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Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has left for the United States to attend his daughter’s wedding, triggering criticism at home that he was leaving the country in the midst of a political crisis following disputed national elections. Sam Rainsy announced at a mass rally at Freedom ...

The Japanese International Co­operation Agency (JICA) on Tuesday announced it hoped to have a public bus system in place in Phnom Penh sometime in 2014, despite earlier assurances it would be up and running this year. The Japanese government’s international aid arm also presented options to ...

Since the July 28 national election, the two parties that took seats in the National Assembly can agree on very little. The ruling CPP claims it won 68 seats to the opposition’s 55, giving it a majority in the 123-seat National Assembly, while the opposition CNRP ...

In meetings with Interior Minister Sar Kheng held on Sunday, both the EU and British ambassadors said they did not want opposition demonstrations “which would frighten [the] Cambodian people,” state news agency AKP reported. While the US government has issued a strongly worded statement since ...

Cambodia’s Social Affairs Minister urged factory workers, employers and the public not to be concerned regarding the rumors of disorder and planned protests after the country’s recent parliamentary election. He appealed to all factories and enterprises within the country to proceed as normal. “The Cambodian government ...

Nun Vanak is an excellent example of how Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry has helped to change lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this country. The 23-year-old is part of Cambodia’s half-a-million-strong workforce – mostly young women – that keeps these garment factories running. Her income ...

Lending at Cambodia’s commercial banks increased by 5.4 percent in the first six months of this year thanks to a better economic situation, a central bank official said Monday. Nguon Sokha, director general of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), said that the kingdom’s 34 commercial ...

A total of 125 complaints were filed with Commune Election Committees (CECs) nationwide in the week following the July 28 national election, the majority relating to campaigning on election day, the National Election Committee (NEC) said Monday ahead of the official complaint period closing tonight. Ninety ...

កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ លោក ស ខេង រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​មហា​ផ្ទៃ​បាន​ព្រមាន​ថា នឹង​មាន“ បញ្ហា​” ប្រសិន​បើ​លោក​ សម រង្ស៊ី មេដឹកនាំ​គណ​បក្ស​​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ មិន​វិល​​ទៅ​តុ​ចរចា​ ដើម្បី​​ស្វែង​រក​ដំណោះ​ស្រាយ​ចំពោះ​ការ​ជាប់​គាំង​រវាង​គណ​បក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​ និង​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង ...

គណបក្ស​ស​ង្គ្រោះ​​​ជាតិ​នឹង​ដាក់​​​ជូន​គណៈ​​​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប.) នូវ​អ្វី​ដែល​ខ្លួន​បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ពី​កិច្ច​ប្រឹង​ប្រែង​​​ប្រមូល​ពាក្យ​បណ្ដឹង​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ក្នុង​ថ្ងៃ​បោះ ...

Hundereds of families have been evacuated from their homes in Banteay Meanchey province, with about 1,000 more refusing to leave, despite water that is chest-deep in some areas due to Mekong River flooding. The evacuation of more than 500 families began late last week, as heavy ...

The National Election Committee ( NEC) will release the official results of the general election on Aug. 14 if there are no complaints by political parties, according to NEC’s schedule Monday. “The official results with seat allocation and elected candidates will be released on Aug. ...

គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ និង​គណៈកម្មា​ធិការ​ដើម្បី​​​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ដោយ​សេរី និង​យុត្តិធម៌​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ (ខុមហ្វ្រែល​) កាល​ពី​ម្សិល​មិញ​ បាន​អំពាវ​នាវ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​ស៊ើប​​អង្កេត​ឲ្យ​បាន​ម៉ត់​ចត់​លើ​ឯករាជភាព​របស់​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​ ព្រម​ទាំង​ការ ...

នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ ចន្ទ​នេះ ក្រុម​អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ដែល​បាន​ប្រមូល​ផ្តុំគ្នា​ ក្រោម​ស្លាក គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ប្រព្រឹត្តិ​កម្ម បានចេញ​សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍​មួយ ដោយ​សម្តែង​ការព្រួយបារម្ភ​យ៉ាងខ្លាំង ចំពោះ​បញ្ហា​បំភិតបំភ័យ ការ​គុំ​កួ​ន ការគំរាមកំហែង​ក្នុងចំណោម​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​មួយចំនួន​ក្រោយ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត។ ក្រុម​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ទាំងនោះ​អះអាងថា បញ្ហា​ហិង្សា​ដោយ​ពាក្យសម្ដី​កំពុង​កើតឡើង​ពី​ក្រុមគាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​ មួយ ទៅ ...

In late 2009, two months after graduating with a degree in economics, Heng Piseth found a job as a credit officer with a microfinance institution in Kampong Thom province. The story reflects a larger trend confronting young Cambodians entering the financial sector’s job market. While ...

The result remains hotly disputed, but Cambodia’s recent general election has put long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen on a collision course with a resurgent opposition and revealed widespread unhappiness with his iron-fisted rule. While analysts aren’t writing off the chances of the politically ruthless Hun Sen ...

The opposition CNRP will today present the National Election Committee (NEC) with its findings from a nationwide effort to gather election-day complaints—of which the party has received at least 18,400—but believes this represents only a fraction of polling day irregularities. CNRP officials in Phnom Penh, where ...

Employees reportedly working for the controversial Company 72 have allegedly been illegally felling timber in a community forest in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district and shipping it across the Vietnamese border, community members and Adhoc said yesterday. Romas Svat, a community representative in Paknhai commune’s Lom village, ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday vowed to return Phnom Penh’s beleaguered Boeng Kak neighborhood to its residents and to have those who filled the lake with sand thrown in jail, should the opposition CNRP ultimately prevail in contesting the unofficial results of last month’s ...

Potentially contaminated infant milk powder that had been banned in China, Russia and Vietnam is now being recalled in Cambodia. The Cambodian distributor of a milk powder product that uses a suspect ingredient from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is recalling thousands of units as a ...

More than 140 NGOs have called on the Mekong River Commission to freeze all hydropower damn construction in the Lower Mekong River. “The degration of fish production in the river can’t be replaced and the blockage of sediment will affect the fisheries resources in the river’s ...

គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិរៀប​ចំ​ការបោះ​ឆ្នោត​ ​​​(គ.ជ.ប.​) បាន​លើក​ឡើង​កាល​ពី​ម្សិល​​មិញ​មុន​ពេល​បញ្ចប់ការ​ដាក់​ពាក្យ​បណ្តឹង​​ជា​ផ្លូវ​ការ​​​​នៅ​យប់​នេះ​ថា មាន​ពាក្យ​​បណ្តឹង​សរុប​ចំនួន​​​​១២៥​​ ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Monday warned of “trouble” if opposition leader Sam Rainsy does not return to the negotiating table to hammer out a solution to a stalemate between the CPP and the opposition over irregularities during the July 28 national election. Mr. Kheng made ...

Cambodia’s insurance sector earned a total premium of 22 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of the year, up 25 percent from the 17.6 million U.S. dollars it made over the same period last year, the industry’s figures showed Tuesday. The premiums were from ...