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Residents of three local communities in Koh Kong province claiming land disputes with Ly Yong Phat’s company express frustration after the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction refuses to resolve land disputes for them. ...

On 12 December 2022, CamboJA released a press release on Cambodia: six Southeast Asian journalist organizations collaborate to safeguard of press freedom.Six organizations from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Timor Leste formed a regional collaboration as a joint response to the deteriorating press freedom ...

On 12 December 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on a courtesy meeting to bid farewell to His Excellency Dr. Aun Pornmoniroth on the occasion that His Excellency Pablo Kang ended his diplomatic mission in Cambodia and to sign Cambodia-Australia ...

Cambodia on Saturday began to provide cash handouts to almost 360,000 households with about 1.3 million people affected by inflationary pressures and recent floods, a senior official said. ...

Cambodia exported $20,457 million worth of goods in the January-November period of this year, an increase of almost 18.1 percent compared to the same period in 2021, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise report yesterday. ...

Cambodia have imported oil and gas products worth $3.38 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, up almost 58 percent over the same period last year, a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise said on Monday. ...

In an effort to deal with officials misusing cash aid programme, the authorities are planning to make digital payment available for the beneficiaries, a top official at the Department of Social Welfare has said.   ...

The government is drafting a law to protect and provide care for elderly people. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has removed some 250,000 names from the voters list during the recent voter registration and voter verification exercise. ...

The World Bank has projected Cambodia’s economic growth will increase to 5.2 percent in 2023, aided by rising domestic consumption but slowed by slowing global trade growth ...

A signing ceremony will see South Korea approve a $1.5 billion loan to improve electricity in Sihanoukville and build a bridge connecting Phnom Penh with Areyksat ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new dataset on “Digital Elevation Model from SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) in Cambodia”. This bilingual new dataset of the SRTM V3 has a high resolution of 30 meters and allows for downloads.=>​ Please click here to go to ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen held a  a get-together with some 2,000 Cambodian nationals residing in Europe during his stay in Brussels yesterday. ...

Cambodia on Monday celebrated the 16th National Anti-Human Trafficking Day, with approximately 3,000 participants. ...

Some 130 delegates of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World (World-Bays Club) from more than 20 countries has planted more than 3,000 young mangrove trees to contribute to the sustainability of Cambodia’s coastal ecosystem. ...

Nearly 100 people representing more than 70 families in Sna Sangkram village, Balong commune, Prasat Bakong district, Siem Reap province, having land dispute with APSARA Authority resubmitted fingerprints to the commune and district authorities today to request a land settlement after the authorities refused. ...

Australia is strongly committed to promoting women and girls’ safety, growth and well-being, reaffirmed the Australian Embassy in Cambodia. ...

An inter-ministerial meeting scheduled for December 19 is set to explore solutions for the plummeting domestic live pig prices seen in recent weeks, raising hopes among farmers for rates to return at the very least to sustainable levels. ...

Cambodia have imported oil and gas products worth $3.38 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, up almost 58 percent over the same period last year, a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise said on Monday. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that it greenlit a $73 million financing package on December 7 to improve the sustainability and climate resilience of the Kingdom’s marine fisheries subsector. ...

The volume of imports and exports of the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone’s (SSEZ) tenants totalled $2.246 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, marking a 12.24 per cent rise year-on-year from $2.001 billion, statistics provided by the operator indicate. ...

Officials from the Ministry of Tourism and Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration led a delegation from the 16th World Congress of the World-Bays Club to plant 2,388 mangrove tree saplings on December 11 in Prey Nop district.​ ...

Residents in a land dispute with the Sok Samnang Rubber Plantation Company in Trapeang Prasat commune, Trapeang Prasat district, Oddar Meanchey province, claim that authorities have threatened to arrest and destroy their homes if they do not agree to demolish their houses from disputed land. ...

More than 300 families in Chhouk district, Kampot province have requested authorities to provide them with land titles in which they have lived for more than 20 years. ...