The Phnom Penh Post

Online scams and fraud have become a massive transnational threat costing East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand up to US$114 billion each year, with losses rising rapidly, a senior UN official said on Wednesday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has stressed that Cambodia’s efforts to combat online scams are not a “show”, while reiterating that issues like transnational crime cannot be used as a pretext for territorial violation. ...

The Cambodian government has lodged a strong formal protest against what it described as “continued violations of Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” by Thai forces along the border, most recently through the installation of a large Buddha statue in Oddar Meanchey province. ...

The UK and Cambodia have opened a new chapter in cooperation against transnational online scam networks, pledging practical action to dismantle criminal operations, protect victims and address the trafficking of people forced to commit fraud. ...

The Chinese embassy in Phnom Penh hosted a grand reception at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra on September 21 to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The event saw Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has called on Thailand to honour agreements reached between the two countries and work with Cambodia to resolve their border issues peacefully and in accordance with international law, as Cambodia marks today’s International Day of Peace. ...

Cambodia will give international delegates from more than 20 countries, along with officials from the FBI, Interpol and other international organisations, access to shuttered online scam compounds during next week’s international conference on combating technology-enabled fraud. ...

There was no breakthrough in negotiations over Cambodia’s 2027 minimum wage for workers in the textile, garment, footwear and travel goods sectors on Friday, with the worker and employer sides maintaining the positions they put forward at a second meeting earlier this week. ...

Nearly 3,000 job seekers secured employment through interviews held during Cambodia’s 2026 National Career and Labour Productivity Fair. National Career and Productivity Fair, which attracted almost 50,000 people in person and tens of thousands more online, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...

Minimum wage negotiations for Cambodia’s garment, textile, footwear and travel-goods and bag sectors for 2027 remain tense, with worker representatives proposing an increase while employer representatives are unwilling to raise the current rate. ...

Clearing the unexploded ordnance (UXOs) left by the 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border clashes could cost approximately $1 billion and take more than a decade, according to a preliminary estimate by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC). The cleanup places new financial and humanitarian pressure on a ...

Cambodian international trade is continuing to perform strongly, with total trade reaching more than $50 billion in the first eight months of 2026, up more than 20% over the same period last year. China, the US and Vietnam remained Cambodia’s key trading partners. ...

Specialists from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) and International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) have released a joint report which details the extensive damage to the UNESCO-listed Preah Vihear Temple caused by last year’s border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand.​ ...

Cambodia has been ranked No 1 in Southeast Asia and 17th globally for having the “best” natural ecotourism, according to the latest assessment by international rankings organisation US News & World Report. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has unveiled a long-term strategy to bring Cambodia’s education system closer to developed-country standards by 2040, with a focus on whole-school reform, expanding secondary education access and introducing new education pathways from Grade 7 to help reduce dropout ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has been allocated around 4.13 trillion riel ($1.03 billion) for 2026, equal to 16.8 per cent of the national budget. ...

The population of the Kingdom’s rarest three vulture species grew by one-fifth in the most recent survey, reaching the highest count since monitoring began in 2016. ...

The APSARA National Authority (ANA) has announced plans to improve visitor comfort while discouraging tourists from sitting on temple stones. The latest initiative will see more than 200 benches installed throughout the Angkor Archaeological Park, to reduce congestion inside temples and minimise potential impacts on ...

Sou Socheat, director-general of the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), has lauded a new memorandum of agreement (MoA) between SERC and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), saying it will help support the sustainable strengthening and development of Cambodia’s securities market. ...

The Cambodian government has officially launched a $1.244 billion comprehensive intervention programme to cushion households and businesses from multiple crises which are currently placing undue pressure in the economy. ...

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology is developing a strategic plan to expand water-storage systems in Cambodia’s “fourth economic pole” along the western border, with the aim of strengthening water security, protecting the environment, reducing natural disasters and improving livelihoods. ...

The Cambodian government officially launched the National Mine Action Policy 2026-2035, a comprehensive 10-year roadmap aimed at clearing all identified landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) from the Kingdom. The September 2 launch specifically included the border regions which were littered by Thai ERWs ...

Football-focused NGO Happy Football Cambodia Australia (HFCA) and the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) have extended their partnership to 2029, with the goal of giving disadvantaged children opportunities to develop skills and build better futures. The organisations signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) on September ...

The Kingdom’s factory workers will hear the new minimum wage for 2027 by the end of this month, with the National Council on Minimum Wage beginning formal negotiations this week. The council, chaired by Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Heng Sour, held its first ...