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KOH KONG – The dullness of a rainy day accentuates the lush shades of green rainforest of the Cardamom Mountains in Koh Kong province. Float down the Tatai River and you see bobbing turquoise, red and yellow canoes tied up along the banks—in their vivid ...

Floods from Mekong River and heavy rainfall have killed at least 104 people and affected about 1.5 million people in Cambodia in the last three weeks, a senior disaster control official said Wednesday. “The latest figures showed that the floods have killed 104 people and ...

Acting Prime Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday said that opposition leader Sam Rainsy, now doesn’t want the parliament chairmanship chair post, but equal committee posts within the parliament. Speaking to reporters after delivering certificates to 3,000 police officers, he said Sam Rainsy phoned him and told ...

Senior CPP members selected nominees for the National Assembly’s nine permanent committees behind closed doors on Tuesday, while the opposition CNRP, which has continued to boycott the Assembly over July’s disputed election, urged some of Cambodia’s foreign donors to immediately sever ties with the government ...

អគ្គលេខាធិការដ្ឋានរ​ដ្ឋ​សភា ប្រកាស​ជា​ផ្លូវការ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ​នេះ ក្នុង​ការបើក​សម័យប្រជុំ​សភា​លើក​ទី​១​នីតិកាល​ទី​៥ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១០​ខែតុលា ស្អែក​នេះ បើទោះជា​មាន​ការបដិសេធ​ចូលរួម​ពី​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​។​ ​សេចក្តីជូនដំណឹង​របស់​អគ្គលេខាធិការ​ដ្ឋា ​ន​រដ្ឋសភា ចេញផ្សាយ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃទី​០៩ ខែតុលា ឲ្យដឹងថា សម័យប្រជុំ​រដ្ឋសភា​លើក​ទី​១​នេះ នឹង ...

Women’s Affairs Minister Ing Kantha Phavi on Tuesday defended the government’s policies on promoting gender equality and preventing discrimination against women, but conceded that challenges remain in achieving principles set out in the U.N.’s convention to stop discrimination against women. Speaking in Geneva to the U.N. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday heard the case of two port workers and a military police officer charged with stealing more than 8,000 articles of clothing from a shipping container while it was being driven to the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port. The three suspects—Sorn ...

A new set of prakases tacked onto a law that regulates overseas employment recruitment agencies is a “step in the right direction” towards protecting some of Cambodia’s most vulnerable citizens from scams and abuse, local and international NGOs said yesterday. But some remain unconvinced that the ...

សាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ស្នើ​សុំ​ប្រធាន​គណៈ​កម្មាធិការប្រតិបត្តិ​រាជ​ធានីភ្នំពេញ​​នៃ​គណបក្ស​​ សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ បង្វែរ​​​ការ​ដើរ​ប្រមូល​ស្នាម​មេដៃអ្នក​គាំ​ទ្រ​​តាម​ទីផ្សារ ទី​សាធារណៈ និង​គេហដ្ឋានប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ ទៅ​ប្រមូល​​នៅតាម​ទីស្នាក់​ការ​គណបក្ស​ថ្នាក់​សង្កាត់​ ខណ្ឌ រាជ​ធានី ឬ​ទីស្នាក់​ការ​កណ្តាល​គណបក្ស​​វិញ ដើម្បី​ជៀស ...

Flooding continues to ravage 15 of Cambodia’s 23 provinces, acutely affecting Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pailin and Siem Reap, and claiming 83 lives, according to the latest figures released by the National Committee for Disaster Management. Nhim Vanda, first deputy chairman of the NCDM, confirmed that while ...

Four representatives of villagers locked in a land dispute with the well-connected KDC company have filed a complaint with the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court after they received death threats. “The anonymous letter was a threat against our lives,” said Reach Seima, one of the representatives, adding ...

The number of tourists visiting Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Temple, a world heritage site, has declined by 30 percent in the first nine months of the year, tourism data showed Wednesday. The figures provided by Preah Vihear provincial tourism department said a total of 54,000 domestic and ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng sent a letter to the National Police last week asking it to step up its search for Chhouk Bandith, the former Bavet town governor convicted of shooting three garment workers at a factory protest last year. Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak ...

Cambodia’s rice exports roughly doubled in the first nine months of this year compared with the same period in 2012, according to government data released yesterday. But the figures aren’t big enough to meet official goals for 2013. The numbers show that exports of fragrant rice ...

គ្រោះទឹកជំនន់បានរារាំង​ ការពិនិត្យនិងចុះឈ្មោះសម្រាប់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋក្នុងបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ ឆ្នោតឆ្នាំ២០១៣។​ គ.ជ.ប បានឲ្យដឹងថា​ឃុំចំនួន​ប្រមាណ៩០នឹងត្រូវពន្យារពេលសម្រាប់​ការពិនិត្យ​ និង ចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត ក៏ប៉ុន្តែការពន្យារពេលនេះបាន​ច្រើនបំផុត​តែបីថ្ងៃ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ លោកទេព នីថា អគ្គលេខាធិការនៃ គ.ជ.ប បាន​ថ្លែងថា ​យ៉ាងហោចណាស់ឃុំចំនួន​ជាង​៩០​នៅក្នុង​​ចំណោម​ឃុំចំនួន​១៦៣៣ឃុំ ទូទាំងប្រទេសនឹងត្រូវបន្ថែម​​រយៈ​ពេលសម្រាប់​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​ ទៅចុះឈ្មោះនិងពិនិត្យ​បញ្ជីឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត​ ដោយសារឃុំទាំង​នោះ​រង​នូវ​គ្រោះ​ទឹកជំនន់។ ...

Anti-logging activists wrote to the United Nations yesterday to call for the monitoring of a lawsuit in which they accuse hundreds of officials in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary of illegal deforestation. The Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization (NRWPO) listed 241 officials it ...

Svay Rieng became the latest province to declare emergency water levels as storms continued in the west of the country, prolonging deadly nationwide flooding that has killed at least 83 people and affected tens of thousands of families over the past month, officials said. Keo Vy, ...

A man suspected of robbing and shooting two foreign nationals late last month was shot four times on Monday night during a shootout with police before being taken into custody. Police also apprehended a second, uninjured suspect after the shootout. Chea Sovann, 32, and Sa Ravan, ...

King Norodom Sihamoni has signed off on a Royal Decree terminating the positions of every ministry-level adviser in the government except for those of Prime Minister Hun Sen in order to allow recently appointed officials to appoint new advisers. The decree, signed October 1 and obtained ...

មន្ត្រី​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) កំពុង​ពិនិត្យ​ពន្យារ​ពេល​វេលា​​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត នៅ​សាលា​ឃុំ-​សង្កាត់​មួយ​ចំនួន​តាម​ខេត្ត​ជាប់​ព្រំដែន​កម្ពុជា-​ថៃ ដែល​ជួប​គ្រោះ​​ទឹក​ជំនន់​មិន​អាច​បើក​ទ្វារ​ឲ្យ​ពលរដ្ឋ​ពិនិត្យ ឬ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ បាន។ មន្ត្រី គ.ជ.ប អះអាង ...

មេដឹកនាំ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី កំពុង​ស្វែង​រក​ការ​គាំទ្រ​ពី​សហគមន៍​អន្តរជាតិ ដើម្បី​អន្តរាគមន៍​ក្នុង​រឿង​ជម្លោះ​នយោបាយ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា។ បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​បាន​ហៅ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​របស់​លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ដែល​ទើប​បង្កើត​ថា ជា​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ខុស​ច្បាប់ តាម​រយៈ​រដ្ឋ​ប្រហារ​ច្បាប់​រដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ ហើយ​ទទូច​ឲ្យ​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ និង​ស្ថាប័ន​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ធំៗ កុំ​ទទួល​ស្គាល់។ អ្នក​វិភាគ ...

On the morning of September 23, anti-eviction champion Tep Vanny was grappling with a legion of security guards blocking the entrance of the Daun Penh district offices while fellow protesters dismantled a razor-wire barricade nearby. The next day, she was on a plane to Washington ...

Prisons in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang province have been seriously affected by flooding but have not yet been evacuated, according to local rights groups and prison officials. A clogged sewage system has plagued Battambang’s provincial prison, according to Bun Sorn, but extra pumps have alleviated ...

The former manager of Canadia Bank’s credit section has admitted to stealing $2.3 million from the bank’s accounts, the suspect’s lawyer said Tuesday, in what is one of the largest embezzlement schemes ever undertaken in Cambodia’s nascent banking industry. The testimony from Yeth So­pheaktra, 30, to ...