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Nine garment workers and two Chinese managers were injured on Friday in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district after a riot broke out among 300 workers protesting for higher wages and improved working conditions, officials said Sunday. Commune police chief Mao Sovann said workers at the SL Garment ...

CNRP lawmakers on Sunday took an oath in front of Angkor Wat swearing they would boycott today’s opening session of the National Assembly and promising “not to betray the conscience of the people.” With the opposition in Siem Reap, the ruling CPP—which officially won a majority ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng has chastised the opposition CNRP for holding its demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park last week for longer than authorized, and blamed the party for the deadly violence that took place near Monivong Bridge. A 29-year-old construction worker was shot dead while ...

Riot police and groups of men in plain clothes armed with sticks, Tasers and slingshots violently attacked a group of anti-eviction protesters conducting a hunger strike at Wat Phnom late last night, injuring several people. Protesters from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community began the hunger strike ...

A week after one man was shot dead and several others injured during a standoff between the armed forces and protesters, an investigation into who was responsible is no closer to conclusion, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday. Security experts last week said the armed ...

Phnom Penh City Hall has asked the owner of a popular radio station to delay a mass rally in support of King Norodom Sihamoni’s call for the opposition CNRP to attend this morning’s opening session of the National Assembly, asking him to wait until the ...

The Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit on Friday released a scathing, official “white paper” on the opposition party’s conduct in the lead-up to, during and after the hotly contested July 28 national election, accusing it of trying to destabilize the country to ...

In the months leading up to Cambodia’s national election on July 28, authorities in the Angkor Archaeological Park allowed dozens of land owners to build new houses and develop plots of land inside highly protected areas of the world heritage site. Villagers interviewed last week said ...

ប្រទេ​ស​​ភូមា​ និង​ប្រទេ​ស​កូ​រ៉េ​​ខាង​​ត្បូង​​​បាន​​​ក្លាយ​​​ជា​​​ ប្រទេស​​​ថ្មី​​​​បំ​ផុត​​ដែ​លបាន​​​​​សរសេរលិខិត​ ​​​អប ...

Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) on Thursday concluded in a report that official results of the July 28 national election released by the National Election Committee (NEC) do not reflect the will of the people due to widespread irregularities occurring both before and on election day. The ...

U.S. Ambassador William Todd on Thursday said that despite his efforts to promote Cambodia as an attractive destination for business, major American companies are reluctant to invest here as they still perceive the country as indelibly corrupt. “I believe now is the time for big U.S. ...

Norwegian energy firm Eltek on Thursday demanded $5 million it is owed from bankrupt telecommunications company Mfone by the end of October and blamed the court and the government for stalling payment. During a meeting at Mfone’s headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Keng Kang III commune, ...

The case of a Battambang provincial government official ac­cused of embezzling some $200,000 in state funds has been referred to the Anti-Corruption Unit in Phnom Penh, provincial officials said Thursday. Battambang Provincial Court deputy prosecutor Long Hokmeng said a two-week investigation into the case brought against ...

Resentment is still simmering toward Cambodia for its handling of the contentions South China Sea issue last year, which fractured the unity of Asean, analysts from around the region said Thursday. During the first day of a two-day regional conference in Phnom Penh organized by the ...

ខណៈ​​​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ និងគណ​​​បក្ស​​​​ប្រជា​ជន​កម្ពុជា បានចរចា​​ ​គ្នា​​​​​​អស់​​​រយៈ​ពេល​ពីរ​ថ្ងៃ​ក្នុង​​​​បំណង​​​​​បញ្ចប់​ភាព​ជាប់​គាំង ​ជុំវិញ​ជម្លោះនៅ ...

កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ​​​ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី បាន​​​ជំរុញ​​​ឲ្យ​​​គណបក្ស​​​សង្គ្រោះ​​​ជាតិ​​​ បោះបង់​​​ការ​​​គំរាម​​​របស់​​​ខ្លួន​​​ធ្វើ​​​ពហិការ​​​សម័យ​​ ...

The Siem Reap Provincial Court charged three men Wednesday with illegally logging luxury rosewood inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, a Unesco world heritage site, officials said. Provincial prosecutor Heng Pheng said the suspects had been identified as Sun Phearak, 20, Phay Sophea, 18, and Phin Ron, ...

The owner of a Phnom Penh beauty products shop has filed a complaint against some of the CNRP’s top brass, claiming they incited demonstrators to vandalize her business and caused $200,000-worth of damage on Sunday evening. Chhim Vattey, owner and director of Clinique De Beaute Luxe ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ ខណៈ​ដែល​ព្រះ​មហាក្សត្រ ព្រះបាទ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ បាន​ជំរុញ​តំណាង​រាស្រ្ត​ជាប់​ឆ្នោត​នៃ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ឲ្យ​ចូល​រួម​ក្នុង​ អង្គ​ប្រជុំ​បើក​រដ្ឋសភា​ថ្មី​ដែល​គ្រោង​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ ទី២៣ ខែ កញ្ញា ក្រុម​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​បាន​ប្រកាស​ជា​សាធារណៈ​ថា ខ្លួន​នឹង​អំពាវនាវ​ដល់​ព្រះ​បរម​រាជវាំង​ទុក​ពេល ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has offered to pay back the lost salaries of opposition lawmakers who were stripped of their parliamentary posts in June by the then CPP-led National Assembly, a CNRP official said. The offer to back-pay the 27 lawmakers from the Sam Rainsy Party ...

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, ...

Cambodia and the U.S. have signed an extension to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that imposes strict import restrictions on artifacts dating from the Bronze Age to the end of the Angkor Empire. Hab Touch, director-general for tangible heritage at the Ministry of Culture and ...

Two days after the killing of an unarmed man near Phnom Penh’s Monivong Bridge, officials on Tuesday offered little information on the progress of an investigation into the killing, and rights workers expressed concerns that the inquiry would lack credibility. King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother ...

Over the past three days, the CNRP conducted one of the most significant campaigns of mass demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government in years. For three days, more than 20,000 people packed into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for daily appearances from opposition leaders Sam Rainsy ...