Cambodian monk charged with raping British woman
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A 17-year-old Cambodian monk was charged with raping a British woman while taking her on a tour of a mountain cave near his Buddhist temple, a court official said Thursday.
The monk was arrested Tuesday after the 39-year-old British tourist told police she had been attacked at a cave in the [...]
Mechanical alarm forces Chinese aircraft to make emergency landing
SHANGHAI, Nov.20 (Xinhua) — A Shanghai Airlines Boeing 737 with 149 passengers aboard was forced to make an emergency landing in south China’s Hainan island on Wednesday while on a scheduled flight from Shanghai to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The airline said a “mechanical failure” occurred at around 11:22 p.m. on flight FM 833 and the [...]
Cambodia needs a neutral police force
Hong Kong, China — Cambodia’s national police commissioner, Gen. Hok Lundy, was killed in a helicopter crash on Nov. 9, Cambodia’s National Day. Hok was a member of both the Central Committee and Standing Committee of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and a close ally and senior advisor to Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose son [...]
Rockers Placebo to play anti-slavery gig at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat
BANGKOK (AFP) — Alternative guitar band Placebo are to headline the first rock concert at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex, putting years of catering to their fans’ teenage angst behind them to speak out against human trafficking.
The December 7 gig, held as part an of an MTV Exit campaign, will transform the 12th century Khmer [...]
Impunity Hurting Political ‘Maturity’: Official
Cambodia has the potential to be an industrialized nation, but corruption and impunity have kept it politically immature, a former US ambassador said.
Sichan Siv, who serverd as US ambassador to the United Nations, said Cambodia has slowly overcome its problems since the early 1990s, but certain impediments remain.
“The problems of corruption, crime and impunity still [...]
World’s poorest nations meet in Cambodia
As trade officials from the 21 APEC nations prepare for this weekend’s high-profile meeting in Peru, their counterparts from the world’s poorest countries are doing the same in Cambodia. A two-day ministerial meeting of nearly 50 least-developed countries is underway, looking at how poorer nations can integrate into the global trade system. The Director-General of [...]
Cambodia urges unity among poor nations on trade
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday poor countries like his must continue speaking with one voice in the Doha round of global trade talks to ensure their competitiveness with developed countries.
He also lashed out at wealthy nations for maintaining trade barriers that hurt poor countries, such as farm subsidies [...]
Cambodia urges unity poor nations in trade talks
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday poor countries like his must continue speaking with one voice in the Doha round of global trade talks to ensure their competitiveness with developed countries.
He also lashed out at wealthy nations for maintaining trade barriers that hurt poor countries, such as farm subsidies [...]
Cambodia supports WTO director general for new term
PHNOM PENH, Nov 19, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — SLDDF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Cambodia supports World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Pascale Lamy to work at his current position for a new term, said Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday.
“Thus [...]
Cambodia stresses security, education in 2009 budget
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — A draft of the 2009 national budget indicates that the Cambodian government intends to increase funding for the country’s defense and education sectors, English-language newspaper the Cambodia Daily said on Wednesday.
The 2009 national budget totals 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, 19 percent of which, or 223 million dollars, will be [...]
