In Long Beach, New Opposition Seeks Support

Sophinarath Cheang, VOA Khmer

29 April 2013 




LONG BEACH - Cambodians who go to the polls for July’s parliamentary
elections will face two major choices, the ruling Cambodian People’s
Party, and the new opposition, the Cambodia National Rescue Party.

The new opposition represents a combination of two former party leaders,
Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, both of whom were in Long Beach

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Like father, like son in CPP [Hun Sen is building a political dynasty] លោកហ៊ុន សែន​បង្ហាញ​បេក្ខជន​ថ្មី

Last Updated on 30 April 2013 
Phnom Penh Post 
By Vong Sokheng










Senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap speaks during a
workshop in Phnom Penh earlier this year. Yesterday, it was announced
that his son, Cheam Chansophoan, will run in the July election.
Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post



The list of ruling party candidates drawn from the families of
high-ranking officials expanded

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Canadian facing child prostitution charges after Cambodian police raid hotel room

A
photograph of the streets of Siem Reap, a few kilometres from Angkor
Wat. Canadian man Vigai Indra Komar, 50, made a second appearance in
Siem Reap Provincial Court Monday and is being held in custody on
suspicion of child prostitution. Submitted photo




VANCOUVER DESI

A Canadian man vacationing in Cambodia is facing child prostitution charges after police raided his hotel room Friday.

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Hun Sen Warns CPP Loss Could Wipe Out His Legacy [Hun Sen is blackmailing the voters]

By Neou Vannarin 

The Cambodia Daily

April 30, 2013 



Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday raised concerns that his legacy
would be physically eradicated if Cambodia’s electorate were to vote a
new political party into power in the upcoming elections, claiming that a
new government would tear down public buildings and infrastructure
bearing his name.

Speaking to villagers and

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10,000 garment workers to march to the parliament on Labour Day to petition for a pay increase កម្មករ​ប្រមាណ​១​ម៉ឺន​នាក់​ត្រៀម​ហែ​ក្បួន​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​១ ឧសភា

កម្មករ​កម្មការិនី​ប្រមាណ ១​ម៉ឺន​នាក់
បាន​ត្រៀម​លក្ខណៈ​ចូល​រួម​ហែ​ក្បួន​យក​ញត្តិ​ទៅ​ដាក់​នៅ​រដ្ឋ​សភា
ដើម្បី​ទាមទារ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ខែ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១ ខែ​ឧសភា
ជា​ថ្ងៃ​ទិវា​ពលកម្ម​អន្តរជាតិ។



ដោយ ខែ សុណង RFA

2013-04-29



ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង











២៥-កក្កដា-២០១០:
កម្មករ​កម្មការិនី​​​ជួប​​ជុំ​គ្នា​ធ្វើ​វេទិកា​សាធារណៈ​មួយ​នៅ​ខាង​មុខ​

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CNRP Refuses to Register for Election, Calls for New Voter List គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​មិន​ទាន់​សម្រេច​ចិត្ត​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត

By Phorn Bopha 

The Cambodia Daily

April 30, 2013 



The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said Monday that it would
not immediately register candidates for the upcoming national elections
because of its demand that the National Election Committee (NEC) revise
the country’s voter list.

The CNRP—an amalgamation of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and
Human Rights Party (HRP)—has

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Anti-Eviction Protesters Burn CPP-Donated Sarongs

By Aun Pheap
The Cambodia Daily
April 30, 2013 



About 20 protesters from three eviction communities around Phnom Penh
tore up and burned sarongs they had received from the ruling CPP
outside the party’s headquarters on Monday, saying they needed land
titles instead.

The protesters from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak, Borei Keila and Thmar
Kaul communities arrived at CPP headquarters at about 8

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Hun Sen Seeks Garment Factory Worker Vote

By Neou Vannarin
The Cambodia Daily
April 30, 2013 


Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday asked some 4,000 garment factory
workers for their votes in July’s national elections at a rally in Phnom
Penh attended by members of several CPP-aligned unions, according to
those in attendance.

Cambodian Union Federation president Chuon Mom Thol said yesterday
that he was among the 66 pro-CPP unions

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Delegation of New Azerbaijan Party visits Cambodia

Tue 30 April 2013 
http://www.news.az






A delegation of the New Azerbaijan Party
(YAP) including deputy Executive Secretary Mubariz Gurbanli and head of
foreign relations department Asef Hajiyev have visited Cambodia by the
invitation of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP).

YAP`s delegation met Cambodian Prime Minister, leader of the Cambodian People’s Party

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Hotel investment boom in SE Asia

Published: 30 Apr 2013 
 Bangkok Post 


Investors are turning their attention to
emerging markets in Southeast Asia again, on the back of robust hotel
transaction volumes in Asia which hit US$620 million in the first
quarter of 2013, up 190% from the same period last year in 2012,
according to international real estate consulting firm Jones Lang
LaSalle.


"Rising visitor arrivals, robust

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More to Cambodia than Angkor Wat

Apr 29, 2013 
http://www.eturbonews.com


Cambodia's most famous site, and arguably one of the world's most
iconic landmarks, Angkor Wat is the reason that most tourists visit the
country. Siem Reap, the town built up around Angkor, is the starting
point for tours to the Unesco World Heritage site but for those wanting
to see more,experts suggested what else not to miss on a Cambodia

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Vietnam, Cambodia boost ties in marine security

Tuoitrenews

Updated : 04/30/2013








An agreement on cooperation in marine security, including joint
patrols at sea, between Vietnam and Cambodia will be signed this year,
said Colonel Ngo Ngoc Thu, deputy head of the Vietnam Marine Police
Department.



The agreement will be based on the result of discussions about
bilateral cooperation between the Vietnam Marine Police Department

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Cambodia signs Japan’s 90mln loan for NR five restoration

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor
Namhong, right, and Kumamaru Yuji, Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia sign
$90 million loan to restore National Road five between Battambong and
Serey Sophorn city

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Laos, Cambodia aim to address illegal border issues

Vientiane, 30th April 2013 (Vientiaine Times/ ANN) - Illegal border
movements, illegal logging, drug trafficking, illegal fishing and
unofficial cross border trade are among the issues being confronted by
Laos and Cambodia along their shared border at the

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Cambodian top legislator hails ties with China

PHNOM PENH, April 30, 2013 (Xinhua) -- President of Cambodia's National
Assembly Heng Samrin on Tuesday spoke highly of good relations and
cooperation between Cambodia and China, and expressed his gratitude to
China for assisting his country in all circumstances.

"China has been playing a very important role in Cambodia. Our two
countries have built good relationship in all fields

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An Open Letter to International Garment Brands Sourcing from Cambodia សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ស្វែង​រក​អន្តរាគមន៍​ដោះលែង​ឃាតក​សិប្បនិមិត្ត​សម្លាប់​លោក ជា វិជ្ជា

Born Samnang (L) and Sok Sam Oeun (R) Photo: LICADHO
--------------------------------

May 1, 2013‐ On this International Labor Day, we,
the undersigned civil society groups call upon all international garment
brands sourcing from Cambodia to publicly denounce two recent baseless
judicial decisions related to the garment sector. The first is the
recent imprisonment of Born Samnang and Sok

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Garment exports increased by 17% ការ​នាំ​ចេញ​ក្នុង​វិស័យ​កាត់​ដេរ​កើន​ឡើង​១៧%

វិស័យ​កាត់ដេរ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា ត្រូវ​ចាត់​ទុក​ថា
ជា​ចំណែក​មួយ​សំខាន់​នៅ​ក្នុង​កំណើន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ជាតិ
ដោយ​ការ​នាំ​ចេញ​ក្នុង​ផ្នែក​នេះ បាន​គ្រប​ដណ្ដប់​រហូត​ដល់
៨០​ភាគរយ​នៃ​ការ​នាំ​ចេញ​សរុប។ សម្រាប់​ដើម​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣
ការ​នាំ​ចេញ​ផលិតផល​ក្នុង​វិស័យ​នេះ​នៅ​តែ​បន្ត​កើន​ឡើង​បើ​ប្រៀប​ធៀប​នឹង​
ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ កន្លង​ទៅ។



ដោយ សុ ជីវី និង តាំង សារ៉ាដា RFA

2013-04-27



ស្ដាប់ ឬ

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CPP among first four parties that have registered today

PHNOM PENH, 29th May, 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) -- Four political parties have
registered their candidate lists Monday for the upcoming general
elections.Among the early registrar's were the ruling Cambodian
People’s Party (CPP), Royalist Funcinpec Party, the Khmer National Party
of Cambodia (KNPC) and Khmer Republican Party (KRP).The
National Election Committee announced last week that it

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CCHR Internship Opportunity (Re-announcement)

Dear All,

The
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is a non-aligned, independent,
non-governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and
respect for human rights throughout the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”). CCHR
is seeking applications from Cambodian candidates for the position of SOGI Project Intern.

This
is a full-time position based in Phnom Penh for a

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Missing Eddie Gibson 'murdered for money' in Cambodia

Eddie Gibson's last contact with home was in an email to his mother in 2004



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The
parents of a Sussex backpacker who went missing in Cambodia nine years
ago say they are now convinced their son was murdered for his money.

Eddie Gibson, 19, of Hove,

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Special Thai-Cambodian cassava-corn trade zone set to be established

BANGKOK, April 29, 2013 (NNT) – Thailand and Cambodia are on a path
towards the setting up of a special trade zone that will see the two
neighbors actively trade cassava and corn.

Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom revealed on Monday that the 4th
Thailand-Cambodia Joint Trade Committee meeting, held last week, saw
both countries content with the expansion of cross-border trade, which

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Local salt set for Korean tables

Last Updated on 29 April 2013 
Phnom Penh Post 
By Anne Renzenbrink










Salt lies in a pond at Asia Salt (Cambodia)’s new
solar salt farm in Kampot province on Saturday. Photograph: Anne
Renzenbrink/Phnom Penh Post




Cambodia’s first evaporation-method salt farm for the export market
opened in Kampot province on Saturday, aiming for an initial 20,000
tonnes a year to be exported to

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Poll contenders dwindle Only ‘six or seven’ parties expected to run

Last Updated on 29 April 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Vong Sokheng and Abby Seiff










Villagers in Kandal province look at a tuk-tuk
decorated with paraphernalia promoting the Khmer Anti Poverty Party
during the lead-up to nationwide commune elections last year.
Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post




Roughly half the number of parties are expected to run in the upcoming
national

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ICJ hearing top news story [in Thailand]: Poll

Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) -- The World Court's
hearing into the dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over a parcel of
land next to Preah Vihear Temple has captured the most attention of the
public, according to a countrywide Suan Dusit Poll.Asked about
what current affairs had caught their interest the most, 82 per cent of
1,523 people

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A Bastion of Indochine in Bangkok

By Michelle Vachon
The Cambodia Daily
April 29, 2013




Fancois Dore’s story is virtually the same as scores of expatriates
who have come to Southeast Asia over the past 150 years and ended up
staying. 



Francois Dore in his bookstore/library Librairie du Siam et des Colonies in Bangkok (Michelle Vachon/The Cambodia Daily)


“You are attracted not only by the rich culture but also the

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Chut Wutty death does little to curb Cambodia’s illegal logging

By Clothilde Le Coz Apr 29, 2013
The Asian Correspondent
 

In an article published exactly one year after environmental activist
Chut Wutty was killed in Cambodia, Megan MacInnes, Senior Land
Campaigner at Global Witness, regrets that “Wutty’s death has not served as a wake-up call for Cambodia’s donors or allies“.

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Cambodia-China tie reaches high level after 55-year development: Cambodian top diplomat

PHNOM PENH, April 29, 2013 (Xinhua) -- The relations and cooperation
between Cambodia and China have reached a high level after the leaders
of both sides have forged and fostered them for 55 years, Cambodian top
diplomat said Monday.

Speaking at a meeting with outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia
Pan Guangxue, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong
said the year 2013

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Cambodian PM Not To Speak Publicly During Month-long Election Campaign

PHNOM PENH, April 29, 2013 (Bernama) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said
on Monday that he would remain silent during a month-long election
campaign for a general election on July 28, reports China's Xinhua news
agency.

"During the one-month campaign period, I'll take a rest at home. As my
habit, I do not conduct election campaign by myself, I let members of
the Cambodian People's

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Commerce Minister satisfied with 4th Thai-Cambodian JTC meeting

BANGKOK, 28 April 2013 (NNT) – Thailand’s Minister of Commerce is
satisfied with the results of the 4th meeting of Thailand-Cambodia joint
trade committee (JTC) which targets an increase in trade volume by 30 %
annually.

Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom disclosed that the 4th
Thai-Cambodian JTC meeting held in Cambodia yielded satisfactory results
for both sides.

For 2012-2015

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Cambodian deputy PM lauds good ties with China

PHNOM PENH, April 28, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An on Sunday hailed good relations and cooperation between Cambodia and China, envisaging that the ties will be stronger from generation to generation."Cambodia and China have had traditional and long-standing friendship relations, and the relations have been constantly fostered by leaders of both

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Preah Vihear and the Thai military failures

Re: Thai Democrats to stop Cambodia to develop area around Preah Vihear
 




Khmer Territories were laying far beyond the Dangrek Mountain chains

By KPCS

The idea of using the watershed was to oversimplifying the task of demarcating the border line. Deep down in theirs heart, French surveyors knew that the actual Khmer Territories were laying far beyond the Dangrek Mountain chains to the

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Professors and students want more investments in the hi-tech sector in Cambodia សាស្រ្តាចារ្យ និស្សិត ចង់ឲ្យមាន ការវិនិយោគ កាន់តែច្រើនលើវិស័យ បច្ចេកវិទ្យានៅកម្ពុជា (មានវីដេអូ)

 

Miss Mora Mala, electronic engineering student at Norton University. See video here.

Sunday, 28 April 2013


ដោយៈ វ៉ាន់ សារាយ-Posted: DAP News ID-009









ភ្នំពេញៈ សាស្រ្តាចារ្យ និងនិស្សិតជាច្រើននាក់
ដែលកំពុងសិក្សាលើជំនាញវិស្វកម្ម អេឡិចត្រូនិក និងអគ្គិសនី
បានអំពាវនាវឲ្យមានការបណ្តាក់ទុន
រកស៊ីលើវិស័យប្រព័ន្ធបច្ចេកវិទ្យាឲ្យបានកាន់តែច្រើន នៅ

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Thailand and Cambodia to forge closer trade talks [It's a one-way trade, hope after this agreement it will become a two-way trade]

BY PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI
THE NATION
April 29, 2013 

 


Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to drive
bilateral trade up by 30 per cent a year, following an agreement to
establish a special rice-trade zone.




After the fourth Joint Trade Commission (JTC) recently, Commerce
Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom said that Thailand and Cambodia had the
potential to drive two-way

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Cambodia confident on ICJ verdict [The Red House occupied by the Thai troops was Ta Mok's guest house]

Despite a lack of media interest in the country, many there believe the ICJ will settle the dispute once and for all - and in their favour 

By Post Reporters 
Published: 28 Apr 2013
Bangkok Post 

While the Preah Vihear dispute has rekindled
nationalist and patriotic sentiments in Thailand, the week-long hearing
at The Hague was outwardly met with relative calm across the border.



THEY SHALL

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Temple troubles: Thailand and Cambodia at the ICJ

A lack of clarity in a 1962 ruling by the International Court of Justice has led to decades of dispute and wrangling over the ancient site. The question now is whether or not the court will agree to issue a reinterpretation of its 50-year-old decision 

Published: 28 Apr 2013 
Writer: John D Ciorciari
 
Bangkok Post 


Lawyers for Thailand and Cambodia have
completed their oral arguments as the

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Lowell Cambodian community met to express their outrage at the monk having sex with a lady at the temple

សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក ប្រតិកម្ម​ទៅ​នឹង​រឿង​អាស្រូវ​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​រវាង​ស្រ្តី​អាមេរិក និងលោកសង្ឃកម្ពុជា








Ms. Maya Men and Ven. Nhem Kimteng were allegedly vidoetaped having sex at the temple in Lowell នាង Maya Men និង​ព្រះសង្ឃ ញ៉ែម គឹម តេង ជា​តួអង្គ​សំខាន់ ក្នុង​ឆាក​លើ​គ្រែ​ត្រូវបាន​បង្ហោះ​លើ​ប្រព័ន្ធ​អ៊ី​ន​ធើរ​ណែ​ត​



In Lowell, Plans for a $10 Million Pagoda (Cambodia news in Khmer) with Ms. Maya

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Prince Thomico: No law to prohibit royals from entering politics ព្រះ​អង្គ​ម្ចាស់​ ធម្មិកោ ៖ ​អត់​មាន​ច្បាប់​ណា​មួយ​ ហាម​មិន​ឲ្យ សមាជិក​រាជ​​​​វង្សា​នុវង្ស ធ្វើ​នយោបាយ​ នោះ​ទេ

ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ ធម្មិកោ អតីតលេខាផ្ទាល់របស់សម្តេចឪ យាងទៅ ចូលរួម សមាជ គណ បក្ស សង្គ្រោះ ជាតិ Prince Thomico, middle, former advisor to ex-King Sihanouk and current advisor to Queen Mother Monineath, had just joined the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. 



Recently, Nhiek Bunchhay, General Secretary of Funcinpec Party, said that Prince Thomico cannot enter politics as he is an

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7 Cambodian loggers killed by Thai soldiers on Oddar Meanchey-Sisaket border ខ្មែរ​៧​នាក់​ស្លាប់​ដោយសារ​ទាហាន​ថៃ​បាញ់

ដោយ ហង្ស សាវយុត RFA


2013-04-28

 


ប្រភព​ពី​មន្ត្រី​យោធា​ខ្មែរ​នៅ​តាម​ព្រំដែន​ខេត្ត​
ឧត្តរមានជ័យ បាន​អះអាង​ថា យ៉ាង​ហោច​ណាស់​មាន​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​ចំនួន
​៧​នាក់​បាន​ស្លាប់ ដោយសារ​ទាហាន​ថៃ នៃ​ខេត្ត​ស៊ីសាកេត បាញ់​រះ
កាល​ពី​យប់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៥ ខែ​មេសា កន្លង​ទៅ។

ការ​បាញ់​រះ​នោះ នៅ​ពេល​​ដែល​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​ប្រមាណ ៥០​នាក់
បាន​នាំ​គ្នា​ឆ្លង​កាត់​ព្រំដែន​ម្ដុំ​ចំណុច​ភូមិ​អូរស្វាយ

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First batch of 400 maids from Cambodia due in July

First batch of 400 women will be part of pilot scheme to try out new source of domestic helpers

Published on Apr 28, 2013









This photo taken in 2010 shows Cambodian maids headed for Malaysia
at a training centre in Phnom Penh. The first batch of maids from
Cambodia could start working in households from July under a pilot
scheme by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to try out

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Navy intercepts Cambodian hardwood smugglers

April 28, 2013 

The Nation 



Chon Buri -- The Thai Navy has seized a
Cambodian boat and arrested four Cambodian crew members for allegedly
trying to smuggle Bt10 million worth of processed wood, belonging to a
protected tree species.




The arrests were made early on Sunday morning.



HTMS Chao Phraya from the First Naval Area spotted the suspicious boat
off Rayong's coast near the

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Attracting More Foreign Investment in Cambodia ទូតអាមេរិក៖ ទាក់ទាញ​វិនិយោគ​បរទេស​ថែមទៀត ​នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា

By William E. Todd, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia 



I’d like to begin my column this week by thanking the
many Cambodians who have sent me their condolences regarding the
horrific bombings last week in Boston, Massachusetts.  As a person with
deep family roots in the Boston area, the tragedy hit home for me, and
like you, my heart goes out to all who lost

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Dispute over Preah Vihear Temple is taken up, threatening to revive Thai nationalistic fervor

By Pavin Chachavalpongpun


Special To The Japan Times
Apr 28, 2013





KYOTO – From April 15-19, the
hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the
Thai-Cambodian dispute over the Preah Vihear Temple took place in the
Netherlands. Cambodia made its opening argument on April 15 followed by
Thailand two days later. Each side then made additional arguments.

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Cambodia's oil imports down 12 pct in Q1

PHNOM PENH, April 27, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia imported 412,190 tons of
petroleum in the first quarter of 2013, a 12 percent decrease compared
with the 471,000 tons it imported at the same period last year, the
commerce ministry's report showed on Saturday.

During the January-March period this year, the country spent 397
million U.S. dollars to buy the petroleum, down 15 percent from 469

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Cambodian Americans Celebrate New Year, But Honor Grim History

By DOUALY XAYKAOTHAO


April 27, 2013
Listen to the audio here.
 


On Saturday, Cambodian-Americans in Southern California are celebrating
their new year festival with cultural dances, day-long picnics and
visits to local Buddhist temples. But one group is also using the
occasion to educate a new generation about the Khmer Rouge genocide.

 

SCOTT SIMON, HOST

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Golden memories . . . អនុស្សាវរីយ៍មាស . . .

សោភ័ណមាសបង

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