[7] Krisher's aim for the paper, as outlined in an article in its first issue, was twofold: to create an independent newspaper of record and to train Cambodian journalists.

[8][10] In 2017, the paper's journalists Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter won an Excellence in Investigative Reporting from the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) for their article "Still Taking a Cut," which exposed the involvement of the Cambodian military in the country's illegal logging trade.

[15] A May 2014 Newsweek exposé by Simon Marks, a former editor of The Cambodia Daily, focused international attention on the alleged falsifications, and Mam stepped down from her foundation just days after the article's publication.

[4][21][22] The Cambodian Department of Taxation disputed the accusation of political motivation, and commented that the tax bill was aimed at supporting the national budget.

[24] The paper's final front page featured the headline "Descent into Outright Dictatorship" above its top article on the arrest of Cambodian National Rescue Party President Kem Sokha, and was published amid a "deteriorating" political climate in Cambodia, according to the UN Human Rights Office.

[25] The journalist community and Cambodian civil society showed their support for the paper with the social media movement #SaveTheDaily, and its closure received international coverage, including in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post and Al Jazeera.

[26] On February 4, 2018, the Phnom Penh Post reported that the Cambodian Telecoms Ministry Secretary of State Khay Khunheng had ordered all Cambodian ISPs "to block the [Cambodia Daily's] webpage... and guarantee that this webpage and IP address will no longer be operating in the Kingdom of the Cambodia”.

[5][27] In June 2023, Sarada Taing, the chief correspondent for The Cambodia Daily, faced threats due to his journalism.