The Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities detained a group for allegedly encroaching on state land in Chamnot Ream village of Prey Nop district’s Bit Traing commune and dismantled the 18 huts they had built there. ...

In the new mandated government, Cambodia’s policy toward China remains unchanged, based on the spirit of traditional friendship, mutual trust and win-win cooperation. ...

December 1 is the 35th anniversary of World AIDS Day, an opportunity to reflect on Cambodia’s dramatic progress in addressing HIV/AIDS, particularly over the past decade, and recognize the work that remains to end the disease as a public health threat. ...

 China will hold a joint military exercise with five Southeast Asian countries this month, with experts saying on Sunday that the move is conducive to the safeguarding of regional peace and stability amid repeated provocations by the Philippines over Chinese islands and reefs in the ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday said that the bilateral trade volume between the Republic of Korea and Cambodia reached approximately $751 million while Korea’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Kingdom recorded $30 million last year, taking the total FDI from the country to $5 ...

Cambodia and Japan Saturday in principle agreed to strengthen and expand cooperation on infrastructure and connect maritime space through participation in the design and development of Sihanoukville Autonomous Port. The two countries also agreed to expand cooperation in the economic field and attract Japanese investment. ...

Cambodia’s aviation sector is experiencing a significant uptick in the first half of 2024 with the country’s three international airports handling a combined 3.03 million air passengers from January to June, up 22 percent from 2.48 million recorded in the same period last year. ...

Farmers with rice mills are battling to benefit from a government-subsidised electricity tariff aimed at reducing operational costs, citing complex procedures and unclear information despite the Ministry of Mines and Energy’s efforts to lower electricity prices for agricultural purposes. ...

WWF Cambodia has expressed concerns over a drastic decline in the Northern red muntjac population (Muntiacus vaginalis), which has dropped by more than 60% within just six years in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province. The organisation attributed the decline primarily to the ...

The Textile, Apparel, Footwear & Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC), in partnership with EuroCham and the Responsible Business Hub (RBH), has unveiled the 2024 GFT Sector Brief, Issue No. 3, shedding light on the current state and future potential of Cambodia’s garment, footwear, and ...

About 1,000 workers returned to work at Kompong Cham province’s Manhattan Quing Dao Textile Corp yesterday after last week’s four-day protest, factory representatives said. Chan Seiha, the factory’s administration chief, said that the remaining 1,000 workers were not at work yesterday because the factory currently ...

The Kingdom’s first initial public offering is fast approaching, and demand is expected to be robust. Book-building, the process during which bids for the IPO are taken and a price is set for shares, ended yesterday. The final offering price is expected before the subscription for ...

Tokyo: The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook on Cambodian GDP growth in 2011 from 6.5 per cent to 6.7 per cent just days after government officials announced a full percentage-point reduction in economic expectations. Stabilisation in the real estate sector, as well as strong increases ...

Government officials and a representative at Unesco in Phnom Penh yesterday said that Sotheby’s in New York had no right to a 10th-century Khmer statue worth more than $2 million that US federal agents were expected to seize from the auction house today. On Wednesday, New ...

About 800 Cambodian workers in Thailand went on strike yesterday against a major global seafood exporter they accuse of exploiting them. The factory, which has been identified by workers and rights groups as Phatthana Seafood Co Ltd in Thailand’s Songkhla province, allegedly scrapped a 20 baht ...

Aiming to disrupt the thriving local ride-hailing market with a new business model, Belarus-based Onde recently announced its intention to enter Cambodia.​ In an interview with Khmer Times, a representative of the startup said they provide the software entrepreneurs need to run their own taxi ...

Almost a year after cassava producers in Pailin were fingered as the source of pollution in a local water source, little has been done to address the problem, commune officials said yesterday, while affected villagers are being forced to buy bottled water to avoid getting ...

China Unicom, the country’s largest telecoms operator, has expanded into Cambodia to build optical telecommunication pathways in the Kingdom as part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Hong Kong-listed company officially opened its China Unicom (Cambodia) subsidiary on Monday to become the latest industry ...

Some 10 environmental activists launched the Riding a Bicycle for Prey Preah Roka campaign from November 29 to December 2.​​ They will ride across 300km from Phnom Penh to Preah Vihear province to promote natural resource protection and conservation amid threats of deforestation in the forestry ...

.Cambodian government must rise its tax revenue intake if it to stay on a sustainable path toward development, International Monetary Fund officials have said. Although Cambodia is experiencing increased growth in trade and investment, the country should broaden its tax base to create sustainable revenue collection, a ...