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Hun Sen meets with Nancy Pelosi, US delegation

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday met with a visiting delegation of U.S. Congress members, including House of Representatives minority leader Nancy Pelosi, a government spokesman said. ... ...

Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-meets-with-nancy-pelosi-us-delegation-81080/

Second Nauru trip yields no refugees to resettle

Cambodia’s second trip to the South Pacific island nation of Nauru to find refugees Australia is holding there who are willing to resettle in Cambodia has been unsuccessful, Interior Ministry immigration department chief Sok Phal said Monday. ... ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/second-nauru-trip-yields-no-refugees-to-resettle-81092/

Refugees on Nauru slam Cambodia resettlement plan

Refugees who met with Cambodian immigration officials last week on the Pacific island of Nauru were told they would be given permanent visas and travel documents but would have to pay for English-language education and would lose all but emergency financial support after a year, ...

UCA News Staff
http://www.ucanews.com/news/refugees-on-nauru-slam-cambodia-resettlement-plan/73274

Japan awards Cambodia $230m in infrastructure aid

The Japanese government on Monday awarded nearly US$230 million in grant aid and loans to Cambodia. ... The loans are for a city transmission and distribution system expansion project in Phnom Penh and improvement of National Road No. 5, linking Phnom Penh and the Thai border. ...

Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/512492/japan-awards-cambodia-230m-in-infrastructure-aid

UN approves new human rights envoy to Cambodia

As anticipated, the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday approved U.K. professor Rhona Smith as the new special rapporteur to Cambodia on human rights, replacing Surya Subedi, whose six-year term ends this month. ... ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-approves-new-human-rights-envoy-to-cambodia-80977/

Six Vietnamese charged over logging; military collusion alleged

The Mondolkiri Provincial Court on Friday charged six Vietnamese nationals with illegally logging in the province’s O’Reang district, where they were caught felling first-grade Sokrom trees after allegedly crossing into Cambodia with the help of a local military officer, officials said Sunday. ... ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-vietnamese-charged-over-logging-military-collusion-alleged-80981/

Cambodia backs topics raised at 132nd IPU Assembly

Cambodian National Assembly (NA) supports topics that are raised by the 132nd Assembly of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) organizing committee and believed that those topics will be agreed among IPU members, said Heng Samrin, president of Cambodian National Assembly, while meeting with his Vietnamese ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-backs-topics-raised-at-132nd-ipu-assembly-8360

Another montagnard in Phnom Penh, UN says

Another Montagnard asylum-seeker has arrived in Phnom Penh, joining 10 others who are still in the capital after having their requests to have their refugee claims processed rejected, according to the U.N. ... ...

Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-montagnard-in-phnom-penh-un-says-80918/

UN due to announce new human rights envoy

The U.N. was due to appoint its new human rights envoy to Cambodia on Friday night at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, with British academic Rhona Smith expected to be selected from a three-person shortlist. ... ...

Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-due-to-announce-new-human-rights-envoy-80916/

Government confirms trip to Nauru

The Interior Ministry on Thursday confirmed for the first time that Cambodian officials are paying a second visit to the South Pacific island nation of Nauru this week to look for refugees interested in resettling in Cambodia, but said the delegation has yet to find ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-confirms-trip-to-nauru-80823/

At unveiling of s-21 Stupa, ambassador calls on youth

At a ceremony to inaugurate a new stupa at Phnom Penh’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum on Thursday, German Ambassador Joachim Baron von Marschall urged young Cambodians to be less reluctant to speak openly about the Khmer Rouge era, noting that it was Germany’s youth in ...

Aun Pheap and Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-unveiling-of-s-21-stupa-ambassador-calls-on-youth-80841/

Cambodia supports Australia refugee deal on 'humanitarian grounds'

A spokesman for the Cambodian Secretary of State says Cambodia supported the Abbott government's $40 million refugee resettlement agreement on "humanitarian" grounds and to strengthen ties with Australia. ... ...

Sylvia Varnham O'Regan
http://bit.ly/1CbXf1o

Capital shortage main obstacle for Cambodia in connectivity development: official

A lack of capital is the main obstacle for Cambodia to expedite connectivity development and the Southeast Asian country hopes that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund will fill the shortage, a spokesman said. ... ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HSN1UT

Cambodia supports Australia refugee deal on 'humanitarian grounds'

A spokesman for the Cambodian Secretary of State says Cambodia supported the Abbott government's $40 million refugee resettlement agreement on "humanitarian" grounds and to strengthen ties with Australia. ... ...

Sylvia Varnham O'Regan
http://bit.ly/1CbXf1o

Vietnam's stamp design used among ASEAN nations

The stamp and postmark designed by Vietnamese artists will be produced as a joint issue stamp within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Aug. 8, 2015 to celebrate the association's 48th founding anniversary and the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community by Dec. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1bAWN41

Ukrainian politician off wanted list

A Ukrainian member of parliament sought by Cambodian authorities over allegations of child-rape was removed from Interpol’s most-wanted list on Tuesday night because, according to Cambodia’s Interpol office, “the case involves politics in Ukraine and Russia.” ... ...

Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ukrainian-politician-struck-from-wanted-list-80730/

Ukrainian politician off wanted list

A Ukrainian member of parliament sought by Cambodian authorities over allegations of child-rape was removed from Interpol’s most-wanted list on Tuesday night because, according to Cambodia’s Interpol office, “the case involves politics in Ukraine and Russia.” ... ...

Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ukrainian-politician-struck-from-wanted-list-80730/

NGO says Cambodian officials back on Nauru to meet refugees

Refugees on Nauru say Cambodian officials have returned to the tiny South Pacific island nation to once more try to convince some of them to resettle in Cambodia, according to an Australia-based group that advocates for refugee rights. ... ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-says-cambodian-officials-back-on-nauru-to-meet-refugees-80738/

NGO says Cambodian officials back on Nauru to meet refugees

Refugees on Nauru say Cambodian officials have returned to the tiny South Pacific island nation to once more try to convince some of them to resettle in Cambodia, according to an Australia-based group that advocates for refugee rights. ... ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-says-cambodian-officials-back-on-nauru-to-meet-refugees-80738/

Cambodia defends Its human rights record

Cambodia presented its human rights report before the United Nations Office in Geneva amid growing allegations that abuses are being systematically committed by state forces. The UN committee acknowledged that Cambodia has introduced some reforms in recent years, in particular land reform and registration of ...

Mong Palatino
http://thediplomat.com/2015/03/cambodia-defends-its-human-rights-record/

Cambodia publicly endorses China position on South China Sea

Cambodia's leader has publicly endorsed China's position that territorial disputes in the South China Sea cannot be solved through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday the issue should be solved by the countries directly affected by ...

Kong Sothanarith
http://bit.ly/1FITTH9

Sar Kheng leaves for Australia

Interior Minister Sar Kheng left for Australia on Tuesday amid ongoing efforts by the two countries to convince refugees Australia is currently holding on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru to resettle in Cambodia. ... ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-leaves-for-australia-80653/

UN in Montagnard talks

The United Nations’ refugee agency met this week with representatives of the Cambodian and Vietnamese governments to “discuss solutions” to the recent influx of Montagnard asylum seekers, with repatriation touted as a possible answer, the Post has learned. ... ...

Alice Cuddy and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/un-montagnard-talks

Chinese bank an opportunity for aid reform, Fulbright scholar says

China’s newly proposed, yet controversial, regional investment bank could be an opportunity for Cambodia to​ prove it can use foreign aid more effectively, a Cambodian Fulbright scholar says. ... ...

Sophat Soeung
http://bit.ly/1EFcuyk

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