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Cambodians and Vietnamese clash over borderland
A clash between Cambodians and Vietnamese soldiers over a swath of disputed land in a border district separating the two countries in southern Cambodia has become the latest tussle in a string of such territorial conflicts. ...
Morm Moniroth
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Cham scuffle with soldiers near disputed border area
More than 300 locals from Tbong Khmum province accompanied by opposition lawmakers scuffled with Vietnamese soldiers Sunday morning while trying to reach a disputed 16.6-hectare plot of land along the country’s border with Vietnam. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cham-scuffle-with-soldiers-near-disputed-border-area-84664/
Four Nauru refugees who agreed to go to Cambodia wait to fly out
Three refugees who have agreed to travel to Cambodia are being housed in the Nauru detention centre before they are scheduled to fly out. There are currently just four refugees who have agreed to take up the Australian government’s resettlement offer in Cambodia, despite a large ...
Paul Farrell
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Leaked ASEAN document focuses on South China Sea
A final draft of the 26th ASEAN Chairman’s Statement says the group will call for intensified consultations on a code of conduct for the South China Sea. The draft, obtained by VOA Khmer from an ASEAN official who did not want to be identified, says the ...
Sok Khemara
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Cambodia to continue diversifying export markets - Hun Sen
Cambodia will continue to diversify its export markets, and is optimistic that investors will reap good benefits from investing in the country. Prime Minister Hun Sen said to expand its exports, the government would promote transport connectivity and the logistic systems, improve the regulatory framework and ...
Bernama News Staff
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ASEAN chief sees 'urgent' need to engage China over sea spat
Actions by some claimant countries in the South China Sea dispute are further complicating Asean’s diplomatic efforts to draw up a binding Code of Conduct (CoC) to help defuse the ongoing spat. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1OugA6S
ASEAN, EU may resume free-trade talks: report
ASEAN and the European Union (EU) are set to explore the possible resumption of talks on a free-trade agreement (FTA) after the ASEAN Economic Community comes into effect this year, Malaysia’s Bernama news agency reported Sunday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1bv0CYh
Laos looks to balance China’s growing economic influence
China’s growing influence in Laos, marked by expanded investment and trade, has led some international agencies to warn Laos about an unhealthy financial dependence on China. Analysts say Laos is looking to balance China’s influence by drawing support from longstanding backer Vietnam as well as ...
Ron Corben
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Prince Ranariddh says visit to China fruitful for bilateral ties
Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of royalist Funcinpec Party, said Wednesday that his four-day tour to China has completed successfully. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
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One refugee on Nauru takes up resettlement offer, says Cambodian official
Just one refugee on Nauru has taken up the Australian government’s offer to settle Cambodia, according to a Cambodian official. A Cambodian interior ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told the Cambodia Daily that a Rohingya man was so far the only refugee who had taken up the ...
Paul Farrell
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Vietnam, Cambodia jointly renovate monuments
Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to implement guidelines of the two countries’ Prime Ministers to examine and determine Vietnam-Cambodia friendship monuments to be repaired, renovated and restored, reports Vietnam News Agency. ...
Bernama News Staff
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Australia makes video pitch for Cambodia to asylum seekers
The Australian immigration minister on Wednesday made a blunt videotaped pitch to asylum seekers detained on the Pacific island of Nauru to accept a resettlement offer while stressing they should forget about ever moving to Australia. ...
Steve Herman
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Resettlement offer to asylum seekers may have breached Cambodia deal
Australian immigration officials have approached asylum seekers within the Nauru detention centre about resettlement in Cambodia, apparently in contravention of the agreement between the two countries. The settlement agreement with Cambodia specifies that offers should be made only to people with refugee status. But it ...
Paul Farrell
http://bit.ly/1DQq6ZR
Gov’t working to recover stolen artifacts
Following the seizure of a massive trove of Asian artifacts smuggled into the U.S. by a New York-based art dealer, the Cambodian Embassy in Washington has started working with U.S. authorities to repatriate more than $3 million worth of Cambodian antiquities, an embassy official said ...
Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-working-to-recover-stolen-artifacts-82321/
ASEAN disaster control officials meet in Cambodia to enhance cooperaiton
Disaster management officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered here Tuesday to discuss ways to promote regional cooperation in response to disasters, a senior Cambodian official said. ...
Global Post News Staff
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Cambodia’s Hun Sen slams ASEAN-splitting TPP
On April 19, the 24th World Economic Forum on East Asia kicked off in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. One of the main events was a conversation on “East Asia in the New Global Context,” which featured two heads of state – Cambodian prime minister ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
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RI offers weaponry, uniforms to Cambodia
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo suggested on Tuesday that Cambodia procure weaponry and uniforms from Indonesia as part of cooperation between the two countries. ...
Jakarta Post News Staff
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Chinese vice president meets chair of Cambodia's Funcinpec Party
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao met with chair of Cambodia’s Funcinpec Party Norodom Ranarith on Tuesday. Ranarith, who led the Funcinpec Party to win Cambodia’s general election in 1993, was re-elected chairman of the party in January this year. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
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Asylum seekers on fast track to Cambodia, group says
As many as five of the hundreds of asylum seekers Australia is holding on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru have agreed to be the first to take up an offer from Cambodia to resettle here, according to a refugee advocacy group. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/asylum-seekers-on-fast-track-to-cambodia-group-says-82208/
Peter Dutton denies claims refugees are snubbing resettlement in Cambodia
Logistical issues could take a few days to sort out but some on Nauru want to start new lives in a new country, immigration minister says. Peter Dutton has insisted plans to send the first batch of refugees from Nauru to Cambodia are on track and ...
The Guardian News Staff
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Lankans agree to Cambodia deal
Three Sri Lankan asylum seekers are among five who have agreed to be among the first to leave the Pacific island nation of Nauru for Cambodia under a deal that allows refugees rejected by Australia to be resettled in the Southeast Asian country, the News ...
Colombo Gazette News Staff
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UN refugee agency wants no part of Cambodia resettlement
The United Nations agency responsible for refugees has washed its hands of Australia’s controversial deal to send refugees from the tiny Pacific island of Nauru to Cambodia. ...
The Sydney Morning Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HbyCqc
Officials travel to speak with Nauru asylum seekers
Two officials from Cambodia’s Interior Ministry departed for Australia and the Pacific Island of Nauru Monday, to ensure that an initial group of asylum seekers there will move to Cambodia, part of a controversial deal with Australia. ...
Kong Sothanarith
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Gov’t denies refugee arrivals from Nauru imminent
The Ministry of Interior on Sunday said no refugees from Nauru were expected to arrive in Cambodia for the next few days, contradicting recent comments from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-denies-refugee-arrivals-from-nauru-imminent-82118/