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Staff at eight factories producing footwear for Japanese sportswear brand ASICS were trained Tuesday in how to make sure they are not employing child laborers, a company representative said. ASICS corporate staff have been in Cambodia this week in a bid to overcome the negative publicity ...

A $300,000 sum to repair Siem Reap City’s fire-ravaged Doeum Kralanh market, originally billed on Monday as a donation from Prime Minister Hun Sen, will actually be taken from the national budget, according to a senior ruling-party official. Less than three weeks before the July 28 ...

Three families lodged complaints with authorities in Banteay Meanchey on Monday, requesting that action be taken against a recruitment firm that sent their family members to work in Thailand on tourist visas, a move that subsequently led to their arrest. Leng Yen, a monitor with ...

While the country’s tax revenue grew about 20 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2012, experts say the amount still isn’t high enough to accurately reflect the country’s GDP growth. Stephen Higgins, former CEO of ANZ ...

អ្នក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នោត​​​នៅ​​​ក្នុង​​​ខេត្ត​​​យ៉ាង​​​តិច​​​ចំនួន​​​ពីរ​​​ បាន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​កាល​​​ពី​​ ...

While exports of Cambodian rice have been booming, analysts are predicting that new competition from Myanmar could eventually rain on the parade. Cambodia exported nearly 176,000 tonnes of rice in the first six months of the year, a 125 per cent increase from the same period ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ ក្នុង​សេចក្តី​ថ្លែង​ការណ៍​មួយ​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ថា គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​តែង​តាំង​រដ្ឋ​លេខាធិការ​ស្រ្តី​ម្នាក់​និង អនុ​រដ្ឋលេខាធិការ​ស្រ្តី​ម្នាក់​ទៀត ក្នុង​ក្រសួង​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​នីមួយៗ ប្រសិន​បើ​ខ្លួន​ឈ្នះ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ជាតិ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៨ ខែ​កក្កដា។ លោក ជា ស៊ីម ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា បាន​ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា​ឯកភាព នៅ​លើ​ការ​សន្យា​របស់ ...

Production of Cambodian organic rice is rising rapidly as international demand for the product increases, experts said at a forum for growers and other in­dustry members held Tuesday at the Phnom Penh headquarters of agricultural NGO Cedac. “In the first six months of this year we’ve ...

មេ​ភូមិ​បក្ស​ប្រជាជន​រង​ការ​ចោទ​ថា​គំរាម​កំហែង​សិទ្ធិ​អ្នក​បោះឆ្នោត ដោយ អ៊ុក សាវបូរី ខេត្ត​តាកែវ៖ ក្រោយ​ពី​មាន​ការ​អំពាវនាវ​របស់​គណៈកម្មការ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ខេត្ត​តាកែវ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៥ ខែ​កក្កដា កន្លង​មក មេ​ឃុំ​ព្រែកផ្ទោល ស្រុក​អង្គរបុរី និង​ឃុំ​កំពែង ស្រុក​ព្រៃកប្បាស ខេត្ត​តាកែវ បាន​បញ្ជា​ឲ្យ​មេ​ភូមិ​គ្រប់​ភូមិ ប្រមូល​អត្តសញ្ញាណប័ណ្ណ និង​លិខិត ...

Despite facing a rampant graft problem that has seen Cambodians paying bribes far more often than their regional neighbors, they have growing faith in the government’s ability to fight it, a Transparency International survey has found. TI’s 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, which measures perceptions of corruption ...

An infestation of large snails is destroying rice fields in Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nop district, raising concerns among farmers that yields from this year’s harvest will be much lower than usual. Eng Samol, Prey Nop district agriculture director, said Tuesday that the snails had already ...

Cambodia attracted 1.79 million foreign visitors in the first five months of the year, up 19 per cent over the previous year. From January to May, Vietnam remains the main source of visitors with 341,000 tourists, up 11 per cent year-on-year, followed by South Korea with ...

Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation said Tuesday that it had collected 470 million U.S. dollars of tax in the first six months of this year, up 21 percent compared with the same period last year. The country earned the tax of 740 million U.S. dollars ...

Cambodia observed the Forest Day on Tuesday, urging people to plant trees in order to ensure the sustainability of forest and environment. The celebration was presided over by King Norodom Sihamoni and attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen and senior officials of the government, the parliament, ...

More than 30 families evicted from a former airport site in Preah Vihear province’s Chea Ksan district have filed four complaints with the provincial court since April against district governor Sok Hay. Lor Chan, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, said a total of 31 families ...

Acleda Bank is trying to protect its customers from getting bamboozled by a phone scam in which callers allegedly posing as bank employees ask for money transfers in exchange for a prize, according to a statement and ads placed in a local newspaper. An Acleda ...

Despite criticisms over safety, outbreaks of sometimes violent industrial action and a raise in the minimum wage that it was warned would scare off manufacturers, Cambodia’s garment sector is booming, according to government figures. A report on state newswire Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Friday said ...

The number of shipping containers that passed through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 29 percent during the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2012, according to figures released yesterday. The port received 50,157 standard containers between January and ...

ក្នុង​អំឡុង​ពេល​យុទ្ធនាការ​ឃោសនា​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ដែល​បាន​ចាប់​ផ្ដើម​ឡើង​ ជិត ២​សប្ដាហ៍​កន្លង​មក​នេះ មាន​ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍​ជា​ច្រើន​កើត​ឡើង​នៅ​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស ជុំវិញ​បញ្ហា​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នេះ។ ដី​ប្រពន្ធ​ទាស់​គ្នា​ដោយសារ​និន្នាការ​នយោបាយ​ខុស​គ្នា ដោយ ហ៊ុំ ចំរើន ខេត្ត​ស្វាយរៀង៖ ទំនាស់​ក្នុង​គ្រួសារ​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​ខុស​គ្នា​មួយ ...

Two days before a land activist’s scheduled sentencing, about 400 people affected by land grabs demonstrated at Pursat Provincial Court in support of the man who frequently protests against the Pheap Imex Company. About 12,000 families are now involved in land disputes around a Pheap ...

Cargo shipments moving in and out of the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) increased 29 per cent in the first six months of this year when compared to the same period in 2012, according to official data. The figures show that imported and exported goods amounted ...

នៅព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ​នេះ គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ហៅ​កាត់​ថា គ.ជ.ប បាន​អញ្ជើញ​គណបក្ស​ទាំង​៨​​ដែល​បាន​ឈរ​ឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត និង​ក្រុម​អ្នក​សង្កេត​ការណ៍​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​ចូល​រួម​ក្នុង​កម្ម​វិធី​ធ្វើ​ការ​ណែ​នាំ​ និង​បញ្ជ្រាប​អំពី​គោល​ការណ៍​ណែនាំ និង ...

This small Southeast Asian country was supposed to become a model for the world apparel industry, with tough factory monitoring and strong worker protections. But a dozen years after the United Nations’ International Labour Organization launched a program to manage Cambodia’s booming garment trade—the first of ...

Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s largest banks, opened a representative office here Monday thanks to increasing interest in Cambodia by Japanese investors, a bank official said. To date, Cambodia has five foreign banks’ representative offices, 34 commercial banks, seven specialized banks and 37 microfinance institutions, ...