Prime Minister Hun Sen once again spoke on weighty matters of war and peace, reiterating that development and democracy would not be possible without peace. ...

Banking and financial industry figures have called on the government to abolish the 10 percent value added tax on the sector and asked for further discussion. the industry thinks the tax will increase the burden on financial service users. ...

Aceleda Bank was the only Cambodian bank to make the Banker’s Top 100 ASEAN Banks 2016 list, and saw the largest jump up the rankings among all entries, securing the 88th position on the financial publication’s annual list, up from 97th last year. ...

Two Cambodian banks have set aside US$200 million for loans to bolster the Kingdom’s struggling rice-milling industry, officials said yesterday. the move comes as the Cambodian government has called on the private sector to boost loans to rice millers during the harvest season as a way ...

Eng Hy, the spokesperson for the National Committee for Prevention and Crackdown on Natural Resource Crimes, told the Post on Monday that the four went into hiding after Military Police arrested Sam Ol, who holds the honorific oknha, and impounded more than 40 vehicles reportedly ...

On 26 March 2018, the United Nations Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (WG on BHR) paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, during their ...

The National Election Committee yesterday commenced The 18-day voter registration period to update The country’s voter list. Nuth Sokhom, an NEC official, said during a meeting at The NEC headquarters that The election body will carry out its voter registration from October 1 to 18 ...

The incoming Rakhine State parliament will have only half The funds it needs to develop The state, a local MP has complained. The state parliament adopted The 2016-17 budget on 25 January, days before it rose to give way to The new parliament elected last ...

Fifty-four illegal migrant workers who were kept in Pontianak in indonesia after being rescued from three Thai fishing boats in mid-April will return home soon, officials said. ...

Some 80,000 security personnel will be deployed for July’s upcoming national election, including a volunteer “citizen” force, raising concerns from election and rights observers about possible voter intimidation. State newswire AKP reported the numbers on Thursday, writing that the forces “will be deployed to ensure ...

Phnom Penh Municipality plans to create a new water pumping station in Meanchey district next year in order to reduce city flooding in Sen Sok, Meanchey and Por Senchey districts.​ ...

When the Lao national assembly last week approved a potentially destructive dam project just 2 kilometers from the border with Cambodia, the surprise announcement was yet another blow to the regional framework designed to protect the Mekong River.  ...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has refused to supervise The upcoming exam for new judges organized by The Royal Academy for Judicial Professions (RAJP), claiming that The RAJP “lacks The will” to work with Them on fighting against widespread judicial corruption. ...

The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that phones, iPads and oTher possessions confiscated from six opposition lawmakers during The violent July 15 protest at Freedom Park would not yet be returned. Presiding judge Yos Sokhoeun said that The items could not be returned based on The ...

Education and disaster management leaders from eight Southeast Asian countries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday in a bid to encourage schools in areas prone to natural catastrophes to make children safer. ...

The nominee to be The next U.S. ambassador to Cambodia told The U.S. Senate foreign relations committee this week that fair elections would be his priority, while a Cambodian government spokesman said he hoped The new ambassador would repair “bad” diplomatic relations between The countries. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Pandemics”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of Pandemics.=>Please click here to go to “Pandemics”.   ...

Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy yesterday proposed the National Assembly increase the amount local authorities are allocated from the national budget, arguing that the current sum is insufficient.​ ...

Koh Kong town was left without a clean water supply on Friday when the company responsible for the utility made repairs to a filter pipe. Koh Kong resident Ing Soth yesterday said the water was so dirty that the villagers could not use it at ...