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More than 10,000 opposition CNRP supporters marched from Freedom Park to the U.N.’s human rights office in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to deliver a petition urging signatories of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in the country’s current political deadlock. The march marked the climax ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Wednesday closed the official voter registration period, which lasted for 20 days and saw more than 170,000 people added and nearly 100,000 names struck from the voter list. The list has been heavily criticized by election monitors, who say the ...

Cambodian opposition supporters have taken to the streets for a second day, after thousands of protesters marched to the United Nation’s human rights office in the capital, Phnom Penh. They are urging the world body to intervene in the country’s political deadlock, and opposition leader Sam ...

Thousands of opposition supporters at Freedom Park cheered in a near-ecstatic frenzy yesterday as Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy compared the demonstration to those held by the ruling party with an eye to the bottom line. “The [Cambodian People’s Party] uses money to pay ...

Despite the return of police checkpoints around Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning ahead of the opposition CNRP’s latest protest against July’s still-disputed national election, most demonstrators coming in from the provinces were let through. Typifying what turned out to be a lighter security touch compared to ...

More than two decades after the Paris Peace Agreement, which was meant to open the way for peace and multiparty democracy in Cambodia, legal experts and hu­man rights advocates said Tuesday the government has largely abandoned the vision of the accord. Speaking at a conference on ...

Thousands of opposition supporters made their way to Freedom Park in Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning to begin the first of a three-day demonstration designed to urge signatories of the Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in the country’s current political deadlock. Unlike at the previous protests ...

Carabao Tawandang, the manufacturer of Carabao Dang energy drinks, plans to open factories in Myanmar and Cambodia within the next three to five years. Managing director Sathien Setthasit yesterday said the company would also increase the production capacity of its Thai factory by 40 per cent, ...

More than 55,000 people have joined an online petition set up by a pair of French nongovernment groups urging the European Union (E.U.) to immediately launch an investigation into local sugar plantations accused of illegally evicting hundreds of Cambodian families. At the center of the dispute ...

The governments of Japan and Thailand as well as the Thai community in Cambodia have decided to donate goods and cash totaling about $520,000 to flood relief in Cambodia, officials said Tuesday. The Japanese government will donate about $400,000 in an official ceremony this morning at ...

It may not be a milestone anniversary, but the significance of this day 22 years ago is something the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party wants everyone to remember when it begins its latest mass protest this morning, a spokesman said yesterday. From today until Friday, ...

The Ministry of Interior announced Tuesday in a last minute meeting that it would allow the opposition CNRP to take 1,000 people through the streets of Phnom Penh to deliver a petition to the U.N. and eight foreign embassies during its three-day mass demonstration that ...

Nearly 400 workers at the USA Fully Field (Cambodia) Garment factory blocked National Road 2 in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district yesterday after fears spread that the factory was winding down operations and that management wouldn’t pay necessary wages once it closed. Soy Nakri, a worker representative ...

A two-day meeting between union leaders, senior government officials and representatives of the SL Gar­ment Factory failed Tuesday to reach a solution for factory workers, who have been on strike since early August and on Monday demonstrated in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Phnom ...

The roads surrounding In­dependence Monument will once again be blocked off as a planned three-day opposition rally kicks off this morning, but military police maintained yesterday that they will not be as tightly enforced as they were when frustration over delays erupted into violence last ...

Opposition CNRP lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua last night emerged from a meeting with Phnom Penh City Hall representatives proclaiming that she had the assurance of the Municipal police chief that there would be no roadblocks in or around Phnom Penh during the opposition’s three-day demonstration starting ...

The chief of South Korea’s official development assistance (ODA) body agreed with the Cambodian prime minister on Tuesday to further widen grant aid programs to the Southeast Asian country. The grant aid programs were discussed in a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Korea ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday after a two-week long campaign abroad to seek support for his Cambodia National Rescue Party’s (CNRP) bid to bring foreign intervention to Cambodia’s election dispute. He returned home just a day before his party’s planned three-day protest ...

Some 9.5 million Cambodians who directly engage in agriculture must adopt new techniques in order to counter dynamic weather patterns caused by climate change, and the government must work with farmers to ensure that it happens, an agricultural conference was told last week. Flown in from ...

More than 150 families from Koh Kong’s Botum Sakor district were confronted by authorities when they staged a protest on Monday demanding compensation from agro-industrial giant Sinimexim Investment Co Ltd for bulldozing their plantation land. District Governor On Phearak said authorities had to intervene to uphold ...

The first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) on Monday blamed some of the deaths in this year’s floods on “careless” mothers. “Maybe the mothers are careless, maybe they don’t pay much attention to their children, so they drown,” NCDM First Vice ...

A meeting between representatives of the CNRP and Phnom Penh City Hall officials Monday failed to produce an agreement over the opposition party’s plans to march throughout the city during its three consecutive days of demonstrations starting Wednesday. City Hall officials last week decreed that the ...

Environmental groups and a local community leader in Stung Treng province have called for a nationwide boycott of the popular Angkor Beer brand to protest the beverage company’s links to a controversial hydro­power dam to be built in Laos. Laos announced earlier this month that it ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ នៅ​ក្នុង​អំឡុង​ពេល​កំពុង​ហាត់​សម នៅ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ប៉ូលិស​ប្រមាណ ១០០ នាក់ ក្នុង​ចំណោម​ប៉ូលិស​ជាង ១០០០ នាក់ ដែល​ប្រដាប់​ដោយ​ខែល និង​ដំបង បាន​ទៅ​បំបែក​ការ​រៀបចំ​ធ្វើ​សមាជ​ប្រជាជន​នៅ​ស្ពាន​នាគ​ក្បែរ​នោះ កាល​ពី​ព្រឹក​ម្សិលមិញ។ ការ​ហាត់​សម​របស់​កម្លាំង​នគរបាល​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​គិត​ថា គឺ​ដើម្បី​ត្រៀម​ទប់​ទល់​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ស្អែក បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​មន្ត្រី​សមត្ថកិច្ច​បាន​អះអាង​ថា ការ​ហាត់​សម​នេះ​គឺ​ដើម្បី​ពង្រឹង​ការ​ការពារ​សន្តិសុខ​ក៏​ដោយ។ កម្លាំង​សមត្ថកិច្ច ចម្រុះ​ប្រមាណ ១០០ នាក់ ដែល​បាន​ដក​ចេញ​ពី​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​បាន​មក​រារាំង​និង​រុញ​ច្រាន​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​ទាំង​នេះ​បង្ខំ​ឲ្យ​ចាក​ចេញ​ពី​ស្ពាន​នាគ ប៉ុន្តែ​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​ទាំង​នោះ ក៏​បាន​រុញ​ច្រាន​កម្លាំង​នគរបាល​វិញ ប៉ុន្តែ​ការ​ប៉ះទង្គិច​គ្នា​នោះ​មិន​បង្ក​ឲ្យ​មាន​អ្នក​រង​របួស​ឡើយ។ បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​កម្លាំង​ប៉ូលិស បាន​លើក​ផ្តួល​គ្រែ​របស់​ក្រុម​សហគមន៍ ដែល​រៀបចំ​សម្រាប់​ធ្វើ​វេទិកា ហើយ​បាន​បណ្តេញ​ឲ្យ​ចាក​ចេញ​ក៏​ដោយ ក៏​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​ទាំង​នោះ​មិន​ព្រម​ចាក​ចេញ​ឡើយ ហើយ​បាន​នាំ​គ្នា​អង្គុយ​ចុះ បន្ទាប់​មក​ក្រុម​បណ្តាញ​មួយ​ចំនួន​បាន​ដើរ​ចែក​សៀវភៅ​ស្តី​អំពី​រដ្ឋ​ធម្មនុញ្ញ​នៃ​ព្រះ​រាជាណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា​ដល់​អ្នក​ដែល​ចូល​រួម​ទាំងអស់ និង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ដែល​មក​បង្ក្រាប​បាតុករ​ផង​ដែរ ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​យល់​ពី​ច្បាប់ ហើយ​កុំ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​បំពាន​ច្បាប់។ យោង​តាម​លិខិត​ចុះ​ថ្ងៃ ទី២០ ខែ តុលា របស់​អភិបាល​រង​សាលា​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ លោក ឃួង ស្រេង ផ្ញើ​ជូន​តំណាង​បណ្តាញ​ពហុ​វិស័យ​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា សមាជ​ប្រជាជន​មិន​ទាន់​កំណត់​ដោយ​ច្បាប់​ស្តីពី​ការ​រៀបចំ ...