The Siem Reap Provincial Court on Friday charged a Swiss national with having sex with three underage boys in Siem Reap City earlier this year, according to police and anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE). ...

More than one million baby fish and 100,000 young shrimps were freed into a reservoir in northeast Cambodia’s Kampong Cham province on Wednesday to mark the 13th National Fish Day, Prime Minister Hun Sen said. ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday approved Covid-19 vaccines for women who are menstruating, pregnant, trying to get pregnant or breastfeeding. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) and Japanese electoral consultants met on February 25 to share ideas on election preparation and education. ...

Prince Bank Plc invested an additional $35 million – totalling $50 million – in the Techo International Airport (TIA) Guaranteed Bond on Thursday. ...

King Norodom Sihamoni has endorsed the Food Safety Law and its edicts are now in effect. ...

Two conservation organisations – NatureLife Cambodia and BirdLife International – intend to amend carbon credit project documents in the coming months. ...

No foreign country has offered to assist the National Election Committee (NEC) with financial assistance or in kind for running next year’s National Election. ...

A non-governmental organisation that works for child welfare has announced a five-year plan to empower 2.5 million adolescent girls and women in the country. ...

A land activist from Tbong Khmum province was allegedly beaten in Phnom Penh on Sunday while attending a seminar in the capital. ...

Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is pleased to announce the call for application on Youth-Led Project 2024 (YLP24 – Phase 1). the program aims to strengthen the youths’ capacity for fundamental life and community development skills through various training and knowledge sharing as demonstrated during convening ...

Kompong Thom provincial officials denied a media report yesterday that authorities had filed a legal complaint against two villagers and two human rights workers who campaigned in the province last week to demand protection for Prey Long forest ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday asked all taxi drivers and transportation companies to not increase prices during the Khmer New Year and said public buses in Phnom Penh would be free for citizens during that time. ...

Investors in Cambodia’s garment industry are increasingly purchasing modern equipment as they look to produce higher value-added products to compete in the international market and counter rising labour costs, an industry insider said yesterday. ...

Australian Ambassador Angela Corcoran and Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn reaffirmed their two countries’ commitment to a controversial and unpopular refugee resettlement deal they struck in 2014, a spokesman for the minister said on Thursday. ...

Provincial officials in Rattanakiri rejected a request by the Vietnamese government to allow them to construct buildings and a border checkpoint in O’Yadav district after a meeting between both sides in Banlung City on Tuesday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen once again warned that the royal government will confiscate economic land concession (ELCs) from any private companies that do not implement in accordance to contracts signed with government. ...

A former garment worker announced plans on Thursday to launch a political party focused on alleviating the problems faced by Cambodia’s youth, targeting what he says is a lacuna in current policy.   ...

Tighter competition and a slowdown in international tourism growth has prompted airlines registered in Cambodia to scale back their fleet expansion plans and shift focus to serving the more promising Chinese tourist market, new research shows. ...

A journalist in Pailin province yesterday filed a lawsuit against a local police officer for allegedly threatening to kill him if he published a story about a drunken shooting spree the officer went on last week. ...