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More than 700 villagers from five provinces yesterday protested in front of the provincial government headquarters in Kompong Chhnang after losing their community forests to large agro-industry firms. Organized by the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly- a network of communities that includes forestry and land activists as ...

The number of officially recorded workplace deaths in Cambodia increased by more than 25 per cent from 2011 to 2012, while the vast majority of those injured at work were women, National Social Security Fund figures released yesterday reveal. A total of 59 people were reported ...

When a bridge and kiosk collapsed into a pond at a Phnom Penh garment factory last month, injuring more than 20 workers, the Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Unit and police rushed to scour the murky water for survivors. Some hours later, those forces remained unsure whether any ...

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Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast Asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast ...

Cambodia and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Thursday vowed to further enhance cooperation in trade, investment, and tourism for mutual benefits. The commitment was made during a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Peng Qinghua, secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region’s CPC Committee, ...

Taiwan-based Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank Ltd plans to open a representative office in Cambodia, joining an increasing number of Taiwanese banks and garment industry investors in the Kingdom. Shanghai Commercial & Savings would enter a crowded sector, behind other Taiwanese-based financial intuitions [sic]. Hua ...

Chan Dany, 12, wants to go to school but instead, like too many Cambodian children, has been forced to sell groceries and do housework to provide for the family. At a conference in Phnom Penh set to coincide with he 12th annual World Day Against ...

While Cambodia’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector has seen progress, a huge gap between ICT development in urban and rural areas still exists, industry experts said in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...

Sporting red bandanas and armed with the accoutrements of Khmer black magic, several hundred demonstrators representing embattled communities throughout the country held noisy protests outside several government offices yesterday, where they placed curses on corrupt officials and submitted written petitions demanding justice. Unlike previous protests that ...

Cambodian diplomats and a range of government officials can now travel to Hong Kong without a visa and stay for 14 days under a new exemption agreement with the commercial Chinese city, officials said. The new exemption took effect on June 1, according to a statement ...

Diners may soon be able to leave their wallets at home the next time they decide to eat at a restaurant in Phnom Penh. Starting next week, WING, a Cambodian mobile payment service provider, will introduce a new service that allows people to pay their restaurant ...

More than 800 street vendors and drivers of taxis, tuk-tuks and motorcycles working the border area between Banteay Meanchey province and Thailand yesterday marched through Poipet City calling for an end to the rampant corruption being carried out by border officials. Migrant workers who cross ...

ប្រ​មាណ​ជា​ពីរ​សប្តាហ៍​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​ដែល​ចូលរួម​ប្រ​កួត​ប្រ​ជែង​ក្នុង​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​សភា​ជាតិ​ ឆ្នាំ​នេះ​នឹង​ចាប់​ផ្តើម​យុទ្ធនាការ​ឃោសនា​របស់​ខ្លួន។ ជាមួយ​គ្នា​នេះ​ដែរ​អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ការបោះ​ឆ្នោត និង​គណៈ​កម្មា​ធិការ​ជាតិ​ (គ.ជ.ប) នូវ ...

Instructors at the Royal University of Phnom Penh have just finished the first academic year of a landmark physics course. Launched in the fall of 2012, “Renewable Energy and Applications” aims to train students so they can seek internships and jobs in one of Cambodia’s fastest-growing ...

Former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith failed to show up Wednesday for the first day of his long-awaited retrial at Svay Rieng Provincial Court for his alleged involvement in a shooting that left three workers wounded, court officials said. According to provincial Judge Leang Sour, Mr. ...

The world’s poorest nations have won an eight-year extension of a waiver on intellectual property rules at a session of the World Trade Organisation’s TRIPS Council. A session of the 159-nation WTO’s TRIPS (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) Council has ruled the waiver for 34 ...

A land titling campaign in Cambodia launched and financed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s lacks transparency and could leave thousands of people landless, a human rights group said Wednesday, urging the country’s donors to push for reform of the program. The campaign, which employs volunteer youth ...

The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, the kingdom’s largest shipping facility, has seen a 14 percent increase in cargo shipment in the first five months of this year thanks to growing business activities, a port senior official said Wednesday. During January-May period this year, the state-owned port had ...

Cambodia and South Korea signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday, agreeing to work together to ensure worker protection. Last month,  a Kampong Speu shoe factory collapse killed two workers. The incident inspired the Ministry of Labour to implement a Health and Safety Network for workers here ...

មន្ត្រី​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​​កម្ពុជា បាន​លើក​ឡើង​​នូវ​ចំណាប់​អារម្មណ៍​ទាក់​ទង​ទៅ​នឹង​ថវិកា​ចំណាយ​របស់​គណបក្ស​ និមួយៗ​សម្រាប់​ការ​ធ្វើ​យុទ្ធនាការ​​​ឃោសនា​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ​​​ដោយ​​បារម្ភ​អំពី​គម្លាត​នៃ​ធនធាន​ថវិកាចំណាយ​​រវាង​​គណបក្ស ...

The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding in Phnom Penh yesterday reconfirming their commitment to developing their joint border with new economic zones, checkpoints and a 1,800-MW power plant. “We have agreed to create four international checkpoints to improve trade ...

នៅព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី១២ មិថុនានេះ គណកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ បាន​បើក​វគ្គ​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​​គ្រូ​​បង្គោល​​ សម្រាប់​ការបណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​បន្ត​ដល់​ គណបក្ស និង​អ្នក​សង្កេតការណ៍ ​ ទាក់​ទង​ទៅ​នឹង​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ និង​ការ​រាប់​សន្លឹកឆ្នោត​។ មន្រ្តី​​ គ.ជ.ប បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា ការរៀបចំ​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ មាន​នីតិ ...

Okhna Try Pheap’s ballooning empire of exclusive natural resource licences and concessions has been expanded even further with the granting of a special economic zone (SEZ) in Ratanakkiri province. The May 27 issue of the Royal Gazette reveals Pheap was granted a 136-hectare SEZ in O’Yadav ...