Cambodia’s National Assembly elections will be held on July 23, 2023. Every five years, the southeast Asian country holds general elections. The prime minister’s party won all 125 seats in the National Assembly in the most recent election on July 29, 2018. PHNOM PENH: The seventh National Assembly election will be held on July 23, … Read more
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) celebrated its 71st birthday on Tuesday. The party pledged to safeguard peace and political stability for Cambodia’s sustainable socio-economic development. Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said that Cambodia has gone through many times of pride, struggle, and danger. PHNOM PENH: The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) celebrated its … Read more
Cambodian police seize 54.4 kg of illicit drugs, including heroin, crystal meth and ketamine. Drug dealers in the Southeast Asian country do not face the death penalty. In the first five months of this year, police detained 6,168 drug suspects, including 80 foreigners. PHNOM PENH: The National Officers stated on Tuesday that Cambodia anti-drug police … Read more
Three foreigners were detained by Cambodian anti-drug police on Wednesday for allegedly making, possessing, and trafficking more than 30 kg of illicit substances, according to the National Police. One suspect was detained at a condo in Phnom Penh’s capital, while two others were apprehended in Preah Sihanouk’s coastline region, police said, adding that they were … Read more
Linking Kratie provincial town and Sambour district in northeast Cambodia, the China-funded 93.5-km-long stretch of National Road No. 7 has brought closer contact between rural and urban dwellers and facilitated goods transport in the province. “This road was previously devastated by floods and travel was very difficult,” Phong Lida, a 27-year-old resident in Kratie provincial … Read more
PHNOM PENH: Nearly 71 percent of the construction work on the Chinese-invested Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway has been completed despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) said in a news release on Sunday. MPWT’s secretary of state Yit Bunna visited the construction site in southwestern Kampong Speu province on Friday, … Read more
In the Cambodian city of Phnom Penh, a pet lion roaming on the streets frightened citizens, a video of which went viral on social media. Videos and photos of a pet lion roaming the streets went viral on social networking site Twitter, much to the astonishment of onlookers. The video shows a pet lion roaming … Read more
