Cambodia News: Sihanouk

Notable Quotes - Namibian

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Namibian
Born 14 May 1953, Norodom Sihamoni is the King of Cambodia since 29 October 2004. He was Cambodia's ambassador to Unesco and named by a nine-member throne council to become the next king after his father Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in 2004.

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 14 May 2013 | 6:39 am

Cargo Traffic Rises at Ports in First Four Months - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Cargo Traffic Rises at Ports in First Four Months
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Cargo shipment into ports in Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk province soared in the first four months of 2013, officials said. At the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port—which since January has been moving the majority of goods through a new port in Kandal ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 14 May 2013 | 1:42 am

8 political parties register to run in Cambodia's July polls - Global Times

8 political parties register to run in Cambodia's July polls
Global Times
... main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) led by self-exiled leader Sam Rainsy, royalist Funcinpec Party headed by Princess Norodom Arun Rasmey, the youngest daughter of late King Father Norodom Sihanouk, said Sour Sophary from ...

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 14 May 2013 | 1:37 am

Cambodia's Economic Opportunity - the Diplomat

the Diplomat

Cambodia's Economic Opportunity
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The lack of handling equipment in one of the main ports, the Sihanouk-Ville Port, is also a major constraint for the export of large quantities of milled rice. In addition, lack of access to and high cost of credit decreases domestic economic value ...

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 8 May 2013 | 4:23 pm

Cambodia to issue new 100000-riel banknote featuring royal family pictures - Shanghai Daily (subscription)

Cambodia to issue new 100000-riel banknote featuring royal family pictures
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
According to its model, the bill displays the portraits of late King Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath on the obverse and the pictures of the two monarchs and their current King Norodom Sihamoni on the reverse. The country will ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 8 May 2013 | 12:26 pm

Russian Flees Cambodia Despite His Pending Assault Trial - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Russian Flees Cambodia Despite His Pending Assault Trial
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Russian former billionaire Sergei Polonsky has left Cambodia, despite currently being on bail by the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court for an alleged assault in December, according to an associate. Mr. Polonsky, 40, along with two other Russians, is ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 8 May 2013 | 4:10 am

Royal Ballet of Cambodia at Brooklyn Academy of Music - New York Times

Royal Ballet of Cambodia at Brooklyn Academy of Music
New York Times
The present company is led and choreographed by Princess Norodom Buppha Devi, a daughter of King Norodom Sihanouk (who died last October) and sister of the present king, Norodom Sihamoni; she first performed in public when she was 8, in 1951, and ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 3 May 2013 | 10:55 pm

Hun Sen Promises to Protect Sihanouk's Legacy of Prosperity - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Hun Sen Promises to Protect Sihanouk's Legacy of Prosperity
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Speaking from the Preah Sihanouk Autonomous Port in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen promised that he would preserve the name of the seaside province and the legacy of its namesake while leading a return to the age of ...

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 2 May 2013 | 2:51 am

K. Rouge cadres have little appetite for landmark trial

It has been hailed as a chance to heal a traumatised nation, but former foot soldiers of the brutal Khmer Rouge say Cambodia's genocide trial is a waste of money that will only re-open old wounds.

Source: Sihanouk - Yahoo! News Search Results | 1 May 2013 | 4:29 am

Assessing the Relevance of Southeast Asia's Monarchies - the Diplomat (blog)

Assessing the Relevance of Southeast Asia's Monarchies
the Diplomat (blog)
Meanwhile, Cambodia's past half century was dominated by one figure, Khmer King Norodom Sihanouk. He was King for two terms and abdicated twice. Throughout Cambodia's tumultuous modern history, he served as head of state, premier, and even ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 23 Apr 2013 | 5:54 am

Jean-Marie Cambacérès, ancien député du Gard, auteur de «Norodom ... - RFI

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Jean-Marie Cambacérès, ancien député du Gard, auteur de «Norodom ...
RFI
Quelques mois à peine après la mort du roi du Cambodge – arrivé sur le trône en 1941 – le politicien français Jean-Marie Cambacérès publie à son sujet Norodom Sihanouk, le roi insubmersible, paru aux éditions du Cherche-Midi. Un ouvrage nourri par les ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 20 Apr 2013 | 11:33 am

Thailand rejects use of Annex I map

Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - Thailand yesterday rebuffed Cambodia's use of the Annex I map, saying it could only be used to indicate Cambodia's sovereignty over the Preah Vihear Temple and that it never marked a clear boundary between the two countries.

Source: Sihanouk - Yahoo! News Search Results | 20 Apr 2013 | 6:40 am

Cambodia 'altering maps': Thai legal team

The Hague (The Nation/ANN) - Testifying at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) yesterday, Thailand's legal team rejected Cambodia's allegation that Bangkok had made a "unilateral delimitation" of the vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple, and accused Cambodia of doctoring maps submitted to the court.

Source: Sihanouk - Yahoo! News Search Results | 18 Apr 2013 | 5:50 am

Cambodia's ICJ stance 'expected': Thailand

The Hague (The Nation/ANN) - The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, began hearings on the Thailand-Cambodia territorial dispute over the land surrounding the Preah Vihear Temple yesterday.

Source: Sihanouk - Yahoo! News Search Results | 16 Apr 2013 | 4:50 am

PPWSA surges on Cambodian Securities Exchange - Phnom Penh Post

Sim Sitha, former director of Sihanouk Water Supply, took control of the firm on July 1. Ek Sonn Chan was with PPWSA for 20 years. Several companies – state owned and private – have expressed interest in listing during the past four months. At least ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 30 Jul 2012 | 5:05 am

U.S. Navy hospital ship provides assistance to Cambodian communities - Xinhua News Agency

PREAH SIHANOUK, Cambodia, July 29 (Xinhua) -- The United States Navy Military Sealift Command's hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) docked at Cambodia's Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Sunday in order to provide free medical, dental, veterinary ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 29 Jul 2012 | 4:24 am

UN warns on rising anger of 7 billion - Arab Times

When Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihanouk was born on Oct 31, 1922, at the start of humanity’s great demographic expansion, the world’s population had still not reached two billion. Sihanouk turned 89 on Monday. Mounting concern over humanity ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 28 Jul 2012 | 8:43 am

Nghe An benefits from Pacific Partnership programme - NhanDan Online

“Without their helps and local knowledge we would not have been able to accomplish so much,” he said. The USNS Mercy is now headed to Sihanouk-ville, Cambodia, for its fourth and final mission port.

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 27 Jul 2012 | 10:17 am

North Korea IDs Mystery Woman as Kim Jong-Un’s Wife—But Who Is She, Really? - Daily Beast

When Kim Il-sung ruled, the “Great Leader” and his wife appeared publicly with the likes of Nicolae Ceausescu, the Romanian dictator, and Cambodia King Norodom Sihanouk. But when his son, the late Kim Jong-il, assumed the reins in the 1990s ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 26 Jul 2012 | 8:38 am

North Koreans Learn They Have First Lady - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Before that, for instance, state media carried reports when Kim Il-sung and his wife, Kim Song-ae, met Nicolae Ceausescu, the Romanian dictator, and King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Kim Song-ae was Kim Jong-il's stepmother. But after Kim Jong-il was ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 25 Jul 2012 | 4:53 pm

Cambodian King Departs for China for Routine Medical Check - CRIENGLISH.com

Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue also went to the airport. Besides medical check, the King will also visit his parents, the former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk and former Queen Norodom Monineath. Norodom Sihanouk has been receiving medical ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 22 Jul 2012 | 3:56 am