Sam Rainsy Rising, Ousted Finance Minister Comes Back as Major Opposition Figure
In the 18 months he was finance minister, Sam Rainsy built a reputation as a crusader. But if he seemed strident then, he became...
Funcinpec Activist Found, Dead, in Kandal
The body of Funcinpec activist missing for a week was found dead Sunday morning in Kandal province, party officials and rights workers said. The...
Asean Troika Blesses Poll Preparations
Representatives of the regional economic and security bloc Asean on Saturday met with top Cambodian figures here, giving a stamp of approval to the...
Sihanoukville Village the First To Get Solar-Panel Electricity
Samaki village looks like other poor communities in rural cambodia, with its wood and thatch homes surrounded by rice paddies. But one thing separates...
Gov’t Seeks $5M From RAC
The cash-strapped government is seeking to collect more than $5 million in back taxes and loans from Royal Air Cambodge, a Malaysian-Cambodian joint venture....
Another RCAF Plane Hits Mine in Koh Kong
For the second time in six months, an RCAF airplane has hit a land mine on the Koh Kong airport runway, prompting provincial police...
Municipality Relents on Demonstration Ban
The Phnom Penh Municipality has backed away from its widely criticized—and widely ignored—ban on public demonstrations in the run-up to elections, requesting only that...
Primary School Named After Fallen Human Rights Worker
koh ka-ek village, Kompong Chhnang province - Until recently only a handful of children in this poor fishing village were able to study in...
Cambodia Holds Its Own Polls This Time, But Untac’s Shadow Looms Large
In 1993, after the most expensive UN intervention in history, Cambodia’s people went to the polls and voted for change in their government and...
Funcinpec Vows to Repeat ’93 Win
‘Royalist Democrats’ Attempt to Rebound from Fall For Funcinpec campaign manager May Sam Oeun, Cambodians have a clear decision to make next month. “You will...
Like Father, Like Son Sann, Octogenarian Patriarch, Buddhist Liberalism Define Opposition Party
In this nation of personality-driven politics, no party can claim a more enduring figurehead than octogenarian Son Sann. “He’s a historical figure. Our party is...
Missing Baby Vexes Police, Torments Mother
Sitting on the floor of her neighbor’s home, her arms wrapped tightly around herself, 28-year-old mother Ro Kiya described last Saturday when her eight-month-old...
NEC’s Funds Drying Up
With 30 days left to go until the polls, the National Election Committee is scrambling to find enough money to complete the process and...
Parties Kick Off Election Campaigns
The opposition was brazen and Second Prime Minister Hun Sen quietly confident as thousands of people clogged some of Phnom Penh’s streets Thursday morning...
Nearly 4 of 10 Live in Poverty, Profile Shows
The most thorough profile on poverty in Cambodia ever completed shows 36 percent of citizens live in poverty, and more than half of those...
King Picks Critic for Constitutional Council
Racked with controversy since its remaining members were appointed last month, the Constitutional Council has a new critic in its midst. Say Bory, who...
Opposition Newsapers Vow to Defy NEC Ban
At least six opposition newspapers say they will defy a ban on publishing political propaganda during the election campaign, even if it means risking...
Man Wanted By Police in P Veng Death
ansaong village, Prey Veng province - Police are seeking a man in connection with last week’s murder near here of a woman married to...
Pursat Murder Political, Insists Funcinpec
Funcinpec officials are claiming that the slaying of a party information officer in Pursat province Tuesday was politically motivated, coming one day after party...
Pacific Commercial Bank Warns of Money Shortfall
A chain of banks co-owned by prominent local businessman Kong Triv has run short of cash, with customers being asked to give one week’s...
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