Garment workers unions unhappy with next year’s recently announced $140 minimum wage for the sector will meet this week to determine whether or not to hold demonstrations to protest the disappointingly low figure. the unions were pushing for $160 a month when the government announced the ...

An executive at Sokimex, the firm that has held the right to sell tickets to the Angkor Archaeological Park since 1999, said on Sunday that the decision to end its contract next year was made by the government, contradicting a statement saying that it was ...

The Senate yesterday approved a draft law to adopt The Asian Forest Cooperation Organisation’s policies to help regulate existing measures to prevent forest crimes. The approval of The draft law followed a May 31 National Assembly session where all 112 lawmakers approved The draft law. ...

Kong Korm, one of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party’s top advisers, on Thursday criticised his former colleague Sam Rainsy for calling on voters to boycott the July 29 national elections. He said the people should honour the King and head to the polls. ...

​Former Deputy Prime Minister and ex-Funcinpec official Lu Lay Sreng left the country for Thailand yesterday morning, the day after the royalist party and Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed to file lawsuits against him for disparaging the King and accusing the government of bribing Funcinpec. ...

The ruling CPP on Monday pressed ahead with legal amendments that would let The government move to dissolve political parties over The crimes of Their leaders or if The parties make “serious” legal mistakes, saying The changes could be passed within days. ...

More than 100 former employees of bankrupt mobile phone operator Mfone traveled from three provinces yesterday to protest outside the firm’s shuttered office on Phnom Penh’s Monivong Boulevard demanding their severance pay. Sok Samphorn, an engineer who was employed by Mfone, said employees from Phnom Penh, ...

On course to become the third listed company on Cambodia’s stock exchange, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) kicked off a road show for its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday to prospective investors.PPAP, the state enterprise that operates Cambodia’s second-largest port, is seeking to raise up ...

The UAE Tuesday sent an aid plane carrying 5 metric tonnes of medical supplies and testing kits to Cambodia to bolster The country’s efforts to curb The spread of COVID-19. This aid will assist approximately 5,000 medical professionals as They work to contain The virus. ...

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana on Saturday pledged to consider adjusting income tax and corporate tax to bring the two rates closer.the maximum bracket for income tax is 35% while that of the corporate tax is 20%, he said.the impact of any adjustments to these taxes, ...

The cabinet on Tuesday (Dec, 25) approved a draft bill for The air navigation law, allowing foreign investors who win Board of investment (BoI) promotional privileges to own up to 100% of shares. Three categories — aircraft manufacturing, aircraft parts manufacturing, and maintenance, repair and ...

Thailand’s Energy Ministry has postponed a nationwide plan to switch to biofuels until the Covid-19 crisis subsides.the ministry initially told oil refineries to stop producing gasohol 91 at the end of May and planned to increase consumption and manufacture of biofuels like gasohol E20, which ...

Viet Nam will begin nationwide social distancing within 15 days, starting 00:00 on April 1, with the principle of every household, village, commune, district and province going into self-isolation, according to the latest directive signed by PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.Regarding the performance of self-isolation at home and ...

Cambodia has been selected to chair the Global Coordination Bureau of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) next year, state-owned media outlet AKP reported yesterday. ...

The Agriculture Ministry has said it can’t control illegal imports of livestock from neighbouring countries, arguing customs officials must take responsibility for The issue.​ ...

Political negotiations between the ruling party and opposition have not continued, following their failure to reach an agreement ahead of the Khmer New Year earlier this month. ...

The National Assembly of Cambodia on Monday adopted a draft law on Associations and Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) despite a boycott from The opposition lawmakers and protests.​ ...

The university graduate arrested for threatening The life of interior Minister Sar Kheng was released from Siem Reap Provincial Prison on Friday after being handed a reduced sentence by The provincial court, police said yesterday. ...

Amnesty International today accused the rulIng CPP of usIng its grip on the judiciary to systematically harass and Intimidate civil society and urged the government to drop cases agaInst opposition activists and human rights defenders. ...