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Cambodia not to interfere in Thai internal affairs: PM
Cambodia saw the military coup in Thailand last week as Thai internal affairs and the country would not meddle in Thai affairs, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday. The prime minister said Cambodia shares border with Thailand, so it is vital to continue maintaining relations ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/27/c_133365232.htm
Thai Trade Expo Draws Thousands of Cambodian Visitors Despite Ongoing Border Row
Thousands of Cambodian people visited and bought Thai products on Thursday at a large scale exhibition although simmering border spat between the two countries remains unsolved. “Even though border dispute is still going on, trade and investment ties between Thailand and Cambodia are still good,” Amparwon ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-05/02/c_132355223.htm
Greener Pastures
Market competition resulting from costly domestic rice remains a key factor driving Thai exporters to seek openings in neighbouring countries where the rice trade is more prosperous. Exporters say their performance was weak last year, mirroring the country’s overall decline in rice exports, which plunged ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/335303/greener-pastures
Nearly 100,000 tourists visit Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple in 2012
Cambodia’s world heritage Preah Vihear temple greeted some 99,490 domestic and foreign tourists in 2012, up 79 percent from 55,580 visitors in 2011, statistics from the Preah Vihear provincial tourism department showed Wednesday. The Hindu temple had been a flashpoint of deadly armed clashes between Cambodian ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2013-01/02/c_132076419.htm
Cambodia's world heritage Preah Vihear temple greets 93,340 tourists in 11 months
Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Temple, one of the world heritage sites, welcomed about 93,340 local and foreign visitors in the first 11 months of this year, up 87 percent compared with 49,740 tourists at the same period last year, the statistics of Preah Vihear provincial tourism ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-12/14/c_132040745.htm
Thai PM's Cambodia Visit May Restore Mutual Trust, Investment
PHNOM PENH–Cambodian analysts believe that the visit of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to Cambodia on Thursday this week could restore mutual trust and trade and investment relations between the two countries. “From my point of view, the meeting of the two PMs will probably focus ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-09/14/c_131138587.htm
Time right for talks on sea boundary
In 2009, the Democrat-led government and the People’s Alliance for Democracy accused ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of holding secret talks with Cambodia about exploiting oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Thailand. The government threatened to revoke a memorandum of understanding on overlapping ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/255142/time-right-for-talks-on-sea-boundary
Thai Rice Policy: Wait and See
Setting a minimum price for paddy is one of the campaign promises that the Pheu Thai party made to its supporters during the recent election campaign in Thailand before it was elected to power. Now it’s a matter of waiting to find out whether this ...
Cables From Bangkok, Phnom Penh Show Varying Analyses
According to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks US officials in Bangkok believed that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s decision to name former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser in 2009 backfired after it increased support of the opposition. The Premier at the time of ...