Two new life insurance companies will launch operations in Cambodia by the end of this week, aiming to grab hold of a market that has seen rapid expansion in recent years while also creating stronger competition in the emerging industry. ...

A large rock smashed through the side window of a car that had just dropped off members of the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice in Kandal province on Tuesday night, the group’s leader But Buntenh said on Wednesday. ...

A strike by 2,000 workers at a bankrupt US-owned company entered its third day Thursday, sources said. The sources said the workers at Svay Rieng (Cambodia) Garment Co Ltd, a manufacturer of hospital gowns, had a list of five demands. ...

After months of negative publicity surrounding its disgraced founder Somaly Mam, anti-trafficking NGO Afesip has taken the first tangible steps to resurrect itself, with a handful of remaining international donors traveling to Cambodia over the past week for “future strategy meetings.” ...

Residents of Stung Treng province who are facing eviction due to the Lower Sesan II hydropower project accused local officials yesterday of threatening to arrest them if they don’t refrain from hanging banners reading “Would rather die than leave” on their homes. ...

The European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Cambodia, which has 203 companies as members, signed an agreement with Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday, expressing its commitment to help rid the country of corruption. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive on Thursday for the formation of an ad hoc committee of government officials to review maps loaned to Cambodia by the U.N. in order to check them against maps being used by “concerned parties.” ...

Cambodia has registered a staggering 6,920 different forms of natural disasters since 1996, the Ministry of Environment revealed. ...

The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed 23 more imported cases of Covid-19.   ...

Around 70 Chinese nationals assembled outside of the gates of the Chinese Embassy in Mao Tse Toung Blvd, Phnom Penh, yesterday to ask for the Embassy’s assistance in returning back home. ...

Although more Omicron variant infections are reported, Cambodia’s tourism sector recovery shows no sign of slowing down, with a sharp rise in the number of tourists during the New Year 2022 celebrations. ...

Situated in the capital of Cambodia, the newly-established Cambodia-China Friendship Preah Kossamak Hospital will play an important role in improving the quality of healthcare services in the southeast Asian nation. ...

The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN office at Geneva (UNOG) said it had learned “with great dismay” the statement by Rhona Smith, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s request to have his parliamentary immunity restored before Sunday’s national election was refused yesterday by the National Assembly permanent committee — which consists wholly of ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers. “The permanent committee has unanimously decided that because [Rainsy] has become a ...

Kampong Thom’s Sambor Prei Kuk temple complex will be the next Cambodian site nominated for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An announced yesterday at the 20th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA). The seventh-century complex, which predates Angkor Wat by ...

Cambodia is among one of the 40 countries who have resorted to using a quick testing technology for the novel coronavirus developed by the University of Hong Kong to help contain the worldwide spread of the epidemic. ...

The Ministry of Tourism has instructed all local tourism-related businesses to implement additional preventive measures, including the prohibition of mass gatherings at local resorts, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 following the “November 28 community incident”. ...

Three ministries jointly issued a prakas to announce the recruitment of a commune administrative financial assistant for each of the more than 1,600 communes across the country to improve the efficiency of financial management in commune administration. ...

The Ministry of Health has received an Australian donation of 33 freezers to assist with keeping certain Covid-19 vaccines at temperatures of -80C as well as 100 freezers that can chill their contents to -20C.   ...

Cambodia’s exports to the member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) totaled $1.956 billion in the first three months of this year, up 11 percent over the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. ...