On 15 March 2024, Meas Kim Heng, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) SOM Leader of Cambodia, received a courtesy call by Chen Cong, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to ...

Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) urged Patrick Murphy, Executive Vice President of Rice and Grain Global Sourcing at Otis McAllister to consider the possibility of exporting more agricultural products into the United States ...

There are very few weapons in the world that are as universally condemned as cluster munitions.   ...

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has announced that it will distribute two types of Covid-19 antigen rapid tests from South Korea and China, which will be made widely available at cost price. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen recommended that the authorities provide ID Poors card for people living in the Irrawaddy dolphin protected areas to ensure that they stop fishing there, as their nets have caused the death of several of the rare species. ...

One month before the nationwide test for university admissions, the Education Ministry warned that this year there will be no second chance. ...

Tiger Airways’ first flight from Singapore to Cambodia is scheduled to land at Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday morning, making it the latest airline to offer direct flights to the country. Deborah Yeo, a public relations consultant for Tiger Airways, said that beginning Monday, the ...

Villagers in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district have accepted compensation offers from an Indian company seeking a licence to mine gold in the area. ...

A new report by researchers from Harvard University and the University of Sydney has ranked Cambodia’s 2013 national election as the fifth most “flawed or failed” out of the 73 national ballots held around the world between July 2012 and December 2013. Based on surveys completed ...

A Poipet venue offering online gambling and affiliated with nearby Crown Casino was closed by authorities over the weekend, according to a company security official.​ ...

Grown in floods and thriving without pesticides, floating rice offers Cambodia a sustainable alternative for its eco-friendly food production amid threats from climate change. ...

An environmental group has accused the Lao government of “unilaterally” pushing forward with construction on the controversial US$3.8 billion Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River, despite serious concerns about the project and an incomplete regional decision-making process.  In a statement released yesterday,  conservation group International ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry met with to non-governmental groups yesterday and accused them of inciting families to oppose the rehabilitation of the Cambodian rail system, ordering the  NGOs to “readjust” their workForeign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong said his ministry invited Bridges Across Borders Cambodia and ...

Two new claims of abuse of Cambodian maids employed in Malaysia have emerged since Friday, including one case of a woman who returned home with severe mental trauma following alleged mistreatment by her Malaysian employer, the victims’ families said. Iy Thar, a villager from Kompong Thom ...

Nine companies have put in bids for the rights to dredge the lengths of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers and sell the sand for export, Water Resources Ministry officials said yesterday, noting that the dredging would be beneficial in terms of deepening the waterways. ...

As Mekong River Commission (MRC) countries prepare for a crucial meeting next week to debate Laos’ proposal to build the first Lower Mekong River dam, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has called for a delay of the controversial project. The US Senate’s concern was echoed ...

Government authorities are investigating the death of a migrant domestic worker in Malaysia after her family and rights groups raised questions about the stated cause of death from a lung infection, a relative of the deceased woman said yesterday. Na Rith, 42, said his cousin Ouk ...

A Thai Company is conducting a feasibility study to build a coal-fired power plant in Koh Kong province and has already invested in a local firm with permission to develop the plant, according to officials and the company. In an announcement to the Thai Stock ...

More than 2 million of the Kingdom’s nearly 18 million hectares of land – roughly 12 per cent – was given out to 225 private companies in economic concessions last year, according to an annual report released by rights group Adhoc yesterday. The concessions put 606 ...

On 09th July, 2016, after the Permanent Court of Arbitration set 12 July 2016 as the date to issue its final award over the arbitration case submitted by the Philippines against China on South China Sea dispute, the ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an announcement ...