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The government of China on Monday delivered four units of container scanning machines to Cambodia for using at international border checkpoints. Speaking after the signing ceremony, Keat Chhon said the four container scanning machines, totally costing 13.8 million U.S. dollars, are China’s grant aid to ...

Cambodia’s Constitutional Council will resume their inquiries Tuesday into the opposition party’s poll complaints regarding the alleged irregularities of the election, according to the general secretariat of the Constitutional Council. In a statement issued Saturday, the council had already resolved 14 complaints among the 33 received ...

Chanting in Khmer and gripping homemade signs, a group gathered Monday to protest recent Cambodian election results. The rally aimed to bring awareness to what many Cambodian immigrants believe is a corrupt voting system. More than nine million people were eligible to vote in the July 28 ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) said Sunday that it is no longer involved in mediating the dispute between the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP over the results of last month’s national election. The announcement came after the NEC over the weekend rejected 17 complaints related to ...

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday denied the allegations by the opposition party that it has collusion with the National Election Committee (NEC) for ballot- rigging. “Some allegations that the CPP has collusion with the NEC for vote-rigging ...

A 9-year-old boy has become the 10th person this year to die of bird flu in Cambodia, the World Health Organization announced Monday. The U.N. agency said the boy from a village in northeastern Battambang province came down with fever and vomiting on July 26 and ...

Cambodia’s Tourism Ministry said about 231,000 Chinese visited Cambodia in the first six months of the year, up 55 percent over the previous year. Cambodia received 334,000 Chinese visitors in 2012, up 35 percent year-on-year, Xinhua news agency quoted the ministry saying in a report. Kong Sopheareak, ...

In the globalised world, being able to communicate in more than one language is becoming essential for many people seeking rewarding careers. Young Cambodians have taken this message to heart and are learning Cambodia is slowly moving up the development ladder but low-wage factory labour still ...

Police said Sunday they have arrested four people believed to be involved in a conspiracy hatched by a dissident Khmer-American group plotting to topple the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Two men and two women were arrested on Thursday suspected of at­tempting to hand out ...

A city-wide campaign to clear drainage pipes inundated with garbage build-up aggravated by seasonal rains will begin on Saturday, the municipality announced. All nine districts are to report the number of pipes in need of service, according to a statement released on Friday, which adds that ...

Two construction workers were crushed to death on Saturday in Phnom Penh when a concrete wall collapsed on them as they were digging a building’s foundation. Boeung Tompun commune police identified the victims as Touch Chorm, 17, from Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district, and, Yung Yangthor, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the country’s financial regulator have informed Australia-based mining giant BHP Billiton it could still be charged over allegations the company bribed overseas officials, which include claims of improper payments to members of the Cambodian government. Prime Minister Hun Sen ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ ដោយសារ​តែ​ការ​ច្រាន​ចោល​របស់​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ បោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) ទៅ​លើ​បណ្តឹង​ទាំង​អស់​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ក្នុង​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត ​កន្លង​ទៅ កាល​ពី​ចុង​សប្តាហ៍ គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ភ័ស្តុតាង អំពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ដោយ​លើក​យក​មណ្ឌល​មួយ ​ចំនួន​ធ្វើ​ជា​ទឡ្ហីករណ៍​បញ្ជាក់ អំពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ទាំង​នោះ ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​នេះ​បាត់បង់​អាសនៈ​របស់​ខ្លួន។ នៅ​ក្នុង​សិក្ខាសាលា​មួយ​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី និង​លោក កឹម សុខា រួម​ជាមួយ​នឹង តំណាង​ពី​អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត ខុម ហ្វ្រែល បាន​រិះគន់​ទៅ​លើ​ដំណើរការ​ផ្ទៀង​ផ្ទាត់​ការ​រាប់​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត របស់ គ.ជ.ប ជា​ពិសេស​កង្វះ​ឆន្ទៈ​របស់​ស្ថាប័ន​នេះ​ក្នុង​ការ​បើក​កញ្ចប់​សុវត្ថិភាព ដើម្បី​ផ្ទៀង​ផ្ទាត់​ទៅ​នឹង​លទ្ធផល​ដូច​ដែល​ប្រកាស​ដោយ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ និង​ខេត្ត។ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ក៏​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ផង​ដែរ អំពី​ការ​សិក្សា​ករណី​មួយ​នៅ​ខេត្ត កណ្តាល​ដែល​តួលេខ​ផ្ទាល់​របស់​គណបក្ស​បង្ហាញ​ថា គណបក្ស​នេះ​ឈ្នះ​បាន​ចំនួន ៧ អាសនៈ មិន​មែន ៦ អាសនៈ​ដូច​លទ្ធផល​ប្រកាស​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​នេះ​ទេ ហើយ​លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រដូច គ.ជ.ប ទៅ​នឹង​ចោរ​ដែល​បាន​លួច​ហើយ តែ​មិន​ព្រម​បង្ហាញ​អ្វី​នៅ​ក្នុង​កញ្ចប់​នោះ ដើម្បី​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​ថា ...

Representatives of the opposition CNRP in Canada have sent a letter to the Canadian government asking that it clarify its stance on the results of Cambodia’s national election after a former Cabinet minister took part in an international observer team that deemed the elections free ...

Malaysian information technology service provider Dataprep Holdings Bhd is considering establishing a presence in Cambodia, the Malaysian Reserve reported Monday. “We are currently looking at increasing our presence in Indochina, ASEAN and China,” chief executive Ahmad Rizan Ibrahim was quoted as telling reporters Friday. ...

Microsoft Cambodia has found that an overwhelming majority of computer retailers surveyed earlier this year failed to offer customers the option to purchase licensed, as opposed to pirated, software. Out of the 54 Cambodian computer retailers included in the May survey, the results of which were ...

Despite the government indicating it was open to parliamentary reform, the dismissal of opposition lawmakers in June was a disturbing shift away from a commitment to protecting human rights, UN human rights envoy Surya Subedi says in his latest report on Cambodia. Obtained on Friday, the ...

More than one thousand military police officers on Saturday participated in simulated exercises designed to prepare them should demonstrations over the contested results of last month’s national election break out, officials said Sunday. The officers, clad in bulletproof vests, were trained in crowd control and riot ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital and largest city, has seen rapid development in the last decade — numerous high-rises, large shopping malls and business centres as well as public parks are beautifying this city — in the meantime, slum-dwellers are also on the rise. According to the ...

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Yunnan and Guangxi in China) is undergoing unprecedented changes. Many of these are positive, reflecting political stabilization and economic growth following decades of poverty and conflict. But the rate and type of development is ...

NEARLY three weeks after Cambodia’s general election, which both the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the opposition claim to have won, life in Phnom Penh remains tense. Tanks have been deployed, although only on the outskirts, and queues have formed at banks and supermarkets ...

Sri Lankan agricultural group Lankem Ceylon PLC says it plans to plant 20,000 hectares of rubber in Cambodia as part of a diversification strategy. Lankem chairman A Rajaratnam disclosed the strategy in the company’s annual report for the year to March, 2012, released by the company ...

Cambodia is falling short of the full liberal democracy enshrined in its Constitution, the government is becoming increasingly intolerant to constructive criticism and judicial, parliamentary and electoral reforms have been slow to take effect, according to U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi’s latest report on ...

ភ្ញៀវ​ប្រចាំថ្ងៃ​របស់​វិទ្យុ​យើង​សម្រាប់​ថ្ងៃ​សៅរ៍​នេះ​គឺ លោក គល់ បញ្ញា នាយក​អង្គការ​សង្កេតការណ៍​​បោះឆ្នោត​ខុមហ្វ្រែល ( Comfrel)។ ឆ្លើយតប​នឹង​សំណួរ​បស់ ប៉ែន បូ​ណា លោក គល់ បញ្ញា អះអាងថា អ្វីដែល​លោក​សង្កេតឃើញ​ក្នុង​ភាពមិនប្រក្រតី​មួយចំនួន​នោះ ​គឺជា​កង្វះខាត​ បច្ចេកទេស​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ យ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយ លោក​សំណូមពរ​ឲ្យ គ.ជ.ប បើកទូលាយ​ជាង​នេះ​បន្តិច​ ដោយ​យល់ព្រម​ឲ្យ​មានការ​ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់​ឯកសារ​ក្នុង​ កញ្ចប់​សុ​វត្ថិ​ភាព​មួយចំនួន ​ដើម្បី​ដឹង​អំពី​ទំហំ​នៃ​ភាពមិនប្រក្រតី។ ...