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Cambodia condemns terrorism act Australia's Sydney

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday condemned the terror act of taking civilians hostage in a cafe in Australia’s Sydney. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2014-12/16/c_133858471.htm

Cambodia to begin rice exports to various countries

Cambodia’s minister of commerce has announced that the country will step up efforts to export rice to Africa, Middle East and the European Union. In his three-day visit to Kuwait in December 2014, Chanthol aimed at opening new avenues for Cambodian-made agricultural goods to enter ...

Far Eastern Agriculture News Staff
http://www.fareasternagriculture.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4483:cambodia-to-start-rice-export-to-various-countries&catid=1083&Itemid=98

Hun Sen returns from South Korea trip

Prime Minister Hun Sen returned from South Korea on Monday having struck a series of deals with Seoul, including an agreement to explore the creation of a South Korean-funded agricultural university in Cambodia, according to one of Mr. Hun Sen’s advisers. Speaking to reporters at Phnom ...

Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-returns-from-south-korea-trip-74257/

Cambodia wants to inspect 50 seized artefacts

Cambodia is seeking access to the scores of artefacts seized from disgraced former crime-buster Lt-General Pongpat Chayaphan to determine if any of them belong to it, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Bowornwej Rungrujee, director-general of the Fine Arts Department, early this month offered to send back some ...

Supalak Ganjanakhundee
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Cambodia-wants-to-inspect-50-seized-artefacts-30249839.html

Cambodia vows to contribute to China's "One Belt, One Road" initiatives

Cambodia, along with other ASEAN members, will make joint efforts to create an upgraded China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and contribute to the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said a senior Cambodian official at the First ASEAN ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-12/13/c_133852295.htm

Cambodia scholar calls for boosting mutual trust, maritime security in Asia Pacific

A Cambodian scholar on Saturday called for efforts to enhance the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in promoting mutual trust and maritime security in the Asia Pacific. A more relevant and coherent multilateral structure could help address old and new security challenges, ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2014-12/13/c_133852775.htm

Cambodia's youth leader pledges closer ties with China

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son Hun Many, who is also the president of the Union of Youth Federation, on Friday vowed to encourage youths to continue maintaining and deepening relations between Cambodia and China for mutual benefits. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141212/cambodias-youth-leader-pledges-closer-ties-china

Thailand and Cambodia to upgrade four border passes

The Deputy Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Nuttavudh Photisaro, has led a team of Foreign Ministry officials to observe the Thai-Cambodian border pass at Baan Tha Sen Village in Trat Province to look into the possibility of upgrading the border checkpoint. ...

National News Bureau of Thailand Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNFOR5712120010001

Cambodia says increased networks with ASEAN, China key to boosting economy

Cambodia sees the development of physical networks between itself and other Southeast Asian nations and China as key to boosting its economy and achieving closer regional ties, government officials said recently. Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek said Cambodia has well-developed overland roads to connect the country ...

Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2014/12-10/146092.shtml

Call for Thailand and Cambodia to address migration

The Thai and Cambodian governments need to reform migration policies to prevent a repeat of June’s exodus that saw up to 300,000 Cambodians leave Thailand, migrant groups said Tuesday. Workers from neighboring Cambodia fled Thailand following the May 22 military coup amid widespread rumors that the army ...

Lauren Crothers
http://www.turkishpress.com/news/415247/

Cambodia says PM's visit to South Korea to further enhance ties

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Monday that the upcoming visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to South Korea will broaden relations and cooperation between the two countries. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141208/cambodia-says-pms-visit-south-korea-further-enhance-ties

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia hold conference to boost youth ties

A conference on youth cooperation among Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia opened in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Monday, drawing participation of representatives from the three neighboring countries. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141208/vietnam-laos-cambodia-hold-conference-boost-youth-ties

Cambodian FM hails China's ties, cooperation with ASEAN, Cambodia

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has lauded China’s excellent ties and cooperation with ASEAN and Cambodia, saying that the close ties have brought peace, stability and development in the region. “China is the first country to establish with ASEAN in 2003 the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership for ...

Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/895544.shtml

Cambodian King flies to Japan for World Buddhist Summit

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni left here on Monday for Japan to attend the opening ceremony of the 6th World Buddhist Summit. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-12/08/c_133839828.htm

Unmanned drone explodes in sky over Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple area

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) exploded in the sky over Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple, a world heritage site, on Sunday, causing panic among troops stationed along the Cambodian-Thai border, a Cambodian spokesman said. ...

Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=257117

Cambodian PM to visit S. Korea next week

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen plans to visit Seoul next week for talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye on furthering their economic partnership, Park’s office said Friday. The two leaders are set to hold talks on Saturday on how to boost bilateral cooperation in such ...

The Korea Herald News Staff
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141205000401

Protest still on: youth leader

Ignoring objections and even vague threats made by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Cambodian activists in South Korea plan to stage a protest on Sunday ahead of a five-day summit Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to attend on December 10. Around 1,500 opposition supporters intend to ...

Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/protest-still-youth-leader

Laos, Cambodia officials meet to resolve boundary demarcation divergence

Delegates from Laos and Cambodia have held an extraordinary meeting in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues related to their shared border, state-run media Vientiane Times reported Thursday. The meeting was held on Wednesday to examine demarcations where technical survey teams from both sides had been ...

Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/894978.shtml

Gov’t forms OCA committee

Thailand and Cambodia are edging closer to rekindling negotiations over the long-contested, and presumably lucrative, Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand. State-owned media, Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP), yesterday reported that the Cambodian government had established a committee charged with negotiating the development of ...

Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/gov%E2%80%99t-forms-oca-committee

Cambodia's treatment of Montagnard refugees focuses critics on Australia's asylum seeker deal

Cambodian authorities are hunting more than a dozen ethnic minority hill people from Vietnam, drawing international criticism and raising further doubts about Australia’s controversial agreement to send refugees to Phnom Penh. Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), warned ...

Lindsay Murdoch
http://www.smh.com.au/world/cambodias-treatment-of-montagnard-refugees-focuses-critics-on-australias-asylum-seeker-deal-20141203-11z808.html

Cambodian, Thai defense officials agree to heighten cooperation along border

Cambodian and Thai defense officials on Wednesday vowed to further enhance cooperation along the border for mutual benefits, according to a joint statement released after a two-day meeting. The meeting was co-chaired by secretary of state of Cambodia’s defense ministry, Gen. Neang Phat, and Lt. Gen. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-12/03/c_133830319.htm

Cambodia, Thailand defense officials meet to strengthen border cooperation

Cambodian and Thai defense officials met here on Tuesday to discuss ways to strengthen and expand cooperation along the border, both sides said. ...

Cihan News Agency Staff
http://en.cihan.com.tr/news/Cambodia-Thailand-defense-officials-meet-to-strengthen-border-cooperatio_3488-CHMTYxMzQ4OC80

Cambodia expects to receive half million Chinese tourists this year: PM

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that his country is expected to greet about 500,000 Chinese tourists this year, an estimated increase of 8 percent year-on-year. Kong Sopheareak, director of the Tourism Ministry’s Statistics and Planning Department, said Sino-Cambodian excellent ties and Cambodia’s attractive ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141201/cambodia-expects-receive-half-million-chinese-tourists-year-

Kuwaitis encouraged to invest in Cambodia

Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol has urged Kuwaiti investors to take advantage of the new economic laws aimed at targeting and encouraging foreign investors notably in the sectors of industry and agriculture. In his statements while visiting the Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) News Staff
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2411719&language=en

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