In 2011, the Environment Ministry entered into a deal with the Ratana Cooperation and Construction company to swap its valuable 2,400-square-meter location on Sihanouk Boulevard in Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac commune for a 9,000-square-meter plot of land and a new headquarters 20 km away in ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng and opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday that preparations are underway for a meeting between Mr. Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen to discuss the country’s ongoing political deadlock. On the sidelines of the second session of the National Assembly since the ...

A forestry official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) who is usually tight-lipped acknowledged last week that his agency has struggled to combat illegal logging, blaming a shortage of manpower and entrenched opportunistic logging by villagers – explanations that were laughed off ...

In the shadow of Anlong Mountain in Preah Vihear province, the whir of engines pierces the tranquil scrubland. Here, in the midday heat, a group of workers scour the earth for traces of gold. A licence granted to Malaysian gold miner Delcom, which first began ...

Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district authorities on Friday stopped and warned of legal action against the unauthorised clearing of forest land led by a machinery owner at the district’s Hal village in Tbeng commune.​ District governor Khim Finan told The Post on Sunday that ...

With the new coronavirus claiming its 17th life in China, the Cambodian Ministry of Health on Thursday said it is taking measures to ensure the disease does not enter the Kingdom, including inspecting all flights from Wuhan City, the outbreak’s epicentre. Ministry secretary of state ...

Two foreign-owned garment manufacturers will submit disclosure documents to Cambodia’s capital market regulator next month, the companies’ underwriter Phnom Penh Securities Firm Plc. said yesterday. The initial public offerings for the two private companies, expected by the end of the year, should boost action on the ...

On 05 June 2020, the Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release stated that the Government of Japan had decided to extend its ODA Grant Aid up to the amount of ¥ 4,501,000,000 approximately around USD 41 million for the ...

Mr. Ian RAMAGE is the founder and director of Angkor Research and Consulting. With a Master of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, he previously worked as a psychologist in juvenile detention centers in Australia and, as a consultant, ...

On 16 September 2021, Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh issued a media release on Australia-Cambodia partnership for improved construction safety in Cambodia. Ambassador Kang met with His Excellency Chea Sophara, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) to discuss ...

On October 26, 2021, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued a notification on the last reminder to go for the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Phnom Penh. The third dose of COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be completed for all 11 districts as stated in ...

On 12 January 2022, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued the notification on the 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the leaders, civil servants and staffs, 14 Khan Administration, 105 Sangkat Administration Departments, special units, frontline health workers, the private sector and the people in ...

On 2 September 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the discussion of a meeting on 28 August 2023 between His Excellency Kitti Tesaphibal Bindit HUN MANET, and the U.S. Congressional Staff delegation led by Mr. Alex Carnes, ...

On 29 August 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the 12th Cambodia-Japan Human Rights Dialogue.The dialogue was co-chaired by His Excellency An Sokkhoeurn, UnderSecretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the ...

On 12 June 2023, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release on the provision of health care through the health equity fund system for individuals working in the informal economy tourism services.The Royal Government has decided to provide health care through the health ...

Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. According to the 1993 Constitution, although he is the head of state, the king has very limited powers compared to the prime minister, the head of the government. Unlike the 1947 Constitution, power does not come from the king but ...

Tiny Cambodia is emerging as a key pawn in the diplomatic struggle over one of the world’s busiest stretches of water: the potentially energy-rich South China Sea. The country of 15 million people is this year hosting a series of regional summits in which China’s claims ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has returned home from his trip to China a wealthier leader having secured upwards of US$2.5 billion in Chinese investment and loans over the next year alone, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The package includes a $2 billion ...

At 9 a.m. yesterday, more than 200 soldiers, police and military police officers were gathered outside a large mansion on Street 55 in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district. All were waiting for their promised “ang pao” – red envelopes containing cash usually handed out during ...

While Cambodian handicrafts such as silk clothing, stone and wood carvings and rattan furniture are popular with tourists, who snap up the articles at gift shops and airports, the size of the sector is nowhere near what it might be, according to industry insiders. They ...