The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia will hold a joint press conference on December 9 to update the Kingdom on the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant Omicron. ...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon formed a joint-task force for the prevention of forestry crimes in Mondulkiri province following a clampdown on illegal occupation of state land there. ...

In a message on social media posted today, the Prime Minister’s son, HE Hun Many, called on Cambodians to increase their vigilance and continue to implement health measures as the number of cases of COVID-19 is increasing day by day. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s biggest free trade deal, is all about “win-win” cooperation and is “not a zero-sum game,” a Cambodian government official has said. ...

Cambodia’s first “Charter for Professional Journalism” is designed to elevate journalistic ethics and standards across all forms of media, including content creators and those involved in make-money-online (MMO) activities. ...

Fourteen Cambodian men jailed in Thailand for drug trafficking or illegal logging have been released in the past week after reaching the end of their sentences, a border official said yesterday. Touch Ra, director of the Chaom Sangam Cambodia-Thailand border checkpoint in Oddar Meanchey province, said ...

Though most of the opposition complaints reviewed by the Constitutional Council have been dismissed so far, one has been deemed credible and appropriate, a council spokesman said. According to spokesman Uth Chhorn, one complaint regarding a campaign-period clash between supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue ...

A boy was killed and four others sustained injuries when a UXO and a landmine exploded in two separate incidents in Battambang province’s Samlot district and Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. ...

More than 930,000 hectares of state public land inside protected conservation areas are now eligible for privatization, according to a November 30 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

The $2-billion-worth Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway will be put on trial use for the whole month of October. ...

Siem Reap province, home to the famous Angkor temples, welcomed 1,242,854 tourists in the first seven months of this year, an increase by 890.17 percent compared to the same period of 2021. ...

Cambodia imported $904.3 million worth of “electronics” in 2022 – surging by 33.2 per cent from $678.9 million in 2021 – with the fourth quarter accounting for the lion’s share at 28.61 per cent of the annual total, according to figures from the finance ministry’s ...

In the summer of 2013, the French government sent out an alert to health agencies throughout Europe of a spike in travelers recently returned from Cambodia needing treatment in hospitals after exposure to a rare strain of salmonella. By the fall, 34 patients in France, ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that negotiations between his ruling party and the opposition party over political dispute have been conducted secretly. “The opposition has announced to suspend talks with the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), but in fact, the talks are still underway secretly,” ...

Several elderly HIV-positive villagers in Battambang’s Roka commune are seriously ill, local authorities have said, with some of their families having called monks to bless them as they believe death may be imminent. Five people living in the commune have died since a massive HIV outbreak ...

A $380 million 400MW heavy fuel oil power facility in Kandal province’s eastern Lvea Em district has been completed, and on reserve to generate electricity when demand reaches a high enough level, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...

In a voice message last night, Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen ordered that all people in Phnom Penh and Kandal province – about 3 million people according to him – must be vaccinated. ...

Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh said yesterday  that all people who are living in Phnom Penh will be vaccinated against Covid-19. ...

Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng claimed that more than 60 per cent of women in Cambodia are business owners or entrepreneurs, a rate he said is three times higher than the US. ...

Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng warned administrators at all levels not to underestimate local disputes, no matter how small they appear. ...