Cambodia yesterday signed deals for about US$430 million in loans from China, the latest in a number of high-profile borrowing deals with its northern neighbour. the bulk of the loans, from Export-Import Bank of China, would go towards two national road projects and a multipurpose dam ...

The UN Office Of The High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday called on The government to ensure its investigation into The deaths Of forestry activist Chut Wutty and military police Officer In Rattana remained independent, and raised concern over an apparent increase in attacks on ...

The Advanced Bank of Asia (ABA) last week loaned PRASAC Microfinance Institution US$2 million to support The rapid growth of The microfinance loan industry. The domestic loan was chosen to “diversify our funding sources” because of a large reliance on overseas capital which moves many of The jobs created ...

The National Assembly’s anti-corruption commission submitted a letter to The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall last week requesting an update on The resolution of The long-running dispute between evicted Borei Keila villagers and development firm Phan Imex. ...

A project in Stung Treng province is giving women the opportunity to participate in one of the fastest-growing food-production sectors in Cambodia: aquaculture fisheries – a field that has also traditionally been among its most male-dominated. ...

About 100 additional families have accepted compensation pack­ages from Union Deve­lop­ment Group (UDG) to relocate and make way for the massive development project the Chinese firm is building along the coast of Koh Kong province, according to the Environment Ministry.   ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court decided Wednesday to reinvestigate The origins of The doctored treaty that provided The impetus for The arrest of opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour, after The senator’s lawyer told The court that his client did not forge it. ...

Cambodia’s national examination committee is set to crack down on applicants using fake high school certificates for health sector degree exams. ...

South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has become the second of that nation’s ministries to deny it is working with Cambodia’s ambassador to the country, Suth Dina, to clamp down on illegal migrants and political dissent. ...

The Government of Belgium is providing scholarship support for Cambodian students wishing to pursue master’s and doctoral degree programmes at some of Belgium’s most renowned universities. ...

Cambodia and Vietnam plan to sign an agricultural cooperation agreement this month to underpin trade growth between the two countries, especially of the Kingdom’s agri exports. ...

Cambodian officials in provinces bordering Thailand said the price of Cambodian corn would increase as a result of a reduced supply and a new Thai government policy of importing more corn for animal processing. the Bangkok Post reported on Tuesday that the Thai cabinet approved the ...

Sino Grain, a Chinese agriculture company, has come to Cambodia seeking to import milled rice to China. Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh has encouraged the company to invest in Cambodia by building a rice processing plant in the country and not merely exporting grain. A ...

UNESCO and the ministries of Tourism and Environment this weekend will launch a campaign aimed at ridding the capital of the plastic waste currently choking its waterways and piling up in its landfills.the campaign, starting on Friday, will seek to educate Cambodians about how to ...

The Intellectual Property Office Of Singapore (IPOS) has started work with Cambodia on patent applications, a move which will allow firms from both countries to hasten The process. ...

The Seventh Cambodia – Lao PDR – Myanmar – Viet Nam (CLMV) Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EMM) was held on 25 August 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to ASEAN secretariat’s press release.The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State for Commerce, ...

After last night’s unseasonal thunder and rain in Phnom Penh, The Ministry of Water Resources says to expect more thunderstorms and rain from 16-22 February 2022. ...

All Nippon Airways (ANA) – Japan’s largest carrier – will begin flying between Tokyo and Phnom Penh on September 1, the spokesman for the Secretariat of State of Civil Aviation told Khmer Times yesterday, adding that the first direct flight from Japan to Cambodia will ...

On Friday, all the pieces fell into place. the Ministry of Interior, a day prior, had primed the media, instructing them on how to report the day’s events. the government’s investigation and filing to the Supreme Court that called for the main opposition party to ...

The king of Cambodia his majesty Norodom Sihamoni will give a fired-cremation for Former President of Senate and The Ruling Cambodian People’s Party Chea Sim on June 19, 2015. ...