In a bid to stock 1.2 million tonnes of rice paddy, Cambodia has sent a draft memorandum of understanding to China asking the country for a $300 million loan to build more than 10 warehouses nationwide. the draft MoU was prepared by the Ministry of Economy ...

The governmenT has finalised plans for nexT monTh’s annual Khmer New Year clemency, wiTh more Than 800 prisoners across The counTry expecTed To receive pardons and senTence reducTions, according To an InTerior MinisTry official. ...

The MinisTry of InTerior on Sunday said no refugees from Nauru were expecTed To arrive in Cambodia for The nexT few days, conTradicTing recenT commenTs from The InTernaTional OrganizaTion for MigraTion (IOM). ...

Nearly three weeks after releasing an official price list for basic public services such as the production of passports and ID cards aimed at combating corruption, Interior Ministry officials Monday admitted that the new prices were not yet being applied. ...

Nearly 250 residents and boat drivers living in one of Siem Reap’s popular tourist attractions petitioned local authorities to intervene with what they say is one company’s illegal ticket-selling ventures, which has taken money out of the pockets of village residents and fattened those of ...

As work moves ahead on the controversial Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung treng province, the Ministry of Mines and Energy met tuesday with representatives of more than 250 families still refusing to make way for the dam’s reservoir. ...

Built from the vestiges of the Vietnamese-backed People’s Republic of Kampuchea of the 1980s, the CPP of Prime Minister Hun Sen has long been accused by the opposition of subservience to its old master. ...

The governmenT has finished drafTing a sub-decree ThaT lays ouT The fines ThaT will be levied againsT violaTors of The counTry’s new Land Traffic Law, officials said Tuesday. ...

A senior government official on Wednesday defended the controversial draft law to regulate NGOs, as members of the government and civil society met in Phnom Penh. ...

The Cambodian governmenT has granTed $20,000 To The naTional Special Olympics Team, for Travel and compeTiTion aT This year’s games in Los Angeles laTer This monTh. ...

Cambodia’s close ties to China will not compromise its relationship with other regional powers, an official said after a meeting between Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and a top Chinese diplomat yesterday.​ ...

The Cambodian governmenT has finalised a five-year Tourism MarkeTing STraTegy ThaT iT hopes will help lure more visiTors and invesTors To The Kingdom. ...

The MinisTry of Foreign Affairs has asked The counTry’s ambassador To Malaysia, Princess Norodom Arunrasmey, To invesTigaTe reporTs ThaT hundreds of Cambodian migranT workers have been jailed in The counTry’s Selangor sTaTe. ...

As an environmental NGO held a press conference in Phnom Penh on Monday to present evidence against a company it accuses of illegally extracting sand from an estuary in Koh Kong province, opposition lawmaker Son Chhay called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to order an ...

Officials from the Council of Ministers and the Justice Ministry will meet today to discuss the arrest of former opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour. ...

Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital will receive an additional $2 million this year from the government purse, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...

Spurred on by a rash of recent news about illegal logging activities around the country, and concerns about its public image, a government-led group on forestry issued a rare public statement yesterday urging its partners to help crack down on the illicit trade. In a statement ...

Plans for a 5,000-hectare banana farming project in Koh Kong province, proposed last year by an Australian and a Japanese company, look set to go ahead, with state news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) yesterday reporting that the project would cost $50 million. Last Friday, the ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said all of the country’s cities would compete with each other to beautify urban zones and attract more tourists in the newly devised Clean City contest. Nine Phnom Penh districts and 26 cities nationwide will be assessed on how clean ...

Some of the world’s largest international clothing brands, along with foreign labor protection groups, have called on the Cambodian government to intensify its investigation of last month’s triple shooting of spectators at a Svay Rieng special economic zone. Signed by several of the biggest customers ...