Radio Cambodge was launched in 1946 in Phnom Penh, which was then part of French Indochina. Following Cambodia’s independence, the broadcaster became Radiodiffusion Nationale Khmère (RNK). In 1994 RNK and National Television of Cambodia (TVK) were put under the authority of the Ministry of Information as two different organizations.
Media assets
Radio: National- AM 918, Wat Phnom; Regional- Tbong Khmum, Kampong Speu, Ratanakiri, Pailin, Oddar Meanchey, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Cham, Takeo, Battambang, Sihanoukville, Banteay Meanchey, Phnom Penh, Mondulkiri, Preah Vihear, Prey Veng, Kampong Thom, Kratie, Pursat, Svay Rieng, Kep, Stung Treng, Kampot, Siem Reap
State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)
Ownership and governance
RNK is accountable to and administered by the Ministry of Information, in line with legal provisions nailed down in the Sub-Decree No. 70 on the regulation of broadcasting in Cambodia.
Source of funding and budget
RNK operates as a fully state-run body, without any mechanisms in place that would ensure the independence of its journalists.
Editorial independence
RNK operates as a fully state-run body, without any mechanisms in place that would ensure the independence of its journalists.
No statute that establishes RNK’s editorial independence has been identified during the latest round of research, the station’s work being closely supervised by the Ministry of Information.
No independent oversight or assessment mechanism to validate RNK’s editorial independence has been identified during the latest round of research, the station’s work being closely supervised by the Ministry of Information.
October 2023