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Human Rights Committee appeals to Swedish counterparts over fighter jet sale

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has called for their Swedish counterparts to oppose the sale of Swedish company Saab’s Gripen warplanes to Thailand. The same family of fighter jets were used for the first time ever in combat, when the Thai air force deployed ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/human-rights-committee-appeals-to-swedish-counterparts-over-fighter-jet-sale

Latest MoUs aim to boost Chinese arrivals

Experts in the tourism sector believe that five new memorandums of understanding (MoUs) between Chinese and Cambodian tourism bodies have the potential to drive Chinese visitor numbers up. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/latest-mous-aim-to-boost-chinese-arrivals

Govt rejects new mine allegations, cited deminers stay silent

Cambodia on Thursday rejected Thai reports that its troops recently planted a landmine that wounded a soldier near Ta Krabey Temple along the Oddar Meanchey border, an act that would violate Phnom Penh’s commitment to ban anti-personnel mines. ...

Coby Hobbs and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/govt-rejects-new-mine-allegations-cited-deminers-stay-silent/

Government revenue rises Jan-Jun, projections show 2025 collection may miss targets

Government revenue collection, through the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE), the General Department of Taxation (GDT), and non-tax revenues, in the first half of 2025 showed consistent positive growth, with an overall increase of 14%. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-revenue-rises-jan-jun-projections-show-2025-collection-may-miss-targets

Cambodia encourages Australian infrastructure group to invest in convention centre

Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), Sun Chanthol, has suggested that Plenary Group explore the investment potential of developing a convention and exhibition centre in Cambodia, modelled after the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-encourages-australian-infrastructure-group-to-invest-in-convention-centre

ACU: Conditions in exam halls ‘100%’ as Grade 12 testing begins

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has reported on the progress of today’s high school diploma examinations, describing the situation in exam centres as “100% good”. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-conditions-in-exam-halls-100-as-grade-12-testing-begins

CMAA dismiss mine laying accusations, urge Thais to refrain from troop movements

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has strongly rejected allegations made by the Royal Thai Army that Cambodia planted new landmines along the border near Ta Krabey Temple, after a Thai soldier was severely injured in a landmine explosion. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmaa-dismiss-mine-laying-accusations-urge-thais-to-refrain-from-troop-movements

Online posting of examination papers banned as Grade 12 exams set to start

As the nation’s students gear up for the high school diploma examination (Bac II), which begin tomorrow, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has warned that the posting of exam papers online is banned. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/online-posting-of-examination-papers-banned-as-grade-12-exams-set-to-start

Cambodia and Thailand reaffirm border peace commitments at high-level meeting

Senior military officials from Cambodia and Thailand have reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining peace along the shared border following an Extraordinary Regional Border Committee (RBC) meeting, held today, August 27, in Si Saket, Thailand. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-and-thailand-reaffirm-border-peace-commitments-at-high-level-meeting

Cambodian 2025 economic growth forecast lowered to 5%

The negative impacts of US tariffs and the effects of the armed conflict along the Thai border have led to several challenges for Cambodia’s economic trajectory. The Ministry of Economy and Finance has reduced its economic growth forecast for 2025 to just 5.0%, down from ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-2025-economic-growth-forecast-lowered-to-5-

Cambodia launches rice export strategy

Cambodia is striving to diversify and expand its rice export markets. To this end, it has launched the “Cambodia’s Milled Rice Market Expansion and Export Diversification Strategy 2025–2030”. In 2024, the Kingdom exported over 650,000 tonnes of milled rice, generating nearly $500 million in revenue. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-launches-rice-export-strategy

Displaced Grade 12 exam candidates receive financial support; vow to work hard for success

More than 3,000 high school exam candidates in Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear provinces, who were affected by the recent border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, have received over $60,000 in financial support from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/displaced-grade-12-exam-candidates-receive-financial-support-vow-to-work-hard-for-success

Women’s ministry seeks expansion of rural eye care programmes

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs has asked the Fred Hollows Foundation Cambodia to expand its eye health care programmes into remote areas, with a particular focus on women and children, in order to help reduce the blindness rate to 0.35 per cent by 2030. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-s-ministry-seeks-expansion-of-rural-eye-care-programmes

Tea Seiha: No leader should use people as shields for personal gain

Minister of National Defence Tea Seiha has rejected claims that the government concealed information about recent border tensions, stressing that Cambodia remains committed to the ceasefire and will not allow its people to be used for political manipulation. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tea-seiha-no-leader-should-use-people-as-shields-for-personal-gain

Ministries consulting on draft of national master land use plan

At least 11 key ministries and government institutions have begun consultations on the management of the Angkor Archaeological Park and Tonle Sap Lake areas, ahead of preparing Cambodia’s first-ever national master land use plan covering all 1,652 communes nationwide. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-consulting-on-draft-of-national-master-land-use-plan

NA ratifies draft law on UN ocean biodiversity treaty

The National Assembly (NA) has adopted a draft law on the ratification of the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction, under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/na-ratifies-draft-law-on-un-ocean-biodiversity-treaty-

Banteay Meanchey governor protests Thai promises of titles for disputed lands

Banteay Meanchey governor Oum Reatrey has sent a formal letter to Parinya Phothisat, governor of Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province, protesting the planned issuance of land ownership certificates to Thai citizens. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banteay-meanchey-governor-protests-thai-promises-of-titles-for-disputed-lands

Seized computers, phones seen as key evidence to identify figures behind scam operations

Cambodia is intensifying its efforts to investigate and examine evidence related to online fraud and identify the shadowy figures behind these operations, according to the Ad hoc commission to combat online scams which launched a major campaign to suppress these crimes in late June. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seized-computers-phones-seen-as-key-evidence-to-identify-figures-behind-scam-operations

Chinese investment driving Kampong Speu industrial expansion

Cambodia is strengthening its industrial base, thanks to fresh Chinese investment in Kampong Speu province. The launch of the ASEAN Building Materials Industrial Park and the signing of 11 new company agreements mark a turning point in the province’s transformation into the country’s second-largest industrial ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-investment-driving-kampong-speu-industrial-expansion

Boycott of Thai products driving steep decline in bilateral trade

Thai military action has led many Cambodians to declare a boycott of Thai products. Despite the fell in sales, the owners of many large Thai brands and companies believe this trend will subside once border tensions are resolved. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/boycott-of-thai-products-driving-steep-decline-in-bilateral-trade

Beloved elephant passes away at Phnom Tamao

The Forestry Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced today that cherished female elephant “Lucky” passed away this morning, August 24, following the sudden onset of a serious illness on Friday evening. ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/beloved-elephant-passes-away-at-phnom-tamao

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