Written by DAP NEWS -- Thursday, 24 September 2009(KHMER HOT NEWS)The visit of Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh, also a Deputy Prime Minister, to the US for several days has borne fruit for both nations’ cooperation, with the US Government vowing to strengthen its relationship with the Cambodian Government.Deputy...
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Deputy PM Clarifies Border Disputes
24 September 2009(KHMER HOT NEWS) The deputy prime minister for security affairs has clarified the border disputes between Thailand and Cambodia to the media.In regards to border conflicts between...
CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Ends Testimony at First Int'l Trial
By Sean ThomasFIRST POSTEDSEPTEMBER 23, 2009(KHMER HOT NEWS) The large auditorium looks pleasant enough: almost sterile, like a modernist concert hall in a small Nordic country. You...
Border snarl up as Cambodians demand truck payment
By The NationPublished on September 25, 2009(KHMER HOT NEWS) With no explanation, Cambodian customs officials in Poi Pet have stopped allowing Thai trucks to pass beyond their boundary by...
New UN resolution aims at nuclear-free world
US President Barack Obama(R) greets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as he arrives to chair a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York. World powers Thursday...
Thai Court Hands Hefty Sentences to 16 Cambodians
A provincial court in Thailand sentenced 16 Cambodians to lengthy prison terms Wednesday, for illegally entry and illegal logging on Thai soil, officials said Thursday.Cambodian officials say the accused had not crossed into Thailand before they were arrested by Ubon provincial authorities.The provincial court...
Cambodia National Holidays: Constitution’s Day – Thursday, 24.9.2009
The public holidays of Cambodia as announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, designate 24 September is designated as “Constitution’s Day.”At this occasion, access is made available to the text of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia, as presented on the website of the...
Activist runs organization to free Cambodian sex slaves
(khmer hot news)CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/Print this articleShare this article Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2009Former slave Somaly Mam has made it her life’s work to end sex trafficking.Opponents to her cause have burned her house, threatened her, kidnapped her children...
Cambodia condemns sentencing of its nationals by Thai court
24 Sep 2009 (khmer hotnews) Phnom Penh - Cambodia plans to appeal a case in which lengthy sentences were handed down by a Thai court to a group of its nationals after they were convicted of logging and entering Thailand illegally, local media reported Thursday. The 16 men who are from adjacent provinces in...
Cambodia to host Mekong-Japan foreign ministers meeting next week
September 24, 2009 (khmer hot news) Cambodia will host the Second Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting next week to review progress and to set out future direction for cooperation in the region, according to a press release issued Wednesday by Cambodia's Foreign Ministry.The press release said Deputy...
Two faces of Thailand
September 24, 2009 (khmer hot news)Giles Ji Ungpakorn is a Thai academic and dissident who was targeted by the government for the supposed crime of "lese majesty"--essentially, "disloyalty" to Thailand's head of state, King Bhumibol. To avoid censorship and a possible prison sentence of 15 years, he fled to Britain...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Belgian paedophile expelled from Cambodia
Wed, 23 Sep 2009KHMER HOT NEWSPhnom Penh - A Belgian man convicted twice for child sex offences was expelled from Cambodia seven weeks after a coalition of child protection organizations petitioned authorities to expel him, a media report said Wednesday. Philippe Dessart, 49, was put on a plane to Thailand last...
Belgian paedophile expelled from Cambodia
Submitted by Sahil NagpalWed, 09/23/2009Phnom Penh - A Belgian man convicted twice for child sex offences was expelled from Cambodia seven weeks after a coalition of child protection organizations petitioned authorities to expel him, a media report said Wednesday.Philippe Dessart, 49, was put on a plane to Thailand...
Tea Banh pays US official visit
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (right) welcomes Cambodian Defence Minister General Tea Banh on Monday at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.Wednesday, 23 September 2009 15:03 Jacob Gold and Vong SokhengMeeting with the US defence secretary addresses greater military cooperation, though concerns linger about alleged...
Regional grants target biodiversity
Wednesday, 23 September 2009 15:04 Irwin LoyCambodia to receive eight grants to help preserve river ecosystems and endangered fauna.CAMBODIAN groups are among several organisations around the region slated to receive more than US$2 million in grants aimed at conserving threatened biodiversity.The money will come...
Court exonerates Ho Vann
Wednesday, 23 September 2009 15:04 Meas Sokchea and James O’tooleIN a surprise verdict, Phnom Penh Municipal Court acquitted Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarian Ho Vann of defamation on Tuesday, but his co-defendants Neou Vannarin and Kevin Doyle of The Cambodia Daily newspaper were ordered to pay four million...
Sunday, September 20, 2009
PAD makes demands on Preah Vihear
Writer: BangkokPost.comPublished: 20/09/2009The yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) called on the Cambodian government to quickly move its villagers and troops out of the disputed...
Ex-reporter helps Cambodia face up to past
Sep. 21, 2009Norimasa TaharaYomiuri Shimbun Correspondent (Japan)PHNOM PENH--Thirty years after the end of the Khmer Rouge regime that killed nearly 2 million people, a former Japanese news reporter has been appointed as a public relations officer at Cambodia's special war tribunal.Yuko Maeda assumed the post...
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