A Japanese consular office yesterday opened in Siem Reap town in a ceremony attended by Japanese and Cambodian dignitaries. Attending the events were Sieng Nam, CPP lawmaker for Siem Reap province, Chhay Sinarith, deputy National Police commissioner, and Nakane Kazuyuki, the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs. ...

The government plans to abolish a range of fees for its services, including fees for issuing birth certificates, marriage certification and national identity documents. The Interior Ministry says the changes will ease the financial burden on citizens, improve public services and make the processes more transparent. ...

The stamp and postmark designed by Vietnamese artists will be produced as a joint issue stamp within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Aug. 8, 2015 to celebrate the association’s 48th founding anniversary and the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community by Dec. ...

A group of opposition officials and indigenous villagers from northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province claimed Thursday that guards from Vietnam threatened to shoot and kill them as they inspected disputed border territory, in the latest land squabble between the two neighboring nations. ...

Mam Sonando, a prominent radio station director and government critic, announced Friday that he would resign from his position as head of the Association of Democrats, an NGO he founded in 2010, in order to create a new political party to stand in the upcoming ...

The U.S. State Department said in congressional testimony on Thursday that its involvement in ending the political deadlock following the 2013 election was “diplomacy at its best,” and also claimed partial credit for this year’s raise in garment worker wages and the release of activists ...

Deputy prime minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation will lead a delegation to join the 48th ASEAN Foreign Affairs’ Meeting, and a number of other ASEAN ministerial meetings from 03-06 August, in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur. ...

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador William Todd met with Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday in his final official meeting, bringing an end to a tenure that saw visits from the U.S. president and first lady, as well as the disputed 2013 national election and violence that ...

The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, US-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ...

The Ministry of Health has designated locations for people to wear face masks and maintain social distancing in Phnom Penh and three provinces to curb the COVID-19 community outbreak.    ...

Cambodia remaining stock of Janssen’s Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which was designated for frontliners and general population in remote, far lying places and hill tribes now stands at just above 200,000. ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the U.S. have highly valued the progress and achievements of their strategic partnership. ...

Close relations between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have significantly contributed to maintaining peace, stability and sustainable development in the region, experts in Cambodia said on Wednesday. ...

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday said that the country will continue to provide vaccine assistance according to Cambodia’s needs and help Cambodia build a vaccine filling factory. ...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to Cambodia from today and Wednesday affords both sides a chance to discuss major orientations and measures to further boost bilateral ties in the new period. ...

Close relations between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have significantly contributed to maintaining peace, stability and sustainable development in the region, experts in Cambodia said on Wednesday. ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations have shared the same idea that any political process toward ending violence in Myanmar must be Myanmar-led and Myanmar-own to be successful. ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport plans to set up a public service centre in Sihanoukville of Preah Sihanouk province to bring services closer to the people and make it easier to provide services effectively. ...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn has called on Myanmar’s concerned parties to exercise maximum restraint in the use of force to ease hostilities. ...

Cambodia’s exports increased during the first five months of this year, which reflected the revival of production chains in the garment and non-garment sectors after a successful vaccination campaign and easing of the pandemic. ...