Siem Reap

The Apsara Authority has called on tourists playing Pokémon Go to be careful when playing in the Angkor Archaeological Park and to respect all signs in the temples. Due to concerns over potential accidents happening to those playing the game, the Apsara Authority issued a statement ...

A letter sent to authorities in Siem Reap province on Monday by nine park rangers accusing two senior environment officials of involvement in illegally cutting down six trees for profit was dismissed as a lie by one of the accused yesterday, who instead insisted it ...

Tourist visits to Siem Reap province increased slightly during the first half of the year as foreign tourists lined up to see the country’s pre-eminent tourism attraction, Angkor Wat, and Cambodians from across the country flocked to the province for a major national festival in ...

At 8 a.m. on Thursday, Lin Sampho picked up an Australian tourist from a Siem Reap City hotel to take her to the Angkor Archaeological Park for a morning trek through the site’s ancient temples. ...

In a statement last week, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature identified ongoing fires in flooded forests as a major threat to the Tonle Sap lake. ...

NGO Forum director Tek Vannara yesterday called on the Ministry of Land Management to speed up collective land titling for indigenous communities. ...

An archaeological dig at the ancient capital of Angkor Thom started on Monday in search of metal tools from the Kingdom’s Angkorian era. The École Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), a French institute dedicated to the study of Asian societies, started the dig in cooperation with the ...

A second pair of endangered pileated gibbons released into the forest near Angkor Wat last year have had a baby. ...

Tourists heading for Angkor Wat will have to watch what they wear from next month onwards, the Apsara Authority announced yesterday.   ...

Revenue from ticket sales at the Angkor Archaeological Park complex in Siem Reap province, the site of Angkor Wat, increased slightly during the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2015, new figures from the state-run Angkor Institution show.   ...

Slow action from courts and police, a dire lack of mental health counselling and sparse government funding were named as ongoing challenges in Cambodia’s quest to eliminate violence against women at a conference yesterday.   ...

Hundreds of villagers living on Siem Reap’s historic Phnom Kulen are reeling after the government announced they would be relocated as part of a scheme to secure a UNESCO World Heritage Listing for the site. ...

A new study has found that there is a “substantial burden” of pediatric typhoid fever in rural communes in Cambodia. ...

A boat unearthed at a construction site in Siem Reap’s Angkor Thom district in April was made in 1207 AD, according to carbon dating results announced on Friday. ...

The Cambodia Gems and Jewelry Traders Association (CGJTA) urged their non-association counterparts in Siem Reap to come into their fold to ensure the Kingdom’s precious stone industry maintains quality and standards that are on par internationally. This, the CGJTA said, will attract more international buyers ...

Dozens of pieces of unexploded ordnance and hundreds of AK-47 bullets have been found on farmland in three provinces in recent days and handed over for disposal, according to local authorities yesterday. ...

A major water, hygiene and sanitation project co-funded by industry charity Meeting Needs is bringing clean water to almost 1,000 people in the Siem Reap Province of Cambodia. ...

The Council of Ministers has granted Petrochemicals (Cambodia) Refinery Ltd permission to conduct two feasibility studies to explore the viability of onshore and offshore gas pipelines, according to a document released yesterday. ...

The Angkor Elephant Company has pledged to reduce the working hours of its animals following the death last Friday of Sambo, one of 14 elephants it uses to carry tourists around the Angkor Wat temple complex, although critics say anything short of their release from ...

Hundreds of dead bats were found inside Siem Reap’s Phnom Bouk temple in Banteay Srey district after district police and environmental officers were notified by local residents on Tuesday. ...

The Kampot provincial authority started distributing clean water yesterday to drought-stricken villagers in several districts who do not have enough water for drinking and their basic daily needs such as cooking. ...

More than 1,000 families in Siem Reap province are facing clean water shortages as the water level at Baray Teuk Thla reservoir has fallen for the first time in several years due to the especially harsh drought conditions confronting the Kingdom in recent months.   ...

Officials from 14 governments gathered in Siem Reap on Wednesday to discuss sustainable development of extractive industries in the regions, urging Cambodia to take stock of its oil, gas and mineral reserves and device mechanism to develop these resources sustainably. ...

The owners of the boats that ferry customers to the floating villages on Tonle Sap Lake have seen their profits increase as gas prices fall and ticket prices rise. But one group has not profited from the lake’s tourism boom: the men who pilot the ...