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Cambodia’s Arbitration Council will share its experiences in settling labor disputes at a series of workshops in Myanmar, a nation with a growing garment industry. ...

A reporter for TV9 was sentenced to two years in prison by the Kampot Provincial Court on Wednesday after being found guilty of attempting to blackmail a deputy provincial governor last year, court officials said. ...

Union leaders representing some of the country’s 700,000 garment workers failed Wednesday in their first attempt to agree on how much of a raise they would ask for to the current minimum wage of $128 in coming negotiations. ...

A seminar scheduled by the opposition CNRP later this month on its “political image” will focus on convincing the party’s lawmakers and members to stick to a united message and keep debate inside the party, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Wednesday. ...

Cambodian environmental leaders came together yesterday to discuss the country’s contributions to the upcoming Paris Climate Conference in December. ...

A group of villagers from Svay Rieng province involved in a land dispute with the Forestry Administration said police officers attempted to block them from traveling to the provincial court Wednesday morning to protest against the trial of three community leaders. ...

More than 30 non-government groups have recently applied to register with the state or asked for changes to their current registration records, according to a statement from the Interior Ministry that hailed the requests as broad endorsement of Cambodia’s highly controversial new NGO law. ...

As Rhona Smith, the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, began her first official visit to the country Wednesday, leading human rights activists were at odds over how much her position could influence the situation on the ground. ...

Nearly a month after the deadly bombing at Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Cambodia’s military police spokesman Eng Hy said police have increased security at potential terrorist targets in Phnom Penh, such as Aeon Mall, aiming to prevent a similar tragedy in Cambodia. ...

Suon Sambo, 32, was hospitalized in Senegal earlier this month, but he succumbed to the disease on Monday, officials said. Last year, one member of a force of 300 Cambodian peacekeepers in Mali died of food poisoning. ...

Thai authorities have released 58 Cambodians accused of illegal logging, after fining them about $120 each, officials said. ...

The 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly is currently underway in New York. This meeting of the world’s leaders will see the adoption of a new set of global goals – the Sustainable Development Goals – that aim to transform the world over ...

Local government officials in a southern Cambodian province failed to evacuate villagers in time to prevent their homes and rice fields from flooding after the operators of a Chinese-built hydropower dam informed them a day earlier that they would open the facility’s gates to release ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has accepted the invitation to visit India, according to the State News Agency-AKP.   ...

Families who have been displaced by railway projects funded by the Asian Development Bank have filed a new complaint to an ADB review panel.Twenty-two people this week requested a new investigation by the ADB’s Compliance Review Panel. ...

The time-honoured amity between Vietnamese and Cambodian armies and peoples is expected to thrive in the years to come. ...

William Heidt will soon become a new US Ambassador in Cambodia, following the departure of William Todd. Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said the new US ambassador would strengthen the “good relations and cooperation” between the two countries. ...

A high-level Indian delegation led by its vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari and his spouse arrived here yesterday evening in Phnom Penh for a three-day official visit in Cambodia, according to the state news agency-AKP. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday questioned a university student who was arrested last month after he called for a “color revolution” in a Facebook post, his lawyer said. ...

Cambodia and Malaysia have reached an agreement to collaborate on renewable energy and green technology, officials confirmed yesterday. ...

The Interior Ministry held a ceremony to promote 119 generals on Tuesday, according to secretary of state Em Sam An, who presided over the meeting. ...

For the past 11 months, Seng Nhel lived on a kibbutz in Israel, studying horticulture and working 45 hours a week on a farm growing fruits and vegetables for agro-industry giant Mehadrin. ...

The General Secretariat of the National Assembly held a workshop on using information and communication technology to improve the transparency of the legislative branch. ...

At least 60 containers at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port were knocked over on Tuesday morning, as coastal areas were battered with high winds, heavy rains and two-meter high waves. ...