Authorities have arrested a suspect involved in a long-running scam which promoted domestic worker services through a Facebook and Telegram page named “Easy-Maid Housewife Services”. The scammer is alleged to have earned over $100,000 from the scheme since 2022. Following complaints from more than 30 victims, involving some $20,000, the Anti-Cyber Crime Department, in collaboration with the Siem Reap Provincial Police, detained the owner of the Easy-Maid Facebook page. Further investigations determined that he had defrauded over 100 victims, amassing more than $100,000 since 2022. The suspect confessed to creating the page to deceive the public. He advertised domestic services…
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The AOKAS Expo will return for the second time on July 25-27, at the Connexion Building on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich. This will be the second edition of the event, described in a press release as “Cambodia’s premier Career, Education and Business Expo”. Hosts OMOHUB and First Solutions have received the support of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training for the three-day event, which is free to the public. The organisers explained that the expo aims to “inspire students, entrepreneurs, professionals and creatives through innovation, education and creativity”. The AOKAS Expo will offer four themed zones: Startup & Entrepreneurship,…
Senior Minister Kun Kim has highlighted how the ASEAN states are some of the region’s most vulnerable to natural disasters, which severely impact lives, livelihoods and socio-economic development. He urged the implementation of comprehensive joint strategies to address these challenges. His remarks were made at the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Regional Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise 2025 (ARDEX-25), held at the Special Forces Command in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, July 22. “ASEAN is highly susceptible to natural disasters such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis and storms. These disasters have caused severe impacts on lives, living conditions and socio-economic development.…
When it comes to the Cambodia–Thailand border, truth has always been the first casualty of Thai ambition. The recent accusations by the Thai military — claiming that Cambodian-planted landmines injured their own soldiers in the disputed Mom Bei area — are not only baseless but dangerously deceptive. This is not an act of defence; it is a manufactured narrative. A cowardly operation designed to manipulate global opinion and justify illegal operations on Cambodian soil. Let us call this what it is: a staged incident. A self-inflicted wound to build a pretext. A sinister tactic to provoke international sympathy and pave…
The Ministry of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a visiting Azerbaijani delegation today, July 22, with a view to increasing tourism cooperation between the two Asian nations. Minister of Tourism Hout Hak welcomed the delegation personally. His Azerbaijani guests were led by Azerbaijani deputy foreign Elnur Mammadov, who is paying an official visit to the Kingdom. He also co-chaired the 4th Cambodia-Azerbaijan Political Consultative Meeting, held on July 21-22 in Phnom Penh. The meeting focused on key agendas in politics, economy, tourism, education and humanitarian affairs. “During this significant and fruitful meeting, the two countries shared a common…
Cambodia and South Korea marked a historic milestone with the launch of the “ITMO (Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes) Project through Charging Infrastructure for E-mobility Promotion in Cambodia”, the Kingdom’s first carbon project under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The project will see 8,000 e-scooters provided to the Cambodian government for use by officials, making a major contribution to the Kingdom’s zero-carbon goals. The initiative was celebrated on July 21 by the Ministry of Environment and South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, paving the way for future carbon transactions to accelerate climate action through international cooperation. The project,…
Farmers in Kampong Thom province’s Baray Taing Kork Modern Agricultural Community have elected to plant the Sen Kra’op 01 fragrant rice variety. They now earn more than one million riel per hectare more than those cultivating the common OM rice variety. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reported the success of the new crop on Tuesday, July 22, a day after agriculture minister Dith Tina inspected the community’s harvest. “This profit margin was achieved through collective organisation as a modern agricultural community, strategic seed selection and pre-arranged contract farming agreements,” the ministry explained. Currently, Sen Kra’op 01 rice sells…
The ASEAN Regional Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise 2025 (ARDEX-25), hosted by Cambodia, will begin on Tuesday, July 22, with the aim of testing and evaluating the region’s disaster preparedness and emergency response mechanisms. The major three-day regional simulation exercise, running from July 22 to 24, will be held at Special Forces Command of the Royal Cambodian Army in Phnom Penh. It is being organised by the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) in cooperation with the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre). “ARDEX-25 is a full-scale exercise held biennially to test and evaluate ASEAN’s…
Cambodia, as a state party to the international Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, is actively engaged in the successful implementation of the treaty, both domestically and internationally. It has done so since before it became a full member of the convention in 2000, reiterated Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), on Monday, July 21. Ratana issued the statement in another response to repeated Thai allegations that the kingdom has violated the international landmine treaty. He added that Cambodia has reported that between 4 and 6 million anti-personnel landmines were used by all fighting factions, and so far.…
A single gravid (egg-bearing) crab, Kdam Seh, can carry about one million eggs externally during the breeding season. If left alone, up to a thousand baby crabs will make it into the ecosystem. Fisheries officials are urging the public not to catch, consume or trade female crabs with eggs attached under the shell. Ouk Vibol, director of the Fisheries Conservation Department at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, stated that while one female can carry around a million eggs, around 1,000 mature crabs will return to the ecosystem within 9 to 10 months, based on a survival rate of…