Saturday 31st July, 2010
From Cambodia's Killing Fields to New York, a new film confronts Khmer Rouge
Will the conviction of Khmer Rouge torture chief 'Duch' be the beginning of justice for 1970s war crimes? A documentary that premiers today in New York City argues it could be.
Cambodia claims win in UNESCO tussle over temple
Cambodia declared victory Friday in a diplomatic standoff with Thailand after the U.N. cultural agency agreed to consider its plan for managing a temple that is on land claimed by both countries.
Errors stall Cambodian temple bid
Unesco's World Heritage Committee has postponed a decision on Cambodia's development plan for the Preah Vihear temple partly because it submitted a graphical illustration instead of a map, says a sour...
Cambodia reports new death of Mekong River dolphin
General SourcesA Mekong river dolphin was found dead in Kratie province in Cambodian's north eastern part, a government official said Friday.Touch Seang Tana, chairman of Cambodia's Commission for Conversation and D...
Cambodia uses the Internet to map human rights abuses
General SourcesA new website is putting Cambodia's human rights online, where everyone can see them. The portal, www.sithi.org maps rights violations across the country. The site is a intended as an advocacy tool th...
FPT looks to expand to Cambodia with rollout of mobile network
TeleGeographyVietnamese telecoms operator the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT) is seeking approval from authorities in neighbouring Cambodia to construct a mobile network in the country, Vi...
Cambodia's "Angkor Sentinel 2010" military exercise ends
General SourcesA two-week multi-nations' military exercise that began in Cambodia in mid-July ended Friday.In his speech in Kompong Speu province, about 50 kilometers west of Phnom Penh, Tea Banh, deputy prime minis...
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
General SourcesBy Clifford McCoy BANGKOK - Cambodia's first-ever multinational military exercise is part and parcel of intensifying competition between the United States and China for regional influence. ...
Thailand calls emergency security meeting after blast
People's DailyThai Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Friday called an urgent meeting of security and intelligence units to discuss the country's overall situation, the Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.The meeting...
Deadly blast hits Thailand's Bangkok
World BulletinA bomb exploded in Bangkok early on Friday, seriously wounding a man as anti-government protests have remained. An opposition leader said the incident was aimed at discrediting anti-government activis...
Hyundai puts the Kingdom in fast lane
Phnom Penh PostRODUCTION of the first cars and vans to be assembled in Cambodia for domestic sale is set to begin at the US$62 million Hyundai plant in Koh Kong province this September.The chief technical officer fo...
Acid victims given prospects
Phnom Penh PostAcid attack survivor Van Sopheak, 27, points to vegetables growing in a garden supported by the Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity in Kandal province.
Councillor pleads for drainage in village
Phnom Penh PostN opposition city councillor has urged authorities to install a new drainage system in a flooded village near the controversial Boeung Kak lake development project, after a man was electrocuted this w...
Draft union law discussed
Phnom Penh PostMPLOYERS and union leaders gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss a draft law on trade unions that the Ministry of Labour says could go into effect next year.The draft law, a version of which obt...
Strike goes on despite the threat of dismissal
Phnom Penh PostBOUT 3,000 garment workers continued to strike outside a factory in Sen Sok district owned by PCCS Garments Ltd yesterday, defying a factory order to return to work or face dismissal. The workers went...
SRP raps choice of venue for seminar
Phnom Penh PostIVE members of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party rejected an invitation from Sen Sok district officials to attend an urban planning seminar yesterday because it was held at an office belonging to the Ca...
Heng Samrin weighs in on land dispute
Phnom Penh PostATIONAL Assembly President Heng Samrin has sent a letter to Deputy Prime Minister Sok An asking him to intervene on behalf of more than 1,200 Siem Reap families who have been restricted from building ...
Assembly to cut Mu Sochua’s salary
Phnom Penh PostHE National Assembly would deduct a portion of opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua’s salary by the end of the month and use it to pay court-ordered compensation to Prime Minister Hun Sen, officials said y...
NGO workers, villagers flout judicial summonses
Phnom Penh PostWO NGO workers and four village representatives from Kampot province refused to answer summonses calling on them to appear at the Appeal Court yesterday for questioning related to a land dispute, with...
Families of dead inmates seek answers
Phnom Penh PostAMILIES of three inmates who died within a five-day span earlier this month at Kampong Cham provincial prison have filed complaints with local rights group Adhoc on suspicion that mistreatment may hav...
Canadian gets 11 years for sex with children
Phnom Penh PostA JUDGE has slapped a Canadian sex tourist with an 11-year prison sentence for having sex and producing pornography with girls in Cambodia and Colombia as young as 8, media reports said.Kenneth Klasse...
ECCC brought no fairness to the people of Cambodia
Phnom Penh Posthe Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia handed down a reduced sentence of 19 years for Kaing Guek Eav, known as “Comrade Duch”. It is a slap on the wrist for a man responsible for crim...
Shame on the UN
Phnom Penh PostI was one of the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime. I really want justice for 73 members of my family, the majority of them executed without evidence of wrongdoing. But personally, I don’t have fait...
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