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Cambodia says Thai soldiers shoot dead 69 Cambodians illegally crossing border in 2013
Cambodia said Thursday that Thai soldiers shot and killed 69 Cambodians who were claimed to illegally cross the border between the two countries last year, up from 45 a year earlier. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=201807
Blood on the border
Sixty-nine Cambodians were shot dead by Thai soldiers while crossing the border illegally last year, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday at the launch of its annual report. “Cambodians were shot dead by Thai soldiers in 55 [incidents] last year in which ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/blood-border
Thai rice failure hitting Cambodia
While last year was full of good news for Cambodian rice exports, which hit a record-breaking 378,800 tons, 2014 is getting off to a much slower start. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s controversial pledge to pay farmers above market rates for their rice is coming ...
Chan Muy Hong and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-rice-failure-hitting-cambodia
Cambodia on track to attract 8 mln foreign tourists by 2020: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that the country is likely to receive up to 8 million foreign visitors by 2020. The premier’s optimistic forecast came after the country greeted some 4.2 million inbound tourists last year, an increase of 17 percent compared to ...
Joseph A. Cambra
http://www.nzweek.com/world/cambodia-on-track-to-attract-8-mln-foreign-tourists-by-2020-pm-112209/
About 871,000 Cambodians travel abroad in 2013, up 10 pct
The number of Cambodia’s outbound travelers increased by 10 percent year-on-year to 871,000 last year, a report of the Ministry of Tourism showed Tuesday. Ang Kim Eang, president of Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, which represents about 220 tour and travel companies, said most of Cambodian ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-02/18/c_133124854.htm
Cambodia’s FDI to increase in 2014: Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said that the foreign direct investments in Cambodia would increase in 2014, thanks to the country’s favorable and open policies. Hun Sen made the comments during a ceremony to launch Cambodia Trade Integration Strategy at the Peace Palace. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZjI2MzZjOGJkYWF
Tea Banh denies troop entry
Cambodia’s Defence Minister Tea Banh insists neither Cambodian armed men nor soldiers had entered Thailand to carry out violence in Thailand during the political crisis. Defence Ministry spokesman Phapathip Sawangsaeng yesterday said Gen Tea Banh made his remark during a meeting with caretaker Defence Minister Yuthasak ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/394545/tea-banh-denies-troop-entry
Cambodia denies PDRC protest link
Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Banh has categorically denied a report that Cambodian troops have been sent into Thailand to stir trouble in areas where the People’s Democratic Reform Committee is staging anti-government protests. Defence spokesman Col Paphathip Sawangsaeng said Gen Tea Banh made the denial to ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/394440/cambodia-denies-its-troops-stirred-trouble-at-pdrc-protests
Obama speech sees mixed reaction on US momentum in Southeast Asia
US President Barack Obama’s Southeast Asia-only trip in 2012 marked a high point in the US prioritization of the region. But there has been a drop in the presence of high-level US diplomats since then, and in his recent State of the Union speech, Obama ...
Sophat Soeung
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/obama-speech-sees-mixed-reaction-on-us-momentum-southeast-asia-cambodia-khmer/1848293.html
Not going without a fight
Teng Khorn’s living room is under a tree, his bedroom in a boat hauled up on a slipway for caulking beside the mangroves that lead to his source of income: the sea. His choice of abode is also his act of defiance against the monolithic Chinese ...
May Titthara and David Boyle
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/not-going-without-fight
Cambodia and Laos scheduled to meet on border issues
The Cambodian and Lao governments pushed for the conclusion of demarcation between the two countries as soon as possible, according to a senior Cambodian government official. The decision was made during a visit of Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this week, said KOA Kimhourn, Minister attached ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=Mjk1ZjFiYjZkNjR
Police arrest 11 Cambodians for illegally crossing the border to Thailand
Police arrested 11 Cambodian people while they were trying to illegally cross the border to work in Thailand. Thousands of Cambodian people reportedly crossed the border illegally to find jobs and cut down trees in Thailand every year, prompting the Thai soldiers to open fire ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NjA3NDQ4ZjhlOGE
US willing to further strengthen relations with Cambodia
Scot Marciel, visiting Principal Deputy Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs met with Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia yesterday with an aim to further strengthen relations between the two countries, Koy Kuong, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MDkxYjZjMmJiMjh
Cambodia's trade with Thailand hits 4.5 bln USD last year: minister
Trade between Cambodia and neighboring Thailand reached 4.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2013, up 12 percent from 4 billion U.S. dollars a year earlier, Cambodian Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol said Thursday. Of the amount, Cambodia’s export to Thailand was equivalent to 351 million U.S. dollars, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-02/06/c_133095545.htm
Khmer Krom Seeking Refuge Remain in a State of Limbo
Khmer Krom people fleeing persecution in Vietnam and denied refuge in Thailand are being sent to Cambodia, where the government does not ensure that their rights are protected, the Minority Rights Organization (MIRO) has said in a new report. The report—“Abandoned People Khmer Krom Seeking Refuge ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/khmer-krom-seeking-refuge-remain-in-a-state-of-limbo-51557/
Postal service revenue up
Operating revenue at the partly state-owned mail service, Cambodia Post (CP), rose more than 10 per cent last year compared to 2012, according to a senior government official. Ork Bora, CP’s general director, said that revenue reached $4.56 million, an increase of 12.54 per cent from ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/postal-service-revenue
Thai Political Tension Has Effects in Cambodia, Analysts Say
Political tensions that remain unresolved in both Cambodia and Thailand could lead to more violence in both countries, analysts warn. Thailand is going through another spate of democratic reform, following demonstrations that forced Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down and call for new elections. Those elections ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/thai-political-tensions-has-effects-in-cambodia-analysts-say/1844175.html
Moc Bai Border Gate Economic Zone
Moc Bai Border Gate Economic Zone is located on the Trans-Asia Road that starts from Myanmar, goes to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and ends at Quangxi, China. It was built with three border gates on an area of 21,283ha, covering the communes of Long Thuan, ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/92035/moc-bai-border-gate-economic-zone.html
Cambodia's cassava export declines 58 pct last year
Cambodia exported 300,000 tons of fresh and dry cassava in 2013, down 58 percent compared with the 720,000 tons recorded a year earlier, according to figures by the Commerce Ministry on Saturday. The country earned a revenue of 16 million US dollars from cassava export last ...
The Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/840494.shtml#.Uu8A2fmSxqV
Cambodia earns US$2.6 billion from tourism
Cambodia attracted some 4.2 million foreign tourists last year, up 18 percent year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. Five largest sources of tourists to Cambodia are Vietnam, China, South Korea, Laos and Thailand. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MzAzZTU5MWNkMzB
Impoverished Cambodians for sale
Many Cambodian women arrive in South Korea or China for marriage, only to find themselves being chosen as mistresses, say labour rights activists. While young Cambodian men, who travel to Thailand to work on fishing boats, often fall prey to drug abuse. Loss of land, debt, ...
Michelle Tolson
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/impoverished-cambodians-sale/
Exports consistent for Cambodia’s ag sector
Cambodia exported 2.9 million tons of agricultural products last year, roughly the same as 2012, but experts say the figure does not reflect the huge potential for the market. According to official data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, exports included more than 1 ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-consistent-cambodia%E2%80%99s-ag-sector
Cambodia sends 22,300 laborers abroad last year
Cambodia had dispatched some 22, 300 laborers overseas in 2013, down 36 percent from 34,800 a year earlier, figures from the Ministry of Labor showed Monday. The country sent 13,170 workers to Thailand last year, down 50 percent year-on-year; 8,820 to South Korea, up 8 ...
Asean-China-Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-01/15/c_133047425.htm
Banteay Meanchey Soldiers File Complaint Against Superiors
Dozens of soldiers from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) in Banteay Meanchey province have filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc accusing their superiors of serious corruption, stealing veterans’ pensions, nepotism and illegal logging. For three years, a representative of the soldiers said, they had ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/banteay-meanchey-soldiers-file-complaint-against-superiors-50393/