Cambodia is set to expand its payment options for tourists by implementing blockchain-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) partnerships. This move is part of the country’s strategy to modernize its tourism sector, recognizing the significant role it plays in the Cambodian economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) has announced the launch of the English-language version of the seminal work samdech Techo Hun sen: Man of Cambodia’s Destiny, after six months of translation. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ahead of Prime Minister Hun Manet’s scheduled visit to Australia next month, private sector along with relevant ministries and institutions are working on the modalities to attract investment partners from Australia and boost exports to Australia of semi-finished and processed products. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The US emerged aS the leading buyer of Cambodian exportS in the firSt month of 2024, with purchaSeS nearing $630 million, approximately a third of the country&rSquo;S total exportS to the global market, aS reported by the General Department of CuStomS and ExciSe (GDCE). SS='cambodia-color'>...

Emirates airline will restart its daily service to Phnom Penh starting from May 1 via singapore, boosting the airline’s southeast Asian connectivity to and from Dubai, and linking two trade and leisure centres in the region. ss='cambodia-color'>...

On the occasion of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Prime Minister Hun Manet delivered a message celebrating Cambodia’s remarkable strides in combatting the disease, as the country marks a 45% reduction in both deaths and new infections. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy is committed to ending unregulated mining in Mondulkiri’s Mesam area, promoting legal practices to boost employment, increase national revenue and reduce environmental and societal impacts, according to the ministry. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s commitment and efforts in unleashing the broader AsEAN market and beyond cropped up for discussion on Monday evening during the cocktail networking event of the Cambodia-AsEAN Business summit (CABs) at sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra in the capital. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Justice ordered the relevant parties to reprimand judges or prosecutors who break the rules in order to ensure the efficacy of judicial reform and to increase the effectiveness of the law and the judiciary, in accordance with the government’s Pentagonal strategy. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senate PreSident Hun Sen recently called for StepS to further Strengthen economic tieS between Cambodia and MalaySia even aS he expreSSed SatiSfaction with the growth of inveStment from MalaySia and the bilateral trade volume, eSpecially MalaySia&rSquo;S purchaSe of rice from Cambodia. SS='cambodia-color'>...

It has been a decade since a tragic case of medical malpractice rocked the Kingdom. In December 2014, several cases of HIV infection were detected in Roka commune, in Battambang province’s sangke district. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Koh Kong Zhejiang Special Economic Zone (SEZ), located in Koh Kong province&rSquo;S Sre Ambel diStrict, currently hoStS 28 companieS and haS pledged to attract 100 more by the end of 2024, according to a June 21 preSS releaSe from the Council for the Development of SS='cambodia-color'>...

After a three-day blockade, soldiers pulled out over the weekend from the Kratie province village where a teenage girl was shot dead last week by government security forces, officials said yesterday. However, human rights workers denied a report by a provincial official that freedom of ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least a dozen companies including some of Cambodia’s most prominent developers have been illegally logging and transporting rosewood since the election without any action from authorities, a pair of local NGOs alleged. In a report released yesterday, the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community and the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday again publicly accused the Ministry of Finance of not injecting enough funds into the education sector in order to bring Cambodia in line with the rest of southeast Asia. speaking at the close of a two-day workshop to formulate the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh Municipal Hall yesterday defended the actions of police and security guards who blocked protesters as they tried to leave the capital’s Boeung Kak area before they stopped and searched an NGO’s vehicle. Dozens of Daun Penh district police, security guards and military police blockaded ss='cambodia-color'>...

An official from Battambang province’s department of agriculture who was charged last Monday with embezzling $200,000 from the illegal sale of fertilizer donated to the poor by Japan has implicated four other officials in the case, including the son of senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap, ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 20 leprosy patients have been treated at a rehabilitated and expanded wing of the Battambang Provincial Referral Hospital, the second hospital to offer professional treatment for leprosy patients in Cambodia. “We have two doctors and one nurse who specialize in leprosy treatment, and in the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prominent activist monk But Buntenh, head of the Independent Monk Network for social Justice, was arrested in Preah Vihear province on Thursday, along with another monk and three NGO staffers who had traveled to the province to support a group of ethnic Kuoy villagers protesting ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police maintained a subtle, and mostly unarmed, presence at a rowdy opposition rally that filled Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday, despite persistent tensions over last month’s contested national election and a beefed-up security presence around the city. Even as the crowd swelled to well over ss='cambodia-color'>...