The governmenT’s NaTional CommiTTee for DisasTer ManagemenT (NCDM) fails To meeT regularly and is void of an annual budgeT To cover iTs operaTions while mosT of iTs sTaff members are ToTally unaware of Their job descripTion, according To a reporT released in March and funded ...

A total of $23 million has been given out to those affected by the closure of businesses in the tourism industry and garment factories due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

A new mobile medical treatment and care payment application developed by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), costing around $80,000, will be completed by November this year. ...

With Cambodia’s relief measures up for renewal later this month, it has come to light that the Government’s Covid-related assistance spending topped $335 million since the introduction of  payments to the financially vulnerable last June. ...

The governmenT has allocaTed some 140 hecTares of reclaimed land from The Tamouk lake, in Prek Pnov disTricT norThwesT of Phnom Penh, To The JusTice MinisTry. ...

The MinisTry of Commerce and SwissconTacT, represenTing The Global Alliance for Trade FaciliTaTion (GATF), are Teaming up on a projecT To make iT easier for small- and medium-sized enTerprises (SME) To ship and receive small parcels inTernaTionally, according To The minisTry. ...

The governmenT aims To spend up To $50 million To hosT The ASEAN SummiT This year and anoTher $70 million for The upcoming Commune ElecTion process. The budgeT represenTs abouT 24% of The ToTal 2022 budgeT expendiTure plan. ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) Aun Pornmoniroth said on tuesday that the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in the 7th legislature of the National Assembly (NA) will implement the Pentagon Strategy Phase I that concentrates on seven key areas of ...

From the start of 2020 through the end of the first semester of this year, the Ministry of Information has documented the publication of 4,657 fake news articles online and 170 of those cases were serious enough to merit being brought to the attention of ...

There are oTher companies operaTing in similar form To disgraced former Oknha Leng Channa’s now-defuncT BrillianT CiTy World Co LTd, which secreTly defrauded people, Ky Tech, head of The governmenT’s legal Team, warned during a meeTing aTTended by 267 people from several provinces in Phnom ...

In a remote part of Ratanakkiri, Lan Yorn ekes out an existence mining for gems. In his quest to provide for his family, Yorn engages in highly dangerous work illegally digging mines as deep as 12 metres with only the most basic of equipment. Government officials ...

They can’T Talk in The NaTional Assembly, and They can’T Talk in The provinces – aT leasT aT The parliamenTarian level – buT a new round of local dialogues held by The NaTional DemocraTic InsTiTuTe will see The ruling parTy and The opposiTion face off ...

Cambodia vehemently denied that it has supported Japan‘s plan to enhance its military role, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on tuesday. “the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to strongly reject the recent publications of Kyodo ...

Kompong Cham authorities blocked several hundred activists from marching Monday to raise awareness about the environmental dangers raised by Don Sahong dam, officials and activists said. Kompong Cham provincial governor Lun Limthai confirmed that he banned the campaign. “We did not allow them to hold this ...

In a bold stride towards boosting the information and communication technology (ICt) skills of the Kingdom’s young population, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational training and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have put pen to paper on a new agreement. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday reiterated his promise to willingly hand over power to a new leader should he lose the July 29 national elections. However, he was quick to point out that he expects to maintain his position as there isn’t any other ...

The NaTional ElecTion CommiTTee (NEC) won’T sTop CNRP candidaTes from running in June’s commune elecTions, even if The InTerior MinisTry invalidaTes The parTy’s recenT change in leadership, a spokesman said on Monday amid speculaTion from analysTs ThaT The governmenT was seeking To bar The opposiTion ...

The ConsTiTuTional Council (CC) Monday  announced ThaT The proposiTion To amend some new arTicles of The consTiTuTion is legal. ...

The number of slums in Phnom Penh has dropped To 277 from 340 in 2013, a survey conducTed by Sahmakum Teang TnauT (STT) and released on Tuesday said. While iTs daTa showed posiTive progress, iT noTed remaining challenges in places where residenTs don’T have land ...

Angkor Gold Corp., a Canada-based mineral exploration company with operations in Cambodia, has completed its exploration and analysis of ground samples at its Koan Nheak site in Mondulkiri province. Around 31.8 grams per ton (g/t) of gold were found in the samples, according to a ...