Cambodian officials expect border talks with Thailand to resume soon into the new year, following the swearing in of a new cabinet and parliament after months of political unrest. “We have received information from the Thai side that they will proceed with what we have agreed on in Siem Reap in the coming month,”said Var [...]
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Parliament Approves Money for Two Dams
December 31st, 2008 
Cambodian News Cambodian lawmakers on Tuesday passed draft legislation that would ensure financing for two Chinese hydroelectric companies, for projects costing more than $1.3 billion and expected to provide power to a fifth of the country. The projects, from China National Machinery and the Michel Corporation, are part of ongoing efforts by the government to harness the [...]
Tribunal Upholds Khieu Samphan Detention
December 31st, 2008 Cambodian News Khmer Rouge tribunal judges on Monday denied a new request for the temporary release of Khieu Samphan, whose pre-trial detention hearing has been delayed by a defense request to have thousands of documents translated into French. Khieu Samphan’s defense team appealed last year to end provisional detention of the former nominal head of the regime, [...]
Vietnam jails five for trafficking women to Malaysia
December 30th, 2008 Cambodian News HANOI (AFP) — A court in communist Vietnam has jailed five people for up to 17 years for trafficking women to Malaysia and forcing them to work as prostitutes, a court official and media reports said Tuesday. The gang had sent 18 women from Vietnam’s poor southern Mekong delta region to Malaysia over the past [...]