LABOUR officials have voted to boost the monthly minimum wage for garment workers by US$11, a figure that falls far short of what some major unions were demanding – prompting fresh warnings that a large-scale strike will be held next week. | |
THE Philippines aims to buy up to 300,000 tonnes of rice from Cambodia, an official said, as the Kingdom’s leading rice firm prepares for talks with agro-investment officers on Tuesday. | |
THE wife of a prominent businessman has been charged with plotting the rape and murder of Suv Chanthol, the wife of a former government minister, a judge at Phnom Penh Municipal Court said yesterday. | |
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused the head of the United Nation’s human rights office of exceeding his mandate by criticising Monday’s deportation of two Thai Red Shirt activists, warning that further comments could prompt the government to reassess his presence in the country. | |
A TOTAL of 17 people are being held in pretrial detention in Koh Kong provincial prison on forestry-related charges dating back to 2008, according to a document provided this week by a prison worker who expressed frustration with the release last month of four forestry officials charged with involve | |
POLICE in Banteay Meanchey province have arrested a 24-year-old man accused of attempting to smuggle two men across the border into Thailand after promising to find them work, the provincial police chief said yesterday. | |
THE Court of Appeal yesterday summoned opposition leader Sam Rainsy and two jailed villagers from Svay Rieng province to a hearing scheduled for August 9, after a hearing in their case on Tuesday was postponed when defence lawyers walked out of the courtroom. | |
CAMBODIAN migrant workers in Thailand who signed up to participate in a controversial registration scheme implemented earlier this year are now able to complete their applications | |
Farmers who on Sunday said they had been shot at by Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers for trying to cultivate 390 hectares of disputed land in Battambang province’s Samlot district were granted permission yesterday to plant on some parts of the land, villagers and a military official sa | |
ROAD collisions decreased nationwide in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year as a result of stricter traffic law enforcement, though fatalities stayed level and compliance with the helmet requirement was low, an official said yesterday. | |
A52-year-old Brov ethnic minority woman in Ratanakkiri province’s Ta Veng district died yesterday morning after suffering from acute diarrhoea and vomiting, bringing the total number of such deaths in the province since April to 33, officials said. | |
DEFENCE lawyers for former Khmer Rouge Brother No 2 Nuon Chea have requested that the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal investigate alleged political interference, saying that government meddling threatens their client’s right to a fair trial. | |
ENVIRONMENTAL damage caused by manmade reservoirs around the Tonle Sap lake could be almost as extensive in Siem Reap province as in Kampong Thom, say officials who pledged yesterday to continue an ongoing campaign to destroy them. | |
THE Apsara Authority yesterday agreed to make 55 more Angkor Thom vendors eligible for a relocation lottery, and assured all affected vendors that they would receive a steady flow of tourists at their new site. | |