A teenager was killed and a man was badly injured on Friday while they were illegally clearing forest land for an unidentified businessman on the border of Stung Treng and Kratie provinces, officials said. Kam Dek villager Chhoun Pourn, 17, and Kam Yun, 40, were ...

A 31-year-old man was killed on Monday when part of an illegally dug gold mine collapsed in Battambang’s Phnom Proek district, commune officials said yesterday. Bon Boern, 31, died at the scene, while Ath Kri, 21, was treated at the provincial hospital for a head injury, ...

Seventy National Police generals have been signed into retirement by Prime Minister Hun Sen, having surpassed civil servants’ mandatory retirement age of 60 years old. The request to retire the generals was made in a letter to King Norodom Sihamoni by the premier on November 27, ...

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The National Election Committee (NEC) on Wednesday publicly released official election documents from eight polling stations in Battambang City, revealing that forms essential to calculating results had been left blank at two booths on polling day. The Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC), which has ordered the ...

Phnom Penh is one of the least-livable cities in the world, but has also seen relatively strong improvement in quality of life over the past five years, the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Global Livability Ranking released this month has found. The analysis of 140 cities, which ...

Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Sam Rainsy has registered his name on Monday in the voter list at the registration station located in the commune of Chak Angre Ler, Meanchey district. By registering his name he’s able to apply to become a lawmaker in parliament. Speaking ...

Eight unionists locked in prison in Kampong Speu province since violent clashes at the Sabrina Garment factory in May and June were released on bail yesterday, court and union officials said. Cheum Rithy, a provincial judge, said he had decided to release the eight Free Trade ...

Cambodia ranked 137 out of 189 countries in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2014 report released Tuesday, the first drop in at least two years that shows conducting business in the country is becoming more difficult. The report ranks countries in 10 categories, including starting a ...

The opposition CNRP has decided to move a mass demonstration to mark International Human Rights Day on December 10 from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap City, the party’s deputy president Kem Sokha said on Saturday. The CNRP will also hold mass demonstrations every Sunday at Freedom ...

The rights group Adhoc says it is monitoring “at least 100” individuals who are complicit in forestry crimes across the country. These include “high-ranking officers” of the police and military police; business tycoons; and ordinary citizens across 11 provinces, Chan Soveth, a lead investigator for the ...

ឈើ​ប្រណីត​ជាង ៦០ ម៉ែត្រ​គុប​តម្លៃ​រាប់​ម៉ឺន​ដុល្លារ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ក្រុម​អ្នក​កាសែត​ប្រទះ​ឃើញ​នៅ​នឹង​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​នគរបាល​ក្នុង​ស្រុក សង្គម​ថ្មី ខេត្ត ព្រះវិហារ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​សៅរ៍ ខណៈ​ដែល​ពួក​ឈ្មួញ​កំពុង​ដឹក​ឈើ​ទំាង​នោះ​ចេញ​ទៅ​លក់​នៅ​ប្រទេស វៀតណាម ដោយ​គ្មាន​ការ​ទប់​ស្កាត់​ពី​អាជ្ញាធរ និង​មន្រ្តី ...

ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរជាង២០នាក់ផ្សេងទៀតត្រូវបានទាហានថៃចាប់ខ្លួន​ បន្ទាប់ពីពួក​គេឆ្លងដែន​ខុសច្បាប់ តាមខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យចូលទៅកាប់ឈើក្នុងទឹកដីថៃកាលពីចុងសប្តាហ៏មុន ខណៈ ដែលចំនួន អ្នកស្លាប់ដោយសារទាហានថៃបាញ់បានកើនឡើង​ជាង២០ភាគ​រយ​ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣នេះ។ លោក ស្រី ណារ៉េន មន្ត្រីអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអាដហុកខេត្តបានអោយដឹងថា ប្រជា​ពល​រដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​ ​ចំនួន៣៨នាក់ត្រូវបានទាហានថៃបាញ់ស្លាប់ គិតចាប់តាំងពីខែមករាដល់​ខែធ្នូ​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣​នេះ​​បន្ទាប់ពីពួកគេឆ្លងដែនតាមខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យ ចូលទៅ​កាប់និង​ដឹក​ជញ្ជូនឈើ​ក្រញូងខុសក្នុង ច្បាប់ទឹកដីថៃ។ ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday told supporters in Kandal province to pack up their bed mats, pillows and rice and prepare for the long haul as he and deputy Kem Sokha outlined plans for a sit-in at Freedom Park that could drag on for days ...

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 ...

Telecommunications company Xinwei (Cambodia) Telecom Co Ltd, operating under the CooTel brand, officially launched in Cambodia yesterday, being the first operator to offer 4G technology in the country, a company statement released yesterday said. “CooTel strongly believes it will be successful in entering the Cambodian market ...

Loggers in Prey Lang forest are under scrutiny once again, after a 21-year-old man was charged with illegally clearing and occupying state-owned land. Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday put suspect Ven Nak of Sandan district’s Dang Kambet commune under pre-trial detention, said Khin Vannak, a deputy ...

Experts say the government has not yet done enough to promote the studies of science at the university level, leaving Cambodia behind on technology and other science subjects. Louise Ahrens, a project coordinator at Maryknoll, a US-based organization that provides education counseling at the Royal University ...

Kampong Cham police officials arrested 10 suspects on Sunday for illegally fishing the Mekong River in Koh Sotin district. “Seven are Vietnamese and other three are Muslim Cambodians. They used illegal equipment to fish in the Mekong River, such as four motor boats, trawls and two ...

In its switch to a strategy of nonstop demonstrations calling for a new election, the opposition party has made a calculated decision to go “all-in” and toughen its stance in a bid to ramp up domestic pressure on the ruling party, political analysts said yesterday. Since ...