The Battambang Provincial Administration has announced that it has a project to develop Roluos Lake in Peam Ek commune’s Takorm village of Ek Phnom district with the goal of protecting the lake as a sustainable tourist resort and preventing encroachment. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has recorded river levels increasing by 0.65m between stung Treng and Prey Veng’s Neak Loeung over the last seven days and forecast an additional rise this week of 0.60m due to torrential rain. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In the first six months of this year, the Ministry of Interior had received 665 complaints and suggestions through minister sar Kheng’s official Facebook page, 259 of which have been solved. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Tourism is selecting three model villages to represent Cambodia at the “Best Tourism Villages” competition, organised by the UN’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the Council of Ministers said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a move a labor group said was unprecedented, NagaWorld is calling on governmental labor inspectors to authorize the dismissal of a group of union leaders as part of the casino’s mass layoffs, overriding the legal protections unionists enjoy unless they have committed serious offenses, ss='cambodia-color'>...

ASEAN countrieS are preparing for the ASEAN Online Sale Day 2021, which iS Slated for AuguSt 8-10. CompriSing two tierS for domeStic and croSS-border tranSactionS, thiS year&rSquo;S programme will be co-chaired by Brunei, which iS chair of ASEAN in 2021, Singapore and Vietnam. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) continues the search for cluster bombs and research information to speed up unexploded ordnance clearance. CMAA has also appealed to donor countries and partners to continue support for the organisation’s activities.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Chhang provincial police have been investigating five people who are alleged to have secretly cleared and encroached on flooded forest land in separate locations covering nearly 10ha in Chhnok Trou commune’s ses slap village of Boribor district.​​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s banking and financial institutions have restructured 22.2 trillion riel ($5.5 billion) in loans for 367,239 borrowers in the first half of this year, to ease the burden on the public as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak dampens economic activity, according to the National Bank ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Government has called for participation in the protection and conservation of wild elephants in Cambodia after data from automatic cameras deployed in protected areas found that Asian elephants – and baby elephants – were living in herds in Cambodia’s protected areas. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak sokhonn has called for international solidarity against COVID-19, not finger-pointing and politicization, according to a foreign ministry’s press statement on saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) collected $1.1595 billion in revenue in the first half of 2021, down 8.9 percent year-on-year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has suspended the recruitment of new officials for all ministries and institutions for 2022, reversing the government’s previous plans to recruit some 6,000 new officials to replace those lost to retirement or other factors. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee’s (NEC) spokesman Hang Puthea told Khmer Times yesterday that as of Tuesday, there were 10,467,961 voters registered with the NEC for the upcoming commune election. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local enterprise TK&D Manufacturing on september 19 inaugurated a new production line for paper cups and straws made from rice, corn and cassava in Pursat province’s easternmost Krakor district, to supply domestic and international markets. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Archaeologists from the Apsara National Authority (ANA), a body tasked with managing the Angkor Archaeological Park, have unearthed the partial head and shoulders of a statue of a deity near Angkor Thom’s Ta Kav gate in siem Reap province, and have reassembled the sculpture for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has instructed local authorities to encourage the establishment of more Older People’s Associations (OPA) in local communities throughout the country and called on non-governmental organisations to support this development. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Koh Kong blue mussels are now available at Makro supermarket in western Phnom Penh’s sen sok district, after a deal was struck with local communities in an effort to boost incomes and support the conservation of mangroves, according to a senior Ministry of Environment official. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Okvau Gold Project in southwestern Mondulkiri province’s Keo seima district has produced 522kg of gold ore as of september 23 since the first gold pour in June, according to Ministry of Mines and Energy director-general for Mineral Resources Ung Dipola. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva said a total of 22 foreign delegations spoke in favour of the Kingdom’s efforts, progress and achievements in promoting and protecting human rights, while nine others voiced critical comments on civic and political space in ss='cambodia-color'>...