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Amid threats of another mass strike in the thriving garment sector, the Ministry of Social Affairs has called a meeting with the industry’s leading players to discuss union demands for a $150-per-month minimum wage, a letter obtained yesterday reveals. At the behest of Prime Minister Hun ...

Ethnic Jarai villagers and a local rights worker yesterday discovered about 3,000 more logs that have been illegally cut by the Vietnamese owners of a rubber concession in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, according to rights group Adhoc. The logs were found stockpiled in dense forest inside ...

Newly-designated Thai ambassador to Cambodia Touchayoot Pakdi pledged on Wednesday to strengthen and deepen bilateral ties and cooperation with Cambodia in all fields for both sides’ mutual benefits. Speaking at a meeting with Cambodian deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, the ambassador asserted that ...

A group of ethnic Kreung families living in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district have accused a wealthy plantation owner of destroying their crops and threatening to evict them from their homes, local officials and villagers said yesterday. Soeun Sarath, a representative of 13 indigenous families living in Kaleng ...

With two Chinese firms due to start work on a 400-km railway, steel mill and port in July, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) has yet to be conducted, and affected provinces are still largely in the dark about the massive infrastructure project. In a ceremony in ...

For more than a year, mystery has shrouded a museum in Siem Reap. The facts have been few and the details sparse. What’s known is that a North Korean company invested about $10 million for construction, and that artists from the hermit kingdom flew in ...

Thai CEOs are confident that the country’s 2013 economic growth will be at least as good as last year’s level and that the automobile, information and communications technology, and financial sectors will be the star performers. The CEOs estimate that their companies’ profits this year ...

Phnom Penh authorities have ordered 12 newspaper kiosks to leave a major road in the capital, saying they need them to relocate for 12 months for construction but giving them no other place to go. Owners of the kiosks, which are popular in the sale of ...

The successful hosting of the 21st Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its related summits here in November was definitely the biggest achievement of Cambodia in 2012 despite some sad events such as the death of the venerated former King Norodom ...

Vietnamese enterprises so far have invested in 124 projects in Cambodia with total registered capital of some US$2.5 billion, four times higher than the figure in 2009. As such, Vietnam is now among the top five investors in Cambodia, said the Association of Vietnamese Investors in ...

The number of tourists to arrive in Cambodia in 2012 was at least 200,000 higher than expectations, possibly reaching 3.5 million, officials said yesterday. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, told the Post yesterday that  in the first 11 months of 2012, Cambodia received 3.2 million tourists, ...

More than 1,000 workers protested in front of the soon-to-be-closed Svay Rieng Cambodia Garment factory yesterday to demand better severance benefits, and nearly half of them then marched to the provincial hall to seek help from government officials, workers said yesterday. Worker representative Pang Tra said ...

The year 2012 has seen a number of changes of personnel within different companies in Cambodia, particularly in the telecommunications sector, but also in the insurance and banking industry. According to In Channy, ACLEDA Bank’s CEO and vice chairman of the International Business Chamber Cambodia, the ...

ភ្នំពេញ: ​លោក ត្រាំ អ៊ីវតឹក រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួង​សាធារណៈការ​និង​ដឹកជញ្ជូន បាន​មានប្រសាសន៍ ឲ្យ​ដឹងថា ចំណត​ផ្លូវ​រថភ្លើង នៅ​ក្រុង​ប៉ោយប៉ែត ប្រទេស កម្ពុជា ដែល​គ្រោង​នឹង​ជួសជុល​ឡើងវិញ ដើម្បី​ត​ភ្ជាប់​ជាមួយ​ប្រទេស​ថៃ នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា មានបំណង សាងសង់​ផ្លូវ និង​សា្ថ​នី​យ៍​ថ្មី នៅ​ជា​ក្រុង​ប៉ោយប៉ែត​ប៉ុន្តែ ភាគី​ថៃ​ពុំ​ព្រម ពីព្រោះ​នៅ​ខាង​ភាគី​ថៃ ត្រូវបំពេញ​នីតិវិធី​ច្រើនណាស់ ដូច្នេះ​កម្ពុជា អត់​មាន​ជំរើស ទៅ​សាងសង់ ...

A Cambodian company and a Chinese firm on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to build a railway and a seaport in Cambodia to serve iron and steel mining industry. The deal was inked between Zhang Chuan You, general manager of Cambodia Iron ...

BANGKOK- First bus services between the two Kingdoms of Cambodia and Thailand had their debut on December 29, said the Transport Co., a Thai state enterprise under the Transport Ministry. The service includes the Bangkok-Siem Reap route, a 424-kilometre trip that takes about seven hours. ...

KRATIE (Cambodia): The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in the murky waters of the Mekong river elicits barely-stifled squeals of delight from a boatload of eco-tourists. But a short distance upstream, river guard Pech Sokhan sighs as he holds up  two large, tangled gill nets ...

ភ្នំពេញ: គម្រោង​បង្កើត​ផ្លូវដែក ត្រូវបាន​ចុះហត្ថលេខា​ព្រមព្រៀង សម្រាប់​ដឹក​ជញ្ជូន​រ៉ែ ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ព្រះវិហារ ឆ្ពោះទៅ​កាន់​ទិស​ខាងត្បូង ឆ្លងកាត់​ខេត្ត​កំពង់ធំ និង​ខេត្ត​កំពង់ស្ពឺ ហើយ​បញ្ចប់​នៅ​កំពង់ផែ​សាមិត ខេត្ត​កោះកុង ឆ្លងកាត់​តាម​ស្ពាន ឆ្លង​សមុទ្រ កំពង់ផែ​សាមិត ភ្ជាប់​ជាមួយ​ស្ថានីយ​ផ្ទុកទំនិញ តំបន់​ផែ​កោះ​ម្នាស់ ប្រវែង​សរុប ៤០៤,៤៨១ គីឡូម៉ែត្រ​។ ស្ពាន​ឆ្លង​សមុទ្រ​កំពង់ផែ​សាមិត មាន​ប្រវែង ៣.១៩២ ម៉ែត្រ ដែល​ស្ថិតនៅ​កោះ​ម្នាស់ ជិត​ឆ្នេរសមុទ្រ ក្នុង​ទិសនិរតី​ប្រទេស ...

Malaysian-owned Maybank, one of the largest banks in Cambodia, opened its 12th national branch in Phnom Penh on Friday. The bank aims to reach emerging businesses in the city’s Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) with the new office. ...

The chief of 120 students spearheading the government’s land-titling program in Pursat province has filed a report with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s second son, Hun Manith, to find a solution for villagers who say local officials in the area have confiscated their registration documents. ...

OSK Investment Bank Berhad (OSKIB), the parent company of OSK Indochina Bank Limited (OSKIBL), has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Malaysia-based financial services group RHB Capital Berhad (RHB Capital), effective from November 9. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has said the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will never tax farmland. “It would burden our farmers,” he said in Takeo Sunday. “Although national revenue that comes from land taxes is spent on building roads, water systems, hospitals and  schools, we still ...

Foreign Minister Hor Namhong returned to Phnom Penh on Friday after attending a two-day meeting of the Cambodian-Thai Joint Committee in Bangkok, during which he discussed the issue of illegal migrant workers with his Thai counterpart, Surapong Tovichakchaikul. According to a joint statement issued by the ...

Residents of property development site Boeung Kok gathered Monday in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court to put a curse on court officials. Representative Heng Mom asked the court to review the case of Youm Bopha, sentenced to three years in prison for attempted violence on ...