Five sand-dredging operations in Ratanakkiri province – one owned by the provincial director of Public Works and Transportation – have been in business illegally for some 20 years, the rights group Adhoc said yesterday. Adhoc said that it uncovered the operations in Veun Say, Lumphat and ...

As the booming construction sector attracts more rural Cambodians to seek employment in the capital, the different working conditions between high-rises in urban areas and borey developments have factored into varying degrees of earning potential and living standards.According to estimates by the Ministry of Land ...

Cambodia and Singapore have pledged to step up cooperation to bolster bilateral trade, after registering more than $5.2 billion last year, marking a nearly 50 per cent jump over 2020. ...

On 12 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation released a joint statement between​ the​ Kingdom​ of​ Cambodia​ and​ the​ People’s​ Republic​ of​ China​ on​ building​ a​ Cambodia-China​ community​ with​ a​ shared​ future in​ the​ new​ era​ after the Prime Minister of ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance has called on all unregistered pawnshops to apply for an operating license by March 31 or face legal action, according to a government announcement on Friday. The move follows the 2010 law that first legalised pawnshops in the Kingdom, an ...

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 ...

Civil society organisations monitoring land disputes in Preah Sihanouk province continue to voice concerns over the environmental impact of developing public land after permission was granted to reclaim a site in the O’Touk area to build a boat terminal. Sok Sokhom, the director of the ...

Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth on Tuesday urged Asean countries to cooperate in addressing illegal trans-boundary flows of waste that have affected the region in recent months. ...

In a bid to modernise its offer of services, Cambodia Post, the state agency responsible for providing postal service in the Kingdom, on Friday unveiled a new application that enables electronic payments for a range of services as well as money transfers. ...

On 13 June 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation released a press release to inform the public that the Kingdom of Cambodia was elected as a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for one year term 2019. In ...

The Health Ministry has published a list of more than 400 health centres offering treatment for mental disorders and drug abuse, including their locations and contact numbers. The ministry expanded its outreach efforts to address mental health issues and drug abuse in public health facilities ...

The government yesterday expressed its commitment to reduce gender-based violence, eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls and provide effective reproductive health services in line with the action plan of the International Conference on Population and Development. The commitment was made during the National ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday said that Cambodia has been elected to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for a duration of one year.​ A ministry statement said that at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday, 183 of ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his delegation left the Kingdom yesterday to attend the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing where a number of assistance agreements are expected to be signed. Sry Thamrong, minister attached to the Prime Minister, said at Phnom Penh International Airport that ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday that Cambodia would not fall into a so-called debt trap as it embraces China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the Kingdom only accepted projects beneficial to the country. Hun Sen was speaking in China on the first ...

A five-year project known as CamAdapt, which aims to help coastal fishing communities and ecosystems in four coastal provinces – Kampot, Kep, Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk – adapt to climate change, is expected to start early next year. ...

While Cambodia welcomes an ongoing influx of Chinese tourists, investment and development, the world at large increasingly suspects that China is launching a military build-up in the country for stronger Chinese influence in Southeast Asia. Dara Sakor, a new China-backed coastal resort in Koh Kong ...

From baby elephants to sun bears and pangolins, escalating demand for bushmeat in towns and cities is taking an increasingly heavy toll on some of Cambodia’s most endangered wildlife.    ...

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority has estimated that the number of mine casualties has increased in the first eight months of this year when compared to the same period last year. ...

Some 80 businessmen from Cambodia and Indonesia gathered at a trade fair in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to forge partnerships and explore ways to boost bilateral trade. ...