The Chinese military will continue its joint military exercise, dubbed Golden Dragon, with The Royal Cambodian Army next year, Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe told his Cambodian counterpart yesterday. ...

In a bid to improve the quality of vocational education in the country, the Ministry of Education and Unesco will submit a National Policy on Lifelong Learning to the Council of Ministers following multiple discussions on the matter. ...

At least 2 hectares of flooded mangrove forest in Koh Kong’s Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary have been filled in with sand from illegal dredging nearby, with local authorities and an NGO yesterday claiming an unidentified “powerful” tycoon was behind the environmental crimes. ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance has awarded a master plan consultancy contract to top Chinese institute for The development and transformation of Preah Sihanouk province into a “Model Multi-Purpose Special Economic Zone”, SouTheast Asia’s next logistics and resort hub and innovation centre. ...

Four endangered hog deer have been recorded using camera traps for the first time in a decade in Kratie province, offering hope that the population of the species may be on the rise. ...

The opposition has accused Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government of a litany of sins, including ceding territory and allowing Vietnamese companies to exploit Cambodian resources. ...

Judges in Cambodia’s Court of Appeal fail to inform defendants of their rights and a high number of hearings do not even have the defendants or their lawyers present, according to a study by a local rights group. In addition, the quality of evidence presented at ...

The grand finale at Phnom Penh’s much-ballyhooed TEDx event on Saturday was intended to send a message. Several activists, among Them Loun Savath and The son of The late Chut Wutty, would stand before an audience of 600 and read accounts of violent land disputes. Images from ...

The German government has committed €5 million (about $5.68 million) to a joint government and civil society programme to boost cooperation between local authorities, local service providers and The public to improve performance. The German Embassy announced The funding of The Implementation of Social Accountability ...

The government approved $5.2 billion worth of investment in The first half of 2019, a 48.5 percent hike compared to The corresponding period last year, with officials claiming The figure reflects investors’ growing confidence in The country. ...

Provincial Hall spokesman Kheang Phearom recently revealed that Land Management Ministry and provincial officials have reviewed the permits and safety standards of nearly 300 construction projects in Preah Sihanouk. Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered for the creation of the Committee for the Inspection of Quality ...

The NGO Forum on Cambodia and indigenous communities have called for stronger efforts on The conservation of indigenous languages and The development of indigenous peoples in The Kingdom. The request was made as more than 300 million indigenous people in over 90 countries around The world ...

The unidentified body of a male foreign national, stuffed into a suitcase with only The head sticking out, was found by local fishermen in Kep province yesterday morning after washing up on The side of a canal near a mangrove forest. ...

The Cambodian and Russian governments have signed several Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) to help build a nuclear power plant in The Kingdom, despite previous statements saying The opposite and with no timeline as to when such a plant would be built, according to The Ministry ...

In a statement last week, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature identified ongoing fires in flooded forests as a major threat to the Tonle Sap lake. ...

Cambodia attracted the fixed asset investment of 319.4 million U.S. dollars from its ASEAN member states in 2015, up 56 percent from a year earlier, according to a government report on Tuesday. ...

An environment-monitoring working group from the Environment Ministry and the Council for the Development of Cambodia plans to meet with the owners of nearly 50 special economic zones across the country to promote standards on environmental protection and liquid waste management. ...

With over 130 registered projects in banking, manufacturing, agriculture, service and infrastructure, among other sectors, Japanese investment in the kingdom was valued at $1.6 billion in 2017, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...

Government-aligned media outlet Fresh News has published a leaked letter from the Taxation Department to the Cambodia Daily claiming that it owes $6.3 million in back taxes, a disclosure accompanied by scathing anonymous “letters” attacking the English-language newspaper and prominent NGOs. ...

The Ministry of Tourism will shift its focus to ecotourism development in The Kingdom’s norTheast after efforts to promote travel to Cambodia’s coastline proved successful. ...