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Moshe Safdie is a busy man indeed. After designing Changi Airport's Jewel terminal, the world-renowned Israeli-Canadian architect who was also responsible ...

Re: “'Big Joke' in surprise job shunting”, ( BP, April 7). We often hear Lord Chief Justice Hewart's wise words: “It is not merely of some importance but is of ...

THE Rome Statute has been explained until only two kinds of people can now insist it is “incompatible” with the Malaysian Constitution: the wilful fool and the ...

Co Tyrone woman directed the charity's activities in Latin America and beyond.

Brussels' hemicycle passed an urgent resolution on human rights and religious freedom in the land of the Red Dragon. We applaud it while noting a few faults.

PHNOM PENH, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China's rosier growth in the first quarter (Q1) of this year has given a positive sign for Cambodia's economic growth, ...

by Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan. PHNOM PENH, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has created tremendous opportunities for ...

by Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan. STUNG TRENG, Cambodia, April 20 (Xinhua) -- In early April in Sesan District of Stung Treng Province, Cambodia, the reservoir ...

THE BUSINESS TIMES Government & Economy - INDONESIA pulled off a complex yet peaceful election across its vast - and ethnically diverse - island territory ...

Sihanoukville, the coastal city and only deep sea port of Cambodia, is no longer a sleepy, undeveloped town for backpackers. This is a fact that should be ...

With Daniel Lippman. BROWNSTEIN HYATT WILL LOBBY FOR CAMBODIA: The government of Cambodia has hired Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck to lobby ...

At least 14 journalists have been killed in Cambodia since 1992, according to Reporters Without Borders.

PHNOM PENH, April 19 (Xinhua) -- China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aligns well with the Cambodian government's Rectangular Strategy Phase IV, ...

President Donald Trump used his second presidential veto on Tuesday to shoot down a bill aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Yemen crisis. The bill was ...

by Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan. KAMPONG CHAM, Cambodia, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Sum Meyle, a mother of five children, was on cloud nine when she heard that ...

Weekly Cabinet Resolutions BANGKOK, 19 April 2019 (NNT) - The Cabinet's meeting this week resulted in many resolutions, including preparations for the ...

Rock 'n' roll and human survival go hand-in-hand in a new production at Victory Gardens Theater. We meet some of the creative team behind the show.

Cambodia's ruling party has backed off of earlier threats it would request that the government of South Korea extradite members of the banned opposition ...

April 2019: The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has issued an updated list of questions and answers (Q&A) on Voluntary National ...

The Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is leading a delegation to officiate at the opening of a new rail *service* between Thailand and Cambodia at Klong Luek railway ...

PHNOM PENH -- NagaCorp is planning its third casino project in Phnom Penh to tap the growing numbers of free-spending Chinese tourists to the country.

My partner Andrea and I just returned from two months of traveling around Southeast Asia: Cambodia and Thailand, but mostly in Vietnam. For many of you who ...

DRIVING ALONG Hun Sen Boulevard—named after the man who has led Cambodia since 1985—a shiny Mercedes-Benz dealership appears in the ...

Walking into the famous Ta Keo Temple in Cambodia, visitors may notice that some parts of the temple are covered by protective nets and scaffolds. Near these ...

The government is once again heralding oil and gas prospects offshore and on, but it's done so twice before.

When the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia, photographer Roland Neveu captured the start of what became a genocide.

SAIPAN (Reuters) - More than six months after super typhoon Yutu battered Saipan, recovery efforts are making little traction with the government facing ...

The Cambodian government last week announced an 80-megawatt hydropower dam on the Anlong Krouch river, which flows to the town of Pursat.

by Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan. PHNOM PENH, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will bring closer ...

Andrew J. Gawthorpe To Build as Well as Destroy: American Nation-building in South Vietnam (Cornell University Press, 2018) From its occupation of the.

Details when considering manufacturing cost of labor, capabilities and technology, and investment in Vietnam.

Cambodia's violent and genocidal past doesn't sound like a story that will have you leaving the theater smiling. But Lauren Yee manages to create a small ...

An environmental watchdog on Thursday called on Cambodia's government to shut down a Chinese-owned hotel and casino for pouring raw sewage into the ...

Last year, the Trump administration deported a record number of Cambodians from the United States. On the surface, these deportations appear to be another ...

The US is slammed over its alleged involvement in the ousting Prince Sihanouk.

The director-general of Cambodia's Customs and Excise is cracking down on the illegal ivory trade. Armed with new partnerships, an innovative anti-smuggling ...

In Cambodia, a government-funded Techo Startup Center was launched earlier with the aim to foster new tech startups in the country, according to local news ...

Cambodia's government on Tuesday defended its decision to hire a U.S. state lawmaker to lobby on behalf of its interests in Congress, amid a low point in ...

4-8-2019. OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican Senator Doug Ericksen has registered as a foreign agent in order to consult and lobby for the country of ...

English News and Press Release on Cambodia about Climate Change and Environment, Disaster Management, Drought and Flood; published on 08 Apr 2019 ...

Cambodia's government on Friday approved a hydropower dam and solar energy plant projects in a bid to ease the strain on the country's electricity grid, which ...

A company created by state Sen. Doug Ericksen has landed a $500,000 lobbying contract from the Cambodian government he praised last year during a ...

English News and Press Release on Cambodia about Disaster Management; published on 05 Apr 2019 by UNDP.

With David Beavers and Daniel Lippman. WASHINGTON STATE SENATOR WILL LOBBY FOR CAMBODIA: Doug Ericksen, a sitting Washington state senator, ...

Hun Sen's comments came after he apparently read a news report where sources criticized the government over ongoing power shortages during the current ...

Promising steps have been taken to improve the business and investment environment in the Kingdom through a package of reforms. But Chheang Vannarith ...

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has told officials to cut off electricity to the homes of those who claim he orchestrated blackouts to drum up public support for ...

Key View. We have downwardly revised our short-term hydropower generation forecasts in Cambodia, from 4.46 TWh to 3.06TWh in 2019 as recent droughts ...

Hanoi (VNA) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced plans to reform the nation's economy on a large scale with a 17-point strategy, aiming to ...

Amid the race over whose technology will set the standards for 5G networks, country's users just want faster internet on their phones.

Ahead of the annual meeting between the two, the government has announced the creation of 13 groups to work in partnership with the private sector. According ...

The Cambodian government terminated the concessional contract for railway management with Royal Railway (Cambodia), a subsidiary of The Royal Group of ...

The government has repaid an accumulated $1.39 billion in debt *service* payments from 1993 to the end of last year, of which last year alone it repaid about ...

The Government-Private Sector Forum (G-PSF), an annual event where businesses get to address their concerns directly to the prime minister, will be held today ...

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday unveiled his strategy to offset the loss of a preferential trade agreement that the European Union is likely to ...

Strengthening the education sector is a top priority for the Cambodian government, says Prime Minister Hun Sen. He said they will be expanding scholarships ...

The government in Cambodia recently hosted a digital conference that celebrated the Kingdom's growing tech startup sector while simultaneously discussing ...

The sexually explicit photos were plastered over Venerable Luon Sovath's Facebook page, with its more than 100,000 followers. “The monk lacks morals,” one ...

Human rights groups ratchet up pressure on the Cambodian government after Sum Moeun vanished without a trace.

Tokyo is fighting a losing battle for Hun Sen's support and selling out its own legacy in the democratization of Cambodia.

MANILA -- As part of efforts to boost defense ties, the Philippines and Cambodia held the Inaugural Philippines-Cambodia Joint Defense Cooperation ...

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cambodia has returned land taken a decade ago from indigenous communities for a Vietnamese company's rubber ...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has postponed seniority indemnity payments for non garment and footwear workers until 2021, it said in a ...

BANGKOK — Cambodia faces a serious blow to its economy as the European Union investigates the government's deteriorating human rights record and ...

Angkor Gold CEO Stephen Burega believes Cambodia has the potential to be a mining leader due to its excellent geology and stable political environment.

In a dimly lit ballroom at a Tokyo luxury hotel, Sok Chenda Sophea, the secretary general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia and the minister ...

A European Union delegation arrived in Cambodia as NGOs in the Southeast Asian country called on the government to uphold the constitution as a way to ...

BANGKOK — A Cambodian court has issued arrest warrants for eight opposition leaders who fled abroad for safety but say they are now trying to return.

Exiled politicians accused of incitement to commit felony and plotting treason after announcing plans to return.

A series of user arrests suggests the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen, an avid and adept Facebooker, is placing new limits on freedom of expression.

Water shortages have been reported in 16 Cambodian provinces. El Niño is behind higher-than-average temperatures. About 75 per cent of Cambodia is ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 6 March 2019 -The Government of Japan and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) have exchanged notes ...

Cambodia's military is backing a powerful company in its seizure of land in Preah Vihear province, guarding bulldozers sent to destroy villagers' crops and ...

A website called *Fresh* News has become one of the country's most useful sources of political misinformation and propaganda in Cambodia.

The European Union is right to stand on principles and values and it should not stand alone.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian government has thanked Cambodia over the release of 47 Malaysians who were detained in the country since December last ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen's government has called the move to withdraw Cambodia from the Everything But Arms scheme was “has a political motive to drag ...

The EU has today started the process that could lead to the temporary suspension of Cambodia's preferential access to the EU market under the Everything But ...

The Ministry of Environment has dismissed “rumours” that the current chronic smog gripping Thai capital Bangkok will spread to Cambodia, saying that, unlike its ...

Survivors of acid attacks in Cambodia are being denied free government treatment that they are legally entitled to, Human Rights Watch says. Its report focused ...

Claims of threats to the country's sovereignty are vastly exaggerated and miss the broader point about how foreign economic relations work.

Cambodia's strongman leader Hun Sen on Thursday called on his country's military to "destroy" opponents if the government comes under threat, in a tirade i.

Washington, D.C – Protesters gathered in Washington this weekend to call for more diplomatic pressure to be placed on the Cambodian government over its ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Thursday took aim at some politicians and media outlets for using the terms “Phnom Penh regime” and “Hun Sen regime” instead ...

The Khmer Rouge officially fell on Jan. 7, 1979, but the legacy of the regime and its genocide is still pervasive. Here's what to know.

Twenty years since collapse of ultra-communist movement, policy hailed by Cambodia PM for ending war back in spotlight.

Cambodia's government will host the start of a three-day celebration marking the 20-year anniversary of the end of civil war. The event, beginning Dec.

Sao Run is worried that if the clothing factory where she works closes down she won't be able to feed herself and her son. A 34-year-old widow, she has spent ...

Self-exiled cofounder calls government decision a political maneuver but others see it as sign of genuine improvement.

(New York) – The Cambodian government's revocation of a repressive regulation on nongovernmental organizations should jump-start genuine efforts to repeal ...

The international community has to pressure Cambodia to hold free and fair elections.

FROM STITCHING sequins to printing logos, making clothes can be a delicate, fiddly process. Even so, Cambodian factories swiftly fulfil huge orders placed by ...

The Cambodian government should immediately and unconditionally release all those detained for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights.

Cambodia's lawmakers on Thursday voted in a new parliamentary leadership and government, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party, after a July general ...

An Australian filmmaker has been sentenced by a Cambodian court to six years in prison on charges of spying for an unnamed country. James Ricketson, 69 ...

Cambodia released 14 government critics on Tuesday, in a move by Prime Minister Hun Sen that some observers say is aimed at appeasing foreign criticism of ...

Mark Field, UK Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, is visiting Cambodia today (22 August) for meetings with the Cambodian government and members of ...

The recent ABC Four Corners story “Champagne with Dictators” shows Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at a political rally telling the ABC reporter that ...

Statement by Minister for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field following the election in Cambodia.

Cambodia ranks as one of the world's most corrupt countries - but after an extensive forensic investigation, Al Jazeera found that corruption stretches far beyond ...