Cambodia News Archives

Ongoing hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand are believed to be jeopardising the completion of the Trans-Asian Railway.

PHNOM PENH: The United States said on Monday that it will continue to help Cambodia in fighting against HIV/AIDS. "The United States looks forward to continuing our support of successes like these and we are committed to furthering efforts that curb the spread of HIV in Cambodia," it said in a statement released here on Monday by its Embassy.

Simarak Na Nakhon Phanom, the mother of detained Thai national Sivarak Chutipong Monday sought assistance from opposition Pheu Thai Party, blaming the Foreign Ministry for slow move to save her son from Cambodia prison.

Motorcycle dealers in the capital Phnom Penh say sales have finally started to pick up following this year's downturn prompted by the global economic crisis, as buyers spend money generated in the provinces on upgrading to new models that have recently entered the market for 2010, local media reported on Monday.

The General Border Committee meeting ended on Friday on a positive note as the Thai and Cambodian defence ministers agreed to work for peace.

FRENCH national has been arrested for soliciting sex from a child prostitute, police said on Monday.

PHNOM PENH: Ten companies from eight countries have sought permission to invest in solar energy projects in Cambodia, after the removal of a 15% duty on imports of the materials needed to build solar plants in August, China's Xinhua news agency cited a local media as saying.

The gold-coloured convertible turns heads on impoverished Cambodia's roads -- not least because of creator Nhean Phaloek's outlandish claim that it can be operated telepathically.

"So, if the Cambodian authorities review their actions we will get back on track," Vejjajiva told a news conference in Doha.

Duch was asking to be acquitted on the grounds that he was not a senior member of the Khmer Rouge hierarchy Kaing Guek Eav - better known as Duch - headed Security Office 21, or S-21, during the ultra-Maoists' reign of terror in Cambodia during the late 1970s.

The Thai and Cambodian militaries yesterday cemented their roles as pacifying forces amid the Bangkok-Phnom Penh diplomatic showdown, declaring readiness to use their good offices to help patch things up.

As long as former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is still Cambodia's adviser the dispute between Thailand and Phnom Penh will continue to exist, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said on Friday.

Cambodia's Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, So Khun has called on the country's nine mobile phone networks to share share their network infrastructure to reduce the number of towers being deployed in the country.

Cambodians have become slowly become riveted by the trial of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Comrade Duch, who ran the horrifying Tuol Sleng prison during Khmer Rouge's reign from 1975 to 1979.

Thai government on Monday assigns authorities concerned to check Pheu Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's claim that Cambodia closed territorial waters for Thai fishing boats.

The death toll of A/H1N1 flu in Cambodia has increased to five and the virus infected rate topped 28 cases for one week, official of the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

Plans to revitalise Cambodia's railway network have been put at risk by the ongoing political spat between Thailand and Cambodia, sources say.

A Cambodian court is scheduled to deliver a ruling in the case against a Thai engineer, who was arrested on an espionage charge, on December 8, a senor Thai Justice Ministry official said Wednesday.

The prison chief being tried for running a Khmer Rouge torture center apologized but said he was only following orders and couldn't stop the abuse and the thousands of killings there, as prosecutors sought a 40-year prison sentence.

At a luxury guesthouse, Cambodia's newest government adviser picks up a copy of his latest book, "Tackling Poverty." It explores how lessons from Thailand can be applied to other developing countries.

"I help tackle poverty worldwide, wherever they need me. Why not my neighbor?" asks Thaksin Shinawatra, the author.

But Mr. Thaksin, a Thai prime minister ousted by a coup in 2006, is no ordinary consultant - and he knows it. The politician's electoral successes antagonized Bangkok's royalist elite. Now, exiled in Dubai and wanted at home on a corruption-related conviction, Thaksin remains a political player who courts controversy.

Detained Thai national Sivarak Chutipong would have a chance to see his mother on Friday, first ever after two-week detention for a charge of spying, the Thai Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

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The trial of the Khmer Rougea s top prison warden ends this week after six months of testimony about the regimea s mass killings and brutality that brought Cambodians face to face with the man who tortured them three decades ago.

PHNOM PENH : The lawyer for the Thai engineer held on charges of spying on ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he has filed a bail request to a Cambodian court.

RON, Thailand, Nov 24 - Children at the largest school in this village close to the Thai-Cambodian border have a new regimen to follow besides books and sports.

'All Our Children:' Church World Service Sharpens Focus on Next Generation NEW YORK CITY/PREAH VIHEAR, CAMBODIA -- November 19, 2009 -- In tribute to Universal Childrenâ?'s Day international humanitarian agency Church World Service says it is intensifying its focus on the worldâ?'s most vulnerable children, under the banner "All Our ...

The Thai news media's go-to guy for information about the current row with Cambodia isn't a career diplomat but one of those rare politicos who most people feel they can trust.

Maj Gen Khattiya Sawatdiphol yesterday admitted he had sneaked into Cambodia to meet ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian premier Hun Sen last week.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's daughter plans to hold shares in Cambodia Traffic Air Services after the Cambodian government has temporarily taken over management of the firm, a Thai senior official confirmed Saturday.

But civil lawyers representing victims argued Monday that Duch had failed to acknowledge the full extent of his guilt.

SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit Cambodia from 23-24 November at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

David* never imagined he'd use ghosts as a way to share the Gospel. A Christian worker in Cambodia, David was surveying Vietnamese floating villages on Tonle Sap Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, and needed a boat and driver.

While rumours fly that Samart's ties with ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are close enough to fake the arrest of its employee, an investigation by The Nation tells a different story.

Cambodia's opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, has been stripped of parliamentary immunity in a move his supporters say reflects political intimidation by the ruling party.

The Thai-Cambodia Joint Border Committee will meet on Nov 27 at 28 at the Dusit Thani hotel in Pattaya, defence ministry spokesman Col Thanathip Saengsawang said on Friday.

A sporting event between Thai and Cambodian military personnel scheduled over the weekend has been postponed indefinitely due to the growing tensions between the two countries.

A stint in Cambodia teaches you to appreciate road rules. Traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, the give-way rule and seat belts reveal themselves as true blessings.

If former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra resigns or is replaced as economic adviser to the Cambodian government, the diplomatic row between Thailand and Phnom Penh will cool down, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Friday.

The order by the Cambodian government came after Phnom Penh filed charges yesterday against Sivarak Chutipong, a Thai engineer working for CATS.

Closing arguments begin next Monday in the trial of chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch, the first senior Pol Pot cadre to face a U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal investigating Cambodia's genocide.

The Thai business community remains hopeful the Thai-Cambodian border will not be shut, as the loss of trade would be hugely damaging to both sides.

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has decreed that only he and two other senior politicians may use sirens to clear the streets for their motorcades, local media reported Thursday.

Cambodia will guarantee safety and security for Thais including diplomats, business people and travelers in the country, government official said on Saturday.

Cambodia conducts a search on Wednesday at Cambodia Air Traffic Services in Phnom Penh, the company where a Thai engineer arrested for allegedly spying worked, an informed source said.

The Global Issues Club at Assumption High School does a lot more than take an interest in world affairs from afar.

The Hanoi-based Youth Theater will present its mime a oeStereo Mana at the Mekong Arts and Media Festival to be held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from November 23 to 27.

Buses may be cheap and mercifully air-conditioned in Cambodia, but they have a rather painful habit of screening screeching karaoke which seems to gradually increase in volume over the 6 hours of endurance until you feel like its beating a disco beat inside your head.

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Thailand's cabinet was reviewing aid to Cambodia on Tuesday, a government official said, the latest move in a diplomatic row triggered by a visit by fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to the neighbouring country.

A Swedish businessman visiting Cambodia has been murdered and his body dumped outside Phnom Penh, reportedly after he met a woman with whom he had corresponded online, national media reported Monday.

Within the Palace ground visitors are only allowed to visit the Silver Pagoda and its surrounding areas.Once inside the temple visitors are not allowed to take photographs.Many areas are out of bound to visitors.

A seminar of China-Cambodia Business and Investment was held Monday in Phnom Penh with the participation of more than 100 Cambodian and Chinese business people.

The People's Alliance for Democracy delivered a six-point statement attacking convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at a major gathering in Bangkok yesterday.

Former US president Jimmy Carter launched a campaign Monday in which thousands of volunteers will build homes for the poor in five nations along the Mekong River, a humanitarian group said.

Cambodia's parliament has stripped opposition leader Sam Rainsy of his immunity from prosecution.

Protesters from Thailand's nationalist People's Alliance for Democracy demonstrate Sunday in Bangkok over Thaksin's visit to Cambodia and statements in an interview considered by some to be insulting to the king.

Day1: 7th Nov Arrived Siem Reap at about 3 p.m by car after 6 hours ride from Phnom Penh.Checked into the Borei Angkor.Took two deluxe rooms booked through Agoda.

PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corp., a member of state-owned Vietnam Oil & Gas Group, plans to explore for oil and gas in Cambodiaa s Tonle Sap Lake area.

The charge d'affaires of the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh said Sunday that the Thai engineer who was arrested on spy charge is still safe inside the Phnom Penh prison.

Patients wait for treatment at the National Tuberculosis Hospital in Phnom Penh last month.

A Swedish businessman has been found dead in Phnom Penh in Cambodia . Embassy officials confirm that local police suspect murder.

THOUSANDS of members of Thailand's royalist 'Yellow Shirt' protest movement are set to rally in Bangkok Sunday against a visit by fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to neighbouring Cambodia.

Argh! An early morning. Left at 6am before breakfast to beat the other tourists to Angkor Wat.

Cambodia does not intend to expel more Thailand diplomats, an government official said here on Friday.

SINGAPORE: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong did not discuss the conflict between Cambodia and Thailand in their bilateral meeting in Singapore Thursday night, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen operates a bulldozer as he attends the inauguration ceremony of the reconstruction of Cambodia's National Road 78 in Strung Treng Province, about 500 kilometers northeast of capital Phnom Penh Nov.

Ros Sokhet, a journalist well known in Cambodia for his contribution to the English language media, was arrested on October 30th and charged with defamation.

Tourists enjoy a sampan ride in the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam. Photograph by: John and Sandra Nowlan, Special to Canwest News Service Modern Vietnam has many attractions, but one event from its recent past still looms above all others: Don't mention the war.

As the bilateral row between Thailand and Cambodia deteriorates, the secretary-general of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations , Surin Pitsuwan, told The Irrawaddy on Friday morning that the fracas will not affect Asean's preparations for the bloc's first ever summit with the US.

Jackie Chan, better known by Cambodians as Chhin Long and a famous Hong Kong and Hollywood film star, wishes to make a film showing Cambodia's natural and cultural heritages, official news agency AKP reported on Thursday.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks alongside Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, during a joint news conference following the Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting at Hatoyama's official ...

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva called an urgent meeting with the National Security Council on Thursday morning.

Two Cambodians got into a fistfight at a market in the border town of Poi Pet yesterday morning over ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's appointment as economic advisor to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Breaking News , Governance , International Relations , Politics Languages: English Full Category List Excerpt Thailand and Cambodia recalled their ambassadors.

Cambodia marked a milestone in its history when the first of a series of UN-backed trials began in February to hold five Khmer Rouge leaders accountable for crimes during their rule .

First there were 96, then there were five. And on Tuesday, just one will remain: The winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the annual award recognizing excellence in Canadian fiction, will be announced at a 9 p.m. ET gala presentation in Toronto to be broadcast live on Bravp and BookTelevision .

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and President Nguyen Minh Triet sent flowers and congratulatory messages to Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on the 56th anniversary of Cambodia's Independence Day.

Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan arrived here on Tuesday to pay a visit and give a lecture in a Cambodian university.

Embattled fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday tried to head off another major political blow by claiming the Times Online website distorted his recent comments on the Thai monarchy.

His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, sent his respects to His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Cambodian royal family, and congratulated Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the government and people of Cambodia on the ...

A Big Island man accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in Cambodia pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal sex tourism charge.

The naming of an honorary economic advisor to a small Southeast Asian country doesn't usually make news.

Kim Yong Il, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Sunday sent a message of greetings to Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of its independence.

Cambodia on Sunday started the celebrations of the annual Water Festival, the biggest festival in the capital city, in front of the Royal Palace here, which regularly draws over 1 million people from all over the country.

WO men and a teenager were convicted of raping and murdering 11-year-old Morn Veasna and murdering her 12-year-old brother Morn Phea in Kampong Cham provincea s Tbong Khmum district, police said.

Thai businessmen with a presence in Cambodia are positive that the Thai-Cambodian conflict will not adversely affect their businesses.

Phou Phuy, head of Baitong Co, says Cambodia can benefit from the recent offering by the European Union of duty-free status for the countrya TMs rice exports.

THE head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday to show 'maximum restraint' amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva should think carefully about the plan to revoke a memorandum of understanding on overlapping maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Thailand signed with Cambodia in 2001, ex-premier Somchai Wongsawat said on Saturday.

The government is being urged to support Thai businesses that have a presence in Cambodia even though the latest tensions between the two countries have not yet affected them.

Workers install new electricity lines on a street in downtown Phnom Penh. Just 20 percent of the Kingdom's homes are connected to an electricity supply, the ADB said, most of which are in the capital.

Thailand will reconsider agreements with Cambodia after the government in Phnom Penh named fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser, threatening to fan tensions that recently led to gun battles along their border.

A jostle for influence in Southeast Asia's emerging Mekong River region moves up a notch this week when Japan hosts leaders from five countries where China and other players have ramped up aid and investment.

Cambodia held its annual Water Festival during the first three days of November in the nation's capital, Phnom Penh.

Thailand and Cambodia have descended into a loud political feud about Bangkok's 2006 coup, and Thailand's current threat to demand the extradition of its fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

I wrote in this space last week, on the 18th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Accords on Cambodia, about how the stipulations in the Accords and the articles in Cambodia's Constitution it established promised the country and its people high hopes for the future.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday said Viet Nam appreciated the traditional friendship and co-operation with Cambodia and would make every effort to enhance this relationship.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday praised Japan's contributions to peace in Cambodia over the years and said Tokyo is playing a key role as a development partner in the Mekong River region.

The Army chief insisted yesterday that the Thai-Cambodian military remain on good terms despite the recent exchanges by the two countries' leaders.

Tropical Storm Mirinae unleashed severe flooding in parts of central Vietnam, killing 23 people, leaving two missing and stranding families on rooftops, disaster officials said Tuesday.

Two years ago she emerged from the jungles of Cambodia wild, unkempt, unable to speak and apparently having been missing for almost 20 years.

During Last Year's 'One Million Tests' World AIDS Day 2008 Campaign, AHF/Cambodia CARES and Cambodian Partners Surpassed Country's 30,000 Testing Goal by Testing 35,034 As part of an ambitious global effort to test several million people for HIV in observance of the Testing Millions World AIDS Day 2009 campaign, AHF/Cambodia CARES will launch its ...

A $20 solar-powered lamp could benefit millions of rural Cambodian residents, but most still can't afford it.

Thailand and Cambodia have descended into a loud political feud about Bangkok's 2006 coup, and Thailand's current threat to demand the extradition of its fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

The temples of Angkor close to Siem Reap were amazing, as promised. Ruins of cities with impressively large and detailed stone statues of deities and animals stand out in the open, peak out of the forest or lay toppled everywhere.

In Cambodia, a threatened tribe of Islam By Brendan B Brady UDONG - Imam San was perhaps once Cambodia's most privileged Muslim.

The relationship between Southeast Asian neighbors Thailand and Cambodia enters another uneasy stretch following a round of verbal salvoes fired before and during a just concluded regional summit, where much is made of strides in achieving unity.