The Australian government and World Vision have launched a new AUD 10 million ($6.5 million) initiative to strengthen climate resilience and create green jobs across Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, aiming to make agri-food systems fairer, greener and more inclusive in the face of accelerating climate change. The “Building Climate-adaptive Solutions through Inclusive Market Networks” (BASIN) project, funded through the Mekong-Australia Partnership (MAP), will run from 2025 to 2029 and directly support around 24,000 people — including smallholder farmers, women and people with disabilities — while indirectly benefiting more than 200,000 others in the region. Over the next four years, BASIN…
Author: Raksmey Hong
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to finalise technical instructions for a joint border survey and the placement of temporary markers in the sensitive frontier zone near Banteay Meanchey province’s Chouk Chey and Prey Chan villages. The announcement was described as a concretes step forward in the long-standing demarcation process between the two countries. Boundary work in these two villages has been historically sensitive due to overlapping land use and community settlements. Once the technical instructions are approved, the joint survey teams will begin field operations to determine the precise positions of the boundary pillars. The agreement was reached during a…
Australian brass-rock band PlanB, internationally recognised for featuring Cambodian locales in their music videos as we as their long-standing support for local charities, is set to perform a highly anticipated concert in the Kingdom this December. The band will take to the stage at the international standard music studio, The Gong, located at the Smiling Gecko Cambodia’s Farmhouse Resort and Spa in Kampong Chhnang. The concert, scheduled for December 2, is being organised in conjunction with Music Matters Cambodia, a collective of internationally qualified professionals committed to making music education and vocational skills accessible to the local community. The organisation…
Cambodia has become one of the world’s leading countries in humanitarian mine action, transforming its decades-long struggle with landmines into a model of resilience, recovery, and international cooperation. A leading demining expert reiterated the Kingdom’s commitment to support other nations with their own challenges. Speaking at the 2025 Ukraine Mine Action Conference in Tokyo on October 22–23, Senior Minister Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodia Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), highlighted Cambodia’s transformation “from tragedy to strength” — a journey that has turned once-devastated land into productive ground and inspired other post-conflict nations. Representing Prime Minister Hun…
Cambodia and Thailand opened a two-day meeting of the Joint Border Committee (JBC) in Thailand’s Chanthaburi province today at noon to review progress on ongoing boundary work and follow up on key issues raised in previous sessions. According to the Cambodian State Secretariat of Border Affairs (SSBA), the agenda includes three main items: reviewing outcomes of the 6th JBC meeting held in Phnom Penh on June 14–15, following up on priority issues submitted by the General Border Committee (GBC) during its special meeting in Koh Kong on September 10 — particularly concerning Chouk Chey village — and other related matters.…
As Cambodia and Thailand convened a meeting of the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) in Thailand’s Chanthaburi province this morning, a small group of Thai protesters gathered to oppose the talks. The protestors called for Thailand to withdraw from the 2000 and 2001 border memoranda of understanding. The Nation Thailand reported that the Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand, led by Pichit Chaimongkol, gathered in front of the Manee Chan Resort, where the talks are being held, and attempted to submit a petition to the provincial governor. “They called for the postponement of the Thai–Cambodian Joint Boundary…
Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are urging Indonesian investors to channel resources directly into Cambodia’s industrial and production sectors rather than focusing solely on exporting goods, amid an ongoing boycott of Thai products by local consumers. Vann Sokheng, president of the Federation of Associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC), shared his encouragement during the Indonesia Trade Expo 2025, held in Jakarta from October 15 to 19. The event featured over 1,600 exhibitors and drew more than 8,000 registered buyers from 130 countries. Leading a 25-member Cambodian business delegation to the fair, Sokheng said the mission was…
Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation has rejected what it described as a “misleading and unethical” report published by The Nation Thailand, accusing the outlet of distorting facts and damaging Cambodia’s international reputation. In a same-day statement, the ministry’s Public Relations Unit said it “strongly rejects” the article Seoul halts water-management support project in Cambodia published by The Nation on October 19. The report was accompanied by photographs from a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between the ministry and South Korea’s Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI). The ministry clarified that its cooperation with STEPI remains active…
After three nights of peaceful silence, tonight, October 17, Thailand resumed broadcasting loud noises across the border at the residents of Chouk Chey and Prey Chan villages along the border in Banteay Meanchey province. “At around 5.30pm, Thai extremists, reportedly supported by the Thai military and Sa Kaeo provincial authorities, used four loudspeakers mounted about 30 metres high, supported by three trucks, to blast high-volume sound toward the Cambodian side,” said local authorities. The harassment follows earlier incidents from October 10 to 13, which drew backlash from the Cambodian Human Rights Committee, activists, senators and even Thai politicians. The noise…
The Mekong member nations and Indonesia have called for strengthened cooperation in mobilising innovative financing and technology sharing to accelerate a clean energy transition across Southeast Asia, warning that the region’s energy ambitions cannot be achieved without closing the funding gap. Speaking at the opening of the 2nd Indonesia–Mekong Basin Connect 2025: Energy Security Cooperation in the Region, held in South Tangerang on October 16, Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister Arif Havas Oegroseno said that while Southeast Asia has no shortage of ideas or technology, it faces a serious lack of financing to make its energy transition a reality. “Any discussion…