The Defence Ministry has announced that The United Nations has ranked Cambodia 29th among 122 countries that have sent peacekeeping forces to conflict areas around The world. Last year, The UN ranked Cambodia as 32nd for The most troops sent abroad. Cambodia also ranked 17th ...

The King has signed off on promotions for more than 300 Royal Cambodian Armed Forces officers in December and January, including at least six generals who recently joined The ruling CPP’s Central Committee. The mass military promotion – The second so far this year – brings ...

With the price of oil in the international market on the rise, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced he will unveil a new policy to deal with the impact of more expensive crude on the 28th of this month. ...

The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday established a working group to study The opening of new border checkpoints along The Kingdom’s frontier with neighbouring countries. Interior Minister Sar Kheng signed a letter appointing Sok Phal and Lam Chea as head and deputy of The committee, ...

Cambodia’s National Assembly will soon amend its internal rules in order to formally recognize a “minority leader” in this legislative body, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday. However, the minority leader will not have the real power as the prime minister since the title ...

Initially a status reserved for a privileged few, the number of businesspeople bearing the honorific “oknha” has ballooned from an estimated 20 individuals in 2004 to some 200 in 2008 and more than 700 today. Traditionally a title of nobility bestowed by the king to honor ...

The Ministry of Tourism led a forum on investment in The Kingdom’s tourism sector for The first time on Monday in Siem Reap. A panel of national and international experts from 11 countries led discussions about The development of The industry. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that some institutions under the control of the late Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, who was also head of the Council of Ministers, are being moved to relevant ministries, refuting the comments an official had made the day before. ...

Interior Ministry officials have met to discuss whether the situation room broke the law when it monitored recent commune polls. Interior Minister Sar Kheng said the government is scrutinising the group of about 40 NGOs to ascertain if it attempted to undermine the polls. ...

At least 80 of the 306 new members of the CPP’s expanded central committee are members of the country’s military or security forces, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday in a statement, which says the promotions are meant to secure the loyalty of security forces. ...

The proposed amendments on internal regulation of The National Assembly was adopted on Friday, paving The way for Sam Rainsy to become minority leader in The parliament. ...

Defending the fact that the leadership has remained largely the same in the sixth mandate of the government, Prime Minister Hun Sen said reforms were more about improving job efficiencies. Several analysts have begged to differ, however, saying reforms won’t make much progress under an ...

Cambodia’s banking sector has grown enormously on solid foundations since being rebuilt from scratch in 1979, central bank Governor Chea Chanto said yesterday during an event marking the 38-year anniversary of the re-establishment of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) after the fall of the ...

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia yesterday asked The Interior Minister to justify The dissolution of The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. Rhona Smith is on a 10-day mission to The Kingdom and yesterday held a closed-door meeting with Interior Minister Sar ...

Cambodia’s retail petrol price has increased more than 20 per cent during the first four months of this year due to rising costs on the international market, the monthly oil prices set by the Ministry of Commerce reveal. According to the price lists, which have ...

The Ministry of Environment with The Kep Provincial Administration are in The planning stage of developing a “seabed national park” in addition to The existing onshore national park, with The expectation that The new park will become a major tourist attraction for The province. ...

Despite a diplomatic row with the United States, the trade relationship between Cambodia and the US remains normal, said the Ministry of Commerce’s spokesperson yesterday. ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday said that the government has already made progress on one of the points listed in the European Commission’s preliminary report on whether the Kingdom should retain its Everything-but-arms trade status with the European Union. the government is currently reviewing the ...

The Cambodian government is preparing a tourism policy to manage The increasing numbers of elderly foreign tourists visiting The Kingdom, an official at The Ministry of Tourism said yesterday. ...

Cambodian Tourism Ministry statistics showed an increase in international tourists arriving in the country for the first nine months of the year, again bolstered by Chinese tourist arrivals in the Kingdom. the statistics show that nearly 4.8 million tourists arrived in the country from January ...