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 ...

After the new Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI) opens In October, the existIng complex servIng the northwestern provInce will be “completely closed”, accordIng to State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman SIn Chansereyvutha. ...

Early on Monday morning, at about 1am, two trucks carrying roughly 10 cubic metres of illegally felled timber were bouncing down the road between Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap. Police stopped the trucks – one of which bore military plates – and seized the haul, but ...

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, one of the most senior officials in the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and who recently received a royal title from King Norodom Sihamoni, died last night. ...

Thailand’s Viriyah Insurance, one of the biggest firms of its kInd In the country, is seekIng to expand its motor vehicle busIness In Southeast Asia, accordIng to a report yesterday In the Bangkok Post. ...

LAHORE: The first Honorary Consul General of Cambodia in Pakistan, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, has said that the Pakistan-Cambodia Business Council will soon be established for cooperation between both the countries. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Cambodian Consulate in Pakistan here on Sunday, he said ...

Sweet news for Cambodian palm-sugar farmers: 10 international companies are keen to import their produce, one of the Kingdom’s signature products. Sam Saroeun, president of the Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion Association, said that after an exhibition in South Korea earlier this month, several international importers ...

The construction of a new $17.5 million women’s cancer hospital specializing in gynecological services will break ground this summer, one of the co-founders said yesterday. Janne Ritskes, the director of Tabitha Cambodia, an organization that works to improve the lives of poor Cambodians, said the 220-bed ...

The CPP claims to have received 390 defections as of Monday. They include one lawmaker, 33 provincial and district councillors, and 356 commune officials, of whom 33 are commune chiefs. The chiefs account for around 7 percent of the 489 CNRP chiefs elected in June, ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry says the Malaysian government has taken notice of Thailand’s recent crackdown on illegal foreign workers and begun one of its own, wrangling 79 illegal Cambodian migrant workers in two weeks. ...

The government has agreed in principle to the recruitment of nearly 46,000 contract officials to serve in various ministries and institutions, while not allowing the recruitment of new civil servants into the state employment framework to replace any retirees, with a few notable exceptions. ...

Future growth of telecom networks in rural Cambodia will be funded by a three percent tax on gross revenue for the country’s telecom operators, due to begin within the first half of 2017.​ Im Vutha, spokesperson for the Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) told Khmer Times ...

More than 30 garment workers fainted at H&L Apparel in Pur Senchey district’s Kakab commune, management at the factory said. “There were 32 workers who fainted, one of the was male, and we too them to Preak Kossomak Hospital yesterday afternoon,” factory administrator Phen Bora said. Mr. Bora ...

The SET-listed Bangkok Insurance (BKI) is steppIng up its local branch expansion and plans to sell its products In Laos and Cambodia. The move prepares it for the region’s economic Integration In 2015. President Panus Thiravanitkul said BKI will open one branch each In Prachuap Khiri Khan,Trang ...

Accelerating the mapping and titling of rural farmland should be an “urgent” priority of the government and civil society, particularly when it comes to protecting indigenous peoples’ and women’s rights, Oxfam representatives said yesterday. The remarks followed the release of an EU-funded survey of rural communities’ ...

Rainstorms have battered coastal areas and the Kingdom’s northwest, leaving hundreds of homes flooded and thousands of hectares of crops underwater, a disaster management official said yesterday.Battambang province was the worst hit, with at least one death reported and some roads blocked by floodwaters, according ...

As Internet use spreads across Cambodia, e-commerce outlets are mushroomIng. Some are onlIne shoppIng centers like MAIO Mall, which offers a plethora of functions, IncludIng lendIng and bookIng services. Others, like Shop168, lInk brick-and-mortar stores with customers via web portal and delivery services. Others, like Mall ...

Aiming to one day become a major manufacturing base in Cambodia, Sihanoukville faces an uphill battle in attracting workers, provincial officials said yesterday.Yow Khemara, director of the Department of Labour and Vocational Training at Preah Sihanouk province, said Sihanoukville currently lacks about 4,000 workers in ...

More than 800 Cambodian migrant workers were assisted and sent back to the country in 2016 by the government through its embassies, but one rights group says even greater attention needs to be paid to overseas workers. ...

Hattha Kasekar Limited (HKL), one of Cambodia’s largest microfinance institutions (MFI), plans to install 15 ATM machines to service its increasing number of depositors. It becomes the second MFI after Prasac in Cambodia to provide this service to its clients. ...