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Boost for Cambodia’s tourism
Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun Sen, says Asia Atlantic Airlines’ upcoming flights that will connect Thailand, Cambodia and Japan will benefit the country’s tourism industry. The airline will fly from Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport and stop in Phnom Penh before flying to Toyko’ Narita, with full traffic rights. The ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/07/boost-for-cambodias-tourism/
Working ‘mother’ kept child chained
A day after Prime Minister Hun Sen pointed out the need for more effective child protection in Cambodia, police in Koh Kong arrested and released a woman who admitted to chaining her 4-year-old “adopted daughter” inside their house eight hours a day for the past ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/working-%E2%80%98mother%E2%80%99-kept-child-chained
Disability initiatives launched as jobs quota not met
For Cambodians with disabilities, the launch of two major initiatives in the past two days designed to improve their lives has brought some optimism about the future—tempered by a note of caution. At Koh Pich island on Thursday, in front of a crowd of more than ...
Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/disability-initiatives-launched-as-jobs-quota-not-met-63276/
Cities, provinces ordered to report on illegal logging, fishing
In yet another attempt to stem the looting of Cambodia’s forests, lakes and rivers, the Interior Ministry has given all cities and provinces until July 20 to submit detailed reports on all the illegal logging and fishing taking place in their jurisdictions. The latest initiative comes ...
Thais free 14 Cambodian workers
Charges against 14 Cambodia migrant workers arrested in Thailand last month have been dropped and the group will return to the Kingdom tomorrow, government officials have told the Post. A hearing at the Sa Kaeo provincial court in Thailand this morning determined that the workers had been ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-free-14-cambodian-workers
‘No backroom deals’ in Veera release
Permanent secretary for foreign affairs Sihasak Phuangketkeow said the release was not made in response to Cambodia’s request for the release of 14 migrant workers being held in Thailand on visa fraud charges. “Cambodia has not asked for any favours,” Mr Sihasak said, adding that Thailand ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/418611/no-backroom-deals-in-veera-release
Will AEON mall succeed in one of the poorest countries in the world?
The presence of AEON Mall in Cambodia has stirred a lot of questions revolving around the future success of this Japanese giant mall. Since the official opening of the mall, thousands of people have flocked to visit this new mall. Not only people in general ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZmMxZmI4MTA1Mjg
Cambodia’s Defense of Rights Record at UN Review Slammed
Foreign donors should push Cambodia’s government to end its human rights abuses as part of its bid to maintain political control of the nation, a rights group said Wednesday, after Phnom Penh allegedly snubbed recommendations by foreign governments to improve the country’s rights record. Representatives of ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/review-07022014161641.html
Chroy Changva locals threaten ocic pipeline
District security guards were deployed to Chroy Changva peninsula Tuesday to intercept villagers who were ready to smash a pipe that has been pumping sand onto their land for the past year. The roughly 40 families occupy the northeastern corner of a 387-hectare swathe of wetlands ...
Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chroy-changva-locals-threaten-ocic-pipeline-62950/
Plans Underway for Overpass, Extension of Riverside
City Hall met with urban planning experts and officials from relevant ministries Tuedsay to discuss building a new overpass on Russian Boulevard, near the Institute of Technology, and extending the existing paved walkway along Phnom Penh’s riverside to Koh Pich bridge, according to Chrean Sophann, ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plans-underway-for-overpass-extension-of-riverside-62946/
Acacia chip exports to receive tax break: PM
The tax imposed on the export of acacia chips is to be abolished to help boost exports of the locally grown raw product, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Monday. Speaking at the grand opening of Aeon Mall, Hun Sen said that acacia chips exported to ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acacia-chip-exports-receive-tax-break-pm
Hun Sen urges fishermen to stop fishing illegally
Prime Minister Hun Sen marked National Fish Day on Tuesday in Kompong Chhnang province by urging fishermen to refrain from illegal fishing and report lawbreakers. The government bans fishing in the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers during the breeding season to allow fish stocks to ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-urges-fishermen-to-stop-fishing-illegally-62944/
Cambodia frees Thai spy at request of Thai army chief
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that his government had decided to release a Thai ” yellow-shirt” activist Veera Somkwamkid at the request of Thai army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, head of the National Council for Peace and Order. Hun Sen made the remarks at ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-07/01/c_133452811.htm
Senior Thai foreign ministry official to visit Cambodia
Thailand’s Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Sihasak Phuangketkeow will visit neighbouring Cambodia this week. Mr Sihasak, in his capacity as Acting Foreign Minister, is scheduled to visit Phnom Penh on Tuesday and Wednesday July 1 and 2 to deepen bilateral ties between the two nations. ...
MCOT
http://www.pattayamail.com/news/senior-thai-foreign-ministry-official-to-visit-cambodia-39105
Cambodia backs enhanced security role for Japan
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong expressed support Monday for Japan’s plan to give its Self-Defense Forces a greater role to contribute to global peace and stability, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said after meeting with his counterpart in Phnom Penh. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140630/cambodia-backs-enhanced-security-role-japan
Japanese FM arrives in Cambodia, 143 mln USD aid deals to be signed
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on Sunday evening for a three-day official visit and will sign to provide more than 143 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140629/japanese-fm-arrives-cambodia-143-mln-usd-aid-deals-be-signed
Media union to set record straight on big exodus of Cambodians
The Union Media of Asean, an association of Thai and Cambodian journalists based in Sa Kaew, has agreed to set the record straight about the policy of Thailand’s ruling junta towards migrant workers, particularly those from Cambodia. Reporters affiliated with UMA would pass on the truth ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NDI1ZTI5OGJmZjg
Government plans to set up passport offices throughout the country
Prime Minister Hun Sen said the government plans to establish passport offices in each province, except for Kandal Privince which is near Phnom Penh. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YzljMWFmOTA4YzZ
Locals still off-limits, PM cautions casinos
As Cambodian migrant workers return in droves from Thailand through the casino-laden border town of Poipet, Prime Minister Hun Sen is warning gambling parlour owners this does not mean a jackpot for them. “Casinos in Phnom Penh and along the border are not for Khmer citizens,” ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-still-limits-pm-cautions-casinos
Over 250,000 Cambodian migrant workers flee Thailand in fears of junta's crackdown: PM
More than 250,000 Cambodian migrant workers, mostly undocumented, have fled Thailand since early this month in fears of a military junta’s clampdown on illegal foreign workers, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday. “Up to now, over 250,000 Cambodians have crossed the border from Thailand back ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-06/26/c_133439662.htm
Hun Sen calls on Thai junta to treat Cambodians well
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday called on Thailand’s ruling junta to ensure the safety of Cambodian migrant workers and to treat well those that are being deported. Up to 250,000 Cambodians have fled Thailand or been deported since the junta took control in a May ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-calls-on-thai-junta-to-treat-cambodians-well/1945505.html
Firm buying Boeng Kak land claims no knowledge of evictions
A Singapore-based firm whose subsidiary plans to buy land in Phnom Penh from which thousands of families have been forcibly evicted said Wednesday that the firm had no knowledge of the long-running land dispute. The firm, HLH Group, also denied any official or financial ties to ...
Zsombor Peter and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-buying-boeng-kak-land-claims-no-knowledge-of-evictions-62463/
Cambodian PM meets Vietnamese envoy, talks on South China Sea
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen met with a Vietnamese premier’s special envoy here on Wednesday, discussing on South China Sea and ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-06/25/c_133437710.htm
Hun Sen’s sister tied to company in Boeng Kak land sale
A development firm owned by CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin and accused of illegally evicting thousands of families from central Phnom Penh recently sold a small piece of its project area for $14.9 million to a company with ties to one of Prime Minister Hun ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-sister-tied-to-company-in-boeng-kak-land-sale-62344/