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CNRP Proposes Minimum Wage Law for Garment, State Workers
The Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) has submitted a new law to the National Assembly for consideration that would institute a minimum monthly wage of $150 for garment workers and…
Rubber Firm Clears Kreung Land, Sparking Latest Complaint
Representatives of nearly 200 ethnic Kreung families living in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Chum district on Tuesday filed a complaint with local rights group Adhoc, accusing a Vietnamese rubber company of clearing…
Details of Agreement for New Jet Still Elusive
Details on the government’s acquisition of a new private airliner remained elusive on Monday with officials saying that only Prime Minister Hun Sen and State Secretariat of Civil Aviation Secretary…
Agreement for Government’s Jet Not Yet Signed
In the latest clarification from the government on the subject of its new private airliner, a senior aviation official said yesterday that the French-made Airbus A320 is not yet the…
Government’s New Jet Takes to the Skies
The government’s brand-new Airbus A320 jet took off on official state business for the first time on Thursday, when it departed from Phnom Penh International Airport en route to Beijing…
Reported Suicides Increase in 2012
There were nearly 600 suicides nationwide last year, a 13 percent increase compared with the year before, data released by the Ministry of Interior this week shows.…
Qatar Airways’ First Flight to Phnom Penh Touches Down
Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight from Doha to Phnom Penh touched town shortly before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, making the state-owned carrier the first Middle Eastern airline to fly to Cambodia. …
Porsche Joins Cambodia’s Luxury Car Race
Though still one of the poorest countries in the region, Cambodia’s recent economic growth has birthed a new class of consumer. And waiting in the wings is German automaker Porsche,…
Illegally Logged Concessions Face Invalidation
The Ministry of Agriculture will request that Prime Minister Hun Sen from now on revoke all economic land concessions (ELCs) whose owners are found guilty of illegal logging or other…
Preah Vihear Families File Complaint as Land Set Aside for Airport
More than 60 families living in Preah Vihear province filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc on Monday after officials announced that their land had been set aside for a…
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