the recruitment and employment of Cambodians and other migrant labourers is needed to ensure the future of the Thai fishing industry, a new study by the International Labour Organization warns. Two and a half per cent of the 241 Cambodians interviewed ...

Thailand’s restriction on agricultural imports earlier this year caused dramatic declines for Cambodia’s cassava exports during the harvest season, provincial border officials said yesterday. Cambodia’s exports of cassava reached 288,109 tonnes in the first six months of this year, a decline of 55 per cent from ...

The Pursat Provincial Court has issued a summons to a soldier based on the Thai border for allegedly clearing protected land in Veal Veng district, a move the man believes was orchestrated by a company owned by tycoon Try Pheap, which is embroiled in an ...

The third phase of a project designed to revamp Phnom Penh’s drainage system, currently inundated by seasonal rains, began yesterday. Four areas of the city spanning a total of 369,445 metres will be witness to the next stage of the project’s implementation, part of an ongoing ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng yesterday called on authorities in each province and municipality to ease demonstrations in the capital by creating a site for non-violent protests ahead of a planned opposition rally on Saturday. In a two-page letter sent to provincial officials, Kheng – who ...

Citing a lack of public confidence in the official post-election irregularity resolution process – namely, the Constitutional Council’s opening of vote packages – a coalition of leading civil society groups yesterday appealed to the two main political parties to swiftly come back to the negotiating ...