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ASEAN cannot act on behalf of claimant states in South China Sea dispute: Cambodian PM

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) cannot act on behalf of the countries concerned in the South China Sea dispute and urged all parties involved to continue negotiations. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1D1D9XU

Cambodia publicly endorses China position on South China Sea

Cambodia’s leader has publicly endorsed China’s position that territorial disputes in the South China Sea cannot be solved through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday the issue should be solved by the countries directly affected by ...

Kong Sothanarith
http://bit.ly/1FITTH9

China expands island construction in South China Sea: report

Newly released satellite images show a dramatic expansion in China’s construction of artificial islands on disputed South China Sea reefs, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The report said the expansion was “intensifying concerns about Beijing’s territorial ambitions.” ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/world/china-expands-island-construction-in-south-china-sea:-report-12345

Much to discuss at upcoming regional forum, analysts say

Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries are preparing for a major regional meeting, which will be held in Burma Aug. 10. Analysts say Cambodia should raise ongoing security issues that threaten regional economic integration at the Asean Regional Forum. The South China Sea issue continues to ...

Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/much-to-discuss-at-upcoming-regional-forum-analysts-say/1968851.html

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

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

Cambodia to stay neutral in China-Vietnam territorial row

A meeting last week between China’s president, Xi Jinping, and the prime minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, will see the Southeast Asian country maintain a neutral stance regarding the territorial dispute between China and Vietnam over the Paracel islands in the South China Sea, Hong ...

Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1501&MainCatID=15&id=20140528000058

Foreign policy challenged by regional conflicts, expert says

ambodian leaders are facing a very uncertain Asean in recent weeks, with anti-Chinese protests in Vietnam pitting two of the country’s standards allies against each other and a Thai coup sealing the western borders and leaving a neighbor in the hands of military control. Both issues ...

Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/foreign-policy-challenged-by-regional-conflicts-expert-says/1921175.html

Cambodia may present safer base for Taiwanese businesses

Cambodia is a promising target for Taiwanese entrepreneurs seeking cheap labor without risking the social unrest that has surged through Vietnam, according to an economics professor in Taiwan cited in our Chinese-language sister paper China Times. Riots have broken out in Vietnam against China’s oil rig ...

Hong Kai-yin, Huang Tsung-yuan, Tang Yu-lin and Staff Reporter
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140521000069&cid=1202

Some 2,000 Chinese flee Vietnam to Cambodia: Cambodian deputy PM

Approximately 2,000 Chinese businesspeople and tourists have crossed the Vietnamese border into Cambodia these days to escape anti-China riots in Vietnam, a senior Cambodian official said Tuesday. “Some 2,000 Chinese nationals have fled Vietnam to Cambodia,” Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng told reporters. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-05/20/c_133348158.htm

Cambodia bars Vietnamese protest

The Cambodian government said Thursday it will not allow Vietnamese living in the country to protest Chinese incursions in the South China Sea. Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said Cambodia does not allow any foreigners to protest other nationalities. The spokesman made the statement ...

Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/409925/cambodia-bars-vietnamese-protest

ASEAN not take sides in South China Sea disputes: Cambodian official

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) did not take any sides in South China Sea disputes, but supported the settlement of the disputes based on international law and agreed documents, a senior Cambodian official said in Phnom Penh on Sunday. “ASEAN made the statement based on a principle that ...

Ecns.cn
http://www.ecns.cn/voices/2014/05-12/113393.shtml

Cambodia fights to balance Vietnam, China

When an ethnic Vietnamese crashed his motorcycle into an ethnic Khmer’s car in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district last Saturday night, he was attacked by Khmers shouting the racially charged term for Vietnamese — “yuon” — and beaten to death. That an ordinary traffic accident turned into ...

The China Post News Staff
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/the-china-post/special-to-the-china-post/2014/02/24/401368/Cambodia-fights.htm

Official Says ‘Strategic Partnership’ With Japan Won’t Irk China

Returning from a state visit to Japan on Tuesday, a member of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government dismissed the possibility that newly upgraded ties with Japan and Cambodia’s decision to join its Asean neighbors in a “freedom of overflight” pact with Tokyo might strain its ...

Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-says-strategic-partnership-with-japan-wont-irk-china-49410/

Villagers prepare for storm

Cambodians in the northern provinces are preparing for the remnants of super-storm Typhoon Haiyan, though forecasts now predict it will only mildly affect the Kingdom. In a warning issued on Friday, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said high winds and heavy rainfall would likely ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-prepare-storm

A Year On, Cambodia’s Role as Asean Chairman a Bitter Memory

Resentment is still simmering toward Cambodia for its handling of the contentions South China Sea issue last year, which fractured the unity of Asean, analysts from around the region said Thursday. During the first day of a two-day regional conference in Phnom Penh organized by the ...

Hul Reaksmey and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/a-year-on-cambodias-role-as-asean-chairman-a-bitter-memory-42812/

Cambodia advises people not to travel by sea on Aug. 3-5 due to torrential rain

Cambodia’s Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology on Tuesday warned people not to travel by sea from August 3-5 because the country would suffer from the impact of a storm and cause torrential rain. The ministry’s statement said according to the forecast, a depression on the ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/30/c_132587997.htm

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