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On 9 December 2025, the United States Mission to ASEAN issued a statement expressing concern over the continued fighting and casualties in multiple locations along the Cambodia-Thailand border. The mission strongly urged the immediate cessation of hostilities, the protection of civilians, and for both sides ...

Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has instructed the authorities in provinces bordering Thailand to evacuate citizens from border districts, especially high-risk areas, to the sanctuaries that have already been prepared. ...

On 8-9 December 2025, the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia issued a press release on the regional seminar on “Risk-Based Supervision for Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable ASEAN Capital Markets”.This regional seminar aimed at promoting and strengthening the capacity of the ASEAN Capital Market Regulators ...

For the third consecutive day, thousands of Cambodian families displaced by cross-border shelling and the deployment of Thai F-16 fighter jets remain in shelter in schools, pagodas and temporary evacuation centres near the Cambodia–Thailand border, uncertain when it will be safe to return home. ...

On 10 December 2025, the National Bank of Cambodia issued a guideline on the measures to alleviate burdens for citizens affected by the Cambodia-Thailand border dispute. In this new instruction, the National Banks of Cambodia instructed banking and financial institutions to help alleviate the burden ...

On 10 December 2025, the National Bank of Cambodia and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications issued a joint press release on the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on the promotion of the digital transformation and the verification of SIM cards ...

On​ 9 December 2025, the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport issued a press release stating that, due to Thailand’s illegal military aggression, a total of 514 schools had closed as of 9 December 2025, affecting the education of approximately 130,000 students and the work ...

On 9 December 2025, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts issued a statement solemnly condemning the destructive attacks carried out by the Thai military against Ta Krabey Temple, a sacred cultural site of Cambodia.The Ministry views this reprehensible act as reflecting profound immorality and ...

On 8 December 2025, the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) issued a statement categorically condemning the inhumane, barbaric, lawless, and criminal acts committed by the Thai military forces against the territorial integrity and innocent citizens of Cambodia along the Cambodia-Thailand border on 7-8 December 2025. ...

On 9 December 2025, the Pursat Provincial Department of Education, Youth, and Sport issued a notification stating that all educational institutions in Thma Da Commune, Veal Veang District, Pursat Province, must temporarily suspend teaching and learning activities starting from 5:36 AM on 9 December 2025, ...

On 9 December 2025, the Preah Vihear Provincial Department of Education, Youth, and Sport issued a notification stating that all educational institutions located along the Cambodia-Thailand border in Choam Ksan district, Preah Vihear province, must temporarily suspend teaching and learning activities starting from 7:00 AM ...

On 9 December 2025, the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia issued a press release on the third seminar on promoting securities trading on “Long-Term Investment in Securities Market.” The purpose of this seminar is to gain practical trading experience in the Cambodian securities market ...

On 8 December 2025, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts issued a statement strongly condemning the renewed armed attacks by the Thai military, which began on the morning of 8 December 2025, at approximately 5:00 a.m., in the An Ses area of Preah Vihear ...

On 8 December 2025, the Oddar Meanchey Provincial Department of Education, Youth, and Sport issued a notification stating that all educational institutions in the province are authorized to temporarily suspend teaching and learning activities until further notice. This decision was made following the invasion by ...

An online reporter at Whitehorse News was allegedly injured when he was reporting news on the Cambodia-Thai border conflict on December 8 in Oddar Meanchey province. ...

On 8 December 2025, the National Social Protection Council issued a press release on the launch ceremony of the graduation-based social protection program in Teukphos district, Kampong Chhnang province, and in Rovieng district, Preah Vihear province. The ceremony aims to build capacity and resilience, as ...

From around 5am this morning, December 8, Thai armed forces opened fire on Cambodian military positions in the An Seh area of Preah Vihear province. Later, Thai armoured vehicles fired at the Ta Moan Templle, according to Maly Socheata, spokesperson for the Ministry of National ...

Vitit Muntarbhorn, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, resigned from the position due to “health reasons” some two weeks ago, following widespread criticisms over his inaction on the situation of human rights at the Cambodian-Thailand border. ...

Hun Sen, president of the Cambodian Senate, has instructed all frontline forces to continue to exercise patience, as the “invaders” have been using all types of weapons to shell Cambodia since yesterday, last night and again this morning. ...

Investment projects approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia’s (CDC) Cambodian Investment Committee totalled more than 600 in the first 11 months of 2025 — an increase of nearly 60% compared to the same period in 2024. ...

Cambodia has received formal approval for a new deadline to complete its nationwide anti-personnel mine clearance, after state parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention unanimously backed the country’s third extension request, during a meeting in Geneva from December 1–5. ...

In a disturbing update, four cows have been found dead along the O’Russey stream, which is currently being tested after local communities found large quantities of dead fish in the stream. ...

Stashes of timber, including expensive pieces of agarwood, as well as five locations of illegally encroached and cleared land were discovered in multiple-use zones and the Prey Lang Forest in Kratie province since November 30. ...

Environmental officers and the provincial authorities have inspected a mining site operated by Cambodian Xuan Yi Minerals Co., Ltd, which mines gold and copper, as well as other precious metals, as part of an investigation into the cause of fish deaths in O’Russei stream located ...