ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍

Civil society organisations and local communities yesterday called on the government to cancel an order banning all media from broadcasting foreign election-related reports in the five days before the election. The joint statement, signed by 21 civil society groups, comes after the government on Saturday rescinded ...

The expanding banking sector and the spread of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in rural areas have failed to elbow informal, unlicensed money lending out of the market, industry experts say. Fast and easy access to money – as well as the fear of “losing face” by borrowing ...

Some 400 garment workers yesterday gathered outside the Ministry of Social Affairs to plead for government intervention against a factory owner who fled without paying them overdue wages three months ago. Khem Chamnan, a Free Trade Union representative from the Pine Great (Cambodia) factory in Phnom ...

Forty-four Number One and OK condom packers, out of work since their contracts ended on Sunday, protested outside the office of health NGO Population Services Khmer (PSK) in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding “unpaid” seniority bonuses. Representative So Nita said the workers, four of whom have physical ...

After a visit to Phnom Penh last week, John C Tsang, finance secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, took to his blog to call for more direct imports of Cambodian rice, which he says comes through a third country. In a post on June ...

A million fish formed the front line of the conservation fight yesterday, when Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officials released them in Kampong Thom provincial waters, celebrating the launching of a national aquaculture institute. Yesterday’s celebration of National Fish Day in Baray district marks the official start ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈ​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប)​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​អំពាវនាវ​ទៅ​អ្នក​បោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ពិនិត្យ​ឈ្មោះ​របស់​ខ្លួន នៅ​លើ​បញ្ជី​ដែល​បាន​បិទ​នៅ​ការិយាល័យ​គណៈ​កម្មការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ​សង្កាត់​ ទាំងអស់ និង​នៅ​អាច​មើល​តាម​អនឡាញ។ គ.ជ.ប បាន​អំពាវនាវ​ថា ចន្លោះ​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១ កក្កដា ដល់​ថ្ងៃ ...

A mid [sic] global economic fragility, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Cambodia grew a whopping 73 per cent in 2012 from the year before, a huge increase helping to fuel a record-setting amount of money pouring into least developed countries, according to the United Nations ...

Cambodia’s largest microfinance institution, (MFI) Prasac, has received a $60.5 million loan to strengthen its capacity in offering broader financial services in the country. On Friday, Prasac signed the agreement for the syndicate loan – provided by more than one lender – with the Netherlands Development ...

It’s been more than a year since union leader Sat Sep was fired from the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Poipet town, a dismissal that sparked strikes and ended in senior members of the Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation being driven from the casino’s ...

In light of ongoing disputes over working conditions in the garment sector, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) released yesterday details on hundreds of factories it believes will offer greater transparency along the garment supply chain – from producers to buyers – and shine ...

Families who claim a foreigner fabricated documents to sell their land to port officials and a military commander more than seven years ago have desperately appealed to government bodies to intervene. The 104 families who have exhausted legal avenues after both the provincial and Supreme Court ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ថា មន្រ្តី​រាជការ​ជាច្រើន​បាន​ល្មើស​ទៅ​នឹង​ច្បាប់​ដោយ​ពួកគេ​បាន​យក​ម៉ោង​ ធ្វើ​ការ​របស់​រដ្ឋ​ទៅ​ចូល​រួម​ធ្វើ​ការ​ឃោសនា​បោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​នៅ​ក្នុង​ថ្ងៃ​ដំបូង ដែល​បាន​ចាប់​ផ្តើម​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ។ កាល​ពី​វេលា​ម៉ោង​៨ ...

Kuala Lumpur-based Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV), the third-largest palm oil operator in the world, said it plans to cultivate rubber inside Cambodia. “We are . . . consolidating by expanding into countries like Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos – planting other crops such as rubber,” ...

The construction of Don Sahong Dam, the second of 11 potential and controversial Mekong mainstream dams, is moving ahead without approval from Mekong River Commission members, according to a conservationist group report. Located less than two kilometres from the Cambodian-Lao border, the dam has been slammed ...

Chinese flag carrier Air China is expected to launch the first non-stop flights from Beijing to Cambodia as early as November this year, officials said yesterday. Director of the Air Transport Department of Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Vann Chanty, said that officials from ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ លោក​ ឆាយ រចនា បាន​រវល់​ជាប់​នៅ​ឯ​ហាង​ដៃ​ឯក ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​កាល​ពី​ព្រឹក​ម្សិលមិញ​ខណៈ​ដែល​អតិថិជន​ជា​ច្រើន​ចូល ​មក​យក​អាវ​យឺត មួក និង​ក្រដាស​បិទ​រថយន្ត​ដែល​មាន​រូប​សញ្ញា​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​ដែល​ជា​ ការ​ត្រៀម​លក្ខណៈ​សម្រាប់​ចាប់​ផ្តើម​ធ្វើ​យុទ្ធនាការ ...

Kim Hyun-joong is looking at you. From a poster outside of a hair salon, from a shop window, in a TV commercial or on local social media sites, the South Korean singer and actor decorates various advertisements in Phnom Penh. But it isn’t just about his ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ បន្ទាប់​ពី​ចំណាយ​រយៈ​ពេល​មួយ​ឆ្នាំ​ធ្វើ​ការ​រៃ​អង្គាស​ប្រាក់​បេក្ខជន​លើក ​ទីមួយ លោក ពេជ្រ រតនា ប្រមូល​ប្រាក់​បាន​ចំនួន ៥ ម៉ឺន​ដុល្លារ​សម្រាប់​យុទ្ធនាការ​ដើម្បី​អាសនៈ​សភា​ប្រចាំ​ខេត្ត​បាត់ដំបង​ នៅ​ខែ​ក្រោយ។ ជា​សមាជិក​ម្នាក់​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ដែល​ជា​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ដៃ​ គូ​ប្រកួត​ប្រជែង​សំខាន់ៗ ...

Cambodia has always been a source for a broad variety of raw materials  from the agricultural sector. The country exports many of these materials to neighbouring countries and other markets in the world – without turning them into new products. This lack of domestic processing has ...

A reporter from Cheat Sachak newspaper in Ratanakkiri province filed a complaint to provincial military police and rights group Adhoc on Monday, claiming he had been beaten by a group of illegal loggers to stop him from reporting on their activities. Phon Bun Thoen, 53, said ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ដែល​ជា​គណបក្ស​កាន់​អំណាច​ជា​ថ្មី​ម្តង​ទៀត​មិន​ចូល​រួម​នៅ​ក្នុង​កិច្ច​ ពិភាក្សា​វែក​ញែក​អំពី​គោល​នយោបាយ​របស់​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ​ឡើយ​បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​ សមិទ្ធផល​សម្រេច​បាន​របស់​គណបក្ស ...

A strike involving hundreds of casino workers – many who have been told their contracts have been terminated – reached an impasse yesterday after NagaWorld officials did not attend a conciliation session at the Arbitration Council, a union leader said. “The Arbitration Council could not immediately ...

Government officials yesterday disposed of some 30 tonnes of chemical substances they said Chinese nationals had intended to sell illegally as cosmetics. Long Sreng, deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s anti-economic crime department, said authorities seized the chemicals – some of which already were falsely packaged ...