The two main political parties contesting the upcoming commune elections revealed disparate campaign budget plans yesterday, with the opposition pledging to spend over $1 million and a spokesman for the ruling CPP saying his party will not be creating a central campaigning budget at all. ...

The Ministry of Defence will today hold an emergency meeting on what to do with two tear gas barrel bombs found in Svay Rieng province.​ The bombs are believed to have been dropped by the United States during the Vietnam War. ...

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) will distribute a cash dividend of 1,059,039,488 riel ($261,148), or 256 riel per share, to its private shareholders for its 2016 operations, the port operator said in a filing to the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX). ...

A senior Vietnamese leader has met with Cambodia’s National Assembly to request the continued acknowledgement of Cambodian-born Vietnamese, Vietnamese investors and to request that young Vietnamese born in the country be allowed to study in Cambodian public schools. ...

Three villagers exposed to a chemical bomb in Svay Rieng province’s Korki commune have returned to hospital for further treatment after being discharged on Saturday. Deputy district governor Sour Mol said the three victims were readmitted because their conditions deteriorated. ...

Thailand is warning it will expel 1.5 million illegal workers from the country, a move that could affect around 160,000 Cambodians. Rights workers in Cambodia say the migrant laborers deserve assistance from both Thai and Cambodian authorities to help them work and travel legally. ...

More than 2,000 student volunteers yesterday were sent to measure land in 19 provinces, starting the second phase of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nationwide land-titling program. Of the 2,016 volunteers, 1,362 are new and the rest are returning for the second time. ...

More than 1,000 families in four communes in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district submitted a petition Sunday to local officials demanding that a private electricity company either lower its rates or the commune switch to cheaper state-run power, villagers and commune chiefs said yesterday. ...

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Vietnam Airlines will launch new international routes on November 1, connecting the Kien Giang Province’s Phu Quoc airport to Singapore and Cambodia. The Phu Quoc – Singapore route will carry two flights a week and the Phu Quoc – Siem Riep route will carry three flights ...

The Ministry of Culture steamrolled 300,000 bootlegged DVDs Monday in its annual celebration of efforts to stamp out piracy. But at DVD shops across Phnom Penh, where pirated movies are sold for $1.50 or less, owners said they see little threat to their businesses. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries saw at least 2,400 cases of forest- and wildlife-related crimes in 2014, of which almost 1,800 were forwarded to the courts, though fewer than 10 people were sentenced in relation to the crimes, ministry figures say. ...

The Interior Ministry’s anti-drug trafficking department announced on Friday that it has confiscated more than 87 kg of hard drugs and 1.5 tons of marijuana in the first nine months of the year, a sharp increase compared to the same period last year. ...

A new breakout of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has taken the lives of more than 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts across Siem Reap since mid-August, a new report by the province’s Agriculture Department says. ...

The total trade volume between Cambodia and its partners reached $13.162 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 9.1 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

On July 5, 2022, Cambodia issued regulations implementing the pension system of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Pension contributions will begin on October 1, 2022. ...

Hundreds of families facing displacement from a $1.5 billion airport project in Kandal province petitioned the provincial governor Monday, requesting authorities grant them land titles and allow them to continue living on the land. ...

Battambang has been awarded Smoke-Free Tourist City status after meeting criteria set by authorities. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is once again excited to organize the Annual Staff Reflection Workshop 2022 in Preah Sihanouk province from 09 – 11 December 2022. Surprisingly, the 9th Sea Festival was held on the same date under the theme “Bay of Peace, Bay of ...

Representing more than 1,200 delegates from the 10 Asean countries, the Asean Peoples’ Forum issued a highly critical statement yesterday to visiting Asean leaders concerning issues such as land evictions, effects of large-scale hydropower projects and the opaque nature of drafting the Asean Human Rights ...