The National Election Committee (NEC) has seen an increase in new voters registering this year in comparison to last year.   ...

The Japanese government yesterday agreed to provide $968,390 to two organisations involved in improving medical care and promoting education in Cambodia. ...

Park rangers have cracked down on 4,238 natural resource crimes in all protected areas across the country in this year’s first six months. ...

AS PART OF its riverbank erosion control progamme across Mandalay, authorities will carry out protection measures against riverbank erosion next month, said U Toe Aung Lin, director OF regional department OF water resources and improvement OF river systems.Keep reading ...

The Cambodian government will donate $200,000 in cash and medical equipment to Myanmar a second time to support The latter’s efforts to combat The Covid-19 pandemic. ...

The 14th Asia Pacific Sociological Conference will be held at SEISA Hakone campus in Japan. The Theme for this year’s conference is “interconnections, social transformation and global mobility: a way towards The future.” By connecting sociologists across countries, it encourages presenters and attendees to share ...

Open Development Mekong just updated two topic pages on “Government” and “Environment and Natural Resources” concerning recent situations in the Mekong region.  Access the Government page. Access the Environment and Natural Resources page.  ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Cambodia have agreed to pull back their military personnel from an area in Mounlapamok, Champassak province, where the two countries have yet to install border markers.the troops will leave the area between 8am and 11am on Thursday this week.More ...

The Industry MInistry is beIng urged to speed up Invitations to US companies for future Investment In Thailand to benefit from risIng trade between SouTheast Asia and The US under The Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy, says Deputy Prime MInister Somkid Jatusripitak.Keep readIng ...

Deputy Prime Minister General Chatchai Salikulya would not say directly if the plan to build the controversial Mae Wong dam in order to prevent floods and save the drought-plagued Lower Sakae Krang basin would be scrapped, but he affirmed that concerned parties had at least ...

Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong on Tuesday urged outgoing Singaporean ambassador Kevin Cheok to encourage the island state to invest more in Cambodia. ...

A massive capacity fertilizer factory has been planned for Preah Sihanouk province, as demand for chemical fertilizers in the agricultural sectors is high. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60 million loan to modernize and rehabilitate irrigation systems in Kompong Thom and Battambang provinces. ...

Almost 100 Cambodian workers were prevented from crossing the border into Thailand in Banteay Meanchey province on Friday and Saturday, according to police. ...

Kampot expats met with municipal authorities and police officials this week to discuss their growing fears over theft and robbery in the picturesque riverside community. ...

French engineering firm Systra is underway with a feasibility study to build a tramway from Phnom Penh international Airport to the Royal Railway Station, Governor Kep Chuktema said on Friday. the agreement to study a tramway was first made between Systra and City Hall in July ...

Russia has agreed to recategorise Cambodia’s outstanding $1.5 billion debt as an investment, pledging to provide more aid to the Kingdom next year. Prime Minister Hun Sen met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Brussels on Thursday. Mr Hun Sen had asked Russia to ...

Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities yesterday released more than 100 rescued turtles into a conservation area in Preah Netr Preah district. Sin Rasy, district military police commander, said that the turtles were seized from poachers earlier this month and were released into the O’ronteah Banh turtle ...

The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) has called on schools to adopt a flexible school uniform policy to help transgender students and for The government to introduce(CCHR) anti-discrimination laws, in partnership with a USAID program worth almost $300,000.   ...

Passenger traffic at Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanouk international airports saw a combined 18.9% growth in May 2012, with passenger numbers totaling 283,000, the report from SCA, society concession airport said on June 7. It adds: ‘This brings the year-to-date passenger arrivals and departures to 1.89 million, a sterling 21.8% jump.’ ...