Phnom Penh: Prime Minister Hun Sen has delivered a video address to mark the opening of the 18th China-ASEAN Expo. This year’s theme is about sharing opportunities to build a common future. In his address,…
Cambodia Condemns Thai Military Attack on Preah Vihear Temple | Cambodia Confirms Troops Still Holding Mount Trop as Thailand Cannot Raise Flag on Sovereign Territory | Cambodia and Thailand Clashes Enter Third Day as Casualties Rise to 33 | UN Security Council Urges Restraint as Thailand-Cambodia Clashes Intensify | Cambodia Condemns Thai Aggression at UN, Calls for Ceasefire and International Intervention | Techo Hun Sen Advises Military Strategy Amidst Border Clashes with Thailand | 45 Staff Rescued After Being Trapped at Preah Vihear Temple Amidst Clashes | BREAKING: Cambodia Denies Firing Projectiles into Laos, Accuses Thailand of Disinformation | Cambodia's Tourism Ministry Seeks Aid for Troops, Refugees; Reaffirms Commitment to Peace | BREAKING: Laos Denies Border Clash with Cambodia; Cambodia Rejects Thai Accusations of Shelling Laos | BREAKING NEWS: Andrew MacGregor Marshall Claims Queen Mother Sirikit Has Died, Alleging Concealment by Thai Authorities | TOP NEWS: Trump Claims Diplomatic Role in Cambodia-Thailand Border Conflict, Calls for Ceasefire | TOP NEWS: Cambodian Prime Minister Confirms President Donald Trump Ceasefire Agreement with Thailand | Thai Military of Escalating Attacks, Despite Cambodia Ceasefire Efforts |
Cambodia Condemns Thai Military Attack on Preah Vihear Temple | Cambodia Confirms Troops Still Holding Mount Trop as Thailand Cannot Raise Flag on Sovereign Territory | Cambodia and Thailand Clashes Enter Third Day as Casualties Rise to 33 | UN Security Council Urges Restraint as Thailand-Cambodia Clashes Intensify | Cambodia Condemns Thai Aggression at UN, Calls for Ceasefire and International Intervention | Techo Hun Sen Advises Military Strategy Amidst Border Clashes with Thailand | 45 Staff Rescued After Being Trapped at Preah Vihear Temple Amidst Clashes | BREAKING: Cambodia Denies Firing Projectiles into Laos, Accuses Thailand of Disinformation | Cambodia's Tourism Ministry Seeks Aid for Troops, Refugees; Reaffirms Commitment to Peace | BREAKING: Laos Denies Border Clash with Cambodia; Cambodia Rejects Thai Accusations of Shelling Laos | BREAKING NEWS: Andrew MacGregor Marshall Claims Queen Mother Sirikit Has Died, Alleging Concealment by Thai Authorities | TOP NEWS: Trump Claims Diplomatic Role in Cambodia-Thailand Border Conflict, Calls for Ceasefire | TOP NEWS: Cambodian Prime Minister Confirms President Donald Trump Ceasefire Agreement with Thailand | Thai Military of Escalating Attacks, Despite Cambodia Ceasefire Efforts |
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EAC News Replay: Prime Minister Hun Sen delivers video address at opening ceremony of 18th China-ASEAN Expo under the theme: "Sharing the Opportunities Gained from the New Land and Sea Corridor to Build…
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Phnom Penh: Three convicted environmental activists are facing another charge on “conspiracy” case in connection with the group Mother Nature’s movement. The three activists, Thon Rotha, Pon KeoRasmey…
Phnom Penh: News that Phnom Penh’s preventative measures have been extended for a further 14 days has been met with disappointment across the capital. Entertainment businesses, particularly, have been…
Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Health has received a donation of 25 Daikin Air Purifiers that are to be installed at hospitals treating Covid-19 patients. The Ministry says the air purifiers will be a “gesture…
Phnom Penh: President of the National Assembly, Heng Samrin, presided over the 6th session of the National Assembly of the 6th legislature on Thursday morning. A raft of draft laws have been approved,…
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Phnom Penh: Prime Minister Hun Sen has chaired the 7th Greater Mekong Summit. Under the theme "Renewed Strength to Face the Challenges of the New Decade", the Prime Minister reaffirmed the region’s commitment…
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Phnom Penh: At the invitation of his counterparts in Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea, China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, will visit the countries from 10-15 September. His tour comes barely…
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Phnom Penh: Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn stresses that Cambodia’s ASEAN chairmanship next year will be a great opportunity for the kingdom. He says it is an opportunity for Cambodia to showcase itself…
Phnom Penh: The lawyer for jailed union leader Rong Chhun is looking at applying for bail for his client so that he can get the treatment he needs for an eye condition. Som Sokong told EAC News that doctors…
Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Information says this week’s statement by the Cambodian Journalists’ Association is “unfounded and misleading”. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Information, Meas Sophorn,…
Phnom Penh: The National Committee for Disaster Management is preparing for emergency response - especially flooding problems during this rainy season. Cambodia has been experiencing flooding across the…
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Phnom Penh: Cambodia has marked National Literacy Day. Due to the current Covid-19 situation, the celebration and its literacy campaign have been held online. Prime Minister Hun Sen has released a statement,…
Phnom Penh: The World Health Organization in Cambodia says the kingdom has turned a corner in its fight against the pandemic. WHO country representative, Dr Li Ailan, says the government is responding…
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Phnom Penh: The largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and the biggest source of food supply for Cambodians, the Tonle Sap Lake, is in crisis. It has been reported as having reached historically low…
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Phnom Penh: The annual round of meetings to determine the minimum wage for garment workers has begun. The National Assembly Council met on Tuesday morning. Meetings with industry sector stakeholders,…
Phnom Penh: Exports of Cambodian fresh mangoes are up a staggering 251% year-on-year, over the first eight months of the year. The kingdom exported a total of 163,828 tonnes of the fruit between January…
Phnom Penh: Border activist Mr. Rong Chhun was sent for a check-up for his eyes at the Khmer Soviet friendship Hospital as he was worried that his eye condition was getting worse.
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Phnom Penh: More quarantined foreign nationals are complaining about the standard of their stays at some of the capital’s designated quarantine hotels. Foreigners are being charged a standard $10 per…
Phnom Penh: More of the kingdom’s schools have announced plans to reopen. The International School in Siem Reap became the first to open its doors on Monday. Koh Kong provincial authorities now say they’ll…
Phnom Penh: The United Nations in Cambodia says it will continue its support for people with disabilities. It has also praised the kingdom’s response to Covid-19. The UN in Cambodia released what it calls…
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Banteay Meanchey: The Director of the Cambodia-Japan Friendship Hospital in Banteay Meanchey’s Mongkol Borei, Chan Vithy Navuth, has been fired by Provincial Governor, Oum Reatrey. He has been replaced…
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Phnom Penh: Two sections of the road from National Road 6A to Victory Boulevard in Sangkat Bak Kheng and Sangkat Prek Ta Sek, Khan Chroy Changva in Phnom Penh are being prepared for the 2023 SEA Games.
Phnom Penh: Minister of Information, Khieu Kanharith, wants a quarterly report on fake news in the kingdom so that a plan for promoting and developing the journalism profession in Cambodia can be made.…
Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Commerce will organize the third meeting of the Joint Working Group on Cooperation between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Euro-Asian Economic Commission on 7-8 September.
Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Cults and Religions has issued guidelines for the observance of the Kan Ben, Pchum Ben and Kathin festivals. It has urged all capital and provincial departments of cults and…
Phnom Penh: Minister of Interior, Sar Kheng, is back in Cambodia. He’d been in France for the past two weeks, undergoing an undisclosed surgical procedure.
Phnom Penh: Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Prak Sokhonn, is in South Korea for a three-day visit to discuss bilateral cooperation and projects. The Minister was invited by…
Phnom Penh: Cambodia’s former opposition co-leader, Kem Sokha, has denied any and all attachments with new parties or political movements. He took to Facebook on Sunday to say that he had seen some political…
Phnom Penh: An investigation has revealed that the three young women who died in Phnom Penh last week, had been drinking rice wine containing a lethal amount of methanol. Laboratory analysis shows the…
Phnom Penh: A private school in Siem Reap has become one of the country’s first schools to open its doors in over six months. The International School of Siem Reap has confirmed to EAC News that its high…
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Phnom Penh: A 38-year-old woman is receiving treatment at the Social Welfare Center of Phnom Penh, after repeating claims this weekend that she is the Prime Minister’s daughter. The issue surfaced on…
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Phnom Penh : Just hours after Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked a Facebook user to stop pretending to be his child, offering her help for what he called the individual’s “mental illness”, a woman has been…
Phnom Penh: Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked a Facebook user to stop pretending to be his daughter, offering him help for what he called the individual’s “mental illness”. Calling themselves “Ah July”,…
Takeo: The Anti-Corruption Unit says it is investigating reports that people have been forcibly evicted from land in Takeo Province’s Prey Kouch Bosta Village.
Banteay Meanchey: Government is getting tough on overloaded vehicles on Banteay Meanchey’s stretch of National Road 5. Secretary of State in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Seng Chuot, is…
INTERNATIONAL: Brunei’s 2nd Foreign Affairs Minister, appointed ASEAN as its special envoy to Myanmar, says he’s still negotiating with the country’s military junta on the terms of a visit.
Phnom Penh: Just as the capital looks at possibly easing Covid-19 restrictions, five more cases of the Delta variant have been detected at a hair salon in Toul Kork.
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Phnom Penh: The wine factory Meas Hong Gold Processing, allegedly responsible to the death of the three teen girls in Phnom Penh, has been ordered to close down by the authorities.
Phnom Penh: Phnom Penh Municipal Police have raided a gay bar on Friday evening resulted to the arrest of more than 50 people – mixed of locals and foreigners.
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Phnom Penh: The Cambodian Vulture Conservation Team has observed an increase of the number of vultures in the Kingdom. This was revealed during the International Day of Vulture Awareness, celebrated globally…
Phnom Penh: Cambodia’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, An Sokkhoeurn, has slammed Special Rapporteurs once again for their latest statement. In its press release on Thursday, the UN officials say…
Phnom Penh: The National Incubation Centre of Cambodia funded by the South Korean government has started construction on Friday. Minister of Education, Hang Chuon Naron and Ambassador of the Republic…
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Phnom Penh: The Cambodian government through the Ministry of Mines and Energy has asserted that the dispute involving the Cambodian oil is a clash between KrisEnergy and the MT Strovolos’ management,…
Phnom Penh: Phnom Penh schools have been ordered to start cleaning up and get ready for the return of students. Governor, Khuong Sreng, says schools in all 14 of the capital’s districts must prepare for…
Phnom Penh: Cambodia’s August Traffic Accident Report has been released. 199 accidents were reported on the country’s roads last month. That’s 41 accidents down when compared to the 241 crashes in July,…
Phnom Penh: Prime Minister Hun Sen has reiterated his commitment towards resolving the kingdom’s energy and climate change issues. He was speaking on Friday morning during the 2021 Taiyuan Low-Carbon…
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