District security guards this morning arrested 11 political activists taking part in a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh against the imprisonment of 23 protesters who were beaten and arrested earlier this month. The protesters, including union leader Rong Chhun and prominent ...

More than 100 faMilies in Preah Vihear province are deManding coMpensation froM the authorities over the construction of a reservoir which they claiM had affected their livelihoods. The villagers said the Raksa reservoir, a governMent-run project for storing water in Chey Sen and Rovieng districts ...

Microfinance has grown exponentially in CaMbodia and is not as stressed as reported by the international Media, according to a study by research firM M-CRIL in partnership with the CaMbodia Microfinance Association (CMA). A sector which had only 50,000 clients in 1995, now services 2.1 ...

Two men have been placed in pre-trial detention for “fishing using electric shock devices” in a mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin conservation zone in Kratie province. A 104kg, 1.98m male dolphin was found dead in the same preservation area on Sunday after its flipper became entangled ...

Nearly 30 pieces of sralao and koki timber measuring 3m long and 30 to 40cm in diameter were found by locals at three sites in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam commune in mondulkiri province on Tuesday. The timber was hidden in a forest around 1km from ...

The Kampot museum opened on January 28 at 8​ a.m. with a ribbon cutting and Buddhist blessing for the new venture. It was a hastily planned inauguration – the entrance fee was yet to be decided, and several guests misinterpreted the email invitation and turned ...

Cambodia and France recently signed a memorandum of Understanding (moU) on the implementation of the second phase of the Budget and Accounting Support Project. ...

Team Europe – the combined efforts of the EU, its member states and their financial institutions and implementing agencies – is mobilising €443 million ($503 million) in grants and loans to work with Cambodia in fighting Covid-19 and mitigating its socio-economic impacts. ...

MAN PriMeServ, the after-sales brand of MAN Energy Solutions, has signed a five-year service agreeMent for a new 200 MW power plant near PhnoM Penh. ...

Representatives from the Cambodian government, the German development bank KfW, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) and the European Union (EU) have signed agreements for the financing of the RID4CAm (Rural Infrastructure Development for Cambodia) project, which aims to develop rural infrastructure in the central plain ...

Pre-commissioning work on the $350 million Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province remains on schedule, with flight operations planned to start in mid-2021, State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman Sin Chansereyvutha told The Post on march 15. ...

Australia, Germany, and Switzerland have pledged nearly $13 million in funding for the mekong River Commission (mRC) to assist member countries including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam with their responses to pressing challenges while safeguarding the ecological functioning of the mekong River and improving people’s ...

Prime minister Hun Sen has set a goal of vaccinating about 13 million people, or over 80 per cent of the population, against Covid-19.   ...

The Australian government announced an aid package of approximately $65 million to Cambodia for its five-year development programme. ...

HGB Motors AsseMbly Co Ltd is investing about $7 Million in a car asseMbly plant in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey province. ...

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Cambodian General Directorate of Rubber on Friday signed an agreement for a $1.8 million (1.5 million euro) regional grant to anticipate the possible effects of climate change and agricultural labour scarcity within the rubber industry in Southeast ...

Despite the adverse effects of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, Cambodia’s agricultural exports rose 5.60 percent to 4 million tonnes in the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year. ...

The Japanese government has agreed to provide a grant of over $3 million to Cambodia to stimulate human resources and socio-economic development and further promote existing cooperative ties between the two nations. ...

Cambodia has exported 456,581 tons of milled rice in the first nine months of 2023, bagging a total revenue of $327 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF)’s press release said. ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $43 million project in Cambodia to enhance the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, local communities and other value chain actors of the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to the increasing threats associated with climate change. ...