The United States has invited senior Cambodian officials to learn about cybercrime from U.S. experts. Numerous countries and nongovernmental organizations have expressed concern in recent years over the drafting of a Cambodian cybercrime law, which critics say could be used to restrict freedom of expression and ...

Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema denied a report that appeared Tuesday on the government-run news website Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP), which claimed that the municipality has plans to build a subway beneath the Tonle Sap River. According to the AKP report, the Phnom Penh municipality will ...

China has reportedly dispatched embassy officials to investigate a major breach at the Chinese-built Stung Atai dam in Pusat province on Saturday, which swept away four men, three of whom are still missing. Yang Tian Yue, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh, told local ...

Grand Twins International, Cambodia’s second stock exchange listing, will list at the lower end of its expected buy-in range, an announcement on the Phnom Penh Securities (PPS) website said yesterday. GTI is to begin trading on May 29 with nine million shares at $2.41 each, according ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has agreed to Cambodia’s request for greater assistance as it attempts to “crack down” on U.S.-based dissidents, according to the National Police Commissariat website. A delegation led by National Police Chief Neth Savoeun returned Saturday from a three-day visit ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) official hinted that the working groups of the CPP and CNRP ( Cambodia National Rescue Party) would discuss new formula requested by the opposition to break the disagreement, local website reported Friday. The CPP which previously strongly insisted to approve ...

The Tax Department has threatened to publicly name companies that have not paid their outstanding dues by the end of the month. In an announcement posted on its website and in local media on Tuesday, the General Department of Taxation called on all company directors with ...

The Thai Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Disease Control has reported on its website that 157 Cambodians working in Thailand have tested positive for COVID-19. ...

Canada imported nearly 769,000 knitted coats from the Kingdom during the January-May period of the current year, according to a website, which tracks the developments in the textile industry. ...

There were tears at Cambodia’s Voice of Democracy on Monday as journalist Khan Leakhena reacted to the sudden order to close the news website. ...

In 2010, the Ha Tien Vegas Entertainment Resort, a casino investment on Kampot province’s border with Vietnam that included luxury karaoke rooms and suites, launched with high hopes of attracting Vietnamese gamblers. At the end of December, Ha Tien Vegas closed down. To the north, in ...

Japanese technology companies Toshiba Corp and Kyosan Electric have met with Phnom Penh Municipality to discuss investing in a light rail system and new traffic light network. According to an announcement on the municipality’s website yesterday, Kazutoshi Fukuda, managing director of Kyosan Electric, and Yasuyoshi Mugiya, ...

Cambodia became the largest bicycle supplier to the European Union (EU) last year, overtaking Taiwan, which had held the number one spot for two decades, a recent report from the website Bike-EU.com said on Monday. The report from the leading industry newsletter associated with the ...

German international development organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will provide $4.5 million in aid to promote a small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) development project in four Asean countries, including Cambodia. In Cambodia, Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts undersecretary of state Son Seng Huot ...

This dataset shows forest cover in Cambodia in 2014. Geographic data is encoded in the WGS 84, Zone 48 North coordinate reference system. Data were obtained in raster format from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) website and reproduced here showing forest cover by ODC.  ...

Cambodians passing on their property to relatives will no longer have to pay the requisite registration tax, the government announced on Sunday during the ruling CPP’s annual party congress.The directive, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, was posted to both the the premier’s personal Facebook ...

Cambodia and Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to exchange parcels of land in provinces along the border in both countries after Joint Border Committee meetings in Ho Chi Minh City in July and last Thursday. The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry released information on its ...

A massive Chinese steel firm, with which Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a $2 billion deal to build a steel mill in September, has formed a subsidiary company in Cambodia, according to a company announcement. Delong Holdings Limited, which is listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange but has ...

The Arbitration Council says the Ministry of Labor has knighted an Australian industrial commissioner for his long period of work as an honorary advisor to the council. In a statement posted on its website Friday, the council said Labour and Vocational Training Minister Ith Samheng awarded ...

A growing number of red-headed Sarus cranes are reportedly flocking west from Vietnam to a protected sanctuary in Kampot province’s Kampong Trach district, and conservationists observing the trend aren’t sure why. The Tuoitrenews website reported on Saturday that unusually large numbers of the birds, which are classified as ...