The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s (CNRP) lawmakers continued their boycott of the National Assembly session on Tuesday. CNRP spokesman Yem Punharith said that the lawmakers of the CNRP didn’t attend today’s session of the National Assembly because solutions to the election disputes have not yet ...

The number of international visitors to Cambodia hit 159,546 in the first quarter of this year, marking a 125.03 per cent increase from 70,901 on a yearly basis, of which 54.51 per cent entered the Kingdom by air, according to the Ministry of Tourism. ...

The needs of disabled Cambodians have not been taken into account in the forthcoming local elections, a disabilities group has said. Ngin Saoroth, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO), told reporters this week that politicians were not putting “the issue of the disabled ...

Prince Norodom Ranariddh has officially registered his new political faction, the Community of Royalist People’s Party, as a contender in the next national elections in 2018. The party’s new chief of cabinet, Nop Sothearith, yesterday told the Post he submitted the application to run to the Ministry of ...

Deputy prime minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs expressed his optimistic that the map issues for border demarcation will be clear. “I strongly hoped that the result of the verifying will make all of us clear”, he underlined. ...

The Royal Palace Ministry yesterday announced the temporary closure of one of the Kingdom’s most iconic buildings amid fears of new Coronavirus infections. ...

A wastewater treatment plant with the capacity of treating 5,000 cubic metres of wastewater per day will be constructed at the end of April 2021. ...

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first leader of a Western democracy to congratulate Prime Minister Hun Sen on his party’s landslide victory in the July 29 national elections, issuing a letter wishing him success over the course of his new term of office. Observers, ...

More than half of Cambodia’s 9.6 million eligible voters had been registered as of Saturday, despite the National Election Committee reporting that heavy rains had dampened the pace of registrations recently. Updated figures released on the weekend show that 4.9 million voters had registered in the ...

The European Commission has announced it is investigating the potential laundering of Chinese shipments of citric acid through Cambodia, allowing Chinese manufacturers to flout export restrictions. The European Commission (EC) imposed duties on Chinese citric acid in early 2015 after determining that the chemical was being ...

Mobile operator Beeline yesterday announced the departure of Siddhanta Kothari as its general director of Cambodian operations after just two months in the job. According to the statement, Mr. Kothari had been seated in the position for a fixed two-month term to “ensure the sustainability of ...

Cambodia’s National Assembly convened its second session on Tuesday without the presence of a single opposition lawmaker. Cheam Yeap, senior lawmaker from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, said 66 out of 68 elected lawmakers from the CPP appeared at the session including Prime Minister Hun Sen, ...

Number of road accidents saw a decrease of 17 percent or 153 cases in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2020. ...

The Minister of Agriculture stated that the CASF project aims to enable the private sector to play a role in the development of conservation agriculture in accordance with the principles of agroecology. ...

The number of road accidents saw a decrease of around 18 percent or 533 cases in the first eleven months of this year, compared to the same period in 2020. ...

GreenYellow announces the successful completion of Phase I of the Bakheng Water Treatment Plant Solar Power project in Cambodia, boasting a capacity of 1.9MWp. ...

At Chak Angre Krom Primary School in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Sunday, 82-year-old Kat Om slowly made his way out of one of the classrooms, his forefinger darkened with ink. Mr. Om is a seasoned voter, having thrown his support behind the ruling CPP—which claims ...

Hu Jintao had already left the day before, but five Boeung Kak villagers were undeterred yesterday as they attempted to leave a petition for China’s president, only to be turned back by police. The quintet, whose petition requests that Hu intervene in their land dispute with ...

Kem Sokha has claimed official and unofficial opinion polls show the opposition CNRP is on track to win a majority at the commune elections in June.Addressing supporters at a fundraising drive in Auckland, New Zealand last week, the opposition leader said his party was making ...

Li’s visit comes at a time when Cambodia’s government, under Prime Minister Hun Sen, is facing rising pressure from the United States and the European Union over its human rights record. Both have threatened sanctions in response to a ruling by the nation’s top court ...