Authorities in Preah Vihear province on Friday broke up six camps they say were being used to illegally mine for gold on land the government has granted to a Chinese company. Provincial industry and mines director Kong Makara said Sunday that authorities including local police and ...

Korea Forest Service (KFS) has been working to promote overseas partnership with Southeast Asia countries by aiming to expand afforestation by 1 million hectares by 2050 from 314,000 hectares in 2013. It established relations with Indonesia to collaborate in planting trees on 700,000 hectares, and ...

Ethnic Bunong communities in Mondulkiri’s Bousraa commune will soon hold protests that will call on French industrialist Vincent Bollore to honour promises his firm made during a meeting with them in Paris in October, a representative has said. His Bollore investment group is a shareholder in ...

While it may be unpopular, nearly everyone has had to do homework. Yet for those living in communities with no or intermittent access to electricity, the ability to study at home is sometimes a luxury. In Cambodia, French non-profit association Lumières sur le Mékong – ...

President Xi Jinping has reassured Prime Minister Hun Sen that China will continue to support the Kingdom’s economy despite a potential Everything-but-arms suspension by the European Commission this month. ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday reported Cambodia received approximately $8 million from The Mekong-Lanchang Cooperation’s special fund for 20 development projects. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government has reserved more than 3,000 rooms in anticipation to treat coronavirus patients across the Kingdom.​ ...

World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen thanking him for following the WHO’s guidance and commending Cambodia’s efforts in the fight against Covid-19. ...

The Pursat Provincial Administration has ordered five commune chiefs in Veal Veng district to annul land titles in The Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has a tentative plan to register political parties and candidates online next year to bolster trust in Cambodian elections and The country’s information technology system. ...

Unicef country director Foroogh Foyouzat has praised Cambodia for the IDPoor scheme and its ability to protect children from exposure to child labour and trafficking amid the pandemic. ...

Only about 20-30 endangered white-winged ducks (Asacornis scutulata) remain in the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia. ...

The state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) expects to fully disburse a $50 million emergency fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by year’s end, its director-general Kao Thach told The Post on December 14. ...

WWF Cambodia released a report on January 15 saying the ungulate populations in two sanctuaries – Srepok and the neighboring Phnom Prich – had seen a drastic 10-year decline. ...

The government has decided to place several border provinces in lockdown for two weeks in a bid to prevent The new coronavirus Delta variant spreading furTher into community. ...

The Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) on Wednesday confirmed its 2021 budget as $80 million to provide loans to rice mills and exporters so that They can purchase The rice from farmers. ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations have stepped in to help migrant workers who suffer mental trauma due to The Covid-19 spread have access to mental health and psychosocial support. ...

A digital government cooperation centre is in the works to help Cambodia reform its public service delivery as well as to revolutionise its administration system as a whole with assistance from the South Korean government. ...

Birdlife International Cambodia has expressed concern that the water level in Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape Area in Takeo province may not reach last year’s level, putting animals foraging for food during the dry season at risk. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has confirmed that his eldest son Hun Manet is his preferred successor as prime minister provided he is able to win election to the post when the time comes. ...