The Cambodia Daily

Just two months after the contested national election, commune officials across the country on Tuesday began the annual 20-day process of registering voters, while the National Election Committee (NEC) announced that 270,000 duplicated names would be removed from the voter list used in July. NEC Secretary-General ...

TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province – From November to May, the Mekong River is quiet. So is life for the hundreds of thousands of people who live along its banks, which in Cambodia forms a 155,000 square km basin covering six provinces and Phnom ...

It’s one of the world’s 49 least developed countries and almost half of the voting population is unhappy with the current government. But 72 percent of Cambodians are generally happy and spend large amounts of their time laughing, smiling and generally enjoying life. That’s the conclusion ...

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha joined dozens of monks and hundreds of supporters on Monday for a Pchum Ben ceremony at the memorial stupa in Phnom Penh honoring the 16 people who were killed by a grenade attack on an opposition rally in ...

Following the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) announcement that its Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program will from January name and shame firms that contravene Cambodian labor laws, the Garment Manufacturers Asso­ciation in Cambodia (GMAC) has urged factory operators to refuse entry to ILO monitors, unless they ...

Two more people died in Kompong Cham province on Monday as a result of flooding that has claimed at least 30 victims since heavy rains spawned by tropical storms over the past two weeks caused the Mekong to break its banks and inundate thousands of ...

A Singaporean-owned garment factory whose workers have been on strike since early August is no longer producing clothes for American denim giant Levi Strauss, a brand representative and a factory worker said Monday. The workers of SL Garment Factory in Meanchey district—which still makes clothes for ...

The government’s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) fails to meet regularly and is void of an annual budget to cover its operations while most of its staff members are totally unaware of their job description, according to a report released in March and funded ...

Villagers have accused a CPP commune chief in Ratanakkiri province of threatening four ethnic minority Tampoun men after they filed a complaint against him for allegedly selling off community land to a local businessman. Rocham Norng, a Tampoun villager in Bakeo district, has alleged that Soeung ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday heard the case of a Malaysian and a Sri Lankan charged with using fake bank cards to withdraw up to $50,000 from ATMs during Khmer New Year in 2012. Delvin Joshap, 30, of Malaysia, had masterminded the crime and ...

The Japanese ambassador is set to meet with senior police officials to discuss the shooting of a Japanese tourist in Phnom Penh on Saturday, according to an embassy official, while the U.S. Embassy on Monday said it was “very troubled” by a similar attack on ...

The National Assembly said in a statement on Friday that the opposition CNRP is in contempt of both the Constitution and the King by claiming that the new government is illegitimate. The CNRP had accused the ruling CPP of behaving unconstitutionally by convening parliament last week ...

Cambodia’s only U.N.-backed carbon trading scheme is still nowhere near making any money for communities and logging in the area continues to threaten the very forests supposed to generate tens of millions of dollars over the next 30 years, community representatives and officials in charge ...

រដ្ឋសភា​បាន​លើក​ឡើង​នៅ​ក្នុង​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែង​ការណ៍​មួយ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ សុក្រ ដោយ​បាន​​​អះអាង​​​​ថា គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះជាតិ​​​​​កំពុង​​​​តែ​​​ប្រមាថ ​​​ទាំង​រដ្ឋ​ធម្មនុញ្ញ និង​ព្រះ​មហាក្សត្រ​ តាមរយៈ​​​ការ​​​អះអាង​​​​​​ ម្តង​​​ហើយ​​​ម្តង​​​ទៀត​​​ថា រដ្ឋាភិបាល​​ថ្មី​មិន​ស្រប​​​​ច្បាប់​។ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះជាតិ​បាន​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​កំពុង​​​ កាន់​​​​អំណាច​ថា បាន​ប្រព្រឹត្តផ្ទុយ​​​ពី​​​​រដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ​តាមរយៈ​​​ការ​ ​​​បើ​ក​សម័យ​ប្រជុំ​សភា កាល​ពី​សប្ដាហ៍​មុន បើ​​​ទោះ​​​​ជា​​​គ្មាន​​​ការ​ ​​ចូលរួម​​​ពី​​​គណ​​​បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​​​​ ដែល​​​មាន​​​​៥៥​អាសនៈ​​​​ និង​​​ដែល​​​បាន​​​ធ្វើ​ពហិ​​​ការ​​​​មិន​​​ចូលរួម​​​បើក​​​សម័យ​​​ប្រជុំ​​ ​ ដោយសារ​​​​មិន​ទាន់​​​​មាន​​​ការ​​​​ដោះ​ស្រាយ​​​​​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​អំឡុង​ ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​កាល​ពី​ខែ​កក្កដា​។ សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​​​​​​នេះ​​​​មាន​ខ្លឹម​សារ​ថា “រដ្ឋសភា​គឺ​​​ត្រូវ​ បាន​អនុម័ត​ដោយ​សំឡេង​​ឆ្នោត​៦៨ ច្រើន​​​ជាង​សំឡេង​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ដាច់​ខាត​នៃ​ សមាជិក ​[ទាំង​​១២៣រូប​​​​]។ ដូច្នេះ​​​​ការ​​​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​សភា គឺ​បាន​​​អនុលោម​​ ទៅ​​​តាម​រដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ និងបទ​​​បញ្ជា​​​​ផ្ទៃ​ក្នុង​​​របស់​​​សភា​​​ នីតិកាល​​​​ទី​៥នេះ​​​​”។ សេចក្ដី​​​​ថ្លែងការណ៍​​​នេះ​​​មាន​​​ខ្លឹមសារ​​​​បន្ត​ថា “តាមរយៈ​​​ការ​​​ មិ​ន​​​​ទទួល​ស្គាល់​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​អាណត្តិ​ទី​៥​​​​ថា​​​ ជា​​​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​​​ស្រប​ច្បាប់​​​​គណ​​​​​​បក្ស​សង្គ្រោះជាតិ​​កំពុង​ធ្វើ​​ ​​សកម្ម​ភាព ផ្ទុយ​ពី​​​​រដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ ផ្ទុយ​នឹង​របប​ប្រជាធិប តេយ្យ និង​ប្រឆាំង​​​ព្រះ​មហា​ក្សត្រ​នៃ​ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា”។ ...

Supporters of the opposition CNRP and relatives of the 16 men, women and children killed in a grenade attack during a protest rally in 1997, will hold a Buddhist ceremony today at the scene of the blasts in front of the old National Assembly in ...

A coalition of 30 NGOs on Friday called on the Government to draft and pass a freedom of information law to overthrow its “culture of secrecy”. The groups said Saturday is the 10th Right to Know Day, but that Cambodians are being denied a “fundamental human ...

Officiating a ceremony on Friday to welcome the country’s new minister of post and telecommunications, Interior Minister Sar Kheng reminded the audience of government officials that the public expects change—as was demonstrated in their election support for the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). Mr. Kheng, who ...

Phnom Penh will face flooding in certain areas in the coming days as the level of the Mekong River surpasses emergency level, while heavy rainfall from tropical storm Wutip, which made landfall in Laos from the South China Sea on Friday, prompted the government to ...

Economists and analysts on Thursday shrugged off the opposition CNRP’s threat to stage nationwide labor strikes, arguing that while such a move could lower profits for companies in the short term, it would not significantly deter foreign investors. Mr. Rainsy, who mentioned the possibility of strikes ...

More than 200 former residents of the Boeng Kak community protested Thursday outside City Hall to demand more compensation to the original amount they received when forcibly evicted from around the lake in 2009. The protesters—who accepted payouts from the private developer Shukaku to make way ...

With the long-ruling CPP sworn in to govern for another five years despite the opposition CNRP abstaining from sitting in the National Assembly due to election irregularities, a new report argues that imminent threats to Cam­bodia’s future development can only be overcome with significant government ...

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An has a stunning portfolio of positions within the CPP government. On Monday, CPP lawmakers once again appointed Mr. An as the Cabinet Minister for Prime Minister Hun Sen. He is also the chairman of the state-controlled Cambodian National Petroleum Authority and ...

Sok Sam Oeun and Born Samnang left Prey Sar prison’s Correctional Center 1 on Thursday for the last time, putting behind them an ordeal that has lasted nearly a decade during which they were wrongfully imprisoned for a total of five years each for the ...

After spending 2,073 days in prison, Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun were exonerated on Wednesday by the Supreme Court of having killed popular union leader Chea Vichea in 2004. Legal expert Sok Sam Oeun of the Cambodian Defenders Project said that although the two ...