The new railway line from the Phnom Penh train station to the airport will be launched before the Khmer new Year in April, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. ...

As examples, Laos broke ground on a new Mekong River dam that’s causing concern bordering on fury in Cambodia and Vietnam. India is enraged about a new Chinese dam going up on the Brahmaputra River. And Ethiopia’s new dam on the Nile is angering Sudan, ...

The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces plans to recruit 3,850 new soldiers, the majority of which will be enlisted in a new brigade established after a border row with Laos, a document obtained yesterday showed. ...

Cambodia approved a total of $479.68 million in new investment projects between January and June with more than 70 new ventures in the pipeline, according to date released yesterday by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). Investments in the garment sector continued to dominate new investments, comprising 49 of ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on Monday told Unicef’s new country representative to focus on helping street children and refrain from criticizing a controversial new law regulating the country’s NGOs and associations, an official said Monday. ...

The rate of HIV infection in Cambodia has decreased in the past year, according to new figures from the National AIDS Authority, but experts say further work is needed to prevent new infections and increase access to medical treatment. ...

A new shelter for the indigent elderly – plus hundreds of new community-based associations for older people – is in the works under a national plan on ageing launched by Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace yesterday. ...

The New Year brought a New wave of evictions and development to more than 5 square kilometres on Preah Sihanouk province’s Ochheuteal Beach, though local authorities remain in the dark about what company is behind the development. ...

Female construction workers earn on average about $2.50 less per day than their male counterparts, are given fewer opportunities to learn new skills and are victims of outdated gender stereotypes, a new report says.   ...

New documents from the World Bank on its preparations to lift a 2011 freeze on New loans to Cambodia show that the international lender is giving short shrift to public opinion on whether it should restart lending in the first place. ...

As the new helmet laws go into effect on January first, with higher fines for not wearing one and a new requirement that motorcycle passengers also be helmeted, there is a push to publicize the dangers of riding without one. ...

Phnom Penh’s hell-raising street racers will enjoy a structured outlet for their love of motorbikes at a new amateur racing cup on Koh Pich island this weekend, a competition also meant to promote compliance with the new traffic law. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) is confronting challenges this week regarding new voter registration, paying particularly close attention to problems arising from the dissemination of new voter ID cards and allowing better access to monks who wish to obtain them. ...

The Institute of Statistics Cambodia issued two new draft standards yesterday, one for cashew nuts and another for chicken- and duck-feed production. The new guidelines aim to bring the products in line with international standards and also help producers increase their exports. ...

A Ministry of Energy official said Tuesday that Cambodia will not develop new mainstream hydropower projects on the Mekong River for the next 10 years. ...

Three male Cambodian returnees test positive for COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total to 251, with two recoveries. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has granted investment licences to four private companies. ...

The Deputy Prime Minister and new Minister of Foreign Affairs Sok Chenda Sophea, has committed to continue to implement Cambodia’s foreign policy with a five-point plan after taking office at the ministry. ...

Cambodia and Turkey have pledged to boost cooperation between the two countries, as Prime Minister Hun Sen and the new Turkish ambassador Ulku Kocaefe met at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on August 25. ...

Implementation of the National Policy Framework for Cambodia’s Economic Productivity 2022-35, a pact with Japan to make Sihanoukville a major port, a $50-million loan from the Asian Development Bank to back economic diversification and boost competitiveness, and extension of the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme ...