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MAFF assesses flood damage on crops, livelihoods in Ratanakiri
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) carried out a two-day mission in Lumphat and Koun Mom districts, Ratanakiri province, to assess severe flood damage that affected over 1,000 families and destroyed hundreds of hectares of crops. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764836/maff-assesses-flood-damage-on-crops-livelihoods-in-ratanakiri/
Amid provocative Thai unilateral action, UN head shares Cambodia’s desire for peace
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed the strong hope that the neighbouring Kingdoms of Thailand and Cambodia can resolve their border dispute peacefully, through dialogue and mutual commitment. ...
Environment ministry, World Bank ramp up conservation co-op
The Ministry of Environment and the World Bank have agreed to strengthen and expand their cooperation in supporting local community livelihoods, environmental protection and natural resource conservation in Cambodia — especially in the Cardamom Mountain range and the Tonle Sap landscape. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-world-bank-ramp-up-conservation-co-op
Cambodia calls for regional clean, green development, climate action
Cambodia has urged enhanced regional cooperation by developing priority plans aimed at environmental cleanliness, green growth, and responses to climate change. The appeal was made by Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth, who presided over the opening of the “Green Transition in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-calls-for-regional-clean-green-development-climate-action
Paperless trademark registration system to be available from today
The Ministry of Commerce will put into operation the Paperless Trademark Registration System with a new e-service strategy to enhance the business environment, making it more efficient and transparent. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764163/paperless-trademark-registration-system-to-be-available-from-today/
Govt stands firm on protecting disabled persons’ rights
The Cambodian government has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, aiming to ensure they fully enjoy human rights, fundamental freedoms, and dignity. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764195/govt-stands-firm-on-protecting-disabled-persons-rights/
Foreign firms in Cambodia recruit Thailand-returned workers
The Royal Government should come up with special packages that include tax incentives for companies employing migrant workers who have returned from Thailand, an analyst says. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764180/foreign-firms-in-cambodia-recruit-thailand-returned-workers/
Cambodia hits back at Thai minister’s UN remarks over border dispute
Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior has issued a sharp rebuttal to the address delivered by Thailand’s newly appointed foreign minister at the UN General Assembly, accusing Bangkok of twisting facts about the ongoing border conflict. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-hits-back-at-thai-minister-s-un-remarks-over-border-dispute
ASEAN observers investigating scene of yesterday’s gunfire, mortar attacks
Members of the ASEAN Interim Observers Team (IOT) are visiting Cambodian military positions in Preah Vihear province today, just one day after Cambodia claimed Thai forces attacked the positions with mortar and small arms fire. The Ministry of National Defence coordinated the visit to the ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-observers-investigating-scene-of-yesterday-s-gunfire-mortar-attacks
From hosting peacekeepers to providing them: UNGA message clouded by border tensions
Cambodia used its September 27 address to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to underscore its transformation from a war-torn country which was once under UN peacekeeping supervision to an active global contributor to peace. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/from-hosting-peacekeepers-to-providing-them-unga-message-clouded-by-border-tensions
Cambodia’s Hard Won Peace in Jeopardy With Border Conflict, Sokhonn tells UNGA
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Prak Sokhonn made a plea for help to world leaders at the UN General Assembly to resolve the border conflict with Thailand, noting that decades of hard won peace is in jeopardy due to continued attacks which violate the ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-hard-won-peace-in-jeopardy-with-border-conflict-sokhonn-tells-unga
MoWRAM advances irrigation system, climate resilience to back economic activities
In the past few days, Thor Chetha, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology (MoWRAM), hosted two key meetings to review sustainable irrigation to boost Cambodia’s agricultural productivity and data-driven planning to enhance climate resilience for broader economic activities. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501759739/mowram-advances-irrigation-system-climate-resilience-to-back-economic-activities/
Cambodia launches third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) on climate change
Cambodia has officially launched its third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) to address climate change, after submitting it to the UNFCCC Secretariat on August 8. The ceremony, presided over by Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth, with the participation of relevant institutions and key partners, took ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-launches-third-nationally-determined-contribution-ndc-3-0-on-climate-change
Garment Workers to See $2 Minimum Wage Increase in 2026
In 2026, the minimum wage for workers in the garment, footwear, textile and travel goods industry (GFT) will receive a minimum wage of $210, after all relevant organisations and government stakeholders held several negotiations. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/garment-workers-to-see-2-minimum-wage-increase-in-2026
Cambodia, China agree to further boost tourism ties
Cambodia and China Monday committed to a comprehensive and detailed action plan to significantly boost the growth of Chinese tourism and air connectivity between the two countries. The commitment was made in the 2nd Tripartite Mechanism Meeting between the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia, the ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501758096/cambodia-china-agree-to-further-boost-tourism-ties/
Defence ministry clarifies latest Thai claims of encroachment were ‘resolved in 2022’
Maly Socheata, spokesperson for the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence, has responded to claims by the Thai navy that Cambodian citizens have encroached on Thai territory, explaining that the sovereignty of the area in question, in Pursat province, was in fact resolved in 2022. ...
Low score shows Cambodia’s uptake of green banking ‘remains nascent’
Cambodia’s uptake of green central banking remains nascent, with public policy efforts still focused on building the basic frameworks for sustainable finance, according to ‘The East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard 2025’ released last week by posi+ivemoney. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501756879/low-score-shows-cambodias-uptake-of-green-banking-remains-nascent/
Kulen Mountain waterfall closed due to heavy flooding
The Kulen Mountain waterfall area in Siem Reap has been temporarily closed to tourists due to rapidly rising floodwaters, with at least two rivers surpassing emergency alert levels as of Monday, September 15. Local authorities decided to announce the temporary closure of the site as ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kulen-mountain-waterfall-closed-due-to-heavy-flooding
Cambodia refutes ‘baseless’ claims of drone missions over Thai soil
The Cambodian Ministry of National Defence has categorically denied “baseless and unsubstantiated” Thai claims that Cambodia has repeatedly deployed drones and overflown Thai territory in the border regions. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-refutes-baseless-claims-of-drone-missions-over-thai-soil
MoC to seek more GI tags for local products
The Royal Government’s efforts to get more Khmer agricultural, fishery and other products listed under the Geographical Indication (GI) category will continue as it will boost their visibility across global markets, a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce has asserted. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501756891/moc-to-seek-more-gi-tags-for-local-products/
Labour ministry announces 220K returnee migrant workers now employed
As of September 10, around 220,000 of the nearly one million Cambodian migrant workers who returned from Thailand have received job opportunities through the mechanisms of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, with support from the private sector and union leaders, said a September ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-announces-220k-returnee-migrant-workers-now-employed
Cambodia kicks off civil servant census to streamline administration
In a major step at modernising and strengthening Cambodia’s public administration, the Ministry of Civil Service has launched a nationwide civil servant census campaign, introducing new standards to ensure accurate, consistent, and verifiable data across all ministries and institutions. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501755718/cambodia-kicks-off-civil-servant-census-to-streamline-administration/
ASEAN observer team inspecting border provinces
The Ministry of National Defence on Thursday supported the deployment of the ASEAN Interim Observer Team (IOT) from Phnom Penh to Preah Vihear and Banteay Meanchey provinces to begin on-site monitoring of the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-observer-team-inspecting-border-provinces
Cambodia recognises 213 Indigenous communities
As of the third quarter this year, the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) has issued official recognition to 213 Indigenous communities, registered 155 as legal entities with the Ministry of Interior, and granted collective land ownership certificates to 42 communities, according to a newly released ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501755069/cambodia-recognises-213-indigenous-communities/