The government was yesterday accused of dragging its feet after claiming it needed more time to ratify the International Labour Organization’s convention on protecting domestic worker rights. ...

On 25 January 2021, the Ministry of Social Affair, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation issued an announcement on the results of the implementation of the cash relief program for poor and vulnerable families during the fight against COVID-19 for the third round of the third time.  ...

The ruling CPP will pay a bonus of 500,000 riel (about $125) to each of its commune councilors just weeks before they go to the polls to vote in the next elections for district, city and provincial councilors in May. According to a copy of a ...

A fleet of 10 municipal buses was set to roll out early this morning, commencing a one-month public bus service trial along a single route on Monivong Boulevard. If successful, the bus route will mark the first step in establishing a long-overdue public transit system to ...

Some 200 surveillance cameras installed at Phnom Penh’s traffic lights were switched on for the first time yesterday, the National Police and Ministry of Interior announced. ...

Construction of the new Siem Reap International Airport (SRIA) passenger terminal has been delayed a third time due to a hold-up of design and layout approval, officials say. ...

Cambodia National Rescue Party Chief of Information Meach Sovannara will return to the United States for medical treatment following a car accident last week, he told Khmer Times yesterday. ...

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Cambodia has reportedly “apologized” to the Cambodian government for publishing poverty statistics almost three times as high as the official estimate. ...

The Information Ministry announced Monday that it would push back by two months a deadline for all 17 local television stations to broadcast only Cambodian-produced content during prime time. ...

Local agro-industrial conglomerate Mong Reththy Group is negotiating a new partnership that would send large-volume shipments of Cambodian cassava products to Europe for the first time. ...

The National Assembly of Cambodia on Monday adopted a draft law on disaster management, aiming to effectively control any natural or man-made disasters through preparedness, mitigation, and timely response. ...

As the time for tenants to change office space comes closer as leases expire, new office spaces are opening around Phnom Penh with some seeing positive results while others struggle. ...

Eight ethnic Jarai Montagnard Christians who fled alleged persecution in Vietnam and sought refuge in Cambodia are living in poor conditions, one of the refugees told Khmer Times yesterday.  ...

An ancient statue was unearthed near the one-time imperial capital of Angkor Thom on Sunday by researchers studying an Angkor-era hospital nearby, the Apsara Authority announced yesterday. ...

The government on Tuesday celebrated the seventh anniversary of Preah Vihear temple’s listing as a Unesco World Heritage Site, which last week began charging foreign visitors for the first time. ...

On 28 January 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has released a press release on outcomes of the ASEAN-India commemorative summit and the 69th Republic Day of India 25-26 January 2018. The ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit, the theme of which was “Shared Value, ...

For the first time since the bourse went alive in April, no trading took place on the Cambodian Securities Exchange on Friday. The share price of the bourse’s sole listing, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA), remained flat at 6,450 riel ($1.58) at the end ...

Police investigating the murder of a journalist whose battered body was discovered in Ratanakkiri province on Tuesday have unearthed key clues to who may have carried out the killing, an official said yesterday. Hang Serei Odom, 42-who had written exposes on the involvement of powerful people in forest ...

Starting next month, 80 Cambodian and Thai buses and trucks will be allowed to transport goods and passengers directly between Bangkok and Phnom Penh for the first time, an official said yesterday. Suon Vanhong, deputy director of transport at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, ...

After failing to receive compensation from the airline, relatives of the 13 South Korean nationals who died in the 2007 PMT Air flight U4 241 crash have been reimbursed for their loss by the travel agency that issued the tickets, a law firm said yesterday. According ...