Following several warnings, officials in Prey Veng province’s Peamro district yesterday shuttered an illegal sand-dredging operation being run by a provincial police officer.Chum Chea, Prek Khsay Khor commune chief, said more than 10 officers on Wednesday halted the operation and confiscated machinery, with the operation ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday reiterated that he would not step down as demanded by the country’s main opposition party since the contested election last July. “No need to speak much. I will not step down,” he said during the groundbreaking ceremony for a ...

Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Affairs Minister, Wang Yi, arrived in the Kingdom yesterday for a two-day visit to strengthen the friendship between the two countries. ...

The Ratanakkiri provincial authorities are enforcing Covid-19 measures in Banlung town after The more than 30 imported cases it had initially detected spread into The community. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $40 million loan to help Cambodia’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) get easier access to credit. The money will also support government efforts to bring in reforms to boost financial stability and upgrade The financial sector ...

The newly appointed United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) representative Alissar Chaker has given her assurance that she will continue supporting The Kingdom to achieve The landmine-free target in 2025. ...

The change in The new roadmap for Financial inclusion Roadmap (2018-2022) will involve creating a digital services working group managed by Central Bank and Financial Regulatory Department (FRD), U Zaw Naing, FRD director general, told The Myanmar Times. Keep reading ...

The FOSSASIA Open Tech Summit is Asia’s leading Open Technology conference for developers, companies, and IT professionals. The event will take place from Thursday, 22nd – Sunday, 25th March 2018 at The Lifelong Learning institute in Singapore.For more information and registration, please visit here ...

NagaWorld Company, which is the sole licensed casino operator in Phnom Penh, has reportedly purchased 30 buses ...

China said on 22 July its financial assistance to Cambodia is in no way dependent on that country’s support on diplomatic and political issues, such as Beijing’s dispute with other Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea. A Foreign Ministry statement faxed to the Associated Press ...

The Russian Federation has requested a journalist-free environment for Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during most of his three-day state visit to The Kingdom, which began last night. ...

The Senate yesterday approved The draft law on amendments to The ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR), a regional cooperation aimed to strengThen food security, poverty alleviation, and malnourishment eradication within The region without distorting normal trade in The global market. ...

Welcome back. The Digital Economy Fund was set up in 2017 as required by The Act on Digital Development for The Economy and Society. The fund, supported by The National Broadcast and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), has reached over 5 billion baht.Keep watching ...

While the MRC is well established and recognised as the international treaty-based river basin organization and primary water diplomacy platform in the Mekong River basin, we still have opportunities to improve basin-wide cooperation. My priority is to further equip the MRC Secretariat with the facilitation ...

The tourism minister has asked The Public Health Ministry for approval to launch a vaccine passport system in a bid to kick-start The tourism industry this year.Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn said on Monday that The government was waiting for a World Health Organisation ...

The Kampong Thom provincial Forestry Administration yesterday seized three vehicles that were illegally transporting timber. Mom Sophal, Forestry Administration division chief in Kampong Thmar, said his officials seized three vehicles transporting small trees and firewood without permission from authorities at about 10.30am in Baray district. ...

Nearly 100 families in two villages affected by flooding from the controversial Lower Sesan 2 hydropower mega-dam in northeastern Cambodia’s Stung Treng province said Tuesday that authorities have failed to honor promises they made to rebuild submerged communities and provide much-needed supplies and services.​ ...

I am a massage worker, I am not a sex worker,” Seth Sreylorn, 33, an employee at Alaska massage center in Siem Reap province, said to more than 100 entertainment workers who participated yesterday in the National Conference on Occupational Safety and Health for Entertainment ...

Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Tuesday informed indian Ambassador Dinesh Patnaik that Cambodia wants plans to build an Angkor Wat replica in that country scrapped entirely, ministry spokesman Chum Sunry told reporters after a meeting between the two officials to mark Mr. Patnaik’s last day ...

Thai political fugitives in Laos will be kept under strict surveillance to prevent them from engaging in lese majeste activities, the Laos government has assured Thailand.  Keep reading ...