The young girl stood at the podium in a cavernous federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles, 8,000 miles and a world away from her native Phnom Penh, Cambodia.A prosecutor offered her a wooden footstool to stand on so she could better see the judge, but the girl declined.
She eyed the defendant, who had done unspeakable [...]
Oxnard man faces 210-year sentence for sexually abusing Cambodian girls
New Thai PM plans visit to Cambodia next month: Hun Sen
PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Thailand’s new prime minister plans to visit neighbouring Cambodia next month, according to premier Hun Sen, amid a simmering border dispute between the two countries.
Hun Sen said on Friday that the visit was planned for October 13, but did not say whether he and premier Somchai Wongsawat would discuss the spat [...]
Cambodian Parliament Sworn-In, Opposition Abandons Boycott
Cambodia’s new National Assembly was sworn-in Wednesday, giving the Cambodian People’s Party a further five-year mandate following its landslide victory in this year’s general election. A threatened opposition boycott of the event was abandoned at the last minute, following guarantees from the prime minister that the role of the opposition will be officially recognized. Rory [...]
Cambodia: Parliament Endorses New Cabinet
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen promised to combat corruption and advocate good governance as he unveiled the country’s new Cabinet on Thursday (25 Sept).
Cambodia’s newly elected lower house of parliament, overwhelmingly packed with lawmakers from Hun Sen’s ruling party, voted to approve the Cabinet, which is filled with the same ministers who [...]
Sustainable development of Mekong hydropower
The Mekong River Basin is nearly the size of France and Germany combined. It flows through six countries and its water and biodiversity resources are second only to the Amazon River Basin.
The region is so large, that the Lower Mekong River Basin – Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos – is home to about 60 million [...]
U.S. Supports Cambodia Tribunal
The United States Department of State has announced that it intends to work with Congress to provide $1.8 million to Cambodia’s cash-strapped Khmer Rouge war crimes court. If approved, it would be the first U.S. donation to the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal aimed at trying regime leaders. The court faces a shortfall of $40 [...]
Thailand was once second to none … but we have slipped
Former prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has been appointed deputy prime minister in the Somchai Wongsawat cabinet, tasked with three urgent matters: reconciling with the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), settling the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, and tackling southern unrest.
Gen Chavalit spoke to Bangkok Post reporter AMORNRAT MAHITTHIROOK.
Why have you accepted the post of [...]
Corruption picture ‘mixed’ in Asia
COCHRANE: Each year, Transparency International ranks 180 nations on the basis of surveys and expert opinion, with those perceived as being the least corrupt on top of the list and the most corrupt at the bottom. Leading the pack for transparency were, predictibly, more developed nations such as New Zealand, Singapore and Australia. At the [...]
Cambodia: Ruling Party Dominates New Parliament
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Cambodia’s newly elected lower house of parliament held its inaugural session Wednesday (24 Sept) that saw the ruling party’s already firm grasp on power grow even tighter in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation.
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party now holds 90 of 123 seats, ensuring that the Cambodian People’s Party will have a [...]
Youth TV channel launched in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Television Network (CTN), the country’s most popular TV network, is launching a free-to-air commercial channel called MYTV that will cater to the youth market in the country.
Set to launch in January 2009, the new channel will largely include reality shows combined with a dynamic mix of music programmes, local teen dramas [...]