Despite all the lofty goals and tremendous effort made to improve the state of Thai education recently, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s military government has failed to bring about essential reforms. When the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) seized power in May 2014, its ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) decided today to establish a joint committee to investigate The alleged irregularities of Sunday’s election, an official said Saturday. “We decided to create a joint committee which will consists of representatives from The NEC, The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and ...

Year-on-year ticket sales at Angkor Wat have remained flat for the first seven months of2015, while visitor numbers to the historic site dipped by two per cent, data from Apsara Authority shows. ...

A two-year income tax exemption is being offered to small and medium-sized enterprises that register with the Ministry of Economy and Finance before the end of 2018. According to a sub-decree published on February 22, the decision to offer a tax exemption for SMEs that are ...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has launched a campaign to check The provision of public services during The whole of next year. The campaign will be carried out at targeted service units of sub-national level administrations. The ACU has also taken furTher measures to strengThen The ...

China Unicom, the country’s largest telecoms operator, has expanded into Cambodia to build optical telecommunication pathways in the Kingdom as part of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI). the Hong Kong-listed company officially opened its China Unicom (Cambodia) subsidiary on Monday to become the latest industry ...

The inter-ministerial commission for The prevention and suppression of fishing crimes in The Tonle Sap Lake has continued to intensify patrols, inspections and searches as it cracks down on fishing crimes throughout The flooded forest areas around The lake. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed calls to allow Cambodians living abroad to vote in the next election, claiming it would be impossible under the Kingdom’s proportional representative electoral system. But a vast string of other countries – including indonesia and several European nations – operate ...

The former director general of The meteorology and hydrology department has proposed an alternative solution to The problem of The stalled Myitsone hydropower dam. Instead of buildIng one destructive and publically reviled mega dam, why not build four smaller hydropower projects Instead, he suggested on ...

The first meeting of a joint election-reform committee that was agreed to last week by The ruling Cambodian People’s Party and The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party will meet for The first time on Thursday, officials from both sides said yesterday. Each side has appointed six ...

The government will spend more than $8 billion and take out $2 billion in foreign loans this year, according to The 2020 National Budget Law, which was made public on Tuesday after being signed off by King Norodom Sihamoni. The government will spend some $8.196 ...

The portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin has grown again after he was handed a handful of new jobs on Tuesday, including advising The prime minister on anti-corruption efforts and overseeing The Council of Jurists and “one-window” service for foreign investors. ...

A series of letters issued by the Ministry of interior on Tuesday night – one chastising two election monitors, and another offering a blanket warning to NGOs – have again raised the spectre of the Kingdom’s controversial and widely criticised Law on Associations and NGOs ...

The National Assembly of The Kingdom of Cambodia has issued a statement rejecting a recent resolution of The EU Parliament against Cambodia. ...

Wastewater standards on the amounts of nitrogen, phosphoric and ammonia permitted at seafood processors are still awaiting the final decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.Keep reading ...

Cambodian exporters ought to make further use of tariff-free entry to the European Union, particularly given loosened regulations governing rule of origin, EU officials said at a trade seminar yesterday. Least Developed Countries such as the Kingdom could export to the EU duty and quota ...

Hardline monks have flexed their muscles amid the desolation of Sagaing Region’s floods, ordering a prominent aid group to leave the area and describing National League for Democracy and other volunteers as “troublemaking groups”. Flooding has devastated large areas of northern Sagaing Region, with Kawlin the ...

As the digital economy and tech-driven capitalism continues to rise, PTT, a Thai state-owned SET-listed oil and gas company, has plans to join hands with a leading tech-platform in Silicon Valley to drive the Thai economy. With the intention to transform Thailand through digital transformation, the ...

The elders of Banteay Village have a favorite comparison when discussing The temple perched above a floodplain on The outskirts of town. ...

The global stock market tumble may take The wind out of Cambodia’s property sector, but should have muted effects on The rest of The economy, analysts said yesterday. ...