About 200 garment workers at a factory located in the capital’s Steung Meanchey Commune1, Meanchey district, have been protesting since Monday after the owner fled without paying their August wages. The workers who were employed by a sub-contractor who supplies garments to a foreign buyer ...

Koh kong provincial authorities have announced a plan to temporarily ban heavy trucks from travelling on National Road 48, while it’s being repaired by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. According to the ministry’s assessment, about 22.26 per cent of the road or around ...

Poverty in Cambodia has fallen dramatically over the last two decades, and continues to fall at a rapid pace, said a high official of the UNDP to Khmer Times yesterday. All the poverty rateslines, either based on income and other dimensions, have seen big reductions at a ...

Cambodia’s construction boom has pushed thousands of families into modern slavery in the brick industry through debt bondage, a report by researchers from London’s Royal Holloway University say. The blood bricks report was released on Tuesday following the sharp rise in Cambodian brick prices in ...

Cambodian authorities have ordered an investigation into violent clashes over a land dispute in which a protester was shot, after a video clip of the incident sparked outrage on social media. A man was shot and a 10-year-old boy injured in the clash last week ...

A group of South Korean delegates on Monday announced that it was seeking to invest in six priority areas in the Kingdom, a move aimed at boosting trade between the two countries. The plans were discussed during a meeting between the Council of Development of Cambodia ...

The government has said it will revoke the business licences and immediately halt the operations of five companies in Mondulkiri province’s Koh Nhek district if they are found to be involved in forestry crimes. The warning came as authorities probe the companies’ alleged involvement in logging ...

Ford expects sales of its passenger vehicles in Cambodia to surge 30 per cent this year on rising purchasing power and strong brand appeal, a company representative said yesterday. Speaking at a luncheon organised by the Amcham Cambodia, Loflin said the US carmaker sees the ...

Cambodian police officers need to step up their game, the Kingdom’s top cop told his department hierarchy this week.Speaking at a ceremony to promote two senior officers on Monday, National Police chief Neth Savoeun said staff who want to be promoted or rewarded needed to ...

The Siem Reap provincial department of mines and energy on Thursday ordered the temporary suspension of operations of a Chinese copper-mining firm that was caught transporting 40 tons of copper to Phnom Penh, though their licenses expired more than a year ago.   ...

The advent of Cambodia’s much-criticized NGO law was among the top “troubling” developments to take place across the globe last year, the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association said in a report released Friday.   ...

Three accused illegal loggers have been placed in pre-trial detention in Ratanakkiri province, after authorities caught them on Sunday evening transporting nearly a tonne of rosewood.According to Ratanakkiri anti-economic crimes police chief Nov Dara, the men were caught in Kon Mom district driving two vehicles ...

CapitaLand’s wholly owned serviced residence business unit, Ascott Limited, has entered the Cambodian market with a contract to manage Somerset Norodom Phnom Penh, the company announced on Friday.“With our entry into Cambodia, Ascott is now present across nine out of 10 countries in ASEAN,” Ascott ...

One of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world was netted by local fishermen near Phnom Penh earlier this mOnth.A two-metre MekOng giant catfish, weighing an estimated 90 to 114 kilos, One of Only a handful left of a species that faces extinctiOn, ...

Dozens of businesses from Sihanoukville’s Otres beach will deliver a letter to the National Assembly today seeking intervention on a government order to vacate the beach or be forcibly evicted. X Otres BeachX Yun Min ...

Vietnam and Cambodia, countries with dynamic economies and young populations, possess a rich and wide-ranging architectural heritage. This SAH Field Seminar will explore the fascinating architectural landscape of Vietnam, focusing in particular on the modern era from the nineteenth century to today. In addition, participants ...

In order to further promote trade between India and Cambodia, Phnom Penh will host an Indian trade fair next month, the Commerce Ministry announced. Organized in collaboration between the Indian and Cambodian chambers of commerce, the event is intended to further develop ties between businesses in ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court has ordered 50 former and current drivers of Capitol Tours Bus Company to cease their protest in front of its office, but the drivers – most of whom were fired last year – said yesterday they will not only ignore the ...

The owners of NagaWorld have agreed to replace the fences and gate of the National Buddhist Institute that were destroyed by the casino last year during the construction of an underground walkway. Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the casino to make the repairs and in ...

Failing to receive a response to a letter submitted to Prime Minister Hun Sen via his Facebook page last week, a group of unions yesterday took their cause to the Council of Ministers, this time submitting a formal letter requesting a sit-down with the premier ...