Government
International relations
Opposition not convinced of legitimacy of border maps
The Cambodian government will return 18 map sections to the UN, but opposition officials say they still doubt the legitimacy of maps used in marking the border with Vietnam. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-not-convinced-of-legitimacy-of-border-maps/2931670.html
Cambodian observers hope for improved US-China ties
With China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, heading to the United States next month for talks with President Barack Obama, Cambodian observers say their country would benefit from improved relations between the two powers. ...
Ros Puthineat
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-observers-hope-for-improved-us-china-ties/2931641.html
Hun Sen thanks UN for maps; opposition CNRP not satisfied
Prime Minister Hun Sen thanked the U.N. on Sunday for providing maps that he said prove that the government had upheld the law in its work demarcating the country’s border with Vietnam. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-thanks-un-for-maps-opposition-cnrp-not-satisfied-92386/
‘Bored’ of advice of the West, Hun Sen praises his own leadership
Prime Minister Hun Sen addressed a dinner of powerful businessmen Saturday night, claiming he could be a “professor” to Western leaders, who are beginning to bore him with their advice. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/bored-of-advice-of-the-west-hun-sen-praises-his-own-leadership/2930224.html
Japan charts road to industrialization for Mekong region
Japan and the five Southeast Asian countries bordering the Mekong River adopted a blueprint Monday to boost industrialization in the subregion. It aims to boost the combined gross domestic product of the grouping to $4.7 trillion by 2020. ASEAN’s combined GDP is currently estimated at ...
The Japan Times News Staff
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/24/business/japan-charts-road-industrialization-mekong-region/#.VdvM-Jf-SB2
Police, military show support for Hun Sen on maps issue
With public statements of their own over the weekend, the national police and armed forces dutifully fell in behind Prime Minister Hun Sen’s call on Friday for swift legal action against anyone who still dared to dispute that his government was using the right maps ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-military-show-support-for-hun-sen-on-maps-issue-92354/
Prime Minister Hun Sen orders to take legal action on anyone accusing government of using “fake maps”
Prime Minister Hun Sen today ordered all competent forces to take immediate legal actions against anybody who continue accusing government of using “fake maps” in planting border markers with Vietnam. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-orders-to-take-legal-action-on-anyone-accusing-government-of-using-%E2%80%9Cfake-maps%E2%80%9D-8865
Rainsy slams Nauru refugee deal in Australia
Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), yesterday slammed the deal the government made with Australia to take in asylum seekers detained on the Pacific island of Nauru to Cambodia. ...
Government says UN maps validate its own
The U.N. loaned maps of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam to the government Thursday, with Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong hailing the maps’ similarity to the government’s own as proof that it has not been demarcating the border using illegal maps drawn by Vietnam. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-un-maps-validate-its-own-92195/
Hor Namhong hopes map issues will be clear
Deputy prime minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs expressed his optimistic that the map issues for border demarcation will be clear. “I strongly hoped that the result of the verifying will make all of us clear”, he underlined. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hor-namhong-hopes-map-issues-will-be-clear-8861
New Zealand forges closer Cambodian ties
New Zealand says it will set up a business association in Cambodia to boost trade with the rapidly growing economy. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14680/new-zealand-forges-closer-cambodian-ties/
Tensions over ponds on border
Vietnamese authorities have failed to deliver on a promise to fill in three of eight ponds dug in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district and the planting of crops has continued in the area, according to Cambodian villagers living in border zone. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tensions-over-ponds-border
President’s special envoy visits Cambodia, Laos
Kazakhstan’s Special Envoy of the President and Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Mussinov visited Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries Cambodia and Laos Aug. 12-13 in the framework of promoting his country’s bid to secure a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations ...
Malika Orazgaliyeva
http://astanatimes.com/2015/08/presidents-special-envoy-visits-cambodia-laos/
Ruling party official writes off Sam Rainsy’s commitment to Cambodia’s ‘culture of dialogue’
A senior official with Cambodia’s ruling party on Wednesday dismissed opposition leader Sam Rainsy as insincere after he pledged his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) would scale back criticism of the government for its handling of a border dispute with neighboring Vietnam. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/commitment-08192015155910.html
Prime Minister Hun Sen may visit New Zealand next year
Minister of foreign affairs of New Zealand Murray McCully invited Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian counterpart to pay visit in New Zealand next year, said spokesperson of the ministry of foreign affairs Chum Sontary. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-may-visit-new-zealand-next-year-8859
Cambodian opposition MP ‘attends to personal affairs’ in US amid fears of arrest
An outspoken opposition lawmaker from Cambodia has arrived in the U.S. to “attend to personal affairs” amid fears of his arrest, after authorities detained a colleague over the weekend for posting a disputed diplomatic document online relating to the country’s border with neighboring Vietnam. ...
Morm Moniroth
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/arrest-08182015142212.html
Viet Nam shares budget problems with Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar
Budget decisions and oversight were among the subjects discussed by representatives from Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar together with foreign experts at a joint workshop that opened in the central coastal city of Da Nang yesterday. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/274625/viet-nam-shares-budget-problems-with-laos-cambodia-myanmar.html
Observers say politicians should unite to solve the border with Vietnam
With political tensions between the ruling party and opposition increased over alleged border encroachment by Vietnam and the ongoing arrests of activists, observers say the two sides should work together along with the judiciary to find a resolution. ...
Opposition leader says amended Constitution could help border
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says the article of the constitution that demarcates Cambodia’s borders could be amended, for use of an older, more accurate map. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-leader-says-amended-constitution-could-help-border/2920987.html
The opposition party supports the amendment to article 2 of the Constitution
The president of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy returned home yesterday afternoon and announced his support to the amendment article 2 of the constitution. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-opposition-party-supports-the-amendment-article-2-of-the-constitution-8842
The opposition party supports the amendment to article 2 of the Constitution
The president of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy returned home yesterday afternoon and announced his support to the amendment article 2 of the constitution. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-opposition-party-supports-the-amendment-article-2-of-the-constitution-8842
Border dispute turned into ‘popularity contest’
The newly formed Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) called on the country’s two largest political parties to put the national interest ahead of their own, as it released documents outlining its internal structure and code of ethics over the weekend. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14481/---border-dispute-turned-into-popularity-contest---/
Opposition lawmaker denies he embezzled border money
Opposition lawmaker Real Camerin has written to the Anti-Corruption Unit denying accusations that he embezzled the majority of $55,000 he allegedly raised to help pay for trips to inspect the border with Vietnam. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-lawmaker-denies-he-embezzled-border-money-91809/
Senator arrested, charged on Hun Sen’s orders
Following orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen, opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was arrested and charged with forgery and incitement over the weekend for posting an apparently fake treaty with Vietnam to Facebook. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senator-arrested-charged-on-hun-sens-orders-91784/