ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍

After spending $30 on clothes, Chan Pheavy sat down for lunch in the food court of Sorya Mall, plunking her shopping bags on the floor beside her. “It is very comfortable to do shopping here,” Pheavy, 25, who works for a commercial bank in Phnom ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ មន្រ្តី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បាន​​ធ្វើ​ការ​ព្រមាន​​ កាល​ពី​ម្សិល​មិញ​ថា រដ្ឋាភិ​បា​​ល​នឹង​មិន​អត់​ឱនឲ្យ​មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណ​បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ឡើយ ក្នុង​ករណី​ដែល​ពួក​គេ​ដឹក​នាំ​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​ក្នុង​បំណង​ផ្តួល​រលំ​ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​។ ការ​ព្រមាន ...

In response to a growing number of strikes in the country’s highly profitable garment sector, the government trained 15 handpicked commune officials yesterday to mediate and resolve factory disputes. The training was designed to teach commune councillors to defuse and resolve conflict, Buth Ji, director of ...

Shouting their demands and trying to force their way through the gate, thousands of striking garment workers rallied in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs to no avail yesterday. The strikes came the morning after management posted a notice saying some 6,000 striking workers ...

Sok Ren’s eyes dart from side to side as he explains in a hushed tone why he’s been detained at military barracks in Preah Vihear province, rarely allowed to leave and under near constant surveillance, since July 31. While casting his ballot for the Cambodian People’s ...

Cambodia’s Independent Civil Servants Association (CICA) has written to the minister of education to request teachers and education officials be given equal access to an exam allowing them to move up the ministry’s pay scale. The association claims the ministry has made recent changes to a ...

Legalisation of same-sex marriage, comprehensive sex education and non-discriminatory guidelines for health workers treating LGBT people and those living with HIV/AIDS are among a handful of ways to bolster human rights in Cambodia, according to a submission delivered to the United Nations ahead of the ...

The Constitutional Council yesterday ordered the opening of another batch of ballots and original documents, this time from eight contested polling stations in Battambang town, even as opposition members expressed doubt the council had the will to seriously investigate their complaints. Coming a day after the ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ​អ្នក​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ នៅ​មណ្ឌល​ជា​ច្រើន ហាក់​ដូច​ជា​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​រៀប​ចំ​ដោយ​ចេតនា មុន​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ដើម្បី​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​បុគ្គល​មួយ​ក្រុម​ធំ ពី​តំបន់​ផ្សេង បាន​ចូល​ទៅ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​បន្លំ ក្នុង​ឃុំ​សង្កាត់ ដែល​ពួកគេ​គ្មាន​សិទិ្ធ​បោះ​។ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​របាយការណ៍ ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​បាន​គំរាម​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​លទ្ធផល ​នៃ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ មុន​ពេល​គណៈ​កម្មា​ធិ​កា​រ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​(គ.ជ.ប) ​ប្រកាស​លទ្ធ​ផល​ចុង​ក្រោយ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៨ ខែ​កញ្ញា ដរាប​ណា​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រ​តី​​ ...

Union representatives who claim they were beaten to within an inch of their lives yesterday after they handed out pro-union leaflets in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district have vowed to take legal action. The 10 union members, who represent four different unions – the Union ...

More than half a million dollars in bribes were paid to teachers during last month’s national exams by high school students in Phnom Penh alone, the authors of a new study have found. The study, conducted by the Youth Resource Development Program, found that the average ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ធម្មនុញ្ញ​ កាល​ពី​​ម្សិល​មិញ ​បាន​បញ្ជា​ឲ្យ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត(គ.ជ.ប) ​ពិនិត្យ​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត​ក្នុង​កញ្ចប់​សុវត្ថិភាព​ «ក» ​នៅ​ការិយាល័យបោះ​ឆ្នោត​ចំនួន ៨ ក្នុង​​ក្រុង​បាត់​ដំបង ​មួយ​ថ្ងៃ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ការ​ពិនិត្យ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ក្រចេះ ដែល​គណ​បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង និង ...

Following further unsuccessful negotiations with company management, garment workers and union representatives said yesterday that they intend to hold a 6,000-person demonstration in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs and City Hall in Phnom Penh. Demonstrations supporting employees at the two SL Garment factories in ...

Police detained nearly 100 suspected loggers from crossing into Thailand from Oddar Meanchey’s Trapaing Prasat district on Friday to illegally cut timber, Provincial Governor Sar Thavy said yesterday. The 95 would-be border crossers were arrested in several different groups and were in possession of logging equipment, ...

Aided by the recovery of large economies in the United States, the European Union and Japan, Cambodia’s exports jumped more than 20 per cent during the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2012. Ministry of Commerce data released at the end ...

A container storage facility off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province that allows Cambodia to blend oil before export could hold the key to sustainable growth in the country’s nascent energy sector, according to a Danish oil and gas expert. With Chevron positioned to lead offshore ...

Voter rolls at several polling stations appear to have been “intentionally manipulated” in advance of the election to allow large groups of individuals to cast fraudulent ballots in communes where they were ineligible, according to a report released Saturday by rights group Licadho. One of the ...

The National Election Committee, acting on orders from the Constitutional Council, yesterday examined ballots and original documents taken from 13 polling stations in a Kratie province commune, but the opposition and observers quickly questioned the process’s validity due to apparent irregularities. Despite the fact that “Safety ...

The Pailin provincial governor has ordered a gem-mining firm to stop excavating land in a conservation area, local officials said yesterday. According to Lim Bou, chief of Boya-kha commune in Pailin town, local authorities received the order after it came to light that a firm ...

Villagers in Oddar Meanchey’s Trapaing Prasat district filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc alleging a military official is using armed forces to claim 90 hectares of their land. In their complaint filed with Adhoc earlier this month, the 13 families who claim ownership of the ...

A thousand employees walked off the job at Nex-t Apparel (Cambodia) Co Ltd in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district yesterday after two workers were fired for collecting money to buy water for strikers at a neighbouring factory. Demonstrations at Nex-t are set to continue today. ...

Thailand’s PTT Cambodia, a subsidiary of the kingdom’s state-owned oil and gas conglomerate PTT Public Company Limited, expects to more than double the amount of petrol stations it manages in Cambodia by the end of 2017, a senior executive in the company said this week. ...

The Constitutional Council yesterday said it has the power to order the National Election Committee to open the sealed documents monitors say could prove election irregularities, but stopped short of saying it would actually do so. Election monitors have called on the NEC to open documents ...