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Protesters prepare, as Hun Sen travels to New York for UN summits
Prime Minister Hun Sen left Cambodia Wednesday for UN summits in New York, where hundreds of Cambodian-Americans are preparing to protest, demanding the release of political and environmental activists currently in detention in the country. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-says-industralized-nations-must-help-mitigate-climate-change/2977125.html
PM to talk on mines at UN
Prime Minister Hun Sen flew to New York yesterday for talks where he will raise the scourge of landmines which still affect Cambodia. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16104/pm-to-talk-on-mines-at-un/
PM calls for gasoline price cuts
Prime Minister Hun Sen called for all gasoline local companies to cut their prices in line with falling world prices for oil. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16041/pm-calls-for-gasoline-price-cuts/
PM says CNRP’s land plans will stoke war
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday warned that a CNRP victory in the 2018 national election would inevitably lead to war when the opposition party starts redistributing land from the rich to the poor, something that opposition leader Sam Rainsy said would only be done ...
Kang Sothear and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-says-cnrps-land-plans-will-stoke-war-95150/
US-based opposition group to protest Hun Sen in New York
The leader of a U.S.-based group that helped finance the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s 2013 election campaign said Tuesday that it would protest against Prime Minister Hun Sen during his weekend trip to the U.N. in New York by rekindling the opposition party’s “Hun Sen ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-based-opposition-group-to-protest-hun-sen-in-new-york-95153/
With 1M ‘likes,’ PM says Facebook page is his
After more than two years of denials from Prime Minister Hun Sen that a Facebook fan page bearing his name really belongs to him, the premier’s cabinet has acknowledged that it does—shortly after the page garnered its one-millionth “like.” ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/with-1m-likes-pm-says-facebook-page-is-his-95006/
Hun Sen talks ‘forgiveness’
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday used the occasion of the UN’s 13th International Peace Day to once again extol the virtues of the “culture of dialogue” his ruling Cambodian People’s Party ostensibly enjoys with the opposition, along with the power of “forgiveness”, though made no ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-talks-forgiveness
On peace day, Hun Sen promises crackdown
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday released a three-page open letter on the occasion of the U.N.’s International Day of Peace, praising his own achievements in ending the country’s civil war while vowing to “crack down” on people who commit “tricks” in the name of ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-peace-day-hun-sen-promises-crackdown-95019/
Hun Sen says he will ‘dismantle’ threats to government
Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will continue to “dismantle” groups that are a threat to the government.In a letter to coincide with the International Day of Peace on Monday, Hun Sen said Cambodian democracy and human rights are making progress, but he also said ...
Hul Reaksmey and Ten Soksreinith,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-says-he-will-dismantle-threats-to-government/2972231.html
PM wants no double tax for foreign teachers
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday he would like to stop foreign teachers from being required to pay income tax both in Cambodia and their home country in order to attract more highly-skilled educators to work here. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-wants-no-double-tax-for-foreign-teachers-94863/
Angelina Jolie-Pitt, Hun Sen meet to discuss film
Angelina Jolie-Pitt met with Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace on Thursday to discuss her upcoming movie “First They Killed My Father” and a conservation area in Battambang championed by the actress, a spokesman for the prime minister said. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angelina-jolie-pitt-hun-sen-meet-to-discuss-upcoming-film-94690/
CNRP to order lawmakers silent on VN border issue
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Sunday that the CNRP’s 55 lawmakers will in the coming days be ordered to fall in line with the party leadership and cease attacking the ruling CPP on issues concerning the border with Vietnam. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-to-order-lawmakers-silent-on-vn-border-issue-94084/
Laos dam project a black eye for Mekong cooperation
When the Lao national assembly last week approved a potentially destructive dam project just 2 kilometers from the border with Cambodia, the surprise announcement was yet another blow to the regional framework designed to protect the Mekong River. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15553/laos-dam-project-a-black-eye-for-mekong-cooperation/
Hun Sen receives an honorary degree, bringing total up to 12
Prime Minister Hun Sen was awarded an honorary doctorate in “transformational leadership” by Malaysia’s Limkokwing University on Wednesday, adding to his extensive list of honorary degrees. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-receives-an-honorary-degree-bringing-total-up-to-12-93802/
Prime Minister Hun Sen says French experts may need for border verification
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia and Vietnam may request French expert for border verification. “On some disagreed points, Cambodia and Vietnam may request the border experts from France to verify or hire any independent experts to help in case of need”, he added. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-says-french-experts-may-need-for-border-verification-8935
In sweeping address, PM defends border work
In a three-hour speech delivered on state television, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said his government has not ceded a single meter of land while demarcating Cambodia’s border with Vietnam. He also threatened further arrests of border critics and warned that war would break ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-sweeping-address-pm-defends-border-work-93682/
Gov’t plans satellite border surveillance
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the government to launch a satellite surveillance system to monitor the country’s border areas in an effort to bolster national defense and curb illegal activities such as logging, drug trafficking and people smuggling, officials said Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-plans-satellite-border-surveillance-93548/
PM pledges pension funds
Amid struggles by the Cambodian Veterans Association to live up to its pension obligations, Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the minister of social affairs and the minister of finance to provide roughly $1.5 million to alleviate the issue ahead of the Pchum Ben holiday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-pledges-pension-funds
French PM sends border maps for verification
Despite verifying that the current maps being used to demarcate the border with Vietnam and the maps loaned to the Kingdom from the UN last month were the same, the Cambodian government will hold another verification ceremony with a series of maps sent from France. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15264/french-pm-sends-border-maps-for-verification/
Hun Sen calls Rainsy a liar over still-jailed activists
Prime Minister Hun Sen returned to some familiar themes in his latest verbal assault on opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday, once again describing him as the “leader of the thieves,” a habitual liar and a stingy hypocrite. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-calls-rainsy-a-liar-over-still-jailed-activists-93249/
Goal of 1 million tons of rice export unlikely
Several years ago, prompted by Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia’s rice exporters set a goal to ship out 1 million tons of milled rice by the end of 2015. But millers and traders now say they are unlikely to reach that goal. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/goal-of-1-million-tons-of-rice-export-unlikely/2939388.html
Sokha mocks CPP over plan to steal int’l support
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha has ridiculed a new campaign by the CPP to revitalize the historically weak support for the ruling party among overseas Cambodians, an effort that has included appointing ambassadors as country directors for the party. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sokha-mocks-cpp-over-plan-to-steal-intl-support-92914/
Hun Sen rebukes Sam Rainsy over French media interview
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday rebuked opposition leader Sam Rainsy for telling a French newspaper that a high-profile dinner between their families last month was an example of how the premier has turned over a new leaf in a life of tyranny. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-rebukes-sam-rainsy-over-french-media-interview-92650/
Hun Sen admires education reforms
Prime Minister Hun Sen admired the ministry of education for doing good job at education reforming during the national exam in the last two years. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-admires-education-reforms-8891