The opening weekend for the official launch of two new iPhone models in Cambodia hit a few bumps when the Kingdom’s two authorised iPhone resellers faced supply-side issues.Telecom company Smart, one of the two licensed resellers, was forced to turn away customers who had pre-booked ...

In its annual report on disaster preparedness, the National Committee for Disaster Management yesterday affirmed that last year’s drought was the worst In 50 years and recommended the construction of new wells to alleviate future dry spells – despite serious risks identified by recent research. ...

Three Cambodian peacekeepers have been confirmed dead in Central African Republic, a day after they went missing following an attack on their convoy by a Christian militant group. The three men, Mao Eng, 37, Seang Norin, 35, and Mom Tola, 31, were shot to death and ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday repeated allegations that Foreign Minister Hor Namhong was responsible for collaborating with his Khmer Rouge captors at the Boeung Trabek prison camp between 1975 and 1979, leading to the murder and torture of numerous inmates.Rainsy, who is in the Philippines, ...

About 100 villagers involved in a long-running land dispute with Koh Kong Sugar industry Company attempted to march to the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday, culminating in a physical altercation with authorities.The mostly female group of protesters was stopped at 10:40am by Daun ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new profile page on Budget and public procurement in both Khmer and English. Together with the detail on National budget on uptrend, People’s livelihoods: Impact of the national budget and its constraints, Public debt situations in Cambodia, and ...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that snaring of animals has become a crisis that poses a serious risk to wildlife in Southeast Asia and could spawn the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. Its July 9 report entitled Silence of the Snares: Southeast Asia’s ...

On 08 December 2020, the Council for Development of Cambodia and the U.S. Agency for International Development issued a joInt press announcement on the signIng of an exchange of notes reflectIng the addition of USD 66.2 million to the Development Object Agreement Grants between the ...

On 06 January 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an announcement on the launch of public services related to employment and vocational training through the automation system. in order to enhance the use of information technology systems in the era of industrial ...

On 24 March 2021, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) issued a press release on the provision of a $7 million grant which aims to promote Information and Communications Technology (ICT) capacity for regional teacher traInIng centers and lower secondary education. The major thrust of ...

Initial construction of a nearly $30 million tourism Infrastructure project on Preah Sihanouk provInce’s Koh Preus Island is “about 70 per cent complete”, accordIng to an official with the developer. Heng Thou, construction site manager of Angela Real Estate Co Ltd (ARE), told The Post that ...

On July 9 2021, the Council of Ministers, in collaboration with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, hosted a meeting via the online system (Zoom) with Samdech Hun Sen, Cambodian Prime Minister, to review and discuss:Draft Law on investment in Cambodia.Draft Law on Amendment Article ...

Minister of Environment Say Sam Al thanked and praised forest rangers on Tuesday for protecting natural resources and in turn aiding the sale of carbon credits. Sam Al was visiting rangers atop Mrech Kangkeb Mountain in Koh Kong province’s Thma Bang district when he made ...

Kouch Chamroeun, Governor of Preah Sihanouk Province, chaired a meeting to discuss the implementation of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports’ guidelines on teaching and learning in bulk for public educational institutions and Private in Preah Sihanouk Province, low risk, with the participation of ...

On 17 March 2022, the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization (CIPO) issued a notification on the selection of companies or legal entities to evaluate the completion of the project “PromotIng the use of renewable energy”.The Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization (CIPO) has been implementIng the project “PromotIng ...

On 26 April 2022, ActionAid issued a press release on one week campaign to celebrate the World Press Freedom Day 2022 under the theme, “Journalism Under Digital Siege”.The World Press Freedom Working Group, formed by 26 institutions including NGOs, journalists’ associations, and CSOs, have jointly ...

On 02 May 2022, the Ministry of Environment issued an announcement on the National and World Environment Day on 05 June under the theme “Caring for the planet for our health”.The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with Battambang Provincial Administration will celebrate the National and ...

On 11 January 2023, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and MInistry of MInes and Energy has posted a joInt press release on the signIng ceremony of record of discussions on “Project for development of clean energy transition road map toward Carbon Neutral Society”. The purpose of ...

On 12 December 2022, CamboJA released a press release on Cambodia: six Southeast Asian journalist organizations collaborate to safeguard of press freedom.Six organizations from Indonesia, Malaysia, the PhilippInes, Cambodia and Timor Leste formed a regional collaboration as a joInt response to the deterioratIng press freedom ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved an investment project worth $84.5 million that will need about 1,000 workers to manufacture solar panels in an industrial zone in Kratie province, according to a release by the CDC. ...