Following a high-level meeting yesterday, Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy said that his party would seek to restart negotiations with the ruling party and possibly join the government. The move marks an apparent about-turn from a party press conference held on Wednesday when Rainsy ...

ប្រធាន​គណៈកម្មការ​ខេត្ត​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត (គ.ខ.ប) ខេត្ត​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នាំ​យក​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​ខ្លួន​អះអាង​ថា បាន​បាត់​ឈ្មោះ​ពី​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​អ្នក​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ជ្រើស​តាំង​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​ នីតិកាល​ទី​៥ ជាង ១​ពាន់​នាក់ នៅ​ទូទាំង​ខេត្ត​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង ទៅ​ពិនិត្យ​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ និង​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត ចាប់​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១ ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២០ ខែ​តុលា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។ ការ​ថ្លែង​បែប​នេះ​ទៅ​កាន់​មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង គឺ​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​ក្នុង​វគ្គ​បណ្ដុះ​បណ្ដាល​មួយ​នៅ​ទីស្នាក់ការ គ.ខ.ប ខេត្ត​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង ស្ដី​អំពី​ការ​ពិនិត្យ​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ និង​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៥ ខែ​កញ្ញា ដែល​មាន​អ្នក​ចូល​រួម​ជា​តំណាង​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ មន្ត្រី​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ឃុំ-សង្កាត់ និង​កម្លាំង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​សរុប​ប្រមាណ​ជា ៥០​នាក់។ ប្រធាន​គណៈកម្មការ​ខេត្ត​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ខេត្ត​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង អ្នកស្រី នួន ចាន់នី មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា វគ្គ​បណ្ដុះ​បណ្ដាល​នេះ​នឹង​អាច​ជួយ​ឲ្យ​សិក្ខាកាម ជា​ពិសេស​មន្ត្រី​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ឃុំ ឬ​សង្កាត់ ដែល​ជា​អ្នក​អនុវត្តន៍​ការងារ​ផ្ទាល់ បាន​យល់​កាន់​តែ​ច្បាស់​អំពី​តួនាទី និង​នីតិវិធី​នៃ​ការ​ពិនិត្យ និង​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​អ្នក​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នៅ​តាម​មូលដ្ឋាន។ អ្នកស្រី​បន្ត​ថា មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​តែង​តែ​លើក​ឡើង​ពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ផ្សេងៗ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ នីតិវិធី​នៃ​ការ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​ត្រូវ​បាន​មន្ត្រី​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​អនុវត្ត ​បាន​ច្បាស់​លាស់៖ «កាល​សន្និបាត​ហ្នឹង គាត់​លើក​ឡើង​ថា ...

Construction workers broke ground yesterday in Boeung Keng Kang i at the site of a $16 million dollar condominium project partially funded by Malaysia’s Chip Hock Realty and Development. This project gets off the ground as foreign investment in the Kingdom sees increased growth. ...

Phase I of the Angkor Landmark development project about 15km northeast of SIem Reap town Is scheduled to offIcIally break ground at end-2021, accordIng to the developer’s CEO Tous Saphoeun. ...

At the inauguration ceremony of the Heart Surgery Centre ii – named Kantha Bopha-Sihamoni Monineath – at Kantha Bopha i Children’s Hospital in Phnom Penh on Thursday, King Norodom Sihamoni said he and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk had donated $1.2 million towards its construction. ...

Public buses should be accessible, safe, and comfortable for people with disabilities, a recent assessment showed. ...

Observers expect the trial of 23 people arrested during early January strike demonstrations will not be completed today, due to the number of witnesses who may testify. “i think the trial would take more than the time [available today],” Ham Samrith, senior lawyer for the Community ...

With the ruling CPP having voted in its National Assembly leadership and government ministers on Tuesday, officials from the CNRP said opposition lawmakers would not take their seats in parliament unless the party is guaranteed control over the National Assembly. “i think that the two-day meeting ...

Cambodia should hold a referendum to decide whether the country calls a reelection or not after allegations of serious irregularities during July’s election that handed victory to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party, political analysts said. Kek Galabru, president of a renowned human rights group ...

When Reaksmey (not his real name) was in high school two years ago, he and his classmates were urged to attend the supplementary classes taught by their teachers before and after regular school hours. For an hour before school and two to three hours after each ...

The CPP yesterday declared victory in Sunday’s commune election, saying it had taken 72 percent of the country’s commune councilor seats and all but 41 of the country’s 1,633 powerful commune chief positions. The SRP in turn said it took 19 percent of the available councilor ...

A rights worker and forestry official yesterday contradicted a local newspaper report claiming that more than $100 million worth of timber had been illegally extracted from Ratanakirri province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary. Adhoc’s provincial coordinator for Ratanakirri, Chhay Thy, denied having said a total of 16,000 ...

Breaking into a medium almost universally controlled by the ruling party, acting opposition president Kem Sokha squared off yesterday against rival legislators during the filming of what may well have been Cambodia’s first televised national election debate. The debate at the state-run TVK studios, which featured ...

With only about 10 per cent of its 1,000-person workforce at their stations by 8am yesterday, management at Hoyear (Cambodia) Garment Ltd cut its losses and announced that the factory would close for the next two days. Thousands across the capital opted out of work ...

Researchers at the Novartis institute for Tropical Diseases have isolated a new class of drugs that could be used to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis, a disease that affects thousands of Cambodians, according to a report published in the journal Science Translational Medicine last week. The drugs, called indolcarboxamides, work ...

Some 1,000 employees from one of Cambodia’s largest microfinance institutions gathered in the Koh Pich exhibition hall yesterday to watch A River Changes Course, the award-winning documentary about three Cambodians from different backgrounds all struggling to eke out a living in fast-changing times. Why Angkor Mikroheranhvatho (Kampuchea) ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that calls for him to resign and for a new “face” to lead the country were hypocritical as the faces of his critics also remained unchanged. Mr. Hun Sen also said that the political situation in the country is perfectly ...

Two years after Cambodia’s Acid Law took effect, and one year after a subsequent sub-decree further regulated the dangerous substance, significant hurdles remain in securing justice for victims of acid attacks, according to a paper published in the Cambodian Law and Policy Journalon Sunday. in her paper, ...

As buyers swoop in to purchase Thai rice at garage-sale prices, Cambodian exporters are dealing with lower than usual rates, and the results are being felt all the way down the supply chain to the farmers themselves. New figures from rice industry publication Oryza show that ...

Sinohydro Corporation has taken over the concession to build the Stung Cheay Areng dam in Koh Kong province and is preparing for the early stages of construction, according to a company representative and government officials. ith Prang, secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and ...