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Floods have submerged a prison in northwestern Banteay Meanchey province on Thursday, forcing the authorities to evacuate all 842 prisoners to detention centers in other provinces. “The prison is badly inundated and we are moving the prisoners to prisons in neighboring provinces,” Phin Sophal, chief of ...

In cooperation with UN world tourism organization, Cambodia will host the tourism conference of Asia- Pacific region on tourism development in cultural and natural heritage in November in Siem Reap province. “There will be 40 countries from Asia- pacific region and 200 delegates will participant in ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ មន្រ្តីគ.ជ.ប. បាន​​និយាយ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ម្សិល​មិញ​ថា ទឹក​ជំនន់ ​ដែល​បានបំផ្លាញ​តំបន់​ភាគ​ច្រើន​នៃ​ប្រទស​កម្ពុជា​ អាច​​នឹង​នាំ​ឲ្យ​​​មានការ​ពន្យា​ការ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ដែល​គេ​បាន​ស្នើ​ សុំ​ជា​យូរ​មក​ហើយ​​។ លោក ទេព នីថា អគ្គលេខា​ធិកា​រ ...

Dengue-related deaths have dropped 71 per cent during the first nine months of this year when compared to the same period last year, according to officials at the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control. While 157 died because of dengue in 2012, only 45 ...

A day after the Cambodia National Mekong Committee (CNMC) received impact assessment documents from Laos for their controversial Don Sahong dam, Cambodian and Vietnamese officials criticized Laos’ lack of transparency on the mainstream Mekong dam. Located less than 1 km from the Lao-Cambodian border, the 240-MW ...

With pant legs rolled up to his knees, Hoeuy Mon trudges through a brown and green patchwork of rice fields. His four hectares are in Tkov village, Prey Veng province, about 300 metres from his home. On most of the journey, walkways enclosing each square plot ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday released four of the six men who were charged with assault following violent clashes between security forces, protesters and angry commuters in Phnom Penh last month, and intends to release the remaining two men today, a rights worker ...

Floods that have ravaged much of Cambodia may lead to a long-requested extension of voter registration, a National Election Committee official said yesterday. Tep Nytha, NEC secretary-general, said the committee was debating whether to extend the 20-day registration period, which is set to end on October ...

Protesters, including a band of angry monks, clashed with military and riot police on Thursday in Phnom Penh as authorities tried to prevent a local housing rights group from carrying out a rally against forced evictions. Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), a coalition of five local ...

Hundreds of families in Battambang province have been evacuated as authorities ordered a section of a dam to be cut away to release pressure on a reservoir that was threatening to burst and engulf the communities beneath it, as heavy rain continues to cause havoc ...

The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday called on national and international charitable groups to provide emergency reliefs to flood-affected people throughout the country, a statement said. The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday called on national and international charitable groups to provide emergency reliefs to ...

វ៉ាស៊ីនតោន៖ នៅ​ពេល​មេដឹកនាំ​គណបក្ស​ជំទាស់​គឺ​លោក​សម​ រង្ស៉ី​បើក​យុទ្ធនាការ​របស់​លោក​ លើ​ឆាក​អន្តរជាតិ​ដើម្បី​សុំ​ឲ្យ​បណ្តាប្រទេស​នានាកុំ​ទទួល​ស្គាល់​ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ថ្មី​របស់​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ហ៊ុន សែន​នោះ​ ​ មន្ត្រី​ជាន់ខ្ពស់​គណបក្ស​គ្រប់គ្រង​ប្រទេស ​គឺ​លោក​ជាម យៀប​បាន​អះអាង​ថា ​កម្ពុជា​មិន ...

គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ កំពុង​ធ្វើ​យុទ្ធនាការ​កៀរគរ​ការ​គាំទ្រ​ពី​ពលរដ្ឋ​ជា​ម្ចាស់​ឆ្នោត​ឲ្យ​បាន ​យ៉ាង​តិច ៣​លាន​នាក់ គឺ​ច្រើន​ជាង​ពាក់​កណ្ដាល​នៃ​ចំនួន​អ្នក​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​សរុប ក្នុង​គោល​ដៅ​ដាក់​ញត្តិ​ទៅ​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ (អ.ស.ប)។ ពួក​គេ​ចង់​ឲ្យ​​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ យក​ចិត្ត​ទុក​ដាក់ ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has asked the Asian Development Bank to suspend funding to Cambodia, whose government he says was not formed legally following the July elections. In a letter to ADB President Takehiko Nakao, Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said the ...

Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) chief Om Yentieng on Wednesday told donor countries to keep their noses out of how the institution goes about its work while at the same time informing the public that he was powerless to stop the courts from dropping corruption cases. In a ...

Three thousand riot police officers yesterday received certificates of appreciation for their post-election work, which included “controlling the escalation” at the Kbal Thnal overpass last month, where one man was killed and at least nine injured by police who fired live ammunition at unarmed rioters. Interior ...

Eight unionists charged with incitement after a strike at Kampong Speu province’s Sabrina Garment factory will remain in custody after the Supreme Court yesterday denied their request for bail. Presiding Judge Cheum Rithy yesterday said the court is nearly finished questioning witnesses, and that the ...

Cambodia’s factories are moving away from producing the most basic clothing items and diversifying to manufacture more intricate products for international buyers. As the garment sector has grown over the past decade, most garment factories have stuck to producing items such as T-shirts and jeans due ...

រដ្ឋសភា​ក្រោម​ការ​ដឹក​នាំ​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា បាន​បើក​សម័យ​ប្រជុំ​រដ្ឋសភា​លើក​ទី​១ នីតិកាល​ទី​៥ រួច​ហើយ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១០ ខែ​តុលា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ ដើម្បី​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ជ្រើស​តាំង​សមាជិក​គណៈកម្មការ​ជំនាញ​ទាំង​៩​នៃ​រដ្ឋសភា។ ចំណែក​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នៅ​តែ​បន្ត​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​រដ្ឋសភា​ថា​ខុស ...

Phnom Penh City Hall has turned down two requests by non-governmental groups to hold rallies and marches to mark both International Teachers’ Day and the international day for housing rights. Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), a local NGO, was denied permission to organize a rally at ...

Authorities in Phnom Penh on Wednesday banned Cambodia’s opposition party from using public spaces to collect thumbprints  for a petition calling for U.N. and foreign intervention in the country’s political crisis following disputed polls. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) plans to collect at least 3 million ...

Cambodia’s ruling party- controlled National Assembly on Thursday convened its first plenary session to elect members for the body’s nine commissions, while the opposition party has continued to boycott the parliament over July’s disputed election. Sixty-eight lawmakers of the Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party on ...

While the opposition party steps up its efforts to persuade the international community to cut ties with a government it says was formed by a “constitutional coup”, lawyers and analysts yesterday questioned whether the party’s reasoning has any legal basis. In a letter sent to the ...

The Court of Appeal will hear the case of former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith, who was convicted for shooting and injuring three garment workers but remains at large, at the end of this month, a court official said Wednesday. Although the Svay Rieng Pro­vincial Court ...