Cambodian News

UN, Geneva – The following statement on the latest in a series of forced evictions in Cambodia was issued today by the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik:
“More than 130 families were forcibly evicted during the night of 23 and 24 January 2009 from Dey Krahorm, in central Phnom Penh to make way [...]

Friday, January 30, 2009 :The Thailand – Vietnam – Cambodia Golf Trail is fast becoming the worlds most talked about golf tour. Announced just 6 weeks ago by Indochina’s largest specialist golf travel operator, Golfasian, the golf trail makes it now possible for golf enthusiasts from around the world to play the premier courses in [...]

GENEVA, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The Cambodian government is forcing tens of thousands of poor people from their homes in a grave breach of human rights, a U.N. investigator said on Friday.
Raquel Rolnik, United Nations special rapporteur on adequate housing, called for a halt to the evictions in the Southeast Asian country.
“The increase in forced [...]

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) – The Cambodian government plans to deploy 27,133 police forces to safeguard the commune councils election in all its towns, districts, cities and provinces in May, national media said on Friday.
The deployment aims to guarantee safety and order of the election, the state-run Television Kampuchea quoted Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime [...]

Seattle, WA, January 30, 2009 –(PR.com)– When a cruise ship pulls into a new port, many savvy travelers are looking for an unforgettable experience that will help them appreciate and understand the land they are visiting, and typically that requires exploring a destination for longer than a few hours.
“Overland tours are overnight trips to [...]

Phnom Penh – In Cambodia, a country where water-borne diseases cause tens of thousands of deaths every year, one development organization is using the power of song to spread the word on safe water consumption. For the past 18 months, the US-based Resource Development International (RDI) group has combined its public health and water safety [...]

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — Wolfgang Thierse, Vice President of the German Parliament, will officially visit Cambodia from Jan. 31 to Feb. 4 to beef up the friendly bilateral relations, said an official press release here Thursday.
Wolfgang will respectively pay courtesy calls with Senate President Chea Sim, National Assembly President Heng Samrin, and Prime [...]

Newly appointed US Ambassador Carol Rodley held her first meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen Thursday, promising a continued policy of cooperation, as Cambodia’s own ambassador prepared for his post in Washington.
The United States will continue friendly relations in politics, economics and culture in a bilateral relationship, the ambassador told VOA Khmer Thursday, following a [...]

The Supreme Council of Magistracy on Friday will discuss the U.N. nomination of a Zambian judge with experience in the Rwandan war crimes trials for an international reserve judge position at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, an official said Wednesday.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon nominated Florence Mumba for the position, the official said.
Previously, she worked for the International Criminal Court for Rwanda, as [...]

Cambodia has sent a package of documents to Thailand to initiate the repatriation of 18 ancient statues from a total 43 seized by Thai authorities from traffickers over the past decade, a top official said Wednesday.
“We sent the documents to clarify that among 43 statues, 18 belong to Cambodia,” Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told VOA [...]