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Japan, Cambodia agree to work closely on developing Mekong region

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Cambodian counterpart, Hor Namhong, agreed Thursday to keep working together over infrastructure development in Cambodia and four other countries along the Mekong River, the Foreign Ministry said. ...

The Japan Times News Staff
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/03/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-cambodia-agree-work-closely-developing-mekong-region/#.VZYTaEY2XHA

Vietnamese province asks Cambodia to prevent violent acts at border

Long An Province on Thursday asked Cambodian authorities to tighten their control over a border area where Cambodian extremists attacked Vietnamese villagers late last month. ...

Thanh Nien News Staff
http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/vietnamese-province-asks-cambodia-to-prevent-violent-acts-at-border-47485.html

Putting border issue on the map

The Cambodian government yesterday produced some of the maps it has been using to demarcate the eastern frontier, stressing that they match the constitutionally mandated map despite having been developed in Vietnam. At a press conference at the Council of Ministers, the government’s senior official on ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/putting-border-issue-map

Minister on artefacts mission

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong will embark on an official visit to Thailand this month to attend a ceremony at which Thai officials will return 16 ancient Cambodian artefacts recovered from smugglers. ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-artefacts-mission

CNRP pushes gov’t for unity against Vietnam

Built from the vestiges of the Vietnamese-backed People’s Republic of Kampuchea of the 1980s, the CPP of Prime Minister Hun Sen has long been accused by the opposition of subservience to its old master. ...

Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-pushes-govt-for-unity-against-vietnam-87092/

Cambodia protests against Vietnam’s road construction projects in border area

Cambodia sent a diplomatic protest letter to Vietnam on Wednesday over what it considers an encroachment of its border territory, as the Cambodian border committee planned to reveal the map it is using to demarcate the borderline in response to a demand by the opposition ...

RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-protests-against-vietnams-road-construction-projects-in-border-area-07012015142551.html

Vietnam condemns Cambodia border clash as dozens injured over military expansion protests

Vietnamese officials Wednesday condemned protests held by Cambodians near the two countries’ borders that led to clashes between Vietnamese authorities and civilians, leaving more than a dozen people injured. The protests are the latest development underscoring growing tensions at the shared border. ...

Michelle FlorCruz
http://www.ibtimes.com/vietnam-condemns-cambodia-border-clash-dozens-injured-over-military-expansion-1991803

Interview: Cambodian politicians, scholar hail CPC for leading China to peace, prosperity

Cambodian politicians and an academic have hailed the Communist Party of China (CPC) for leading China to peace, stability and prosperity as the party marks its 94th founding anniversary on Wednesday.​​ ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6600911/2015/07/01/interview-cambodian-politicians-scholar-hail-cpc-leading-china-peace

Cambodia, Vietnam to hold border talks next week

Cambodia and Vietnam say they will hold border talks next week, following clashes between Cambodian activists and Vietnamese border security forces. The head of Cambodia’s border committee, Var Kim Hong, told VOA that Phnom Penh would raise a number of sensitive issues with Hanoi, including road-building, ...

Sok Khemara,
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-vietnam-border-talks/2845799.html

Vietnam hopes to develop peaceful, friendship borderline with Cambodia: spokesperson

Vietnam attaches great importance to the relationship with Cambodia and hopes to develop a peaceful and friendship borderline with the country, said Le Hai Binh, spokesperson of Vietnamese foreign ministry on Tuesday. ...

Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12755/vietnam-hopes-to-develop-peaceful--friendship-borderline-with-cambodia--spokesperson/

Vietnam hopes to develop peaceful, friendship borderline with Cambodia: spokesperson

Vietnam attaches great importance to the relationship with Cambodia and hopes to develop a peaceful and friendship borderline with the country, said Le Hai Binh, spokesperson of Vietnamese foreign ministry on Tuesday. ...

Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12755/vietnam-hopes-to-develop-peaceful--friendship-borderline-with-cambodia--spokesperson/

Opposition calls for international court to settle border dispute

Lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have urged the government to file a complaint with the International Court of Justice over the ongoing border dispute with Vietnam. ...

Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12748/opposition-calls-for-international-court-to-settle-border-dispute/

Cambodia accuses opposition activists of creating insecurity along border with Vietnam

Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Provincial Administration has accused a group of opposition party led by a lawmaker of creating insecurity along border with Vietnam after the group scuffled with Vietnamese villagers over a disputed border area on Sunday. ...

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

Belt and Road initiative to help Cambodia, says China

The China-proposed “Belt and Road” initiative will provide new opportunities for China and Cambodia to further enhance ties and cooperation in all fields, Han Qide, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) said on Friday. ...

Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150630000113&cid=1101&MainCatID=11

CNRP lawmakers clash at border

Two Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers, Um Sam An and Real Camerin, with the youth group got serious injured by the yesterday clash at Svay Rieng province, Cambodia-Vietnam border when they went to inspect the demarcation. ...

Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12699/cnrp-lawmakers-clash-at-border/

MP ‘injured’ at border

More than a dozen people were injured in a clash yesterday afternoon, when two opposition party lawmakers led some 200 Cambodians to inspect the Cambodia-Vietnam border in Svay Rieng province. Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers Real Camerin and Um Sam An yesterday led nearly 200 youths, ...

Meas Sokchea and Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mp-injured-border

Rainsy: CNRP now has Vietnam border map

The CNRP is now in possession of the constitutionally mandated map of the Cambodia-Vietnam border and will soon start using it with GPS technology to confirm whether border posts have been correctly placed along the 1,228-km frontier, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Sunday. CNRP lawmakers have ...

Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-now-has-vietnam-border-map-rainsy-says-86738/

Cambodian activists scuffle with Vietnamese security personnel, villagers near disputed border

Some 300 Cambodian activists led by an opposition lawmaker scuffled with Vietnamese security personnel and villagers Sunday afternoon while they attempted to reach a disputed border area along Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province border with Vietnam, local media reported, citing a local police chief and an ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6597166/2015/06/28/cambodian-activists-scuffle-vietnamese-security-personnel-villagers-near

Thai and Cambodian traders sign tens of business deals, worth nearly THB2,000m

Nearly a hundred of senior Thai officials and entrepreneurs from six lower northeastern provinces met with counterparts from five Cambodian border provinces on June 26th in Siem Reap, Cambodia, to discuss their cooperation in trade, investment and tourism. ...

NNT News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5806270010007

Cambodian PM to attend Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend the 7th Mekong-Japan Summit, to be held from July 2 to 6 in Tokyo, Japan, said a press statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. ...

Khmer Times News Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12652/cambodian-pm-to-attend-mekong-japan-summit-in-tokyo/

CNRP demands new border committee, treaty’s cancellation

Following weeks of trips to disputed sites along the country’s border with Vietnam, the opposition CNRP issued an official statement on Thursday demanding that the government overhaul its border commission, cancel a 2005 border treaty and bring a case against Vietnam to international court. Long a ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-demands-new-border-committee-treatys-cancellation-86724/

Laos prepares for ASEAN chairmanship

Laos must be prepared to steer and drive the agenda in promoting and strengthening Asean integration under the three pillars, namely Political Security, Economic and Socio-Cultural, to chair Asean effectively. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/world/laos-prepares-for-asean-chairmanship-13189

Why are India's warships in Thailand and Cambodia?

This week, Indian warships visited Cambodia and Thailand as part of a two-month long operational deployment in surrounding waters in pursuit of India’s ‘Act East’ Policy. ...

Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/why-are-indias-warships-in-thailand-and-cambodia/

Chinese, Cambodian senior officials meet to further enhance bilateral ties

Han Qide, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An here on Thursday to discuss ways to further enhance ties and cooperation for the interests of the two countries ...

Khmer Times News Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12631/chinese--cambodian-senior-officials-meet-to-further-enhance-bilateral-ties/

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