The Cambodia Daily

The death toll caused by severe flooding along the Mekong River increased by eight yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths over the past two weeks to more than 20, including 11 children, an official said. Keo Vy, deputy chief of the information department at the ...

A community forest patrol of locals yesterday confiscated a large haul of illegally logged luxury wood that was being transported to the Vietnamese border in Mondolkiri province, local officials said. Commune police chief Pech Sotheary said the case has been referred to provincial forestry administration ...

Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, the men wrongfully sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2004 murder of Free Trade Union (FTU) leader Chea Vi­chea, were exonerated Wednesday by the Supreme Court of the crime. Responding to the acquittal, Chea Vichea’s brother, Chea Mony, ...

During an epic speech on Wednesday that lasted for more than six-and-a-half hours, Prime Minister Hun Sen told his newly approved Cabinet that they would be subject to increased public scrutiny as part of a series of reforms to be undertaken by the CPP over ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday announced that his party could stage nationwide labor strikes in protest of disputed election results, and said the CNRP would begin an international campaign to make the CPP government a pariah state. “In the air is an idea of ...

Residents of Phnom Penh on Wednesday expressed boredom and disbelief as Prime Minister Hun Sen passed his previous record-breaking five-hour speech on border demarcation last year with a more than six-hour-long monologue on government reforms he says are planned. Evoking images of elaborate self-criticism sessions the ...

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday called for the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP to “work together” and repeated its call for a transparent review of irregularities in July’s national election. “The United States urges leaders of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the CNRP ...

Thousands of families continue to be affected by relentless flooding caused by heavy rains and the opening of dams in neighboring Thailand and Vietnam, causing a surge in the Mekong River in Cambodia that has inundated communities along its banks. The floods have claimed at least ...

U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi on Wednesday wrapped up his appearance before the Human Rights Council in Geneva with a vow to continue assisting Cambodia in improving its judicial system as NGOs provided withering testimony of the situation of rights in the country. A dialogue ...

The past two days have seen some of the most conspicuous displays of government control of the capital in years, with military and riot police being deployed to ensure the safety of ruling CPP lawmakers and leaders being sworn in to parliament in the absence ...

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 ...

A day after its opening session and still devoid of the 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition CNRP, the country’s new, one-party National Assembly voted Prime Minister Hun Sen in for yet another five-year term Tuesday and approved an extensive re­shuffle of his Cabinet. In a ...

The Appeal Court has reduced the already shortened sentence of the 31-year-old son of a high-ranking official who killed three women in a car accident, ordering him to serve just two months in prison, a court official said Tuesday. Bun Rattanak, the son of municipal finance ...

The U.N. human rights envoy to Cambodia, Surya Subedi, on Tuesday presented a report to the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva and expressed his grave concern about post-election violence and the failure of the government and National Election Committee to properly investigate widespread electoral ...

Some 50 members of the Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities—many still bearing welts and bruises—walked to Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district offices Tuesday and blamed officials there for a violent attack that broke out at Wat Phnom on Sunday night as they were peacefully ...

Cambodia exported 221,027 tons of milled rice in the first seven months of the year, an increase of 103 percent compared to the same period last year, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce. Officials and rice experts said the increase in exports was thanks ...

The atmosphere in Phnom Penh 20 years ago today was one of jubilation and optimism as then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk signed Cambodia’s new Consti­tution into law and reclaimed the throne as King. The promulgation of the Constitution—which marked the end of the U.N. Transitional Authority in Cambodia’s ...

Flooding across the country has now killed seven people, including four children, since water reached emergency levels in some areas on Friday, the National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) said Monday. Flooding is affecting a total of seven provinces and authorities have already evacuated hundreds of families ...

Following the convening of a one-party CPP National Assembly, leaders of the opposition CNRP said Monday that they would continue to boycott parliament and use mass demonstrations as a tool to pressure the government to meet their demands for “justice” following what they claim was ...

More than 100 military police officers stood guard outside a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Monday and prevented workers from returning to work, employees and local officials said. Workers from Singaporean-owned SL Garment Factory—which makes clothing for U.S. brands Levi’s and Gap—have been ...

King Norodom Sihamoni presided over a nearly half-empty opening session of the National Assembly on Monday as all 55 elected lawmakers of the opposition CNRP followed through with their threat to boycott parliament to protest disputed results of July’s national election. Analysts and election monitors ...

Anger over the violent attack on peaceful protesters at Wat Phnom on Sunday night simmered at the site Monday morning, with the same demonstrators returning to confront their alleged attackers and detaining a police official they accused of spying. Shortly before 11 p.m. on Sunday night, ...

The Court of Appeal has reduced to six months the original three-and-a-half-year prison term handed to the son of a wealthy businessman for pistol-whipping a man and damaging restaurant property. Duong Udomchorvin, 24, was sentenced in May, along with his 17-year-old brother, Duong Kimlong, who was ...

កាលពី​ម្សិល​មិញ​ សមាជិក​សភា​បក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​បាន​ស្បថ​នៅ​មុខ​ប្រាសាទ​អង្គរ​វត្ត​ថា  ខ្លួន​នឹង​ធ្វើ​​​​​​​ពហិការ​សម័យ​ប្រជុំបើករដ្ឋ​សភា​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​នេះ ហើយ​​​​ សន្យា​ថា “មិន​ក្បត់​​ឆន្ទៈ​​របស់​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​ឡើយ”។ ដោយ​គណ​បក្ស​ ប្រឆាំង​ស្ថិត​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​សៀម​រាប គណ​បក្ស​ប្រជា​ជន​កម្ពុជា​ ដែល​បាន​​ឈ្នះ​ជាផ្លូវ​ការ​នូវ​សំឡេង​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ ​​នៃ​​​​​​​អាសនៈ​រដ្ឋ​សភា​ទាំង​១២៣ បាន​និយាយ​​​ថា​​​ សមាជិក​សភា​៦៨​រូប​ របស់​ខ្លួន​នឹង​ចូល​រួម​សម័យ​​​​ប្រជុំ​បើក​រដ្ឋ​សភា​នៅ​ព្រឹក​នេះ​ ព្រម​​​ ទាំង​ចូល​រួម​ពិធី​ស្បថ​ចូល​កាន់​​​​តំណែង​ ដែល​គ្រោង​ធ្វើ​នៅរសៀល​ថៃ្ងនេះ  នៅ​ព្រះបរម​រាជ​វាំង​។ លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន សែន និង​ លោក ​​ ​សម រង្ស៊ី មេ​ដឹក​នាំគណ​ បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ បាន​ចរចា​គ្នា​រយៈ​ពេល​ពីរ​ថ្ងៃ​ កាលពី​ដើម​សប្តាហ៍​​​​មុន​  នៅ​ក្នុង​កិច្ច​ខិត​ខំ​ប្រឹង​ប្រែង​ជា​លើក​ចុង​ក្រោយ​ ដើម្បី​បំបែក​ភាព​ ទាល់​ច្រក​ក្នុង​​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៨ ខែ​កក្កដា ដែល​​ បក្សទាំង​ពីរ​អះ​អាង​ថា បាន​ឈ្នះ​រៀងៗ​ខ្លួន​។ ប៉ុន្តែ ដោយ​ការ​ចរ​ចា ​ទាំង​នោះ​បាន​ជាប់​គាំង​ដោយ​សារ​ការ​ទាម​ទារ​របស់ ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ដោយ​ឯក​រាជ្យ​លើ​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី  ដែលកើត​មាន​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នោះ គណ​បក្ស​សង្គ្រោះជាតិ​បាន​នាំ​សមាជិក​ សភាព​ជាប់​ឆ្នោត​ទាំង​៥៥​រូប​របស់​ខ្លួន និងសមា​ជិក​សភា​ប្រាំបី​នាក់​ទៀត  ដែល​ខ្លួន​អះ​អាង​ថា គួរ​តែ​បាន​ជាប់​ឆ្នោត​ដែរ​​​​នោះ ទៅ​ក្រុង​សៀម​រាប​ កាល​ពី​ចុង​សប្តាហ៍​នេះ​ ហើយ​មាន​គម្រោង​ឲ្យ​ពួក​គេ​ស្នាក់​​​​នៅ​ទីនោះ​ រហូត​ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ។ ...