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Thousands of government and opposition supporters have hit the streets in Cambodia to drum up last minute support ahead of this Sunday’s election. Election monitors are fanning out across the country to ensure a free and fair vote. Koul Panha, Director of Comfrel Cambodia’s Committee for Free ...

WASHINGTON — With Cambodia’s national parliamentary elections just days away, senior officials of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party say they are confident in an election victory, despite the return of opposition leader Sam Rainsy. The ruling party has campaigned on a number of platforms, especially the ...

WASHINGTON DC – The head of the election monitoring group Comfrel says a number of election irregularities and fraud have taken place during the campaign period, as observers prepare for Election Day on Sunday. Voter lists have numerous flaws, with some people unable to find their ...

  Phnom Penh authorities said Thursday that all necessary security measures were in place to ensure that today’s final burst of campaigning would be peaceful and cause limited disruption in the city and that Sunday’s national election vote goes ahead without incident. Municipal police chief Heng Chantheary ...

Yim Vivatey has cast his ballot at the same polling station in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district since 2003. He has never moved and has been assigned to the same polling station number each time—351. But when the wiry 35-year-old tried looking up his name on ...

Opposition vice president Kem Sokha on Thursday said he could not guarantee there would be no violence following Sunday’s vote and appealed to the international community to be on alert and help ensure a peaceful transition after the election results are released. Speaking to reporters after ...

Both the National Assembly and the Constitutional Council of Cambodia, the highest legal authority in the land, convened closed-door meetings Thursday during which they decided not to reinstate opposition leader Sam Rainsy as a voter and parliamentary candidate for Sunday’s national election. According to a copy ...

Hundreds of angry tuk-tuk drivers gathered outside the Khmer Economic Development Party’s Phnom Penh headquarters yesterday, after the party pulled out of an ambitious two-day rolling rally at the last minute. The president of the seven-month-old party, Huon Reach Chamroeun, entered into an agreement with about ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s request to have his parliamentary immunity restored before Sunday’s national election was refused yesterday by the National Assembly permanent committee — which consists wholly of ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers. “The permanent committee has unanimously decided that because [Rainsy] has become a ...

For a month now, the campaign has grown increasingly frenetic. Supporters have poured into the streets by the tens of thousands for ruling and opposition party rallies alike. On motorbikes and by the truckload, campaigners have overrun cities large and small, chanting party slogans. Today, that ...

Three brokers were arrested and sent to Koh Kong court yesterday, charged with trafficking 17 Cambodians to Thailand with the intention of sending them on to another country, officials and victims said. According to Soa Samnang, 46, he and 16 other villagers, the majority from Andong ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ យុវជន រាំ​ច្រៀង​លេង​សប្បាយ តាម​ផ្លូវ «ដូច​អ្នក​ញៀន​ថ្នាំ»។ «ក្មេង​ទំនើង» បង្ក​បញ្ហា​អនាធិបតេយ្យ ក្រោម​របាំង​ធ្វើ​យុទ្ធនាការ​ឃោសនា​ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង បុរស​ម្នាក់​ស្រែក​ថា បោះឆ្នោត​ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​កាន់​អំណាច ដូចជា បោះឆ្នោត​ឲ្យ​«យួន»។ ទាំង​នេះ​គឺជា​ឈុត​ខ្លីៗ និង​ការ​រិះគន់ ដែល​គេ​ផលិត​រយៈ​ពេល ១៤ នាទី ដោយ​ច្បិច​យក​តែ​ចំណុច​អាក្រក់ អវិជ្ជមាន របស់​ក្រុម​យុវជន ដែល​ចូល ...

Many restaurants, shops, supermarkets and tourist sites in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap will operate at a limited capacity or close entirely this Sunday as Cambodians line up at voting stations to elect a new government. Despite the closures, Ang Kim Eang, president of the ...

Most demands made by workers at a Takeo province garment factory were met following a large protest and five hours of negotiation. Asia Dragon (Garment) Co Ltd mediated with the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), making concessions on most of the workers’ 16 ...

Many restaurants, shops, supermarkets and tourist sites in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap will operate at a limited capacity or close entirely this Sunday as Cambodians line up at voting stations to elect a new government. “We will close the whole day on the 28th,” Kong ...

A guide to the provinces where the fighting may be fiercest. Siem Reap 6 seats Though Siem Reap has long been a ruling-party stronghold (the CPP won four of six seats here in 2003, increasing their spoils to five of six seats in 2008), if recent opposition rallies ...

ANLONG VENG, Cambodia — A decade and a half after the last remnants of the Khmer Rouge capitulated in this northwestern town, the streets are festooned with images of their erstwhile enemy, Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is seeking to prolong his 28 years in ...

ស្ថានីយ​វិទ្យុ អេ.ប៊ី.ស៊ី អេហ្វ.អឹម ១០៧.៥ (ABC FM 107.5MHz) ដែល​បាន​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​ថា​នឹង​មាន​រដ្ឋ​ប្រហារ​យោធា​កើត​ឡើង ប្រសិន​បើ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ឈ្នះ​ឆ្នោត​ដឹកនាំ​ប្រទេស បាន​សម្រេច​ផ្អាក​កម្មវិធី​ទទួល​ទូរស័ព្ទ​ស្ដីពី​ព័ត៌មាន​ទាន់​ហេតុការណ៍​ ដូច​សព្វដង ក្រោយ​ពី​មាន​ការ​ព្រមាន​ពី​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យ​បញ្ឈប់​រាល់​ការ​ផ្សាយ​ព័ត៌មាន ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy appears to have run out of options in his bid to contest in Cambodia’s national polls, as the country’s political parties prepared to wrap up their election campaign amid allegations by independent observers of “arrests, threats and intimidation” by the ruling ...

Soldiers stationed around the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border on Election Day won’t have to forgo the opportunity to vote, military officials in Preah Vihear province said. Men Sophea, a military official posted at Phnom Trop, several kilometres away from the temple complex, said ...

The National Election Committee has moved a Kandal province polling station at the request of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, who complained it was located in an area heavily occupied by Cambodian People’s Party supporters. ...

All logos, numbers or signs emblematic of party affiliation are forbidden at polling stations on Election Day, according to a directive released yesterday by The National Election Committee. ...

ភ្នំពេញៈសង្កាត់​ស្ទើរ​តែ​ទាំងអស់​ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ មាន​អត្រា​អ្នក​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បោះឆ្នោត​លើស​ពី ១០០ ភាគរយ​ដែល​ស្មើ​នឹង​ឈ្មោះ​បន្ថែម​ជាង ១៤៥ ០០០ នាក់ ដោយ​សង្កាត់​មួយ មាន​ចំនួន​លើស​ពី ២០០ ភាគរយ។ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​ការ​វិភាគ​លើ​ទិន្នន័យ​ប្រជាជន ដែល​មិន​ដែល​បាន​ឃើញ​កន្លង​មក​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​បញ្ចេញ​ឲ្យ​ដឹង។ ការ ...

Newly-designated Ambassador of China to Cambodia Bu Jianguo on Thursday vowed to help further deepen all rounds of cooperation with Cambodia for the benefits [sic] of the two countries and peoples. Paying a courtesy call on Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Bu ...