Social development

Indonesia is prioritising military and police capacity-building in its defence cooperation with Cambodia this year rather than supplying additional weapons, as Jakarta seeks to ensure Cambodian personnel can operate the military equipment provided in previous years more effectively. ...

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has issued a call for the public and all members of the Kingdom’s arts and culture sector to mindful of the need to protect Cambodia’s rich traditional culture and protect the value of women in Cambodian society. ...

Indonesia has recognised Cambodian anti-online scam and immigration authorities for their role in protecting and helping repatriate Indonesian citizens, highlighting bilateral cooperation against transnational online fraud. ...

Senate president Hun Sen met with former opposition leader Kem Sokha this morning, August 16. The leader of the ruling party announced that he spoke with Sokha and his family for three hours, singling out Sokha’s daughter Kem Monovithya as “an excellent human resource for ...

Siem Reap Angkor International Airport welcomed more than 700,000 passengers in early 2026, prompting officials to introduce airport fee incentive programmes to accelerate recovery towards pre-pandemic visitors. ...

A recent case involving the public sharing of a woman’s nude photo has highlighted the risks faced by Cambodians using illegal online lenders, with rights groups warning that intimate images can be used to threaten, shame and pressure borrowers into repaying debts. ...

While road safety experts have welcomed the resumption of traffic laws in high-risk areas from September 1, as figures reveal 52 people have died and a further 75 received injuries on the roads in the last 10 days, they caution that improved road infrastructure and ...

US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge A. Colby has praised the progress of bilateral relations between the US and Cambodia, especially in the defence sector. ...

Senate president Hun Sen has directed the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and specifically the National Council for Women, to act as plaintiffs in lawsuits against individuals who use abusive language that devalues women and Khmer social ethics. ...

Police have warned of an elaborate illegal online scratch-card lottery scam in which operators use accomplices posing as winners and fake money transfers during Facebook livestreams to convince members of the public that large cash prizes are real. ...

The US has urged Cambodia to investigate the “masterminds” behind online scam operations and those who enable the criminal networks to flourish, as the Cambodian government reaffirmed its determination to eradicate technology-based fraud and deepen law enforcement cooperation with Washington. ...

A new music video by popular Vietnamese singer Phương Mỹ Chi featuring traditional Khmer dress, wedding rituals, dance and community life has stirred mixed reactions among Cambodian social media users, but Khmer Krom beauty queen and model Chhon Sreynet has rejected claims of cultural theft, ...

A provincial natural resources crime task force has discovered that more than 122 hectares of forest land across three wildlife sanctuaries in Siem Reap province has been cleared and illegally used to cultivate crops. ...

China has reiterated that its defence equipment cooperation with Cambodia and Thailand does not target any third country, as Thai military officials raised concerns over Cambodia’s growing inventory of Chinese-supplied military hardware, most recently its new naval corvettes. ...

Further details of Cambodia’s upcoming military draft have been laid out in a new sub-decree, signed by Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday, August 12. Among the new details are clarifications of the benefits recruits will receive while serving, as well as deferment procedures, which are ...

Fifty-eight Indigenous communities and civil society organisations have urged the World Bank Group to accept the findings of an independent investigation into alleged harms linked to microfinance lending in Cambodia, warning that mounting debt is driving migration, school dropouts, food insecurity and the erosion of ...

ASEAN member states have endorsed the nomination of Cambodia’s Prek Toal Ramsar Site as an ASEAN Heritage Park in 2026, according to the Ministry of Environment. ...

Waiting for symptoms before getting tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) could mean waiting too long, health experts warn, as many common infections can spread silently without obvious signs. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has reiterated that the development of Cambodia’s four northeastern provinces remains a government priority regardless of the country’s withdrawal from the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA). ...

The Kingdom’s leading associations of financial institutions have issued a joint statement alleging that recent documentary videos issued by LICADHO do not reflect the current situation of Cambodia’s financial sector. ...

The ASEAN Observer Team in Cambodia (AOT-KH) visited a site in Preah Vihear province today, August 11, where 114 civilian homes were reportedly destroyed, leaving more than 500 civilians unable to return to their homes. ...

A government announcement of plans to establish an inter-ministerial working group to draft legislation that will manage virtual/digital assets in the Kingdom is a positive step, noted Economics professor Duch Darin. He believed the move aligns with the need to regulate the Kingdom’s growing digital ...

The Ministry of Environment is tightening its approach to suppressing natural resource offences under an expanded “Green 2.0” strategy, with environment minister Eang Sophalleth saying cases must be thoroughly documented, sent to court and followed through, with no exceptions. ...

Cambodia will host an international conference on combating technology-based scams in September, bringing together governments, international organisations, law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders as the Kingdom seeks to promote stronger cross-border cooperation against what it refers to as increasingly sophisticated forms of transnational crimes. ...