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Time to put on thinking caps for annual Cambodia Digital Awards

Tech startups, under three years of age, organisations, universities, private companies, local NGOs, universities and ministries can participate in the annual Cambodia Digital Awards 2025 (CDA), in its 10th year, with a total prize pool of $30,000, which has opened for applications. ...

Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/time-to-put-on-thinking-caps-for-annual-cambodia-digital-awards

Cambodian workers and students in Thailand told to come home over safety fears

Senate President Hun Sen has called on workers in Thailand, including those who are undocumented, to return home and help preserve Cambodia’s reputation amid mounting tensions over the ongoing border dispute. ...

Meas Molika & Chhim PichBormey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodian-workers-and-students-in-thailand-told-to-come-home-over-safety-fears

Laser installation aims to reduce driver fatigue on expressway

The use of lasers will be tested at three high-risk locations on the Phnom Penh–Preah Sihanouk Expressway from Thursday, June 19, with the goal of reducing accidents caused by driver fatigue at night. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/laser-installation-aims-to-reduce-driver-fatigue-on-expressway

Cambodia gives Thailand 24 hours to reopen border or face fruit and vegetable import ban on June 17

Senate President Hun Sen urged Cambodian workers in Thailand to return home, noting that the border dispute will “not be easily resolved”, while giving the Thai government a 24-hour ultimatum to reinstate the normal immigration border operating hours or face the consequence of an import ...

Seoung Nimol and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/cambodia-gives-thailand-24-hours-to-reopen-border-or-face-fruit-and-vegetable-import-ban-on-june-17/

Banks, MFIs highlight ‘responsible, sustainable’ growth of financial sector

Cambodia’s financial sector is undergoing a quiet yet powerful transformation — one that centres on sustainability, responsibility and community empowerment, say the Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA). ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banks-mfis-highlight-responsible-sustainable-growth-of-financial-sector

Anhui investors mulling opportunities in Preah Sihanouk

Five companies from China’s Anhui province are currently exploring investment opportunities in Preah Sihanouk province to further expand their market presence in the region. In 2024, nearly 50% of Cambodia’s total foreign direct investment came from Chinese investors. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/anhui-investors-mulling-opportunities-in-preah-sihanouk

ICJ application lodged, legal process rolling on

Cambodia’s official letter reached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on the afternoon of June 16, after being sent from Cambodia on June 15. The Kingdom is seeking a resolution to the current four-point border dispute with Thailand. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/icj-application-lodged-legal-process-rolling-on

Seiha dismisses alarmist reports of artillery being trained on Thailand

Minister of National Defence Tea Seiha has explained that reports of Cambodian artillery pieces being aimed at Thai villages and military positions is nothing to be alarmed at, as no military routinely directs its weapons towards its own territory. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seiha-dismisses-alarmist-reports-of-artillery-being-trained-on-thailand

Flooding affects over 1,400 hectares of Kampong Thom rice fields

Flooding caused by recent heavy rains has affected more than 1,400 hectares of rice crops four districts of Kampong Thom province, creating significant early-season damage. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding-affects-over-1-400-hectares-of-kampong-thom-rice-fields

IPC launches major studies to tackle rabies and one health issues in Cambodia

Institut Pasteur du Cambodge has launched two major research initiatives – VIRAGE, focusing on rabies prevention, and RACSMEI, targeting broader One Health challenges – to strengthen Cambodia’s public health system through integrated surveillance, capacity-building and evidence-based strategies addressing both human and animal health. ...

Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/ipc-launches-major-studies-to-tackle-rabies-and-one-health-issues-in-cambodia

Cambodia threatens to ban import of Thai fruits and vegetables

Senate President Hun Sen has sent a stark warning to Thailand that if today it refuses to reopen borders it has closed with Cambodia, Cambodia will retaliate by banning the import of Thai fruits and vegetables. ...

Meas Molika
https://kiripostkhmer.com/stories/cambodia-threatens-to-ban-import-of-thai-fruits-and-vegetables

Cambodia’s economy to grow 6.3% in FY2025, PM says

Cambodia’s economy is projected to expand by 6.3 percent in 2025, fueled by continued growth in the industry, services, and agriculture sectors, said Prime Minister Hun Manet on Sunday. ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501700854/cambodias-economy-to-grow-6-3-in-fy2025-pm-says/

PM urges banks, MFIs to ease debt burden of returning workers

Prime Minister Hun Manet Saturday called on the Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) to explore ways to ease the financial burden on Cambodian workers returning from Thailand, particularly those facing outstanding debts with financial institutions. ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501700860/pm-urges-banks-mfis-to-ease-debt-burden-of-returning-workers/

Nutrition roadmap to cut children wasting to 5%, raise wellbeing

The Health Ministry launched the Fast Track Roadmap for Improving Nutrition 2023–2030 on June 13 to tackle malnutrition in children under five by 2030 and speed up universal access to quality nutrition interventions during middle childhood and adolescence, for women of reproductive age, and during ...

Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/nutrition-roadmap-to-cut-children-wasting-to-5-raise-wellbeing

Domestic workers seek equal rights, social protection

A forum by Independent Democratic Association of the Informal Economy (IDEA) and Oxfam, in conjunction with International Domestic Workers Day on Sunday, saw workers call for measures and solutions from policymakers. ...

Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/domestic-workers-seek-equal-rights-social-protection

Cambodia asks Thailand during JBC meeting to settle four disputed areas at ICJ

Cambodia asked Thailand to take their border dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) during the Cambodian-Thai Joint Boundary Committee (JBC) meeting in Phnom Penh, while rejecting Thailand’s use of a unilateral map that Cambodia alleges is the “root of ongoing tensions”. Both sides ...

Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/cambodia-asks-thailand-during-jbc-meeting-to-settle-four-disputed-areas-at-icj/

Hun Sen appeals to government response to Thai border restrictions

Senate president Hun Sen, leader of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), has once again addressed the Royal Government of Cambodia in light of Thailand’s recent unilateral decision to restrict access to its border checkpoints with Cambodia. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-appeals-to-government-response-to-thai-border-restrictions

Phnom Penh port sees 30% jump in container traffic Jan-May

More than 200,000 containers passed through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) in the first five months of 2025, an increase of nearly 30% compared to the same period in 2024. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-port-sees-30-jump-in-container-traffic-jan-may

Calls for Cambodia to hold firm to ICJ stance, as June 14 JBC talks loom

Ahead of Saturday’s June 14 Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting, Cambodia has firmly stated its intention to bring disputes over four border areas to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague, while Thailand insists on resolving the matter through existing bilateral negotiations. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-for-cambodia-to-hold-firm-to-icj-stance-as-june-14-jbc-talks-loom

Five admit involvement in $36.9M scam and laundering ring in Cambodia

Despite five men pleading guilty in the US to being involved in a multi-million dollar scam and money laundering operation in Cambodia, according to the US Department of Justice, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Interior refutes claims that scam centres exist in the country, arguing that ...

Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/five-admit-involvement-in-369m-scam-and-laundering-ring-in-cambodia

World Bank slashes Cambodia’s GDP growth to 4% in 2025

The bank sees setbacks from falling demand and high levels of uncertainty in exports, trade policy, and macro financial instability from high NPL ratios — all of which compelled its decision to cut economic growth to four percent for 2025 in its June report, from ...

Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/world-bank-slashes-cambodias-gdp-growth-to-4-in-2025

UNICEF calls for stronger safeguards for migrant children facing exploitation risks

On World Day Against Child Labour, UNICEF is calling for stronger cross-border protections for migrant children, as a new report highlights the heightened risks of trafficking, exploitation and child labour they face – especially those migrating between Cambodia and Thailand – amid ongoing climate and ...

Kiripost staff
https://kiripost.com/stories/unicef-calls-for-stronger-safeguards-for-migrant-children-facing-exploitation-risks

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