Established on December 3, 1978 as Sapordamean Kampuchea under the People's Republic of Kampuchea, the regime installed after Vietnam's overthrow of the Khmer Rouge, Agence Kampuchea Presse came into being as the official state news wire of post-genocide Cambodia, initially broadcasting government narratives amid post-conflict reconstruction. The agency was renamed Agence Kampuchea Presse following the 1993 United Nations-supervised elections and the formation of Cambodia's constitutional monarchy, and has since operated continuously as the country's sole official state news agency under the direct oversight of the Ministry of Information. Today, AKP is headquartered in Phnom Penh and publishes news in Khmer and English covering government policy, national events, border disputes, and diplomatic relations. Today, AKP is mainly focused on Cambodian government announcements, Royal Government policy, diplomatic developments, border security, national events, and international affairs from their headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. One interesting fact: AKP carries a mandatory government warning banner on its English homepage in 2026 notifying readers that the Cambodian Royal Embassy has officially rejected international media coverage describing Cambodia's democratic decline, making it one of the few national wire services that actively publishes government rebuttals to foreign press criticism directly on its front page.