Cambodia News: Hor Namhong

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng is demanding $1 million in damages from Sam Rainsy after the “acting president” of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia ...

PHNOM PENH, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) is preparing for listing on the Cambodia Securities ...

Chinese officials last week visited Longmate's banana factory in Kampot in a move hailed as an effort to allow more Cambodian agricultural goods to enter the ...

Some 2000 Chinese envoys, led by China's Culture and Tourism deputy minister, have been in Cambodia since Sunday. Their visit is part of the ...

CHONGQING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-initiated trade friction and escalation will damage the global trade order and bring losses rather than gains, according ...

Foreign political leaders stressed the need to raise awareness of the nature and mutual benefits of the Belt and Road Initiative at a Belt and Road Forum for ...

Cambodia has suffered from the widespread public perception both at home and abroad of being a vassal or client state of China. Such wrong perception was ...

Li calls for efforts to move forward with South China Sea code of conduct talks. China and Cambodia should better align development strategies and move ...

Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) is a model for the development of Special Economic Zones in Cambodia, Cambodian Deputy ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn will depart for China today for three days in order to further bolster the relationship between Cambodia and China. The trip ...

by Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan. PHNOM PENH, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) is a model for the ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen today departed Phnom Penh for Japan to attend Future of Asia conference and to meet with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe to ...

PM left for Hanoi to attend the funeral of former Vietnamese president Le Duc Anh.

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia Rhona Smith, as part of her 11-day visit to the country, met Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana to discuss ...

Two years after the Paris Peace Agreement, Cambodia paved its way to become a guest country in Asean from 1993 to 1995 and an observer from 1995 to 1996 ...

China pledged to support Cambodia if the EU removes the EBA scheme.

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his delegation left the Kingdom yesterday to attend the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing where a number of assistance agreements ...

PHNOM PENH, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen will lead a high-level delegation to attend the second Belt and Road ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court's call for a ban on the popular video app TikTok will hurt free speech rights, China's Bytedance Technology Co has said ...

The Women's Affairs Ministry last week launched the Nokor Tep hospital in Dangkor district in a bid to provide female reproductive services to those less ...

The president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) said India is considering expanding its investments in the Kingdom, ...

If international sanctions on North Korea are not removed, economic ties between Cambodia and North Korea will remain miniscule, which in turn affects the ...

The Royal Academy of Cambodia holds a meeting to discuss the dissolution of CNRP and speculate on the return of Sam Rainsy.

Noise and smoke fill the air as Cambodians of Chinese descent offer fruits, wine, tea, spring rolls, noodles and fish to their ancestors just three days ahead of the ...

Cambodia and China on Wednesday evening held the first event of the Tourism and Culture Year at Chaktomuk Theater in Phnom Penh's Daun Penh district.

Cambodia welcomed some two million Chinese tourists last year, up more than 70 per cent on the previous year, boosting the total number of foreign tourists ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Cambodian artists jointly performed here on Wednesday to celebrate the launch of the China-Cambodia culture ...

Phnom Penh – Cambodia and China on Tuesday jointly hosted a gala dinner to promote mutual tourism destinations. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen today left for China for an official three-day visit in bid to strengthen both countries' ties.

The People's Republic of China's ambassador to Cambodia, Wang Wentian, accused the West of attempting to sabotage the two nations' friendship during a ...

The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation has approved the financing of new member country projects, in which Cambodia is set to receive about $8 million for 19 new ...

Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting approved new projects financed to the LMC's countries which Cambodia will receive about $8 ...

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at the 4th Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Luang Prabang, ...

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is now in Laos for the Fourth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting. Wang held talks ...

Womens' representation in the political structure has always been a waxing issue for the Asian countries. The World Bank data shows that over the last decade ...

Century 21 Cambodia and Morgan Ford Investment yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to promote unit sales at Morgan Tower, a $160-million ...

The Royal Academy of Cambodia yesterday marked the 27th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, signed to end decades of armed conflict, by saying that ...

Longmate Agriculture Co Ltd, a joint venture between local, Chinese and Hong Kong investors, is set to send some 30000 tonnes of its maiden banana export to ...

The Boao Forum for Asia-Phnom Penh Conference brought together this week Chinese and Cambodian leading businesspeople and politicians to discuss ...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's remarkable progress today could not be achieved without China's help and support, Cambodian Deputy Prime ...

Morgan Tower, a 210-metre high-rise building, broke ground on Saturday in Phnom Penh's Diamond Island, with project representatives hailing the ...

After paying a courtesy call on the King and visiting the chairman of the Constitutional Council, caretaker prime minister Hun Sen on Wednesday rescheduled ...

With local farmers and exporters now able to meet strict sanitary standards, the governments of Cambodia and China yesterday signed a deal that allows the ...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and China on Thursday signed a protocol of phytosanitary requirements that will make way for the exports of ...

Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong said yesterday the appointment of Tourism Minister Thong Khon as a member of the European Tourism Academy will add ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-Cambodia diplomatic relations which are rooted in the cultural similarities and amity between ...

File photo taken on Oct. 22, 2015 shows the Cambodia-China Friendship Chroy Changvar II Bridge in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Xinhua/Sovannara). by Mao ...

The fifth edition of the India-CLMV Business Conclave wrapped up yesterday in Phnom Penh, with attending officials committing to enhancing business ties ...

The ruling CPP is to take part in meetings of the standing committee of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties and the Asia Europe Political ...

Cambodia, the latest member of Asean, has come a long way despite concerns in 1999 that its economy was underdeveloped and it could not play catch-up with ...

The White House has resisted gushing overtures Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen made this week to U.S. President Donald Trump in Manila, issuing a stiff ...

One of China's top meat-focused conglomerates could be about to expand its reach in south-east Asia. New Hope Group, a company with interests in feed, pigs ...

On October 9, Lanmei Airlines (Cambodia) held a grand ceremony called Lanmei Six Nations Flights Launching and the One-hundred Riels Thanksgiving ...

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Lanmei Airlines (Cambodia), a Chinese-owned airline, was launched in Cambodia on Monday and will operate six-nation ...

China's embassy in Phnom Penh hosted a commemoration for the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (1949-2017) at the ...

BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Ever since its founding 68 years ago, China has been expanding its partnerships worldwide, aiming to safeguard world peace and ...

Chan Chem sits on a concrete bench dressed in only a pair of navy shorts and dark sunglasses. The 96-year-old is a resident of Kampong Cham's Sandek ...

On May 17, 2017, President Xi Jinping met at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse with Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia. Xi Jinping welcomed Hun Sen's official ...

Soeung Rathchavy, who will be Cambodia's ambassador to the United Kingdom, said she would emphasize strengthening a Cambodian foreign policy that ...

BANGKOK — After spending more than a decade and nearly $300 million, the United Nations-backed tribunal prosecuting the crimes of the Khmer Rouge has ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen ratcheted up his rhetoric against his opponents on Wednesday, hinting that he might deploy military force against any political party that ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodians with Chinese descent have prepared to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year - the Year of the Rooster ...

Cambodia is once again turning to China for an early implementation of a new rice purchase pact and a loan agreement amid falling prices, a senior ...

Was Cambodia paid off? In June, it reportedly forced ASEAN to retract a strongly-worded statement on the South China Sea dispute, irking many of its regional ...

In November 2009, a contingent of senior Cambodian officials lined up at a military air base to greet deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose ...

After being smuggled out of the Kingdom during the civil war and kept in the Cambodian Embassy in France for more than two decades, the heads of a Brahma ...

Cambodia's prime minister Hun Sen has again reshuffled his cabinet as his long-ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) struggles to find relevancy with an ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to revamp his cabinet as three long-serving ministers agreed to give up their posts in a move that appears to ...

Southeast Asian nations expressed serious concern on Saturday about growing international tension over disputed waters in the South China Sea.

US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday pushed Prime Minister Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on the need for greater political freedom in ...

Cambodian premier Hun Sen chaired a joint Cabinet meeting with his Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday as part of a Bangkok trip drumming up ...

Sourn Serey Ratha, the formerly self-exiled president of the new Khmer Power Party, said yesterday that he was preparing to sue Foreign Minister Hor Namhong ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday repeated allegations that Foreign Minister Hor Namhong was responsible for collaborating with his Khmer Rouge ...

Inflation returned to the eurozone in October, although the rate at which consumer prices rose fell well short of the European Central Bank's target.

A Cambodian court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition chief Sam Rainsy on charges of defamation. He and the premier have been locked in a bitter ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong yesterday met with newly appointed UNICEF representative to Cambodia Debora Comini, reportedly reminding the ...

India's plan to build a replica of the Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex has been halted after the Cambodian government objected to the scheme.

Cambodia approaches China, leaving the United States in the dust. Can it retain its freedom?

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Southeast Asian countries on Tuesday backed a U.S. call to halt land reclamation in the South China Sea, underlining unease in ...

The UN should be seen and not heard, at least when it comes to Cambodia's controversial draft NGO law, Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong said yesterday.

PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – Cambodia and France have agreed to increase the trade volume between the two countries. Bilateral trade between the ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the Ministry of Justice to review Moscow's request to extradite fugitive Russian tycoon Sergei Polonsky ahead of an ...

By Lauren Crothers. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made his first official visit to Cambodia on Sunday to inaugurate the ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen returned from attending a meeting of Asian leaders in Beijing yesterday with promises of hundreds of millions of dollars of development ...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) released a statement Tuesday in which Hor Sothoun, the eldest son of Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong, defended himself ...

The International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia also gave the ...

International Court of Justice has begun hearings on the ownership of land beside ancient Preah Vihear temple.

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The recent ASEAN summit ended with controversy. Is there a viable path forward? Luke Hunt reports.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Disputes in the strategically important South China Sea proved so contentious here that an annual regional gathering has ended ...

Cambodia will not extradite a French architect wanted in China in connection with the murder of Neil Heywood, its Foreign ministry said.

Updated at 12:30 p.m. EST on 2012-06-14. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has raised human rights issues in talks with her counterpart from Cambodia, ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai and Cambodian soldiers fought with rocket-propelled grenades and guns on their disputed border on Friday in a clash that killed six ...

Thailand and Cambodia have taken their border dispute to the UN Security Council, but it showed no inclination to take up Phnom Penh's request for a ...

Iran seems to have found a new friend in the unlikeliest of places: Cambodia. Tehran hosted a high-level delegation from the Southeast Asian nation earlier this ...

Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbours have told the military government they are concerned over whether elections this year will be free and fair, a senior ...

The visit of Thai Foreign Min-ister Kasit Piromya to Phnom Penh Monday marked a détente in Thai-Cambodian relations, with headway made on several issues ...

Two Cambodian soldiers have been killed in an exchange of gunfire with Thai troops along a disputed section of their border. The clash, near the ancient Preah ...

Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged rocket and rifle fire, according to reports from the scene, threatening to escalate a tense confrontation at the border.

In a whitewashed mansion of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Prince Thomico Sisowath gestured wistfully towards a table covered with black and white photos ...