Cambodia’s first Marine Protection Area will be established around two emerging tourist destinations, Koh Rong and Koh Rong Samloem islands, a British conservation group has announced. NGO Coral Cay Conservation said last week that it has been invited to map out a 300-square-kilometre MPA by the lass='cambodia-color'>...

Three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships dropped anchor in Cambodian waters yesterday, mooring at a Sihanoukville provincial port for a three-day visit meant to strengthen the relationship and boost bilateral ties between Cambodia and Japan, according to General Chhum Socheat, spokesman for the National Defense lass='cambodia-color'>...

At least 31 people were killed and 64 injured by storms during the first four months of this year, according to figures from the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). Keo Vy, cabinet director at the NCDM, said strong winds and rains led to three deaths lass='cambodia-color'>...

Responding to rumours swirling on social media that he had suffered a massive stroke and died, Prime Minister Hun Sen proved to be very much alive during an animated speech in Kampot province yesterday. Addressing a crowd in Chhuok district, the 63-year-old premier assured listeners that lass='cambodia-color'>...

India-based Tata International ltd announced yesterday that it would import and distribute its Farmtrac Tractors in Cambodia to profit from the country’s growing agricultural sector. Speaking at the launching ceremony at the Koh Pich exhibition centre, Jitendra Manghinani, country manager of Tata South East Asia (Cambodia), lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh appealed to the Cambodian government Tuesday to help encourage Japanese investment here by providing corporate tax holidays and reducing notoriously high customs tariffs by adopting more transparent and efficient practices. According to a set of requests prepared by the lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian government is drafting a series of changes to the Kingdom’s gaming laws in a bid to draw major players from Macau and the US to the market and potentially create a new tax base from the growing, if currently illegal, online betting industry, lass='cambodia-color'>...

One of Japan’s biggest banks, Sumimoto Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) signed agreement with Acleda Bank to share market data and banking services. The deal will give Japanese investors information on the economy and offer other banking services and is aimed at improving bilateral trade and investment. The deal would lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese technical group helping the National Election Committee (NEC) with its new list of voters has suggested that the NEC not use thumbprints for registration.  lass='cambodia-color'>...

At 7am, the border crossing from Vietnam to Svay Rieng’s Bavet town is already buzzing with the activity of foreign gamblers arriving for a day at the casinos along National Highway 1. But throughout the day, a steady trickle of Cambodian players make their way lass='cambodia-color'>...

Land prices aLong one of Cambodia’s main highways have seen a sLight increase in the first haLf of 2017, thanks to road improvements and residentiaL deveLopments, insiders say. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) requested that the authorities investigate, and if necessary pursue legal action, against Kim Chanratana, a Cambodian-American living in the US state of Georgia.   lass='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Japan began Monday a four-year project to restore the ruined western causeway at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple.   lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese government will continue providing scholarships to young Cambodian government officials wishing to study in Japan, continuing a tradition of bilateral scholarship that began in 2000, officials said yesterday. lass='cambodia-color'>...

State-owned Telecom Cambodia yesterday inaugurated its Greater Mekong Telecom Backbone Network Project, which includes the installation of a 467-kilometre fibre-optic cable connection between Sihanoukville and Kampong Cham, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia said in a news release. lass='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Environment and Japan will today sign a $600,000 agreement on forest conservation for a period of three years in the Prey lang forest, which spans four provinces. The project will focus on forest conservation, legal strengthening and community forestry development, according to a lass='cambodia-color'>...

Japan agreed to provide $384,817 in financial assistance to local organisations for projects in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Chhnang and Koh Kong. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Japan has pledged $5.7 million to train government officials from Cambodia. The deal was signed yesterday by Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and Japanese ambassador Hidehisa Horinouchi. . lass='cambodia-color'>...

Government of Japan has donated an additional amount of US$120,000 to promote mother and child health in vulnerable areas of Kampong Cham province. lass='cambodia-color'>...

Japanese government has provided grant assistance of nearly US$400,000 to Cambodia, under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (KUSANONE Grant). lass='cambodia-color'>...