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. | |
| Format | Print, online |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mohan Tirugmanasam Bandam |
| Founded | May 2014 |
| Political alignment | pro-Cambodian People's Party |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Phnom Penh |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Website | www |
The Khmer Times is a Cambodian English-language newspaper, launched in May 2014, and based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and owned by Malaysian national Mohan Tirugmanasam Bandam. 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'.
The newspaper has been flagged by western media outlets as being strongly pro-CPP in its reporting and editorials. 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.