Election monitors say a test of election ink that found it easily washable, and therefore a concern for fraudulent voting, was made in the spirit of transparency, and not to create “turmoil” ahead of Sunday’s polls. The election watchdog Comfrel on Friday tested the ink, provided ...

Police maintained a subtle, and mostly unarmed, presence at a rowdy opposition rally that filled Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday, despite persistent tensions over last month’s contested national election and a beefed-up security presence around the city. Even as the crowd swelled to well over ...

WASHINGTON — With Cambodia’s national parliamentary elections just days away, senior officials of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party say they are confident in an election victory, despite the return of opposition leader Sam Rainsy. The ruling party has campaigned on a number of platforms, especially the ...

Viewers of local television on Sunday would have had no idea the opposition CNRP was staging a mass protest, during which violent clashes with police occurred and water cannons and tear gas were used. Instead, anyone tuned into state-owned TVK or the pro-government broadcasters CTN, CNC, ...

The National Election Committee, acting on orders from the Constitutional Council, yesterday examined ballots and original documents taken from 13 polling stations in a Kratie province commune, but the opposition and observers quickly questioned the process’s validity due to apparent irregularities. Despite the fact that “Safety ...

More women should be part of any future high-level negotiations between the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP to resolve the current political deadlock, a coalition of women’s rights NGOs said Tuesday in a statement. In a joint statement by more than 20 organizations, the groups criticized ...

Chan Sophon, who was found guilty in 2012 of the February 2007 murder of Hy Vuthy, a senior leader of the Free Trade Union (FTU), faced the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday as part of his ongoing effort to have the court reinvestigate the ...

Open source software is an important way forward and a useful impetus for development in Cambodia, according to attendees of the Kingdom’s first software conference this weekend. The conference, which centred on TYPO3, an open source content management system (CMS), was held this past weekend ...

On 20 November 2020, the Budget Working Group of National and International Civil Society Organizations facilitated by the NGO Forum on Cambodia issued a position paper on the executive summary of the draft budget law 2021. In this position paper, the Budget Working Group of ...

On 12 January  2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has posted a press release Cambodia, UK hopeful relationship will be further enhanced on their official website. His Excellency Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and H.E. Dominic ...

On 6 July 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release regarding the official visit of Japanese Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA to Cambodia from 5 to 6 July 2024 on their official website. According to the press, His Excellency SOK Chenda ...

About 70 monks and nuns embarked on the 22nd Dhammayietra peace walk yesterday in Oddar Meanchey province’s Samraong City to promote nonviolence and honor the legacy of the walk’s late founder, Venerable Maha Ghosananda. The six-day pilgrimage, during which participants will walk 135 km through five ...

King Norodom Sihamoni, in an opening speech on Monday to Cambodia’s newly minted Senate, urged the legislative body to uphold human rights and justice. King Sihamoni warmly congratulated the 62-member Senate on its new mandate following almost a year of what observers have described as ...

Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) on Monday released the code of conduct for national and international observers in the forthcoming national election. “The code of conduct of electoral observers aims to set out important measures for non-governmental organizations, associations, and electoral observers to fulfill their ...

The National Police and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation will sign an MoU to create a joint taskforce to combat terrorism and cross-border crimes, National Police spokesman Lieutenant General Chhay Kim Khoeun said. National Police chief General Neth Savoeun and a delegation yesterday flew ...

Tourism officials and industry insiders say the upcoming election is not affecting the flow on tourists into the Kingdom. Kong Sophearak, director of the Statistics Department of the Ministry of Tourism, told Khmer Times that despite this month’s election and the ongoing political rallies throughout ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has instructed Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min to accept input from the public and civil society organisations and create a working group to receive their requests and complaints. Speaking at the provincial hall on Monday, Sar Kheng said addressing ...

Cambodia may face a salt shortage again this year, as harvests yielded little more than 30 per cent of the total local demand, Salt Producers Community of Kampot-Kep (SPCKK) technical chief Bun Narin said. Cambodian salt production is only available in Kampot and Kep provinces, ...

Although many jailed political opponents and civil society workers may disagree, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said he has “mercy, compassion, and sympathy” for those who oppose him, telling a crowd of students that the political situation was up to interpretation: those who believe there ...