Cambodia News: Phnom Penh Post

There is no shortage of street food vendors scattered across Phnom Penh, but what is far rarer is finding a place that also has comfortable seating, good hygiene ...

CHINESE telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd launched an AI computing platform in Shenzhen on Wednesday, as the tech giant beefs up ...

A huge haul of almost 100 cubic metres of timber of various species was impounded after they were discovered in Pursat province's Phnom Kravanh protected ...

Anti-drugs police raided a club in Chamkarmon district's Boeung Keng Kang I commune in Phnom Penh early on Thursday, arresting some 50 people and ...

NEPALI migrant workers sent home $8.1 billion last year, making it the 19th biggest beneficiary of funds sent by migrants around the world, according to a report ...

One of the darkest days in modern Thai history preceded the internet by two decades and the social media by four. At the time of the October 6, 1976 massacre ...

We are tourists from Germany and just spent six impressive and lovely days in Siem Reap and surroundings.

Phnom Penh's Russey Keo district authorities on Wednesday dismantled makeshift cottages belonging to seven families alleged to have been built on ...

The Battambang provincial court on Thursday released a 14-year-old boy who had been detained for accidentally firing a home-made gun and killing a ...

Tourist-haven Thailand is in the forefront to promote 'green architecture' and taking the concept beyond its borders as environment protection takes the centre ...

The UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) released a report on Wednesday, showing that although live birth maternal mortalities in Cambodia have ...

A man was arrested at the Poipet International Border Checkpoint on Thursday for extorting migrant workers. The arrest comes amid rising allegations that ...

Protesters descended on the Chinese embassy in Manila on Tuesday to oppose the Asian superpower's growing sway in the Philippines and as tensions rise ...

NEWLY-INSTALLED World Bank President David Malpass spent his first day at the global lender on Tuesday hammering home the message that the most ...

The governments of Vietnam and the Netherlands need to continue removing barriers to help businesses boost trade cooperation, said Netherlands Prime ...

In the first 10 days of April, 67 people have been killed and 169 injured in road accidents across the Kingdom, said a report released on Wednesday by the ...

The capital's residents will be paying more than double for their rubbish collection after Phnom Penh Municipal Hall announced price hikes for customers of the ...

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, the executive secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Unescap), left Cambodia on ...

Cambodian tech start-up Joonaak Delivery was selected among 12 finalists in the global start-up competition Seedstars Global Summit in Switzerland, which ...

Some Cambodian migrant workers crossing the border from Thailand for the Khmer New Year holiday claimed they were forced to pay 40000 riel ($10) to get ...

India's general elections begin on Thursday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking re-election in the world's largest democracy in polls to be held in seven ...

Some 100 former students and members of the Cambodia-India Alumni Association gathered to share their experiences of studying in the sub-continent and ...

A man stabbed his wife to death and then hanged himself on Tuesday night in Dangkor commune's Ta Lei village in the capital's Dangkor district, leaving behind ...

I read with great interest the letter to the Editor from Mr Arnaud Darc, CEO of Thalias Hospitalty Group, Phnom Penh, presenting well-rounded analysis of the ...

Australia's hardline immigration minister was swept up in the deepening saga over Chinese meddling in domestic politics on Tuesday, delivering another blow ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has wished the people well on the occasion of Khmer New Year and spoke of his strong commitment to serving the citizens by ...

Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol said on Tuesday that 98 per cent of Cambodia's tuk-tuk and PassApp drivers do not have driving licences ...

Minister of Environment Say Sam Al has vowed that all existing land disputes in Preah Sihanouk province will be resolved and no new cases would be ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will be one of the first central banks to use blockchain technology in its national payment systems for use by consumers ...

CHINESE smartphone manufacturer Nubia Technology Co Ltd has unveiled its first wearable watch-like smartphone Alpha, as the wearable device market ...

National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy told The Post on Tuesday that the number of casualties of storms and lightning strikes this ...

A GOOGLE-LINKED firm will start delivering takeaways and other small items to Canberra residents by drone after the company received approval from aviation ...

A BOND sale by energy giant Saudi Aramco to raise $10 billion towards its purchase of a controlling stake in chemicals behemoth Sabic closes on Wednesday, ...

Shocking cases of violence against children and even their murder have seemingly spiked recently, notably the grisly beheading of a six-year-old girl, along with ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday that the river's water level in Kratie province is expected to decrease by 50cm to 1.5m from April 12-19, ...

According to the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, Cambodia is ranked 125 out of 126, indicating that Cambodia is failing under all eight factors ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Hall and civil society organisations on Tuesday held a consultation forum with the theme Development Partnership with ...

Nearly 20000 units of unauthorised drugs, including Chinese herbal medicine and aphrodisiac substances, were confiscated during crackdowns on three ...

A high-ranking government official said on Tuesday that the executive secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Unescap), ...

SoldIers and police officials were granted 500 houses on Tuesday by the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and Stung Treng ...

WHILE South Korea began commercial operations of fifth-generation cellular network services last week, there is still a long way to go for customers nationwide ...

Smartscale, a three-month entrepreneurship incubation programme, will launch next month in search for Cambodia's most promising start-ups. Set to start in ...

A senior Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) official on Monday said the organisation needs an additional budget of $406 million ...

The co-founder of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Sam Rainsy, has called on countries “that respect democratic ...

The Kingdom is steadily implementing “digital government” systems to manage society by using modern computer techniques that require more skilled human ...

More than 20000 migrant workers have passed through Battambang province's Daung international border crossing this month to return home for Khmer New ...

Cambodia's first national museum showcasing the Kingdom's economic and financial evolution was inaugurated on Monday, recounting the history of its money ...

Lieutenant General Hun Manet, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and the commander of the army's infantry, is to visit the ...

The Stung Treng provincial department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries rejected a Radio Free Asia (RFA) report which claimed that on March 27, there was a ...

Former deputy prime minister Lu Lay Sreng on Sunday landed in Cambodia and announced his retirement from politics, less than a week after Prime Minister ...

The Cambodian government has approved the “Draft National Policy on School Health” after hearing reports and holding discussions at a Council of Ministers ...

China's refusal to give the EU solid commitments over access to its markets is preventing the two sides from agreeing a joint statement for a high-profile summit ...

Agri buddy, a Japanese-owned start-up, is the first agricultural facilitator working with the entire production chain in the Kingdom's agricultural sector.

The government last week approved the construction of a hydroelectric dam and supplemental solar power stations with a total electrical capacity of 220MW, ...

Hyundai Motor on Thursday denied that it was building a new manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia, after a Cabinet member of the Middle Eastern country said in ...

The Khmer Writers Association and Cambodian literature lovers have volunteered to jointly launch a new online digital spell checker to verify the accuracy of ...

Cambodia has submitted a report on the enforcement of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to the UN Human Rights Committee ...

TOYOTA is Cambodia's favourite car brand, the Kingdom's streets are covered with Toyota vehicles of all different models. Toyota has a reputation for building ...

Around 460 prisoners, including 49 females, have requested pardons or sentence reductions for the upcoming Khmer New Year festivities, with prison officials ...

THE Asia Pacific region is expected to be the standout region from a growth standpoint, with hotel investment volumes forecast to grow by 15 per cent ...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration on Tuesday launched its first public latrine facility with 17 toilets at the Independence Beach Park to ease visitors' ...

Phnom Penh's Chbar Ampov district police will send a 27-year-old suspect to the municipal court on Thursday after he was detained for allegedly raping his ...

Phnom Penh is to host the first Australia Awards Cambodia Regional Women's Leadership Initiative – the first step towards the establishment of a regional forum ...

The Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge – also known as Chroy Changvar Bridge I – was reopened at a cost of $30 million on Wednesday morning, after being ...

Kith Theang, who is being detained at the capital's Police Judiciare prison after nearly 50kg of drugs were found at the Rock Entertainment Centre he owns, was ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday hit back at accusations by unnamed “analysts” that the recent widespread power outages across the Kingdom were a ...

Funded by a $26 million grant aid from Japan, the facilities will *service* 13000 new citizens who were not connected to the infrastructure previously. More info ...

As Cambodia marked World Autism Day on Tuesday, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation said it has set the goal of removing the ...

Cambodian authorities are likely to deport 165 Chinese nationals this weekend after their arrest in Siem Reap province in late March after raids on two locations ...

Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia has announced a direct flight between Thailand's Phuket and Phnom Penh, which comes as part of the airline's establishment ...

The Kingdom generated more than $35 million from ticket sales to the Angkor Archaeological Park – its main tourism site – in the first three months of this year, ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on people to be careful in thunderstorms, which have so far this year killed at least three people and destroyed scores of ...

Police officials and legal experts met at the Council of Ministers on Monday to discuss ways to tackle the increasing death toll on the Kingdom's roads. National ...

A land activist involved in a dispute who disappeared in January reunited with his wife in Phnom Penh on Friday. Sum Meun disappeared in Oddar Meanchey ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday announced government plans for large-scale economic reforms, outlining a 17-point strategy to stimulate economic growth ...

Along with the rapid growth of the Kingdom's construction industry, use of architectural services has also dramatically increased.

SIEM Reap provincial court has placed a one-star military general in pre-trial detention after he was arrested on March 26 for insulting Prime Minister Hun Sen ...

A historian has raised fears that the drought currently gripping Cambodia could affect the foundations of the Kingdom's globally renowned Angkor Wat, while the ...

National and international health experts on Thursday launched Cambodia's first non-communicable diseases (NCDs) alliance network, expressing concerns ...

Following a two-day investigation, the driver of a Range Rover SUV who was involved in a fatal hit-and-run that claimed one life in Phnom Penh has been ...

'It's not only about the restoration. It's also about the training of human resources, like stonemasons, engineers, archaeologists and architects. We wish that in the ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the World Food Programme (WFP) have signed a $50 million aid plan aimed to improve food ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has set April 22 as the date for “acting president” of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy to appear for a ...

Authorities and villagers in Mondulkiri province's Keo Seima district have expressed fear for their safety after a herd of wild elephants roamed around their ...

The Embassy of France in Cambodia will hold a French products exhibition on Saturday, according to a Wednesday press release.

Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday that public holidays in Cambodia could be reduced in revisions made to the working calendar as a part of “huge ...

The government has repaid an accumulated $1.39 billion in debt *service* payments from 1993 to the end of last year, of which last year alone it repaid about ...

Dear Editor, Both in my capacities as entrepreneur and as representative of the European business community in Cambodia I reiterate my attachment to ...

The Ministry of Interior has informed recently rehabilitated former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Real Camerin that his request to form the ...

W&D (CAMBODIA) Co Ltd has demanded that the government compensate its loss in exchange for the reinstatement of more than 1000 factory workers who ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday highlighted the joint accomplishments of the Cambodian government and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in ...

With no customers, Ma Sokheng can only sit fanning herself in her dark clothes store in Tuol Tompoung Market, better known as Russian Market, during a ...

The EU in October last year announced it would begin a formal procedure to withdraw its Everything But Arms (EBA) trade preferences from Cambodia in ...

Sportswear giant Adidas has said that the EU should balance the human rights provisions in its trade policies and the impacts of the possible withdrawal of its ...

Istrongly believe that our concerted efforts among stakeholders would gradually promote the local currency and significantly make the riel to be the national ...

Today the National Bank of Cambodia proudly celebrates the 39th anniversary of the re-introduction of the riel (March 20, 1980 – March 20, 2019).

Two men who allegedly led some 30 villagers to illegally grab and clear forest land within the Ream National Park for private ownership were detained by the ...

The Siem Reap provincial prosecutor on Saturday charged a woman at the provincial prison for spraying petrol on a nine-year-old boy and setting him alight, ...

Cambodia has been called “the Kingdom of black pepper production”, with Tbong Khmum province a major production hub despite the struggles the industry is ...

A40-storey commercial building in Phnom Penh, Chief Tower, broke ground on Thursday. The project is developed under a new company, JS Property ...