Chhorn Phearun
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CNRP Leader Kem Sokha Arrested for 'Treason"
CNRP President Kem Sokha has been arrested for "treason", according to a government statement. → Read More
Forever Foreign
Many have viewed Vietnam as Cambodia’s arch-enemy, a consequence of history. In the wake of such hostility, ethnic Vietnamese who call Cambodia home are forever seen as strangers. → Read More
South Korean Pastor Sentenced to 14 Years for Child Sex Abuse
A South Korean pastor accused of sexually abusing several girls who lived with him at his Siem Reap City church was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years, an unprecedentedly long jail term for such crimes, according to one NGO → Read More
CNRP Planning Strategy to Weather Storm Ahead of Election
As the ruling party swings at critical voices and opposition officials, leaders of the CNRP are meeting to focus their attention on a voter registration campaign and assess the rapidly shifting political → Read More
Cambodia Celebrates Improved SEA Games Tally
The 2017 Southeast Asia Games drew to a close on Tuesday, with Cambodia improving on its last effort by bagging three gold medals, including Sorn Seavmey emerging victorious in the women’s taekwondo. → Read More
Phnom Penh Police Officer Kills Wife, Himself
A Phnom Penh police officer, reported to be an assistant to municipal police chief Chuon Sovann, fatally shot his wife and then himself on Sunday night, according to a report posted to the website of the National Police on Monday. → Read More
Grape Expectations
Amid fields of rice in Battambang province, one family branched out into grapes, creating Cambodia’s first bottles of locally-produced wine. Now they have their sights set on conquering the juice market. → Read More
Anti-Sex Trafficking NGO Offers Apology, Defends PM’s Order
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday agreed to allow Agape International Missions to continue its operations in Cambodia, just three weeks after ordering the expulsion of the anti-sex trafficking NGO over a CNN story featuring its work, according to an online news report. → Read More
Victim’s Family Speaks Out Amid Rape Row
After a visit to see her family in Preah Vihear province for the first time in nearly a year, 18-year-old Sovan Somalin opened the door of a shared taxi to begin the daylong journey back to Bavet City, where she worked at a casino. → Read More
Laos Border Dispute Leads to Critic’s Arrest
A frequent government critic was arrested on Sunday in the wake of a brief border dispute with Laos that saw armored vehicles paraded around Phnom Penh’s Independence Monument and Prime Minister Hun Sen fly into Vientiane to negotiate a resolution. → Read More
Government Rights Chief Calls Beating Threats ‘Education’
The government’s human rights chief, following a meeting on Tuesday with the U.N.’s visiting human rights envoy, defended as “education” the violent threats officials have been making against would-be protesters in recent months. → Read More
Mass Fainting at Factory Blamed on Blood Sugar
Up to 100 workers at a Phnom Penh garment factory fainted on Monday, forcing the facility to shut down for the day, in a case that police say doctors blamed on low blood-sugar levels. → Read More
UN Rights Envoy Arrives Today Amid Repressive Election Lead-Up
The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia—on the eve of her latest mission to the country—faces a government that has been growing increasingly repressive in the lead-up to next year’s national election, several rights groups say. → Read More
Mam Sonando Gives Up the Helm of Beehive Party He Founded
Prominent radio host and government critic Mam Sonando resigned on Friday from the Beehive Social Democratic Party he founded, saying the disappointing results of the commune elections had pushed his political ambitions in a new direction. → Read More
Ministry: Evidence Bun Chhay Involved In Drug Trade
Police searched the home of embattled KNUP president Nhek Bun Chhay on Friday, as the Interior Ministry spokesman claimed there was hard evidence the former military commander had been involved in the illegal drug trade. → Read More
Mam Sonando Resigns As Head of Beehive Party
Prominent radio host and government critic Mam Sonando resigned on Friday from the Beehive Social Democratic Party he founded, saying the disappointing results of the commune elections had pushed his political ambitions in a new direction. → Read More
Government Foe Hit With 10-Year-Old Warrant
Having fallen out of favor with the ruling CPP, minor party leader Nhek Bun Chhay was on Thursday pulled in for questioning at the Phnom Penh municipal police headquarters over a 10-year-old drug case. → Read More
NGO Facing Expulsion Praised for Programs
Long time residents of Phnom Penh’s once-notorious Svay Pak neighborhood say an NGO facing imminent closure on orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen was a boon to their small community and they had mixed feelings about its pending demise. → Read More
Former General Nhek Bun Chhay Brought In for Questioning
Under-pressure KNUP president Nhek Bun Chhay has been called into questioning at the Phnom Penh municipal police headquarters this afternoon over a 2012 incident relating to drugs, a police official said. → Read More
NGO in Hun Sen’s Crosshairs Remains Open, Under Investigation
An anti-sex trafficking NGO Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered shuttered and expelled from Cambodia was still open, but under investigation on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry official said. → Read More