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Trade between Cambodia and China exceeded $4 billion in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 26 percent rise from the same period last year, according to a recent report from Cambodia’s General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has strongly refuted claims by overseas analysts who interpreted a joint statement released last week as indicating that Cambodia has allowed China to fully control the country. He described such claims as a “betrayal of the truth”. ...

Restoration and reassembly work on one of the largest Khmer bronze statues ever discovered has been completed. 39 fragments of a statue of Vishnu or Lord Narayana, known in Khmer as Preah Noreay are now being prepared for display at the Guimet National Museum in ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour on Friday with 37 new agreements inked in Phnom Penh. ...

During her two-day visit on April 23, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will meet Cambodian leaders with the aim of strengthening their 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations and is expected to sign key bilateral agreements, amid calls for stronger cooperation on cross-border crimes. ...

Cambodia’s private-sector tourism operators have expressed optimism that the number of Chinese tourists and tourism investments will continue to surge, especially following the official state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Kingdom. ...

Cambodia has reaffirmed its steadfast commitment to the “One China” policy and reiterated that it considers Taiwan an inseparable part of Chinese territory. ...

During his April 17-18 state visit to Cambodia, Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the Kingdom’s efforts to crack down on illegal online gambling and scam operations. ...

The invasive species Mimosa pigra, commonly known as Vietnamese thorns, has been cleared from more than 100 hectares of the Boeung Prek Lpov landscape protection area in Takeo province. ...

Two Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) vessels, the “Bungo” and “Etazima”, docked at Ream Naval Base today. ...

A translator who said she was brutally abused inside a building in the emerging scam compound city of Sampov Poun is demanding justice, accusing police of delaying action. Kandal provincial police met with her on Monday, following her appearance on a local media outlet. ...

Exiled-Cambodian dissident Sam Serey has been pardoned after declaring the dissolution of his decade-old organization, Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), labeled a “terrorist group” with an alleged aim of “bringing down the government”. ...

Officials and tourism industry insiders alike have described the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers as Cambodia’s “uncut gems” and shared their support for initiatives to build ports along these rivers to serve the tourism sector and transportation. ...

As part of Prime Minister Hun Manet’s plans to negotiate the last-minute 49 per cent blanket tariffs placed on Cambodian imports by US President Donald trump,  two senior officials are now on standby for a rapid departure to the US. ...

Despite suggestions by some international commentators that Cambodia-China relations have cooled, Prime Minister Hun Manet has shared that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Cambodia in two weeks. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has explained how the US increase in import tariffs on goods demonstrates that the US has been and continues to incur significant losses from importing goods from many countries around the world, as reflected through its trade deficit. ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs, hitting Cambodia with a 49% rate set to take effect April 9. The news broke on Thursday morning in Phnom Penh, sending officials and industry leaders scrambling to make sense of the tariffs. ...

Cambodian authorities raided an online scam center in Phnom Penh on March 31, detaining 186 foreigners accused of running internet fraud schemes, the Cambodia-China Times reported. ...

Several government officials – and private sector representatives – have shared their belief that Cambodians should not be overly concerned about US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the Kingdom will be subject to 49% “Reciprocal Tariffs”. ...

Trump’s newly announced “reciprocal tariffs” appear to be based on a formula that relies on the trade imbalance between the US and its partners, rather than any real-world tariffs or duties imposed by other nations. ...

Cambodia and Vietnam have reaffirmed their commitment to bolstering economic partnerships across key sectors, aiming to achieve $20 billion in bilateral trade. This pledge was underscored at the Business Dialogue 2025, hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh, which provided a platform for businesses ...

The Japan-Cambodia Association (JCA) and other investors have expressed their commitment to strengthening investments in Cambodia, proposing a mechanism to encourage Japanese SMEs to invest and foster connections, trade, and knowledge exchange between businesses in both countries. ...

The United Nations (UN) has made substantial progress in advancing human development across Cambodia in 2024, focusing on universal health coverage, malnutrition, education, social protection, and mine action. ...

In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s new round of tariffs announced yesterday, to what he termed as ‘Liberation Day’ for his country’s economy, what impact will it have on Cambodia? ...