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Puy Kea: Journalists on frontline, must balance truth, national security during times of crisis
When the possibility of military action raises its head, the role of journalists becomes more crucial than ever. ...
International Court of Justice
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/puy-kea-journalists-on-frontline-must-balance-truth-national-security-during-times-of-crisis
Jan-May Angkor ticket sales up 12%, tourism recovery gathers momentum
Nearly 530,000 international tourists purchased tickets to visit the Angkor Archaeological Park in the first five months of 2025, allowing Angkor Enterprise to collect over $24 million in revenue — slightly more than 10% more than the same period last year. ...
CCF issues warning bout fake test kits: ‘Cannot detect toxins’
The Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression Directorate-General (CCF) of the Ministry of Commerce has clarified that a brand of rapid test kit which is currently being sold online cannot detect banned chemicals, including agricultural toxins or prohibited colouring substances. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ccf-issues-warning-bout-fake-test-kits-cannot-detect-toxins-
Officials: Tech gaps hamper fight against online fraud and trafficking
As digital technologies reshape societies worldwide, Cambodia finds itself confronting a growing wave of online fraud and human trafficking that experts say is complicated by significant gaps in technological expertise, alongside accusations from some international media and organisations. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-tech-gaps-hamper-fight-against-online-fraud-and-trafficking
Hun Sen warns: Without ICJ, border could become 'like Gaza'
Senate President Hun Sen has warned that if the border issues between Cambodia and Thailand are not resolved through the International Court of Justice (ICJ), it could lead to a situation like the one in Gaza, where Israel and Palestine appear to be locked in ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-warns-without-icj-border-could-become-like-gaza-
Government borrowing decreases in Q1, debt service payments increase
In the first quarter of 2025, the Cambodian government signed nearly $79 million in new concessional loan agreements with development partners, to meet financing needs in priority sectors. This brings the Kingdom’s public debt to over $12 billion. ...
PM invites potential Japanese investors to visit Cambodia in person
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has invited on Japanese investors to visit Kingdom in person to better assess the country’s potential and explore investment opportunities. He also encouraged the establishment of a Japanese Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Cambodia. ...
Cambodia demands Thais investigate border shooting, slated to take border dispute to ICJ
Government plans to bring its border dispute with Thailand to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has garnered support from the former prime minister and the general public, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has demanded that Thailand investigate the May 28 ...
Shattering glass sandbags: First Cambodian women UN commander in Lebanon
Lieutenant Colonel Sorm Leangy broke new ground, as Cambodia’s first female unit commander deployed to the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shattering-glass-sandbags-first-cambodian-women-un-commander-in-lebanon-
Jan-May mine, ERW casualties down one third on ’24 figures
In the first five months of the year, Cambodia recorded 20 casualties of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), marking a 33 per cent decrease compared to the same period in 2024, when 30 people fell victim to the hidden reminders of the Kingdom’s ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jan-may-mine-erw-casualties-down-one-third-on-24-figures
Concerns over declining population of rare duck
Cambodia is home to fewer than 100 white-winged ducks, out of an estimated global population of just 800. A recent three-day field survey found only a single individual returning to its roost. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/concerns-over-declining-population-of-rare-duck
Information ministry issues reminder about defence reporting
A Ministry of Information spokesperson has reminded all media representatives — professional, non-professional and social media users — to avoid publishing information that could harm national security, damage relations with other countries or endanger law enforcement officials and personnel as they carry out their duties. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/information-ministry-issues-reminder-about-defence-reporting
Conservation win: Illegal fishing crackdown driving rise in dolphin population
Officials at the Kampi Irrawaddy dolphin conservation area in Kratie province are reporting that a decline in illegal fishing activities has resulted in an increase in the dolphin population, with new births and no deaths recorded this year. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conservation-win-illegal-fishing-crackdown-driving-rise-in-dolphin-population
CDC shares Cambodia’s investment potential with Canadian trade envoys
Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and first vice-president of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), has extolled the Kingdom’s attractive investment climate to a high-level delegation from Canada’s Ministry of International Trade. ...
Infrastructure bank president confident Cambodia’s economy will continue to grow
Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has expressed interest in expanding cooperation with Cambodia in several sectors, noting that he has confidence that the Kingdom’s economy will continue to grow resiliently and sustainably. ...
Preah Sihanouk investment incentive programme continues to grow
An additional 10 investment projects with a total capital of $154 million will receive special incentives from the Royal Government under the “Special Investment Promotion Program in Preah Sihanouk Province”. This brings the total number of projects benefiting from the programme to 297. ...
Eight-year old recovers from severe dengue fever as outbreak sweeps Preah Vihear
An 8-year-old boy suffering from a severe case of dengue fever has recovered after receiving life-saving treatment at Jayavarman VII Hospital in Siem Reap. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-year-old-recovers-from-severe-dengue-fever-as-outbreak-sweeps-preah-vihear
RCAF: Cambodia will remain military presence at scene of armed clash
Cambodia will not retreat nor remain unarmed at the site of yesterday’s exchange of fire in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district, which left one Cambodian soldier dead. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rcaf-cambodia-will-remain-military-presence-at-scene-of-armed-clash
Border clashes: PM calls for calm, warns of defense
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet has asked for calm after fighting broke out between Cambodian and Thai soldiers killing one Cambodian yesterday. However, he also stressed that Cambodia will use force to defend its borders in the event of an emergency. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/border-clashes-pm-calls-for-calm-warns-of-defense
CMAC rock Banteay Meanchey with controlled explosion
A specialised team from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) safely destroyed 45 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in a controlled explosion on May 28. The war-era munitions were buried in a rice field in Treal village, of Thma Puok district’s Kok Kathin commune. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-rock-banteay-meanchey-with-controlled-explosion
Hun Sen: Disputed border area is Cambodian territory; I visited in 2009
Senate president Hun Sen has confirmed that the area in Preah Vihear province where yesterday morning’s clash between Thai and Cambodian soldiers occurred is Cambodian territory. The exchange of fire resulted in the death of one Cambodian soldier. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-disputed-border-area-is-cambodian-territory-i-visited-in-2009
Cambodia, Thailand military commanders to meet tonight after fatal shooting incident
The border commanders of the Cambodian and Thai armies are scheduled to meet this evening, May 29 to ease tensions in the Mom 3 area of Choam Khsant district, Preah Vihear province, following the death of a Cambodian soldier during a brief exchange of fire ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-thailand-military-commanders-to-meet-tonight-after-fatal-shooting-incident
Boeung Trabek residents protest again for fair compensation, facing eviction with canal development
Some 14 Samaki Rong Roeurng households who live along Boeung Trabek canal in Phsar Deum Thkov commune, Chamkar Mon district, protested again to demand fair compensation or a new place for resettlement. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/boeung-trabek-residents-protest-again-for-fair-compensation-facing-eviction-with-canal-development/
Illegally cleared sanctuary land set for reforestation
NatureLife Cambodia has announced plans to reforest more than 1,700 hectares of land in Mondulkiri province that was illegally cleared. Their operations will be supported by the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary REDD+ Project. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegally-cleared-sanctuary-land-set-for-reforestation