The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has denied accusations made by the ruling party that it is seeking an overthrow of the government.Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, a member of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, made the accusation in a public speech last weekend, saying the ...

While the Kingdom’s automotive sector has seen the entry of authorised dealerships, grey market dealers still make up the bulk of car sales.Dealerships are trying to lure prospective customers to purchase new vehicles, but grey market used cars still enjoy a substantial cost advantage given ...

China has thrown the military government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha a curve ball with its tough negotiating stance for the high-speed railway deal. This comes after the government appeared to cleave to Beijing’s interests in a series of foreign affairs decisions which critics said ...

The director of the Anti-Terrorism Police Department has been warned by the Anti-Corruption Unit following the lodging of a corruption complaint against him, according to officials at the ACU. Y Sok Khy has allegedly been illegally collecting so-called ‘voluntary funds’ from his subordinates on a ...

Voter registration has fallen far behind schedule over the past two weeks, with enrolment dropping to just 30,000 a day from a target of 100,000, according to official figures, leaving more than 2 million Cambodians at risk of not registering to vote in time. ...

Three days ahead of the highly politicised January 7 holiday marking the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday slammed the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Untac) for its alleged failure to bring peace to Cambodia in the 1990s, instead claiming his ...

The government collected $48 million from the casino industry last year, a rise of about 40 per cent compared with 2015. Ros Phearun, a deputy director-general of the Finance Ministry’s financial industry department, said that along with an effort by the government to improve tax revenue, ...

Cabinet chief Phat Sikan was elected as the new president of the Beehive Social Democratic Party after the party held a congress on Sunday in Kandal province. Mr Sikan, 64, was elected to lead BSDP at the congress in Kien Svay district’s Koki commune, attended by ...

Villagers travelled from Poipet to Phnom Penh yesterday to seek the prime minister’s help in ending a land dispute with military police officials. About 30 villagers travelling on behalf of families from Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town gathered in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s home ...

Slow demand for office space in Phnom Penh is leaving the owners of high-rise buildings constructed in recent years struggling to find clients, according to real estate experts. But construction of the Vattanac Capital Tower, a $150 million, 36-story building slated to open its first ...

A Phnom Penh municipal government plan to build a 2.5 kilometre public space that would displace hundreds of villagers was greeted with requests for compensation by residents yesterday, while city officials refused to comment. Kiet Chhe, deputy chief of city administration, confirmed that a committee ...

The National Assembly will vote on a proposal to make the National Election Committee (NEC) a Constitutional body in early October, opposition lawmakers said on Thursday, honoring part of a deal the ruling CPP struck with the CNRP in July to get the opposition to ...

Cambodian health officials are investigating an alarmingly high rate of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in a remote village. At least 82 people have tested positive for HIV in Rokar, Battambang province, which has a population of 2,000 people. officials said they suspected a ...

Public bus service welcomed 8,265,107 passengers in 2019, of them 5,474,674 were served free of charge, according to the Phnom Penh municipal administration. ...

Authorities in bordering provinces with Vietnam have reportedly increased the number of inspections of poultry imports to prevent a bird flu outbreak in the Kingdom. ...

The Ministry of Health on Monday confirmed that another Covid-19 patient has been discharged from hospital, bringing the total number of recoveries to 124.   ...

On the day the EU enforced tariffs on some of Cambodia’s exports, the Council for Development of Cambodia announced yet another new investment in the garment sector. ...

Kampong Thom provincial authorities will hand over around 2,000 hectares of social land concessions to 153 families of veterans in the province, according to the governor.​ ...

The Kandal Provincial Administration has extended its temporary ban on all types of alcohol sale until June 2 to avert a spread of the coronavirus. ...

The total number of Delta variant cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Cambodia has risen to 2,647 after 251 new infections were confirmed.   ...