CAMBODIA Television Network says it is raising money to construct concrete bunkers for troops stationed along the Thai border as part of a controversial programme in which private businesses provide charitable support to the military.
INTERNATIONAL advocates are calling for the release of a local rights worker who was one of four people convicted of disinformation this week after what critics say was a flawed investigative process.
KOH Kong province’s controversial sand export trade appears to have drawn to a halt, though local companies are attempting to restore contacts with Singaporean sand contractors, officials said.
MORE than 700 construction workers yesterday protested outside the Vattanac Capital high-rise on Monivong Boulevard after they were ordered to work overtime for what they deemed insufficient pay.
LOCAL rights groups plan to meet with European Union officials this week to warn that an EU scheme aimed at fostering trade from developing countries might be fuelling evictions in the Kingdom.
OPPOSITION-aligned newspaper Khmer Machas Srok has relaunched itself online, after its print edition ceased publication in June because of financial problems.
THE Kingdom’s newly formed Anticorruption Unit potentially faces a busy start, as two local organisations are preparing to file more than 50 corruption complaints to the body this month.
REPRESENTATIVES of a Phnom Penh garment factory yesterday refused to reinstate three employees who were fired last week, citing a court order, a union official said.
THE editor of a weekly paper covering the Khmer Krom community said yesterday he was afraid of being deported after the chief of the pagoda where he lives asked him to resign from his position, apparently at the behest of the government.
PRIME Minister Hun Sen chided the Thai government yesterday for its inaction in resolving an ongoing border dispute with Cambodia, taking up a familiar rhetorical pose in remarks before a graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh.
THE Khmer Rouge tribunal has appointed a lead lawyer who will direct representation for civil parties during the court’s second case, as well as a new head of the Victims Support Section, court officials said yesterday.
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A husband and wife team accused of a series of robberies in Ratanakkiri province were finally arrested on Monday more than three years after an alleged reign of thievery.
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IT is very different from other Khmer massage or the saunas or steam in the elegant decorated salons or clubs, and is mostly aimed at being therapeutic and reducing pain and stress. It is blind massage.
Like most sectors of the economy, the consumer electronics retail market suffered a steep drop in demand at the height of the economic crisis last year, but retailers say that buyers have started to return in recent months, boosting hopes of a swift recovery.
COMPUTER wholesalers in the Kingdom say prices for new laptops have plummeted since 2008 leading to a rise in sales of about 40 percent over the same period.
Bringing home the importance of tourism to the overall economy As Cambodia moves into what is traditionally a peak time for tourist arrivals, the collapse of Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 continues to cast a long shadow over the sector.