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A mob of 500 villagers beat a man to death in Kampong Cham province yesterday after he allegedly slaughtered his wife and stepdaughter with a pair of scythes and reportedly taunted the assembled crowd with his wife’s severed hand. Police said Laing Pises, 48, used the ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng has commended the country’s security forces for creating a safe environment during the July 28 election and the post-election period leading up to the convening of the National Assembly last week, according to a letter received Tuesday. In his “letter of appreciation,” ...

Cabinet Minister, Sok An on Tuesday has accused the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party of conspiring with Comfrel and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) over the forgery of the election figures. Speaking at the fifth general election book launching ceremony, he said the opposition party ...

The head of the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program said yesterday that consultations on its new public-disclosure initiative have been going on for more than a year, contrary to claims by a garment factory representative who characterised the process as hasty. Jill Tucker, chief technical adviser ...

More than two weeks after the slaying of 29-year-old Mao Sok Chan in clashes at Phnom Penh’s Kbal Thnal overpass, police have yet to launch an internal investigation into the use of force, officials said yesterday. National military police spokesman Kheng Tito said he had no ...

A fleet of five speedboats set off from Sisowath Quay on Tuesday afternoon carrying Phnom Penh’s governor, 19 local officials, several bodyguards and a press team, as the municipal authorities’ plan to deal with flooding in several districts of the city switched into first gear. Over ...

The Court of Appeal on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of six men sentenced to between 15 and 17 years jail in 2011 for forming an armed anti-government force called the Sovanna Phum, or Golden Village, in 2006. The men‚ Chea Sarann, 51; Liv Soksovann, 51; ...

After a five-year break, Lao Airlines will revive the Phnom Penh-Vientiane route with direct flights three times a week starting in November, the company’s representative said yesterday. Ek Narun, assistant to the general manager of Lao Airlines in Phnom Penh, said tickets will be available for ...

As much of the country grapples with crippling floods, a comprehensive report on global climate change released yesterday predicts the situation could be poised to get even worse. According to the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as the planet grows warmer, cyclones making ...

Just two months after the contested national election, commune officials across the country on Tuesday began the annual 20-day process of registering voters, while the National Election Committee (NEC) announced that 270,000 duplicated names would be removed from the voter list used in July. NEC Secretary-General ...

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An has accused two independent election watchdogs of conspiring with the opposition to undermine the election. Speaking at the Council of Ministers on Monday, An said that the Committee for Free and Fair Elections (Comfrel) and the US-government-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) ...

City Hall yesterday rejected the opposition party’s request to hold a Sunday rally with 20,000 supporters, saying it was unable to provide security for participants. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has scheduled a “party congress” to be held in Freedom Park on Sunday, with a ...

TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province – From November to May, the Mekong River is quiet. So is life for the hundreds of thousands of people who live along its banks, which in Cambodia forms a 155,000 square km basin covering six provinces and Phnom ...

It’s one of the world’s 49 least developed countries and almost half of the voting population is unhappy with the current government. But 72 percent of Cambodians are generally happy and spend large amounts of their time laughing, smiling and generally enjoying life. That’s the conclusion ...

លោក​សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះជាតិ នៅ​មិនទាន់​​ទៅ​ចុះឈ្មោះ ដើម្បី​ទទួល​បាន​សិទ្ធិ ក្លាយ​ជា​អ្នក​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​នៅ​ឡើយ​ទេ។ ក្នុងនោះ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ តាមរយៈ​លោក យឹម សុវណ្ណ អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ បាន​ប្រកាស​ថា គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​មិន​រវីរវល់​នឹង​ដំណើរការ​ពិនិត្យ និងចុះឈ្មោះ​បោះឆ្នោត ដែល​គ.ជ.ប ចាប់ផ្តើម​ធ្វើ​ក្នុង​ពេល​បច្ចុប្បន្ន ពី​​ថ្ងៃទី១ ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២០​តុលា។ ដំណើរ​ការ​ពិនិត្យ និង​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ ...

Cambodia will meet some of the Millennium Development Goals by the end of 2015 and will continue to deal with landmine threats, said a Cambodian envoy to UN Tuesday at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly. The number of people below the poverty line ...

Vietnam Dairy Products Joint-Stock Co., the nation’s largest dairy producer, is building a milk factory in Cambodia as it plans a global expansion to more than double annual revenue to $3 billion by 2017. The company known as Vinamilk is opening a plant in the capital ...

During the first half of 2013 the import of bicycles in the 27 European Union member states dropped with a big 11%. Almost all EU bike supplying countries saw their export drop; except for one. Cambodia stands out as their export of bicycles to the ...

គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ទាមទារ​ឲ្យ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ លើក​ពេល​ការពិនិត្យ​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ និង​ចុះឈ្មោះ​បោះឆ្នោត ដែល​បាន​កំណត់​​ធ្វើ​ចាប់​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​០១​ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២០​​ខែ​តុលា​នេះ​ ខណៈពេល​កម្ពុជាកំពុងរង​គ្រោះដោយសារ​ទឹក​ជំនន់ និង​ស្រប​ពេល​ដែល​គណបក្ស​ទាំងពីរ​​នឹង​ពិភាក្សា ...

Cambodian housing rights activist Tep Vanny is in Washington this week, seeking to increase international pressure on Cambodian authorities to end forced evictions and find resolutions to longstanding land disputes. Tep Vanny, a housewife who has emerged as a leader for Cambodian victims of forced evictions, ...

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha joined dozens of monks and hundreds of supporters on Monday for a Pchum Ben ceremony at the memorial stupa in Phnom Penh honoring the 16 people who were killed by a grenade attack on an opposition rally in ...

នៅក្នុង​​សេចក្តី​​ប្រកាស​​ព័ត៌មាន​​ស្តី​ពី​​​ការ​​ពិនិត្យ​​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ ​និង​ចុះឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ ​ដែល​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​ដោយ​គ.ជ.ប​ ក៏​បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ផង​ដែរ​ថា ​ចំពោះ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​ទើប​ផ្លាស់​ប្តូរ​ទីលំនៅ​​ចូល​ពីឃុំ-សង្កាត់ ...

In the first six months of 2013, the total amount of government-approved investment in Cambodia jumped more than 200 per cent year-on-year, according to the most recent statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Released on Friday, the numbers show that $2.3 billion was earmarked ...

Activists are skeptical that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will follow through on a pledge to stop a contentious practice of appropriating rural land for commercial use, an issue that hurt the leader and his party in elections in July. In its new five-year political platform ...