Gold Reserves Boosted to Enhance Stability PHNOM PENH – Cambodia bought a net one tonne of gold in February, a move that highlights the country’s approach to macroeconomic management, mana...

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Thailand’s Threat to Scrap Maritime Pact ‘Regrettable’: Cambodia PHNOM PENH – Cambodians have expressed concern over Thailand’s potential withdrawal from the 2001 memorandum of understanding (MoU) on maritime d...

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Cambodia Turns to India in Calculated Shift to Diversify Defence Alliances PHNOM PENH — As geopolitical fault lines sharpen across Asia, Cambodia is quietly widening its strategic options. A second joint military exercise with...

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Thai Confrontation Looms as Border MOU at Risk PHNOM PENH – Thailand’s push to terminate the land border agreement with Cambodia, despite a fragile border truce, reflects a significant shift f...

Thailand’s push to terminate the land border agreement with Cambodia, despite a fragile border truce, reflects a significant shift from bilateral engagement to unilateral conduct in Thai statecraft.

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Siem Reap Deserves Better Than a Copy-Paste Walking Street Siem Reap is at a turning point. Tourism is picking up again, the population is growing, and there’s in...

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Job Issues and Debt Plague Returnee Migrants: Study PHNOM PENH – More than 900,000 migrant workers returned from Thailand between July and December last year after border clashes. ...

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Why Northeastern Ecotourism Communities Are a Must-Visit PHNOM PENH – White sandy beaches, flooded forests and sightings of endangered birds at community-based ecotourism sites in Stung Treng and Kratie provi...

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Priced Out of the Road: Cambodia’s Drivers Struggle as LPG Cost Soars PHNOM PENH — A conflict unfolding thousands of kilometers away in the Middle East is now hitting home in Cambodia, as soaring gas prices leave drivers ...

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Who Gets Counted? Governance and Accountability in Identifying Female Beneficiaries for IDPoor While Cambodia has made significant strides in poverty reduction initiatives, the IDPoor program remains an integral pillar of the nation’s social prot...

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Women’s Voices Needed to Shape our Cities “How women experience the city differently and why their voices are critical to improve urban planning in Cambodia” In honor of women who came...

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More Than Celebration: Khmer New Year Decorations Keep Tradition Alive PHNOM PENH — As Khmer New Year draws near, the city begins to glow in quiet, familiar ways. In homes, pagodas, and public spaces, traditional decoratio...

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From Silence to Support: Rethinking Mental Health in Cambodia’s Workplaces PHNOM PENH — For many Cambodian workers, stress doesn’t arrive all at once. It builds quietly&mda...

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The Quiet Global Goods: What the World Can Learn from Cambodia Cambodia is rarely seen as a source of global public goods. Yet beyond economics or innovation, it offers som...

Cambodia is rarely seen as a source of global public goods.
Yet beyond economics or innovation, it offers something just as powerful: lived lessons in peace, reconciliation, and human connection—values the world urgently needs.

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Japan Boosts Aid for Ta Khmau Water Project PHNOM PENH – The water supply expansion project in Ta Khmau district has received additional grant aid from the Japanese government, responding to the ...

The water supply expansion project in Ta Khmau district has received additional grant aid from the Japanese government, responding to the increasing population and urban development.

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Cambodia Looks to Small Hydropower Dams as Fuel Prices Rise PHNOM PENH – Cambodia is considering the construction of two small hydropower dams in Battambang and Preah Vihear as part of efforts to accelerate its ...

Cambodia is considering the construction of two small hydropower dams in Battambang and Preah Vihear as part of efforts to accelerate its energy transition while safeguarding water supply for agriculture and daily use.

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Railways Await Green Light for Economic Growth PHNOM PENH – Railways remain underused in Cambodia. The government ha...

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Unionists Demand Action as Factory Extreme Heat Drives Workers to Collapse PHNOM PENH — With temperatures expected to climb into the high thirties in the coming weeks, union leaders are urging authorities to strengthen inspect...

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Delayed Care, Deadly Consequences: The Reproductive Health Struggles of Cambodian Women PHNOM PENH — For many Cambodian women, reproductive health problems do not begin in hospitals. ...

For many Cambodian women, reproductive health problems do not begin in hospitals. They begin quietly — ignored through long workdays, postponed for the sake of children’s school fees, and buried beneath the daily struggle to earn enough to survive.

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Can AI Write a Book? Cambodian Authors Say Something Essential Is Missing PHNOM PENH — As artificial intelligence reshapes industries around the world, a new question is quietly reaching Cambodia’s literary circles: can...

As artificial intelligence reshapes industries around the world, a new question is quietly reaching Cambodia’s literary circles: can a machine truly help write a book — or even replace the writer behind it?

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A ground-level bunker has been built at a rural primary school in Oddar Meanchey province, ensuring students’ safety in emergencies.

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Fuel Price Hike Puts Pressure on Transport Costs PHNOM PENH – The fuel price jump has prompted some logistics companies to increase their rates by five to ten percent to stay in business. ...

The fuel price jump has prompted some logistics companies to increase their rates by five to ten percent to stay in business.

Rising Fuel Prices Expose Cracks in Cambodia’s Urban Transport PHNOM PENH — Rising fuel prices driven by the conflict in the Middle East are doing more than tightening household budgets in Cambodia—they are e...

Rising Fuel Prices Expose Cracks in Cambodia’s Urban Transport

Teacher Mobilizes Social Media Support for Rural Students PHNOM PENH – Third-grade teacher Khoem Leakhena is helping reduce the hardships faced by rural students through her social media content, providing foo...

Third-grade teacher Khoem Leakhena is helping reduce the hardships faced by rural students through her social media content, providing food and school supplies with her own funds and public donations.
#CambodiaEducation #FemaleTeacher

When War Threatens Heritage, UNESCO Must Speak Clearly When armed conflict erupts, cultural heritage is often among its earliest casualties. ...

When War Threatens Heritage, UNESCO Must Speak Clearly

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For Displaced Cambodian Women, the Border Conflict Isn’t Over PHNOM PENH – The Cambodia–Thailand border conflict may have eased, but for thousands of displaced Cambodian women, the struggle continues in tent...

For Displaced Cambodian Women, the Border Conflict Isn’t Over

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From the Strait of Hormuz to Phnom Penh: How the Middle East War Could Hit Cambodia PHNOM PENH – As the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran enters its second week, Cambodian analysts are warning that the conflict could qui...

As the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran enters its second week, Cambodian analysts are warning that the conflict could quickly spill into global energy markets — leaving fuel-import-dependent economies like Cambodia exposed to rising prices and economic pressure.

Despite Global Challenges and Border Tensions, Cambodia Still Set to Emerge from LDC Status PHNOM PENH – Analysts believe that Cambodia could graduate from the United Nations’ Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2029 as planned despi...

Analysts believe that Cambodia could graduate from the United Nations’ Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2029 as planned despite ongoing global uncertainties and two rounds of border clashes with Thailand in 2025.

Dancing between Giants: What Cambodia Loses when International Law Retreats Small countries such as Cambodia have a great deal to lose in terms of security, autonomy, and in terms of time required to develop in a world order in which...

Small countries such as Cambodia have a great deal to lose in terms of security, autonomy, and in terms of time required to develop in a world order in which the law of the strongest is more and more openly accepted.
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Is Cambodia Right to Rely on International Law? In its confrontation with Thailand over their shared border, Cambodia has repeatedly chosen to rely on international law. ...

In its confrontation with Thailand over their shared border, Cambodia has repeatedly chosen to rely on international law.

Mother Nature Five Remain Jailed as Supreme Court Rejects Latest Release Bid PHNOM PENH — Nearly two years after they were sentenced to lengthy prison terms, five young environmental activists from Mother Nature Cambodia remain ...

Speaking to @cambodianess.com about the unjust imprisonment of the Mother Nature #Cambodia 5. “They should not have to spend a single day more behind bars” because they were simply exercising their civil & political rights in a peaceful fashion. Let the #MNC5 go now! cambodianess.com/article/moth...