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In response to a growing number of strikes in the country’s highly profitable garment sector, the government trained 15 handpicked commune officials yesterday to mediate and resolve factory disputes. The training was designed to teach commune councillors to defuse and resolve conflict, Buth Ji, director of ...

Shouting their demands and trying to force their way through the gate, thousands of striking garment workers rallied in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs to no avail yesterday. The strikes came the morning after management posted a notice saying some 6,000 striking workers ...

CPP lawmaker and de facto party spokesman Cheam Yeap said yesterday it was now “too late” to form an independent committee to investigate alleged irregularities during last month’s national election and that the opposition CNRP needs to be “more flexible” in its relationship with the ...

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday again publicly accused the Ministry of Finance of not injecting enough funds into the education sector in order to bring Cambodia in line with the rest of Southeast Asia. Speaking at the close of a two-day workshop to formulate the ...

A verdict in the brutal slaying last year of an investigative journalist in Ratanakkiri province is due to be handed down by the provincial court today following a reinvestigation into the case. Hang Serei Odom, 42, a reporter for the Virakchun Khmer Daily, was found hacked ...

About 200 villagers from Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district who are involved in a long-running land dispute with two businessmen gathered outside the Court of Appeal on Tuesday, waiting to hear the verdict in their case—which was ultimately delayed. The villagers are representatives of 320 families in ...

Sok Ren’s eyes dart from side to side as he explains in a hushed tone why he’s been detained at military barracks in Preah Vihear province, rarely allowed to leave and under near constant surveillance, since July 31. While casting his ballot for the Cambodian People’s ...

Cambodia’s Independent Civil Servants Association (CICA) has written to the minister of education to request teachers and education officials be given equal access to an exam allowing them to move up the ministry’s pay scale. The association claims the ministry has made recent changes to a ...

Cambodia’s long-time opposition leader Sam Rainsy once again threatened to call nationwide demonstrations if an independent committee was not established to look into allegations of poll irregularities. “We strongly insist the establishment of an independent committee to investigate election irregularities before the release of the final ...

The Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) monitoring and reporting scheme is launching a mobile app next month to help improve knowledge of the country’s labour law for those working in the industry. Partially funded by Adidas, the ‘Cambodian Labour Law Guide’ app will be available to download ...

Cambodia was expected to export as much as 400,000 tons of milled rice in 2013 thanks to rising demand on international markets and the country’s efforts in developing rice industry, Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun said Tuesday. “We project that Cambodia can export up to 400,000 tons ...

Cambodia reported 74 landmine casualties in the first seven months of this year, down 36 percent from the 115 casualties over the same period last year, the figures of the Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) said Tuesday. During the January-July period this year, 12 people were ...

Legalisation of same-sex marriage, comprehensive sex education and non-discriminatory guidelines for health workers treating LGBT people and those living with HIV/AIDS are among a handful of ways to bolster human rights in Cambodia, according to a submission delivered to the United Nations ahead of the ...

About 30 truck drivers transporting fruit blocked National Road 5 in Banteay Meanchey province’s O’Chrou district for an hour yesterday after customs of­ficials arrested six of their fellow drivers for refusing to pay fees they thought were unreasonable, drivers said. Nou Sal, 35, who transports ...

The Constitutional Council yesterday ordered the opening of another batch of ballots and original documents, this time from eight contested polling stations in Battambang town, even as opposition members expressed doubt the council had the will to seriously investigate their complaints. Coming a day after the ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ​អ្នក​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ នៅ​មណ្ឌល​ជា​ច្រើន ហាក់​ដូច​ជា​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​រៀប​ចំ​ដោយ​ចេតនា មុន​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ដើម្បី​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​បុគ្គល​មួយ​ក្រុម​ធំ ពី​តំបន់​ផ្សេង បាន​ចូល​ទៅ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​បន្លំ ក្នុង​ឃុំ​សង្កាត់ ដែល​ពួកគេ​គ្មាន​សិទិ្ធ​បោះ​។ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​របាយការណ៍ ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​បាន​គំរាម​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​លទ្ធផល ​នៃ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ មុន​ពេល​គណៈ​កម្មា​ធិ​កា​រ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​(គ.ជ.ប) ​ប្រកាស​លទ្ធ​ផល​ចុង​ក្រោយ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៨ ខែ​កញ្ញា ដរាប​ណា​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រ​តី​​ ...

The opposition CNRP on Monday threatened to sue the National Election Committee (NEC) over alleged election irregularities during the July 28 ballot—which both the ruling CPP and CNRP claim to have won, though the NEC’s results support a CPP victory. CNRP vice president Kem Sokha promised ...

Union representatives who claim they were beaten to within an inch of their lives yesterday after they handed out pro-union leaflets in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district have vowed to take legal action. The 10 union members, who represent four different unions – the Union ...

More than half a million dollars in bribes were paid to teachers during last month’s national exams by high school students in Phnom Penh alone, the authors of a new study have found. The study, conducted by the Youth Resource Development Program, found that the average ...

Police maintained a subtle, and mostly unarmed, presence at a rowdy opposition rally that filled Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday, despite persistent tensions over last month’s contested national election and a beefed-up security presence around the city. Even as the crowd swelled to well over ...

កាល​ពីម្សិលមិញ ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ធម្មនុញ្ញ ​បាន​លើក​ឡើង​ថា ខ្លួន​នឹង​​ បើក​សវនា​ការ​ជា សាធារណៈមួយ​នៅ ​សប្តាហ៍​នេះ​រវាង​គណៈ កម្មាធិការជាតិ​រៀបចំការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ (គ.ជ.ប.)  និង​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ បន្ទាប់​ពីគណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​នេះ​បាន​ប្តឹង​តវ៉ាថា គ.ជ.ប. បាន​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​ ឯកសារ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ដែល​បើក​ចំហ​ និង​អាច​មាន​ការ ...

A new report from Cam­bodia’s centre for malaria control shows fatalities from the disease have dropped 85 per cent in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period last year. The total number of malaria cases reduced by 52 per cent during that period, ...

The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan and related bodies are warning of a rise in fraudulent investment schemes involving real estate in Cambodia, where economic growth is boosting foreign investment. The center received 1,312 inquiries between October 2011 and early this month from consumers who ...