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Political Commentators, NGO Slam Cambodia's Electoral Reform Deal - Radio Free Asia

Political Commentators, NGO Slam Cambodia's Electoral Reform Deal
Radio Free Asia
Cambodian political commentators and a civil society group have criticized a deal between the ruling and opposition parties which finalized a draft national electoral reform law, as being nontransparent and only serving the two parties themselves ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 2 Mar 2015 | 10:39 pm

Cambodia Recommends 13 Montagnards for Refugee Status - Voice of America

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Cambodia Recommends 13 Montagnards for Refugee Status
Voice of America
“Thirty-six members of the Vietnam Jarai hill tribe [Montagnards] were arrested and sent back to Vietnam," said Chhay Thy. "One Cambodian Jarai man, who was their guide, was also arrested. Vietnam Jarais confirmed [by phone] that they were sent back to ...
Cambodia deports 36 Vietnamese Montagnardsucanews
Montagnards Attempting to Reach Capital DeportedThe Cambodia Daily (subscription)

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 2 Mar 2015 | 8:30 pm

Science Envoy Travels to Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand - US Department of State (press release)

Science Envoy Travels to Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand
US Department of State (press release)
U.S. Science Envoy Dr. Geraldine Richmond will return to Southeast Asia March 2-14 in support of President Obama's initiative to strengthen the United States' science and education relationships overseas. This is Dr. Richmond's second trip to Southeast ...

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 2 Mar 2015 | 4:54 pm

Cambodia inaugurates Vietnamese-funded MRO facility - IHS Jane's 360

Cambodia inaugurates Vietnamese-funded MRO facility
IHS Jane's 360
The Royal Cambodian Army (RCA) on 27 February inaugurated a military maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility funded by the Vietnam Ministry of Defence (MoD). Vietnam's news agency said the MRO site - in Battambang province, near the ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 2 Mar 2015 | 11:04 am

Cambodia's Largest Hydropower Plant Begins Operation - POWER magazine

Cambodia's Largest Hydropower Plant Begins Operation
POWER magazine
The 338-MW Russey Chrum Krom hydropower plant in southwestern Koh Kong province, Cambodia, was inaugurated on Jan. 12. The Chinese-built project is the largest hydropower station located in the Southeast Asian country of more that 15 million ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 1 Mar 2015 | 12:35 am

Tourists who pose nude at Cambodia's ancient temples expose themselves to ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Tourists who pose nude at Cambodia's ancient temples expose themselves to ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Cambodia's most popular tourist attraction — the complex of ancient temples that includes Angkor Wat — is suffering from a form of overexposure: At least five foreign visitors have been arrested and deported this year for ...
Anger at Angkor: Cambodians upset over naked western tourists at templesThe Guardian
Cambodians Angered By Tourists Posing Nude At Ancient TemplesInternational Business Times

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 27 Feb 2015 | 8:59 pm

Deported to Cambodia, Former Gang Member Gets A Second Chance - NBCNews.com

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Deported to Cambodia, Former Gang Member Gets A Second Chance
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Once in Cambodia, though, Sobil, who goes by the name KK, decided to turn his life around by starting a non-profit organization teaching kids living in poverty how to breakdance. "I grew up being from a gang, but at the same time, I don't regret ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 27 Feb 2015 | 8:55 pm

Cambodians angered over nude photo incidents at temples

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's most popular tourist attraction — the complex of ancient temples that includes Angkor Wat — is suffering from a form of overexposure: At least five foreign visitors have been arrested and deported this year for taking nude photos at the sacred sites.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 27 Feb 2015 | 11:30 am

Foreign tourists posing nude at temples infuriate Cambodians

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 27 Feb 2015 | 10:46 am

Tourists who pose nude at Cambodia's ancient temples expose themselves to anger, deportation

Cambodia's most popular tourist attraction — the complex of ancient temples that includes Angkor Wat — is suffering from a form of overexposure: At least five foreign visitors have been arrested and deported this year for taking nude photos at the sacred sites.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 27 Feb 2015 | 9:02 am

Tourists or voyeurs? Outsiders gaze at child labor in Cambodia's largest landfill. - Washington Post

Washington Post

Tourists or voyeurs? Outsiders gaze at child labor in Cambodia's largest landfill.
Washington Post
Anlong Pi is a landfill just 30 kilometers from Siem Reap, the main tourist city of Cambodia. Each day tons of organic and inorganic waste arrive via large trucks that unload mountains of toxic compounds. The workers in the landfill collect recyclable ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 26 Feb 2015 | 2:41 pm

'Transitioning Cambodia' Photos Show Vanishing Worlds Behind Rapid ... - Huffington Post

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'Transitioning Cambodia' Photos Show Vanishing Worlds Behind Rapid ...
Huffington Post
Until just a few years ago, Boeung Kak Lake in the capital city of Phnom Penh was a prime tourist location and home to thousands of Cambodians. Today, it lies under the sand. In 2007, a company owned by well-connected Cambodians received a lease to ...
Electronics maker to set up first showroom in CambodiaAsiaOne
Riding the rails on a bamboo trainMother Nature Network
Denso plans new magneto and oil cooler plant in CambodiaAutocar Professional
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Source: cambodia - Google News | 25 Feb 2015 | 3:57 pm

Cambodia leader says work on mega-dam will not start until at least 2018 - The Guardian

The Guardian

Cambodia leader says work on mega-dam will not start until at least 2018
The Guardian
Gonzalez-Davidson was a co-founder of non-governmental group called Mother Nature, which has vocally opposed construction of the hydropower dam in southwestern Cambodia's Koh Kong province. Cambodia has signed a deal to build the mega-dam ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 24 Feb 2015 | 9:06 am

Cambodia PM says work on mega-dam will not start until 2018

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Construction of a massive dam in southwestern Cambodia will not start until at least 2018, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday, in an apparent effort to stop heavy opposition to the project which has focused criticism on him.

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 24 Feb 2015 | 7:41 am

Cambodia expels Spanish environmental activist after arrest

Cambodia deported a Spanish environmental activist Monday after he was arrested in Phnom Penh, officials said, a move described by a rights group as the government's latest attempt to stifle dissent. Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, co-founder of the advocacy group Mother Nature, has been an outspoken and long-time campaigner against plans for a controversial dam in a protected forest area in the ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 23 Feb 2015 | 5:33 pm

Cambodia bans huge 'Snake Island' rave

Cambodian officials said Tuesday they had banned partygoers from holding a massive rave on a tropical island after deciding the festival would be "indecent". Thousands of predominantly Russian revellers were expected at the Kazantip festival in Koh Pos -- also known as "Snake Island" -- for ten days of non-stop partying that was supposed to kick off on Wednesday. Previously held in the Crimea ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 17 Feb 2015 | 1:38 pm

CAMBODIA PRESS-Seatel to invest $500 mln on 4G network - Cambodia Daily

Southeast Asia Telecom (Cambodia) Co Ltd (Seatel) plans toinvest $400 million over the next two to three years toconstruct Cambodia's fastest 4G network, as part of its plan torebrand itself, the Cambodia Daily reported, citing thecompany's general manager Han Hanchou. Investors in Seatel, one of Cambodia's smallest mobile phoneoperators, include Hong Kong's First Oriental Holdings Ltd andSun ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 10 Feb 2015 | 3:36 am

Cambodia deports US sisters in Angkor nude photo scandal

Two American sisters have been deported from Cambodia after they were convicted of taking naked photos inside the country's famed Angkor temple complex, officials said on Sunday. Lindsey Adams, 22, and her 20-year-old sister Leslie were discovered taking nude shots of each other inside the Preah Khan temple at the world heritage site on Friday. The sisters were both given a suspended six-month ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 8 Feb 2015 | 4:32 am

US sisters arrested for nude photos at Cambodia's Angkor

Two American sisters have been arrested in Cambodia for taking naked photos of each other inside the country's famed Angkor temple complex, officials said Saturday -- the latest nude stunt by tourists to spark anger. Lindsey Adams, 22, and her 20-year-old sister Leslie were discovered taking "nude pictures" inside the Preah Khan temple at the world heritage site on Friday, the Apsara Authority ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 7 Feb 2015 | 6:34 am

Cambodia's ruling party promotes PM's sons, top allies

By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's ruling party named three sons of long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen to its upper ranks on Sunday as part of a bid to rejuvenate its leadership and claw back support lost at the last general election. The elevation of Hun Sen's sons within the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has fueled speculation the 62-year-old strongman is positioning his ...

Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 2 Feb 2015 | 11:58 am