Workers from the Ocean Garment factory, who have been protesting outside the plant in Pur Senchey district for weeks, will file a request with Phnom Penh City Hall today to allow them to continue their demonstrations in front of the ministry of Social Affairs and ...

By 8 p.m. on the day of the July 28 election, Information minister Khieu Kanharith was declaring victory for Prime minister Hun Sen’s CPP with 68 seats to the opposition’s 55. In the days that followed, preliminary results released by the National Election Committee (NEC) arrived ...

At about 10 a.m. Thursday morning, during a press conference at the CNRP’s Phnom Penh headquarters, opposition leader Sam Rainsy dialed the phone number of CPP Interior minister Sar Kheng and told a few dozen reporters in attendance that he would broadcast their conversation over ...

During Pchum Ben, a Cambodian religious holiday that came to a close last week, Venerable Keo Somaly got up before dawn. By 5 a.m. each day, the 32-year-old monk was dressed in his saffron robe and chanting prayers. Not long after, with the sun still hanging ...

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Saturday announced that it would launch a mass protest on Oct. 23 in order to submit a petition to the United Nations. “A mass protest will be held on Oct.23 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the Freedom Park (in ...

Taxi drivers staged a large protest Wednesday at a customs checkpoint in Poipet City over customs officials’ demands for what the protesters said was an exorbitant tax on a small load of goods. At the checkpoint Wednesday, more than 50 taxi drivers blocked the road for ...

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Security guards at the center of a yearlong land dispute between families in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community and the Khun Sear Import Export Company on Wednesday accused the families of attacking them during a late-night Khmer New Year drinking party. Nuon Sokhannara, one of the ...

The opposition CNRP said Thursday it is forging ahead with plans to hold a three-day demonstration, which the party has dubbed a “camp-in,” despite a letter from the ministry of Interior that says the protests can only go on for one day. The Interior ministry letter, ...

មង​ចាប់​សត្វ​ស្លាប​ប្រវែង​ ៣ ២០០ ​ម៉ែត្រ​បន្ថែមទៀត​ ត្រូវ​បាន​កម្លាំង​មន្ត្រី​ឧទ្យានុរក្ស​ស្នាក់ការ​ល្បាត​ស្ទឹងព្រាត់ រួម​សហការ​ជាមួយ​ក្រុម​ឧទ្យានុរក្ស​នៃ​អង្គការ​សម្ព័ន្ធមិត្ត​ការពារ​សត្វព្រៃ (Wildlife Alliance) រុះរើ និង​ដកហូត​នៅក្នុង​ពេល​ដែល​ពួកគេ​បាន​រួម​គ្នា​ចុះ​ល្បាត ហើយ​ប្រទះឃើញ​គេ​ដាក់ពង្រាយ​នៅលើ​វាលស្មៅ​នៃ​តំបន់​ព្រៃកោងកាង​ដែល​ស្ថិតនៅ ...

Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency (CRRT) wrote a letter to ms. Elizabeth m. murphy, Secretary of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2012 to back up PWYP’s recommendations and to encourage the Commission to define the “Project” in relation to each lease, license ...

The dining hall of a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s meanchey district that supplies clothes to U.S. brand Gap collapsed into a pond monday, injuring more than 20 workers who were eating lunch, workers and officials said. The hall, which is part of Top World Garment ...

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha on monday visited supporters in Kandal province to encourage locals there to ensure that momentum behind opposition demonstrations over the contested national election result continues. Thousands of people turned out in Vihear Suor commune, Khsach Kandal’s district, where mr. ...

Viewers of local television on Sunday would have had no idea the opposition CNRP was staging a mass protest, during which violent clashes with police occurred and water cannons and tear gas were used. Instead, anyone tuned into state-owned TVK or the pro-government broadcasters CTN, CNC, ...

A storm on Saturday night killed one, badly injured two others and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in Svay Rieng province’s Rumduol district, officials said Sunday. Ros Pharith, provincial administration director, said a rainstorm with strong winds hit the prov­ince about 8:30 p.m. [Svay Rieng ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy plans to call CPP Interior minister Sar Kheng on Thursday to discuss restarting negotiations between the two parties. mr. Rainsy said that he hoped mr. Kheng would clarify whether the CPP is unconditionally open to further negotiations, or if the party is ...

The Phnom Penh municipal Court on Tuesday charged six men with assault and destruction of property for their role in clashes Sunday night between security forces, protesters and angry commuters, which resulted in a 29-year-old construction worker being shot dead. Sanh Samoeun, 28; Nguyen Thi Dek, ...

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មន្ត្រី​ធនធាន​ទឹក​ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ​បាន​និយាយថា កម្ពស់​ទឹកស្ទឹង​សែន​នាពេលនេះ​បាន​ចាប់ផ្ដើម​ស្រក​ចុះ​ជា​បណ្ដើរៗ​ឡើងវិញ​ហើយ បន្ទាប់ពី​បាន​ជន់​ឡើង​ខ្លាំង​ហួស​កម្រិត​ប្រកាស​ឱ្យ​ប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន កាលពីដើម​សប្ដាហ៍​មុន ប៉ុន្តែ​ស្ថានភាព​អាកាសធាតុ​នៅតែ​បន្ត​អួអាប់ និង​មាន​ភ្លៀង​ធ្លាក់​ដោយ​កន្លែង​នៅឡើយ​។ លោក ហេ គឿន ប្រធាន​ការិយាល័យ​នៃ​មន្ទីរ​ធនធានទឹក និង​ឧតុនិយម ...

A small gathering to mark World Teachers’ Day at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park briefly descended into chaos Sunday when a crowd of rally-goers wrested a concealed gun from a man working for the ministry of Information after he forced his way to the front of ...