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  • Nuon Chea Refuses to Testify Further at War Crimes Tribunal

    War crime suspect Nuon Chea yesterday followed in the footstep of his colleague and trial co-defendant Khieu Samphan and informed the Khmer Rouge tribunal that he would no longer testify in his trial for crime against humanity.

  • Former Prime Minister Pen Sovann Looks to Future as Lawmaker

    When the National Assembly forms after this month’s election, Pen Sovann_ Cambodia’s first prime minister after the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, and a man imprisoned in Hanoi between 1981 and1991_ may well be seated close enough to state down the man who he believes betrayed him three decades ago.

  • NEC Says Pardoned Rainsy Still Cannot Contest Election

    Political Party cannot change or add politicians to their candidate list for the upcoming election as the list have already been officially recognized by the National Election Committee (NEC), according to a statement it issued on Tuesday, which contradicted earlier information provided by an NEC legal expect.

  • CNRP supporter Charged Following Clash With CPP Rivals

    The Kandal province court yesterday charged a Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) supporter with intentional violence following a clash between CPP and CNRP supporters.

  • ILO says working conditions deteriorate in clothing and footwear sector

    PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Working conditions in Cambodia's clothing and footwear sector deteriorated in the six months to April, the International Labor Organization said Thursday.

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  • Kem Sokha Take on CPP Candidate in Live Debate

    National Assembly candidates from the country’s two main political parties faced off yesterday in what is set to be the only televised debated during the campaign period before the parliamentary election on July 28.

  • Migration Another Hurdle to Participating in Election

    The growing migration of people to urban areas who have not registered to vote in their new constituencies is raising concerns among election monitors that many voters will not return home to cast their ballot on July 28.

  • Government Calls for Arrests Over CNRP Poll Data Document

    The council of Minister yesterday called for arrest of unnamed political party operatives who are accused of distributing “false document” appearing to show voters sentiment ahead of the July 28 national election, the source of which was attributed to the International Republican Institute (IRI).

  • Defense Question KR History Scholar Heder

    The cross- examination scholar Stephen Heder at the Khmer Rouge tribunal contributed yesterday with the defense for war crime suspect Nuon Chea seeking to determine what Mr. Heder’s research told about policy, execution and the relationship between their client and National Assembly’s current president, Heng Samrin.

  • CPP the Clear Choice for Ethnic Vietnamese Voters

    The election campaign sweeping the country has not made it to Neang Sorn’s home, nor to any of her neighbors, in floating village tethered to the bank of the Tonle Sap river on the edge of Phnom Penh

  • Upon Return, Can Sam Rainsy and Ken Sokha Co- Exist?

    The union between Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) vice president Kem Sokha and soon-to-return president Sam Rainsy is immortalized in their election posters; tow smiling men with their clasped hands thrust in the air.

  • Hundreds of Police to Be Deployed for Sam Rainsy’s Return

    Several hundreds police will be deployed on Friday to ensure the safety of opposition leader Sam Rainsy and control and expected crowd of more than 40,000 supporters, police officials said yesterday.

  • CNRP Scales Back Campaign to Prepare for Rainsy’s Return

    The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has put a temporary hold on all major campaign across Phnom Penh as it prepares for a mass rally to greet party president Sam Rainsy on Friday when he returns to the country after spending almost four abroad in self-imposed exiled.

  • NEC Official For Rainsy to Run in Election

    An official from National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday said opposition leader Sam Rainsy could be still allowed run as a candidate and vote in the national election if he formally asks the body to reinstate him.

  • No place for Sam Rainsy’s name: NEC official

    PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- The newly-pardoned opposition party leader is not able to register to run as a candidate for the general election taking place later this month, a National Election Committee (NEC) official said Tuesday.

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  • Experts See Scenarios for Sam Rainsy To Contest Election

    WASHINGTON DC - With Sam Rainsy expected to return to Cambodia on Friday, experts say there are a number of scenarios that could put him as a candidate for the July 28 election

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  • Parties Increasingly Seek Youth Vote

    PHNOM PENH - Both the ruling and opposition parties are using more and more youth to get out the vote. The Cambodian People’s Party and the Cambodia National Rescue Party are each vying for the attention of the country’s 18- to 30-year-olds. Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said today’s youth are increasingly engaged in the political process, due in part to social media, and their numbers could help determine a winner on Election Day.

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  • Kem Sokha Sever with Third Court Summons in a Month

    With Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Sam Rainsy’s political fortunes on the mend following his Royal Pardon, those of his vice president, Kem Sokha, continue to head the other way ahead of the July 28 election.

  • Around 23,000 observers to monitor upcoming election

    PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- A National Election Committee (NEC) official said up to Tuesday there are already 23,501 observers that have registered to monitor the upcoming election later this month.

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  • Despite Land Loss, Monitors Back Status Quo

    ANDONG MEAS DISTRICT, Ratanakkiri Province- Romam Given could be described as a counterintuitive voter.

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