Asia Cambodia The government will recruit 300 young armed personnel to boost the Royal Cambodian Air Force
Asia Cambodia Lt. Gen. Sanderson, a former UNTAC commander, begins a 10-day visit today to mark the 30th anniversary of UNTAC, which was established to repatriate Cambodians displaced by the civil war and the 1993 national elections
Asia Cambodia The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts recently called on costume vendors in the Angkor area to follow Cambodian norms and traditions and avoid confusion by displaying non-Khmer clothing advertised as Khmer
Asia Cambodia The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has revealed alarming new findings on the vast "learning loss" experienced by Cambodian students during the pandemic, with an increase in students unable to demonstrate basic skills
Asia Cambodia The PM recently inaugurated SOS Children's Village in Prey Veng province; the president of the association asked the government to consider including family-style childcare in policy on alternative childcare and increase measures to protect them
Asia Cambodia PM Hun Sen said he will propose a law requiring the head of government to retire at the age of 72 once he leaves office
Asia Cambodia The Fisheries Administration and WWF research team found a newborn dolphin calf - the first - swimming together with a group of eight adult dolphins in the Koh Phdao deep pool during the 2022 Irrawaddy dolphin population survey in the Mekong River
Asia Cambodia The county is registering growing arrivals of tourists despite the new surge of Covid-19 cases; in the weekend, more than 200.000 travelers have entered
Asia Cambodia The Tourism Commercial Capacity Building Programme has been launched: among other things, it will support the development of ecotourism in Kampong Speu province and of smart tourism solutions to encourage urban tourism in Phnom Penh
Asia Cambodia The Ministry of Environment and USAID Greening Prey Lang Project are collecting data on the number of resin tree owners - and the number of their trees - in order to produce an ownership register
Asia Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he will propose a law requiring the head of government to retire at the age of 72 once he leaves office
Asia Cambodia Magawa, the hero rat who sniffed out landmines, dies at the age of eight; Magawa was the most successful rat trained by Belgian charity Apopo to warn human handlers about landmines so they could be safely removed
Asia Cambodia The country celebrates Victory Day today, with public events in government, religious facilities, public parks and squares, commemorating the fall of Khmer Rouge’s regime on January 7, 1979