More than 200,000 Cambodian migrant workers have been either deported from or fled Thailand since early this month in the wake of a junta-led clampdown on illegal migrant laborers, Major General Pich Vanna, chief of Cambodia-Thailand Border Relation Affairs Office, said Monday. “As of Monday evening, ...

More than 250,000 Cambodian migrant workers, mostly undocumented, have fled Thailand since early this month in fears of a military junta’s clampdown on illegal foreign workers, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday. “Up to now, over 250,000 Cambodians have crossed the border from Thailand back ...

The five-year Improved Basic Education in Cambodia (IBEC) project supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) held a close-out workshop on August 25-26.  ...

The APSARA National Authority in collaboration with Total Energies company, planted more than 10,000 trees in front of the Banteay Prey Temple of the Angkor site late last week. ...

Showing signs of revival in tourism, the number of national and international visitors travelled across the country in the first weekend of this month rose to 246,195. ...

Government of Japan has donated an additional amount of US$120,000 to promote mother and child health in vulnerable areas of Kampong Cham province. ...

PHNOM PENH: the Siem reap international airport announced today that it gained 340,000 passengers for January and the South Korean passengers stand first class. “This is first time in its history, [sic] the statement said. It adds: barely a month after crossing the 2-millionth passenger milestone, ...

Nearly a hundred of senior Thai officials and entrepreneurs from six lower northeastern provinces met with counterparts from five Cambodian border provinces on June 26th in Siem Reap, Cambodia, to discuss their cooperation in trade, investment and tourism. ...

Senior minister Om Yentieng, the head of Anti-Corruption Unit, said Wednesday evening that his unit will spend roughly $150,000 for deploying voluntary observers to oversee the upcoming national high school exam. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has said that the government has transferred $40 per month to approximately 170,000 workers in the garment and tourism sectors, who suffered work suspension due to COVID-19. ...

Twenty-seven local startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have received grant assistance from the government to support their post-Covid recovery and enhance export potentials. ...

Betagro (Cambodia) readies for the construction of its new feed mill in Phnom Penh SEZ. The feed mill is to be constructed in the capital’s Special Economic Zone, located 12km from the city center. The company is investing USD$17.2 million in the new project. The plant construction ...

The Ministry of Planning said yesterday around 56,000 more poor families are expected to get the government’s special aid in the first round of the second phase compared with the previous round. ...

The Ministry of Environment announced yesterday that nearly 70,000 traps have been removed from the Kingdom’s forests over the past 15 months.   ...

More than 2,000 Cambodian migrants have reportedly returned back to their home country at Chong Chom border crossing in Surin due to the closure of worker camps. ...

More than 70,000 people who were previously refused vaccination for Covid-19 due to their pre-existing health conditions have already largely been vaccinated in the interim by returning for a follow-up visit to get their jabs, according to Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine.   ...

A total of 297,402 national and international visitors toured Cambodia in the first weekend of July. The figure suggested a decline by nearly 7 percent compared to the previous weekend, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism. ...

More than 1,300 people and 250 students in Kampong Speu are set to benefit from a $25,000 donation to WaterAid Cambodia, which will be used to improve access to clean water. ...

Demining agency has cleared a total of 64,562,539 square metres of landmines and explosive remnants of war (UXOs) contaminated land for the seven months of this year, an official said. ...

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said UN was unable to find the 1:100,000 scale maps produced between 1933 and 1953 by the Indochina Geographical Service, but indentified the maps that may be of interest to Cambodia. ...