Hundreds Test Negative After Coming in Contact with Infected Hungarian Minister

The Health Ministry reported on Thursday that hundreds of Cambodian officials and people who came in contact with Hungarian Foreign Minister...

Education Ministry to Incorporate Mental Health, Sex Education into Curriculum

The Ministry of Education said it will roll out a more holistic health education curriculum for students starting 2022, providing up-to-date...

Research Shows High Rates of Depression, Stress Among Cambodian Migrant Workers

  Phnom Penh  — Close to a third of Cambodian migrant workers surveyed in Thailand reported high levels of stress, depression and a low qual...

COVID-19 No Match for Southeast Asia's Booming Drug Trade

A string of mammoth drug busts and low street prices for methamphetamine across Southeast Asia this year suggest COVID-19 has done little to...

Battambang Malaria Cases May be Linked to Rare, but Treatable, Parasite

Since February, Yom Nob has been in the Ta Sanh Health Center observing samples taken from malaria patients in six nearby villages. The labo...

Cambodian Artists, Art Groups Are Facing Their Own Virus Crisis

Nov Sreyleak’s daily routine flowed as smoothly as her acrobatic movements. She would study English in the morning, after which she would wo...

Students Worry About the National Examination Amid School Closures and Online Teaching

Weeks before the national high school examinations, students would have likely been poring over their textbooks, revising lessons, and meeti...

Luck, Culture Helped Cambodia Contain Coronavirus

Count Cambodia among the lucky countries when it comes to the coronavirus.  With only 141 confirmed cases this year and zero reported deaths...

Gov’t Launches New Cash Transfer Scheme to Assist IDPoor Families During COVID-19

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday launched a new government project to spend $25 million a month to support IDPoor households affected by ...

Tourism Sector Apprehensive Over Pricey COVID-19 Charges for Foreign Tourists

Tourism sector insiders have expressed some hesitation at the government’s announcement to make foreign tourists pay $3,000 upfront, to comp...

Battambang Resident Recollects the Lonely Experience of Recovering from COVID-19

Da Ee had a spiritual experience in Malaysia in late February when he attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur....

Blood Bank Supply Declines As Donations Dry Up Due to COVID-19

Cambodia is facing a shortage in its blood banks according to an official at the National Blood Transfusion Center, as donations have decrea...

After a Six Week Lull, Cambodia Reports Second Coronavirus Case

The Cambodian Ministry of Health on Saturday announced it had detected a second new COVID-19 case this week, bringing the country’s novel co...

Cambodia Reports Second Coronavirus Case in Six Weeks: A Passenger from New York Tested Positive

The Cambodian Ministry of Health on Saturday announced it had detected a second new COVID-19 case this week, bringing the country’s novel co...

Cambodia Lifts Travel Ban on Six Countries Including the U.S.

Cambodia on Wednesday lifted its travel ban on six countries, including the United States, nearly two months after the government first impo...

National Remembrance Day Events Cancelled Across Cambodia

Memorial and religious services planned for the National Day of Remembrance on May 20, which commemorates the genocide by the Khmer Rouge re...

Gov’t Cancels Event National Memorial Day May 20 Due to COVID-19 as Holiday Removed

The National Day of Remembrance May 20 as part of a collective civil remedy provided by the Khmer Rouge Tribunal has been suspended because ...

Justice Ministry: ‘Reforms’ Will Hasten Court Procedures to Reduce Prison Overcrowding

The Ministry of Justice launched a campaign to reduce prison overcrowding and increasing logjam of cases at Cambodia’s courts by attempting ...

Government Discussing Prison Inmates to Reduce Crowding and Prevent Virus Spread

The Ministries of Justice and Interior are considering releasing prison inmates across Cambodia to reduce the perennial issue of overcrowdin...

Unions and Workers Cancel May Day Events in Light of Virus Outbreak

Worker unions and rights groups have decided to cancel all planned events for the May Day holiday on Friday, and will instead hold an online...