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Thai junta expels thousands of Cambodian workers

Thai junta arrested and repatriated thousands of Cambodian workers who illegally entered Thailand. The Cambodian workers were loaded in cage trucks to Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet town. ...

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Hun Sen allows Opposition to have a TV channel

Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday that the Royal Government of Cambodia agreed to allow the opposition party to have its own TV channel, which shall be registered as a private company. ...

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Endangered wild cattle discovered in northwest Cambodia

A British conservation group says its hidden cameras have taken photos of a wild cattle species in an area in Siem Reap province where it was previously thought to be extinct. In a statement released Wednesday, Fauna and Flora International said the cameras recorded six individual ...

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Cambodian PM vows to protect environment for sustainable development

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday that environmental protection is the most important measure to ensure the sustainable development of economy and society. In his message on the 42nd International Environment Day that falls on June 5, Hun Sen said the government is committed to ...

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About 30 workers faint

About 30 workers at Ghin Yi factory fainted on Monday noon after learning that their colleague fainted at the factory in Chamkar Svay commune of Samaki Meanchey district of Kampong Chhnang province. ...

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5,000 civil servants declare assets, debts in 2014

The Anti-Corruption Unit said that 5,179 civil servants have already declared their assets and debt for two-year period. The assets and debt declaration has been made since early 2014. 141 officials declared assets and debt in May. ...

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National TV director general not allowed to resign

Information Minister Khieu Kanharith didn’t allow director general of National Television of Kampuchea (KTV) to resign from his post and asked him to fulfill his duty as usual. Kim Kunwath wrote a resignation letter immediately after the KTV failed to broadcast live the Royal Ploughing ceremony ...

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Education ministry urged to investigate corruption in Oddor Meanchey school

The Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) called on Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports to investigate Tropang Brasat’s education officials who was accused of corruption. In a letter today to Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron, CITA said it received anonymous letters from teachers in Tropang Brasat ...

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Takeo court releases eight C.CAWDU unionists after questioning

Takeo Provincial Court released eight unionists yesterday after they were questioned for several hours. The unionists from the Coalition of Cambodia Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) were arrested on May 23 after they led workers to protest at JSD Textile (Cambodia) to demand better work condition. ...

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Cambodia does not allow anybody to use its territory against other countries

Cambodia will not allow anybody to use its territory to oppose other countries, an official said Monday. Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Office of Ministers of Council, made comments after media reported that former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who is brother of recently ousted Prime ...

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Australia close to Cambodia refugee deal

Australia has signaled that it is about to cut a deal with Cambodia to resettle refugees now in Nauru, media reported Thursday. It comes after both Nauru and Papua New Guinea determined the refugees status of some asylum seekers sent to each country by Australian authorities. ...

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Sam Rainsy contacts Sar Kheng for talks

The opposition party leader Sam Rainsy sent an open letter Tuesday to Interior Minister Sar Kheng to resume talks between the two parties to break the current political deadlock. “I would like to inform all observers that today [Tuesday] I contacted Deputy Prime Minister and Interior ...

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Cambodia's oil imports up 10 pct in Q1

Cambodia imported 453,000 tons of petroleum in the first three months of 2014, up 10 percent from 412,190 tons over the same period last year, the data of the Ministry of Commerce showed Tuesday. During the January-March period this year, the country spent 442 million U.S. ...

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Sar Kheng: Japan may help to break the political deadlock

Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng hopes that Japan can help the two winning parties CPP and CNRP to break the political deadlock as a Japanese team of experts are visiting Cambodia to study the needs of election reforms. ...

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Japan sends experts to help Cambodia with election reforms

Japan sent a team of expert to Cambodia to identify the needs for the election reforms, according to a press statement released by the Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh today. The Japanese Embassy said that a study team was dispatched by the Government of Japan to ...

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China provides US$145 mln in grand and loan to Cambodia

The Chinese Government provided US$112 million in grand aid, and US$33 million in loan to Cambodia for the country’s social and economic development, National Television of Kampuchea (TVK) reported. ...

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Hun Manet meets Vietnamese defense minister in Hanoi

Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh says Vietnam is willing to co-operate with Cambodia in terrorism prevention through exchanges and joint drills, Nhan Dan reported Wednesday. The official organ of the Communist Party of Vietnam said the offer was made at a reception in Hanoi Tuesday ...

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Caltex workers strike to demand wage hike

Workers from Caltex stations in Phnom Penh  strike on Monday to demand wage hike an other demands. The workers are demanding that the Caltex, a petroleum brand name of US-based Chevron Corporation, increase their wage to US$160 per month, and provide one-month bonus for them. ...

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1000 political, NGO observers for upcoming election

The National Election Committee announced on Monday that it recognized 843 representatives from political parties, and 159 election observers for upcoming city, provincial and district council election. A statement issued by the election committee said that the representatives from the five political parties are as follow: — ...

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Cambodia urges Asean to issue statement on Thai political turmoil

Cambodia’s premier Hun Sen has urged Asean leaders to make a statement on Thailand’s ongoing political turmoil Sunday at a regional summit being hosted for the first time by Myanmar. Hun Sen proposed the statement at a morning meeting of Asean leaders. He is a close ...

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CPP, CNRP negotiation at standstill

The Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party haven’t yet initiated new meetings as they are busy campaigning for upcoming city, provincial and district council election. An opposition official called the current political situation as deadlock, but is denied by the ruling party, ...

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