ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍

At least 20,000 tourists and travellers will participate in the so-called “sea festival” at the end of this year, officials at the Kep province tourism department said. The two-day event, which started in 2011 as a tourism booster for the country’s coasts and beaches, was cancelled ...

Villagers in Kandal province have instigated a turf war over a private company they accuse of illegally pumping sand out of Koh Prak River. Fearing riverbank erosion could damage the surrounding community, about 100 residents of Koh Prak village in Kien Svay district’s Phoum Thom commune ...

Government officials began inspecting markets across the country yesterday in search of baby formula containing an ingredient from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra that could cause botulism, quality control representatives at the Ministry of Commerce said. “We informed all our officials directly to collect nationwide some ...

About 4,000 angry workers crowded National Road 6 for about 10 minutes yesterday morning The striking employees of the Chinese-owned Juhui Footwear Co, Ltd, who walked out on Friday, took to the street and blocked traffic after officials from the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic ...

In a fiery speech attended by thousands, opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday vowed that his party would boycott the National Assembly if a thorough investigation of election results is not undertaken and vowed mass demonstrations if preliminary numbers aren’t revised to reflect a Cambodia National ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ នៅ​ក្នុង​សុន្ទរកថា ដ៏​ខ្លាំង​ក្លា​មួយ​ដែល​មាន​ការ​ចូល​រួម​ពី​អ្នក​គាំទ្រ​រាប់​ពាន់​នាក់ មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង លោក សម រង្ស៊ី កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ប្តេជ្ញា​ថា គណបក្ស​លោក​នឹង​ធ្វើ​ពហិការ​មិន​ចូល​ប្រជុំ​សភា​ដំបូង​ទេ ប្រសិន​បើ​គ្មាន​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ហ្មត់ចត់​ទៅ​លើ​លទ្ធផល ...

Intercontinental Hotels Group, one of the world’s leading hotel companies and operator of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts – one of whose hotels is located in Phnom Penh – said first-half-of-year profits rose 20 per cent on strong gains in the Americas region. According to a statement ...

More than 100 families living in Koh Kong’s Kiri Sakor and Botum Sakor districts are on the clock, with an official government decree demanding they vacate their land in less than two months or face the bulldozers of the Chinese firm slated to build a ...

More than 60 villagers from Kampong Cham province’s Stung Trang district staged a protest on Monday at Arak Tnort commune hall, demanding answers for a massive price hike that has accompanied the installation of electricity meters ahead of a planned switchover to state-provided power. Private company ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than 1,500 Cambodian People’s Party supporters in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district were summonsed by party officials yesterday to be thanked for voting for the party, during a meeting one villager claimed was tacit intimidation. According to a villager speaking on the condition of anonymity, invited ...

Cambodia exported about 31,000 tonnes of rice in July, a 40 per cent seasonal increase from the average of 22,000 tonnes for first five months of this year. Official data show that Cambodia exported 207,000 tonnes from January through July, an amount surpassing the 205,000 tonnes ...

Three brokers were arrested last Friday after allegedly attempting to illegally smuggle nine Cambodians, including an infant, across the Thai border. Lured with promises of employment in Thailand, the group was attempting to illegally cross the border on motos when they were stopped by police ...

An opposition activist in Siem Reap province’s Varin district said he has fled his home upon receiving word that men in military dress were asking about his whereabouts after he spoke to the press about allegations of military corruption stuffed into a ballot box on ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​បាន​ប្រកាស​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​អំពី ការ​បង្កើត​អនុ​គណៈកម្មការ​មួយ ដើម្បី​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​នៃ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត បន្ទាប់​ពី​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ធ្វើ​ពហិការ​មិន​ចូល​រួម​ក្នុង​កិច្ច ពិភាក្សា​អំពី​អាណតិ្ត​នៃ​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​រួម​គ្នា​នោះ។ គណបក្ស ប្រឆាំង​បាន​លើក ...

កណ្តាលៈ ពីរ​ថ្ងៃ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​ព្រមាន​ថា ការ​ធ្វើ​ពហិការ​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​មិន​ចូល​រួម​រដ្ឋសភា នឹង​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន លោក​កាន់​កាប់​អាសនៈ​ទាំង​អស់​ក្នុង​រដ្ឋសភា អ្នក​វិភាគ​ថ្លែង​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ថា គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​គ្មាន​មូលដ្ឋាន​ច្បាប់ និង​ភាព​ស្រប​ច្បាប់​ផ្នែក​នយោបាយ ...

កណ្តាលៈ សកម្មជន​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​មក​ជួប​ជុំ​ជាមួយ​ពលរដ្ឋ​ជាង​មួយ​ពាក់​នាក់ រស់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ភូមិ ក្បាលកោះ​ខាង​កើត ឃុំ កោះ​ខ្សាច់​ទន្លា ស្រុក ស្អាង ខេត្ត កណ្តាល ដើម្បី​ថ្លែង​អំណរគុណ​ចំពោះ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​កាន់​អំណាច​នេះ តែ​ត្រូវ​ពលរដ្ឋ​មួយ​ចំនួន​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ថា បាន​ដឹក​នាំ​ពលរដ្ឋ​យក​ទៅ ...

Two days after Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that an opposition boycott of Parliament would result in his Cambodian People’s Party gobbling up all 123 seats in the National Assembly, analysts said yesterday that the CPP lacked the legal grounds and the political legitimacy to ...