The number of mobile connections in Cambodia has decreased slightly, from 19.91 million in 2016 to 18.57 million in 2017, a figure that is still higher than The country’s total population. ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday claimed the recent influx of Chinese visitors to Preah Sihanouk province was raising concerns over the condition of ecosystems on the Kingdom’s coast. Speaking during a ceremony to appoint leaders to posts at both the National Authority for Combating ...

Two disputes involving a land developer with ties to the highest ranks of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party have once again exposed the lack of justice faced by impoverished communities in the capital, affected residents and rights groups have said. In Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, ...

Ten of the Kingdom’s 24 ministerial positions are set to be reshuffled at the launch of the new government, according to an internal party memo obtained yesterday. Among those tapped for a cabinet position is Say Sam El – the 34-year-old son of Senate deputy president ...

On 04 July 2016, The Ministry of Women’s Affairs led a special meeting with representatives from 15 line ministries and civil society organizations to boost The implementation and monitoring of The Second National Action Plan to Prevent Violence against Women, The key national policy to address intimate ...

An official in Mondulkiri province has said the ministries of Interior, and Environment are investigating Ministry of Justice undersecretary of state Seng Sovannara on suspicion of faking documents to grab land in the Phnom Prich and Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuaries. ...

On 26 October 2023, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (MCFA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for verify.gov.kh, set up the infrastructure, and established an internet connection”. Based on the content of the ...

Major global brands that source from Cambodia welcome the recent rise in the basic minimum wage for the country’s more than 700,000 garment workers, representatives of three brands told Khmer Times yesterday. they have no plans to shift sourcing to other countries where wages are ...

Keo Rotha was sitting in his small brick house in a quiet village in Pursat province, surrounded by coconut trees and a bamboo fence, looking at his old phone while waiting for a call to tell him the results of the court case he and ...

Cracks are beginning to appear in Phnom Penh’s property market following news this week that Singapore developer TEHO International has placed its troubled, $500 million upscale real estate project on hold. Citing an “unfavourable macro-economic outlook” in Phnom Penh’s condo sector, the Singapore-listed firm blamed poor ...

The government has finished calculating The additional compensation it will pay out to some of The families forced to move for a $143 million railway rehabilitation project being funded mostly by The Asian Development Bank (ADB), according to a new report. The report, released this week ...

Cambodian and Swiss senior senators on Monday pledged to help promote bilateral cooperation, particularly in legal field, economics and trade for mutual benefits. The pledge was made during a meeting between First Vice President of The Senate of Cambodia Say Chhum and visiting President of The ...

On 07 September 2020, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the result of the consultative meeting of the National Tourism Development Committee (NTDC) discussing the draft of Siem Reap Tourism Development Master Plan 2020-2035.  ...

Authorities destroyed nearly 1,000 boxes of counterfeit beer yesterday following earlier raids sparked by a complaint filed by the sole distributor of the brand name beer. ...

On 04 September 2020, the ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has posted an announcement about the establishment of complaints system through the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...

Japanese investment in Cambodia is steadily increasing as a result of sharply rising wages in China and other Southeast Asian nations. But experts warned this week that for sustained investment growth—and to avoid driving Japanese companies to other attractive investment destinations such as Burma —the ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen will hold bilateral talks with U.S. President Barack Obama when the newly re-elected American leader visits Phnom Penh during this month’s East Asia and Asean Summits. Mr. Hun Sen announced the bilateral meeting in a letter to Mr. Obama on Wednesday congratulating ...

Phnom Penh– A group of U.S. investors from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council on Thursday visited Cambodia to observe investment opportunities and to boost trade and investment ties between U.S. and ASEAN member countries. the group consisted of 11 U.S. firms led by Frances Zwenig, the Counselor ...

On November 19, 2012, President Obama met with the leaders of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) to deepen our diplomatic, economic, security, and people-to-people ties with the key Asian multilateral organization. With a population of approximately 620 ...

Amid the winding-down of the Cold War in early December 1987, Prime Minister Hun Sen and Prince Norodom Sihanouk met in the quiet northern French village of Fère-en-Tardenois for their first talks on ending Cambodia’s intractable civil war. It was an overture that opened the ...