The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries saw at least 2,400 cases of forest- and wildlife-related crimes in 2014, of which almost 1,800 were forwarded to the courts, though fewer than 10 people were sentenced in relation to the crimes, ministry figures say. ...

The Ministry of Environment awarded rights to ticket sales at Kirirom National Park and the Prek Toal bird sanctuary to locally-owned firm Lim Sok Cheng for 2021. Kirirom National Park covers 8,401ha in Kampong Speu province and is 44km from the provincial capital of the ...

More than two-thirds of senior officials at the General Command Headquarters of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) have decided to relinquish their oknha titles to maintain their roles in the armed forces, an RCAF official said. of 61 senior officials, 45 relinquished their title ...

On​ 11​ April​ 2021.​ the​ Ministry​ of​ Culture​ and​ Fine​ Arts​ release​ an​ announcement​ on​ the​ photographs​ of​ the​ victims​ at​ the​ former​ Khmer​ Rouge​ prison​ S-21​ to​ be​ colorized​ and​ edited​ in​ part​ from​ the​ actual​ situation​ while​ the​ victims​ were​ threatened​ by​ the​ ...

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong flew to New York on Sunday evening to attend the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which is slated to be held from Sept. 24 to Oct. 1. The minister will deliver a speech at the U.N. session on ...

In the last three months, three Cambodian ministers have visited Stockholm. Dozens of mid-career Cambodians travel yearly to Sweden for short term training programs. And Sweden doles out $25 million in foreign aid annually, earning this nation of 10 million people a seat at the ...

On 22 March 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 75-year-old Cambodian man who died from COVID-19 at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. The man who died was a retired doctor living in Ta Nguon village, Kakab commune, Por Sen Chey ...

On 21 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of COVID-19 on two Cambodian women, a 54-year-old and a 54-year-old who died at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. Notably, these are the 55th and 56th cases of Cambodians who died from COVID-19. ...

On 05 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 42-year-old Chinese man who died from COVID-19 at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. Notably, this is the 21st case of death and this man lived in Veal Vong commune, 7 Makara ...

The Court of Appeal has reduced to six months the original three-and-a-half-year prison term handed to the son of a wealthy businessman for pistol-whipping a man and damaging restaurant property. Duong Udomchorvin, 24, was sentenced in May, along with his 17-year-old brother, Duong Kimlong, who was ...

Italian sportswear brand Kappa and U.S.-based retail giant Walmart apparently source clothing from the latest addition to the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) list of low-compliance factories, according to a union leader at the factory who provided the branded tags from the clothing her members cut ...

A new team of border researchers at the Royal Academy of Cambodia yesterday called for relevant stakeholders to submit maps of the disputed Cambodia-Vietnam border, in what it says is an attempt to ensure no political party uses the thorny issue to its advantage in ...

About 20 people grinned for the camera as they posed in front of a flagpole-like structure located just off a muddy dirt road in Kampong Chhnang province’s Samaki Meanchey district on Thursday morning. While a rather unimpressive visual, the agrometerological station is a first-of-its-kind device in ...

Cambodia is seeking to export its mangoes to South Korea, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Contacted yesterday, deputy MAFF director Hean Vanhorn said that a ministry representative would meet with a South Korean agriculture delegation today to discuss ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng presided over a ceremony in Phnom Penh on Thursday to appoint the directors of his ministry’s new general departments of immigration and identification, who have both stood down as National Police deputy commissioners to take up the positions. at the ceremony, General ...

A day after officials were instructed to check construction projects nationwide, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on Friday issued another directive to the relevant authorities and construction companies in the Kingdom to enforce the Law on Construction. The directive was issued ...

The International Labour Organisation’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) releases the first report from its mobile phone call-in project aimed at educating garment and footwear workers. The mobile phone project entitled Kamako Chhnoeum (‘Outstanding Worker’ in Khmer) received 3,245 valid phone calls in its first two ...

King Norodom Sihamoni presided over a nearly half-empty opening session of the National Assembly on Monday as all 55 elected lawmakers of the opposition CNRP followed through with their threat to boycott parliament to protest disputed results of July’s national election. Analysts and election monitors ...

The National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 directs the authorities and relevant institutions to carry out effective prevention, crackdown and resolution of drug issues, and all commune authorities to be confident in dealing with drug problems in their areas. The directive was made during the drafting ...

On 06 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 35-year-old Cambodian man who died from COVID-19 at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. Notably, this case of death is the 22nd case. The man lived in Russey Chork village, Prey Knes ...