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Khmer Times
Insight into Cambodia
A digital copy of the Khmer Times, dated 19 April 2021. Bearing an announcement above the main headline that the circulation of print edition has been temporary halted due to COVID-19 pandemic.
FormatPrint, online
OwnerMohan Tirugmanasam Bandam
FoundedMay 2014; 11 years ago (May 2014)
Political alignmentpro-Cambodian People's Party
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersPhnom Penh
CountryCambodia
Websitewww.khmertimeskh.com

The Khmer Times is a Cambodian English-language newspaper, launched in May 2014,[1] and based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and owned by Malaysian national Mohan Tirugmanasam Bandam.[2] The Khmer Times is one of a number of English language news outlets reporting on Cambodia, along with international news, for the Cambodian domestic English-speaking market, and also functions as an international portal for Cambodian sourced news and current affairs. In common with many other South-East Asian (ASEAN) countries, the news outlet operates under press rules that discourage western style editorialisation of the news, a format viewed in the West as 'restricted'.[3]

The newspaper has been flagged by western media outlets as being strongly pro-CPP in its reporting and editorials.[4] The outlet is regarded in Cambodia as a journal of record for expatriate residents and English-speaking Cambodians, locally enjoying a high degree of perception as having journalistic integrity.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Aun Pheap (June 9, 2014). "National Police Planning Own Newspaper". The Cambodia Daily. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Khmer Times". Khmer Times. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Cambodia: Press freedom under attack".
  4. ^ "Email suggests 'major backer' promised to help win $344,000 case against Cambodian newspaper". www.abc.net.au. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  5. ^ "Report on the State of Press Freedom in Cambodia".