ASEAN and the US have committed to signing a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the 10th ASEAN-US Summit to be held in Cambodia in November, in a pact made during the ASEAN-US Special Summit in Washington, DC, last week. ...

Just 3.5 hours away from Bangkok, Poipet is popular with tourists looking to exit and reenter Thailand’s border to gain more time in the kingdom, said Thaiger, a Thai based media outlet. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) will review the voter list and update it accordingly after a nationwaide voter registration exercise is carried out from October to December. ...

A surprising appearance by former Thai prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister Yingluck in Cambodia on August 5 has sparked much chatter. ...

The Disability Development Services Programme (DDSP) in Cambodia has integrated and empowered people with disabilities to recycle solid waste into items for sale as an income-generating means. ...

A report released by the World Bank shows that the poverty rate in Cambodia has dropped by almost half between 2009 and 2019, but with the Covid-19 pandemic, the poverty rate has been rising. ...

Cambodia’s cashew value chain has received a boost after discussions were held between Cambodia Cashew Federation (CCF) and development partners to build the nation’s nascent cashew export sector. ...

The National Election Committee is running a May 2-3 training session on election campaigning, said NEC deputy secretary-general and spokesman Som Sorida. ...

Analysts are at odds over Prime Minister Hun Sen’s remarks regarding protecting the Kingdom’s hard-won peace and the government’s policy that there can be no forgiveness for those who threaten peace through “revolutionary acts”. ...

Hun Manet will become Cambodia’s new prime minister and key senior government ministers will step down from their positions after the national assembly convenes in August, Hun Sen stated on Wednesday. ...

Sar Kheng, former interior minister and currently a lawmaker for Battambang province, implored stakeholders to redouble their commitment to combat drug trafficking in the country. ...

There has been a spike in the number of internet connections in the Kingdom, with nearly two million new subscribers registered in the first half of 2018, an official with the Telecommunication Regulator Cambodia said yesterday. ...

With the National Assembly giving a vote of confidence to form the new government yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen unveiled his new cabinet, which did not change except for the addition of a new ministerial post. ...

The long-exiled leader of the “People’s Power” movement, Sourn Serey Ratha, returned to Cambodia on Thursday, following a pardon for the crime of treason by King Norodom Sihamoni in July. ...

Cambodian conglomerate Royal Group has acquired the remaining shareholding of One TV from Russian-owned General Satellite Group in a move to boost the distribution of Cambodia’s niche pay for digital terrestrial television (DTT) market. ...

The newest U.S. ambassador to Cambodia is visiting Long Beach, which is home to the largest population of Cambodians outside their native country – many of whom are still connected to their homeland.   ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday slammed recent calls for sanctions against Cambodia over what supporters of the measures call a government-level disrespect of democracy, claiming the first to be hurt by sanctions would be NGOs. ...

Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Chairman Om Yentieng lashed out at Battambang provincial governor Chan Sophal on Sunday for refusing to let the unit investigate a district governor for allegedly pilfering thousands of dollars of state money.  ...

The completion of three new office buildings in Phnom Penh in the first half of this year has marginally boosted the city’s office space supply, according to the latest sector report by Knight Frank Cambodia. ...

The head of the Anti-Corruption Unit, Om Yentieng, yesterday dismissed a request to explain the contents of envelopes he distributed to soldiers earlier this month by, in essence, declaring: we ask the questions, not you. ...