Thailand’s National Assembly has passed amendments to anti-trafficking laws with harsh penalties. The legislation comes as American media reports put spotlight on slave-like conditions on Thai fishing vessels triggering calls for Thailand to crack down on labor exploitation, especially in The seafood industry. ...

Thirty-six civil society organisations have signed a joint statement calling for the government to scrap the public order draft law (PODL). ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the Philippines to consider buying more Cambodian rice or investing in the rice sector here. ...

Farmed fish production has increased by 197 percent in the last five years, thanks to the government’s policy on boosting local production. ...

Direct flights between Japan and the Kingdom are being promoted by the Tourism Ministry as a way to attract vaccinated Japanese tourists. ...

Preah Vihear Provincial Administration has reported only a slight decline in the poverty rate despite a steady decrease before the pandemic. ...

IPEF is created to encourage regional economies to “decouple” from the Chinese market by leading them to alternative supply chains, a step that Washington believes will help exclude China from the regional trading and supply systems. ...

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s decision to visit Cambodia this week measures the solid relationship between the two countries. ...

The government has assured that The 7th national election on July 23 next year will be open, just, and safe . ...

The Chinese government is planning to form a technical working group to speed up The Phnom Penh-Poipet Expressway project. ...

Election for the fifth Senate will be held on February 25, 2024, according to a decision taken by the government yesterday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen today instructed the Cambodian armed forces and provincial authorities to crack down on illegal land grabbing at the Tonle Sap Lake. ...

The Australian Government has supported inclusive and equitable public service delivery in Cambodia, said The Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh. ...

Cambodia’s tourism industry is making a strong comeback with the sector contributing significantly to the country’s economic growth.   ...

The World Bank on Monday stuck to its prediction made in April that The country’s economy would continue to cool off slowly over The next few years and said China’s own slowdown would send only modest ripples through Cambodia.     ...

Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) officials have successfully detonated unexploded ordnance in Battambang town, leading to roads being reopened in Svay Por commune. Battambang town governor Peng Sithy said the unexploded ordnance was found along the Sangke riverbank as crews conducted restoration work near the ...

Cambodia Logistics Association (CLA) president Sin Chanthy told The Post on Thursday that despite The current surge in agricultural product exports – especially milled rice – overall activity in The sector saw minimal growth last month compared to March, April and May, with goods shipments ...

Floods over the past four months in the Kingdom affected more than 45,000 families across 17 provinces, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said. ...

The government has increased retail fuel prices for The fourth bimonthly period in a row, as oil climbs towards $100 per barrel – a trend that has devastated The transport and private-hire sectors and oTher major petrol consumers ravaged by Covid-induced revenue losses for more ...

Both RCEP and the CCFTA have been in effect since January 2022. “RCEP and the CCFTA are all free trade agreements that mutually open the market in all participating countries, thus giving farmers choices to export their agricultural products to various countries,” he told Xinhua ...