International relations

Viet Nam’s Committee for Religious Affairs and Cambodia’s Ministry of Cult and Religious Affairs signed a co-operation agreement for the 2015-2020 period in HCM City yesterday. ...

Three Cambodian men who were arrested in Thailand more than a year ago after venturing across the border to illegally log rosewood were on Monday released from prison and sent back home, border officials said. You Sothearith, chief of the immigration police at the checkpoint, ...

The state-owned National Television of Cambodia (TVK) and China’s Yunnan TV station will jointly organized the 2015 Spring Festival Night Show on Feb. 10 in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, TVK’s director-general Kem Gunawadh said Monday. ...

A secretary of state at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday defended the government’s widely criticized imprisonment of 11 activists and an opposition official during a closed-door meeting with a visiting U.S. diplomat. Daniel Russel, an assistant secretary of state at the U.S. government’s Bureau of ...

A government delegation that traveled to the South Pacific island nation of Nauru last week to study the possibility of resettling in Cambodia some of the refugees Australia is currently holding there will return to Phnom Penh on Monday, a government official said. ...

A Cambodian delegation that arrived in Nauru on Tuesday for high-level meetings to progress a controversial refugee resettlement scheme has toured Australian-run detention centres on the island, according to a rights group. ...

The Thai government yesterday broke its silence on charred remains found 10 days ago alleged to have been two Cambodians burned alive by Thai soldiers, saying no conclusion had been reached. Cambodia’s western neighbour has been slow to release investigative findings about what could prove to ...

Phnom Penh on Wednesday cemented a “sister city” relationship with Lowell, Massachusetts, which has the second largest Cambodian-American population in the U.S. after Long Beach, California. ...

The U.N. and an Australian refugee rights group say a delegation of Cambodian officials arrived Monday in the South Pacific island nation of Nauru, where Australia is holding hundreds of asylum seekers and hopes to convince at least some of them to volunteer to be ...

Thai soldiers admitted to burning alive two men last week who may have been undocumented Cambodians, Battambang military officials said yesterday. Cambodian officers said their Thai counterparts informed them that on the night of January 7, four Cambodians illegally crossed the border with intentions of evading ...

Tokyo is planning to ink bilateral aviation accords with Cambodia and Laos, allowing regular direct flights between Japan and the two countries. ...

A high level Indian delegation from the department of commerce and trade, government of India, is expected to visit Vietnam and Cambodia this month to discuss various issues pertaining to pharma trade and improve business ties with the two South East Asian countries. Rajeev Kher, secretary, ...

Thailand reportedly has sent 200 troops to the Cambodian border near a disputed temple, amid growing tensions over construction on the Khmer side of the border, reports the Bangkok Post. Un Chinda, deputy governor of Preah Vihear province, said road work close to the border, in ...

Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly of Cambodia, said Friday that he was pleased with the good relations between Cambodia and China, which he believes would benefit both countries. ...

Wang Weimin, Chairman of the state-owned China International Travel Service Corp (CITS), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on tourism strategic cooperation with Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon. The deal was inked under the presence of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An. ...

Cambodia and China on Tuesday signed an agreement to establish a Cambodia-China Agricultural Promotion Centre, aiming at helping Cambodia develop agriculture sustainably. ...

Vietnam is committed to solving remaining border issues with Cambodia to conclude border demarcation in a very short future, officials said yesterday. ...

Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh and his visiting Thai counterpart Prawit Wongsuwan on Wednesday pledged to enhance security and maintain peace along the border of the two countries. ...

Cambodian and Vietnamese leaders on Tuesday vowed to further strengthen and expand bilateral ties and cooperation for mutual interests, a spokesman said. The commitment was made during a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang at the Peace Palace ...

Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan will lead a military delegation to pay a two-day official visit to Cambodia on Dec. 24 and 25 to further boost bilateral ties and cooperation, said a press statement issued by the Cambodian defense ministry on ...

The Cambodia people never forget the invaluable supports Vietnam had given to Cambodia and will continue enhancing ties between the two countries, King Norodom Sihamoni told visiting President Truong Tan Sang Tuesday. Sang met with the Cambodian King right after his arrival in Phnom Penh on ...

Cambodia has become increasingly reliant on China for aid. But critics warn that financial support from China is not well tracked and likely means the country has undue influence over the government, and that could mean more trouble down the road as Cambodia looks toward ...

Vietnam and Cambodia have plenty of rooms to further their ties, President Truong Tan Sang told Rasmei Kampuchea, the largest daily in Khmer language in Cambodia ahead of his visit to the country on December 23-24. The front page of the daily published on December 21 ...

A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is visiting Cambodia to further promote ties and cooperation between the ruling parties of the two countries. ...