Teachers around the country will recommence a labor strike today, demanding a raise in salary to $250 per month, teachers and the Cambodian independent Teachers Union (CITA) said Tuesday. Teachers in Phnom Penh and at least five provinces on Monday began piecemeal strikes after CITA leader ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) swept 2,540 out of The country’s 3,324 seats in The second elections for municipal, provincial, and district councilors, which were held on May 18, according to The official results released by The National Election Committee late Tuesday. The main opposition ...

After a two-year delay, the Myanmar-China crude oil pipeline is expected to begin operating in May, officials said this week. the respective parties of Myanmar and China were discussing the terms and conditions on the crude oil pipeline operation since its soft opening launched in ...

The European Union kicked off a five-day fact-finding mission in Cambodia on Monday to determine wheTher it should continue to benefit from a tax-free EU trade scheme, based on The state of human rights and democracy in The SouTheast Asian nation. in February, The EU announced ...

The Japanese government agreed on March 30 to provide Cambodia with about $140 million in grant aid and concessional loans for infrastructure, healthcare, water supply and flood protection. The deal, signed by Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Horinouchi Hidehisa, was witnessed by Prime ...

National Registration Cards issued to non-Myanmar nationals since August 2016 should be declared invalid and withdrawn, Rakhine Hluttaw Original Rights of Citizens and Special Cases investigation Committee said. This was among six suggestions made by the committee in its report submitted to the state Hluttaw ...

The government is delighted with a new Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report that Thailand’s rankIng on a democracy Index has improved more than any oTher country In The world over The past year, says government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri. Mr Anucha, who is also deputy secretary-general to ...

The Viet Nam’s Ministry of Planning and investment (MPI) and The U.S. Agency for international Development (USAID) launched The Mekong innovation initiative to help Viet Nam advance The digital economy and Fourth industrial Revolution (4IR) through developing a more robust, digitally-ready workforce and mobilize resources ...

Thai police have rescued 65 Cambodians, including five children, from a two-story shop house near Rong Kluea market in Sakeo province where they had been locked up for three days. Local media reported the group of 37 Cambodian men, 23 women and five children had entered ...

King Norodom Sihamoni on Friday appointed Hun Sen as prime minister with the duty of organising a government for approval by the National Assembly. On his re-appointment, Mr Hun Sen pledged to do his best to serve the whole nation for another five-year term after ...

The Council of Ministers on Friday green-lighted a contentious law that labor leaders say will make it hard to form unions and collectively bargain.The draft law will now be debated in The National Assembly, where The ruling Cambodian People’s Party has a majority and will ...

Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will allocate its first dividend to shareholders since listing on the bourse, on April 10. According to an announcement by PPWSA, the annual dividend will be distributed in cash. the dividend payout ratio is seven per cent, with a total dividend ...

Staff at a brewery that produces Angkor Beer returned to work on the weekend after management agreed to a strike-ending $30 raise on Saturday. More than 1,000 workers at Cambrew Ltd in Preah Sihanouk province walked off the job on Thursday after a month of wage-increase ...

Approximately 3,000 HIV/AIDS patients in Cambodia die per year, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said Thursday. According to the official, the Global Fund has granted nearly 149 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for a four-and-a-half years fight against the disease. ...

The Lord Puttnam CBE, British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, will pay an official visit to Cambodia on 13rd and 14th October, according to a statement by British Embassy in Cambodia Friday. The statement said The purpose of his visit is to strengThen trade and investment ties ...

Cambodia’s leading human rights groups have condemned the ruling and opposition parties’ reported efforts to stymie their voices during election campaigns, arguing such restrictions would violate freedom of expression. the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have been negotiating changes to the ...

League for Democracy Party (LDP) president Khem Veasna was yesterday charged at the Appeal Court on allegations that he cheated a party activist out of $70,000 between 2009 and 2011. the plaintiff, Duk Moeun, had sued Veasna at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in August 2013, ...

A skirmish erupted along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on 26 August between the Border Guard Bangladesh and the Arakan Army ethnic armed group, resulting in the injury of one Bangladeshi border guard. Keep reading ...

For the first time, Destination Mekong is hosting the 1st Asia Film Destination Conference, as part of the Mekong Mini Movie Festival, co-located with the 2018 Mekong Tourism Forum on June 26th in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Keep reading ...

The Shell Company of Thailand Limited recently participated in The Thailand SDGs Forum 2018: Localising The SDGs (Thailand’s Sustainable Business Guide) seminar organised by online news agency Thaipublica and The Thailand Sustainable Development Foundation.Keep reading. ...