In 2019, Cambodia recorded its highest-ever tourist numbers, welcoming 6.61 million visitors, including 2.36 million from China – a 16.7% increase compared to 2018. Visitors from Hong Kong totalled 2,191, while 219 visitors were from Macau.
China has not approved any new loans to Cambodia in the first nine months of 2024, Cambodian finance ministry data shows, even though it has been Cambodia's top creditor country in recent years. The collapse in funding may signal China's more cautious approach to investment in Cambodia after a series of so-far unsuccessful infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian country.
Cambodia's influential former Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday that Japan would be granted visitation rights to the country's Ream Naval Base, a facility the United States is concerned could become a military outpost for China.
A U.S. Navy warship arrived Monday in Cambodia, the first such visit in eight years to a nation that is a close ally of China in Southeast Asia. Cambodia's government has suggested the port call reflects an upgrade in often-strained relations.
Two-thirds of social media content creators do not verify whether the information they post is accurate, according to a UNESCO report published late last month, with Cambodia one of the latest countries facing the growing challenge of online content.
A U.S. Navy warship will make a port call next week in Cambodia, China’s close ally in Southeast Asia, the first such visit in eight years.
Organized crime and online scamming operations have tainted the image of Chinese migrants, who have been a part of Cambodian society for centuries.
When a US warship docked in Cambodia this week, it moored just a few kilometres from a base where China has built an extended new pier and two of Beijing's own vessels have been berthed for about a year. The United States has said the Ream naval base could ...
China has not approved any loans to Cambodia this year, Cambodian finance ministry data for the first three quarters of 2024 shows, even though it has been Cambodia's top creditor country in recent years.
A U.S. Navy warship has arrived in Cambodia, the first such visit in eight years to a nation that is China’s close ally in Southeast Asia
To Lam praised defence cooperation between China and Vietnam as “increasingly practical and effective”, according to a Vietnam News Agency report. 04:15 Cambodia’s ambitious China-backed Funan Techo Canal risks harming Mekong River Cambodia’s ...
Plastic is now ubiquitous in the Mekong, Asia’s Mother of Rivers, and experts and local people are struggling to contain the risks to human health, biodiversity and livelihoods.