A remote jail opened more than five years ago to lessen chronic overcrowding in the prison system is also operating as a farming business, where free labour is seemingly used to yield big profits for senior staff.When Correctional Centre 4 (CC4) opened its gates in ...

On 25 January 2017, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has released an public announcement on the weather prediction for 2017 including world phenomenon, situation and weather in dry season and early rainy season of 2017 in the central lowland, highland and coastal area, and ...

The Ministry of Commerce will lead a series of provincial forums next week aimed at promoting greater awareness of The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) among rural businesses. Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol is to talk about both The challenges and opportunities that deeper regional economic integration will ...

Street vendor-turned-rights activist Nget Khun, known locally as “Mommy”, is a leading figure in Cambodians’ fight against forced evictions. And at 75, she’s just been jailed for a year. Other activists say the sentencing of Mommy and other women from her Boeung Kak Lake community ...

In what looks to be a concerted push into the Southeast Asian energy sector, Japanese import and export conglomerate Marubeni Corporation has acquired a large stake of Cambodia’s power generation infrastructure. In a Tokyo Stock Exchange filing dated June 2, Marubeni announced it had purchased a ...

On 12 February 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement informing the public that the Ministry has decided to grant  Astra Zeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine for the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in Cambodia. ...

Cambodia is entering a new phase of economic growth in which the development of a skilled workforce will be critical to social stability and regional competitiveness, government officials and economists said Thursday at the 2014 Cambodia Outlook Conference. Delivering the keynote speech at the conference, Prime ...

Almost 450 people were rounded up from the capital’s streets last year and sent to the notorious Prey Speu social affairs centre, where in November a man died after being denied medical treatment, according to an annual report from Phnom Penh’s Social Affairs Department. ...

On May 08 2020, the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia appealed to all owners of hotels and tourism accommodation services to take the chance during this COVID-19 crisis to improve the quality of their services and get ready to serve after COVID-19 ends.  ...

On 26 February 2021, the Ministry of Tourism released an announcement on the suspension of gym businesses inside and outside hotels across the capital and provinces to prevent further transmission of COVID-19 in the community transmission event on 20 February 2021. ...

Ministry of Land Management officials have said that colonial-era buildings along Phnom Penh’s riverside could collapse as a result of damage received from construction next door. The buildings along The Sisowath Quay could be in an even more perilous position as a result of The ...

In the latest clarification from the government on the subject of it’s new private airliner, a senior aviation official said yesterday that the French-made Airbus A320 is not yet the property of Cambodia, as ownership documents have not been finalized. the 150-seat jet made its inaugural ...

Thailand and Cambodia are on a path towards the setting up of a special trade zone that will see the two neighbors actively trade cassava and corn. Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom revealed on Monday that the 4th Thailand-Cambodia Joint Trade Committee meeting, held last week, saw ...

Experts say the government has not yet done enough to promote the studies of science at the university level, leaving Cambodia behind on technology and other science subjects. Louise Ahrens, a project coordinator at Maryknoll, a US-based organization that provides education counseling at the Royal University ...

On 3 February 2023, the Ministry of Justice issued a public notice on the launch of the first phase of the Criminal Record Digital from 6 February 2023 to facilitate the public requesting the digital trail application for access to comprehensive information and documentation requirements. ...

Hundreds of villagers patrolling Prey Long forest for illegal logging discovered and burned more than 370 cubic meters of wood during the first four days of their campaign, an organizer said yesterday. About 400 villagers from Kompong Thom, Kratie, Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces who ...

KRATIE (Cambodia): The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in The murky waters of The Mekong river elicits barely-stifled squeals of delight from a boatload of eco-tourists. But a short distance upstream, river guard Pech Sokhan sighs as he holds up  two large, tangled gill nets ...

The USDA increased its rice export forecasts for India, Cambodia and The U.S. mainly due to higher production estimates in These countries. Cambodia’s 2013 rice export estimates was increased 150,000 tons to a record 975,000 tons, up about 21% from last year, said The USDA in ...

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 ...