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Rubber boom 'fuelling land grabs in Southeast Asia' - Gulf times - Gulf Times

Rubber boom 'fuelling land grabs in Southeast Asia' - Gulf times
Gulf Times
... rubber plantation in Cambodia. AFP/Phnom Penh Vietnamese rubber firms bankrolled by an arm of the World Bank and Germany's Deutsche Bank are driving a land-grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia, activists said yesterday. Indigenous ethnic minorities ...
Vietnam firms involved in 'illegal land grabs'BBC News
Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vietnam firms' land grabsThe Guardian
Banks accused of funding land-grabs in AsiaABC Online
New Straits Times -European Rubber Journal (subscription)
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Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 13 May 2013 | 8:41 pm

Analysis: Southeast Asia's human trafficking conundrum - IRINnews.org

Analysis: Southeast Asia's human trafficking conundrum
IRINnews.org
JAKARTA, 6 mai 2013 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of people are vulnerable to being trafficked in Southeast Asia, with governments struggling to understand and respond collectively to the problem, say experts and government officials. A 2012 UN Office on ...

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Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 13 May 2013 | 11:27 am

Western banks financing illegal south-east Asian land grabs – video - The Guardian

The Guardian

Western banks financing illegal south-east Asian land grabs – video
The Guardian
Western banks financing illegal south-east Asian land grabs – video. A film looking into the activities of two Vietnamese rubber firms with operations in Cambodia and Laos. A report released by corruption watchdog Global Witness alleges both companies ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 12 May 2013 | 11:24 pm

'Travel Talk' Speaker Focuses on American Opportunities in Southeast Asia - Patch.com

'Travel Talk' Speaker Focuses on American Opportunities in Southeast Asia
Patch.com
David Bovee, an investment banker from Seattle, will present "An American Perspective on Southeast Asia: Emphasizing the rapid growth and change in Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and China," on Wednesday, May 15, 7:00-8:30 pm at Annie Wright ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 11 May 2013 | 7:04 pm

Opinion: ASEAN doors open wider with Griffiths' move

With the flow of Australian players to Singapore and Malaysia slowing to a trickle in recent years, Sham Majid wonders if Adam Griffiths' move to Selangor might spark a change

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 7 May 2013 | 7:00 am

Southeast Asia's human trafficking conundrum - IRINnews.org

Southeast Asia's human trafficking conundrum
IRINnews.org
JAKARTA, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of people are vulnerable to being trafficked in Southeast Asia, with governments struggling to understand and respond collectively to the problem, say experts and government officials. A 2012 UN Office ...

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Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 6 May 2013 | 1:55 pm

Thai Brands Vie To Outfit Cambodian Team At Southeast Asian Games - SportsBusiness Daily (subscription)

AFP

Thai Brands Vie To Outfit Cambodian Team At Southeast Asian Games
SportsBusiness Daily (subscription)
The Cambodian team for the Southeast Asian Games will don clothing and competitive gear custom made "by one of the two reputed brands from Thailand," Grandsport and Football Thailand, according to H.S. Manjunath of the PHNOM PENH POST. The Thai ...
Breaking the language barrierBangkok Post
Cleveland, Phnom Penh share 'People'Cleveland Daily Banner

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Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 3 May 2013 | 12:00 am

Anger Over Garment Factory Disaster Fuels Annual Labor Rallies in Southeast ... - PBS NewsHour

Anger Over Garment Factory Disaster Fuels Annual Labor Rallies in Southeast ...
PBS NewsHour
RAY SUAREZ: Demands for higher pay and better working conditions brought out thousands of low-wage workers across Southeast Asia. They marched in Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines, and elsewhere. ATH THORN, Coalition of Cambodian Apparel ...

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Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 2 May 2013 | 2:32 am

Drug Resistant Strain of Malaria Found In Cambodia, Spreading Through ... - Medical Daily

Medical Daily

Drug Resistant Strain of Malaria Found In Cambodia, Spreading Through ...
Medical Daily
What is most disturbing is that the parasite population seen in Southeast Asia has not been seen anywhere in the world and seemed to have developed in isolation. In western Cambodia, where the resistant parasite originated, 42 percent of all malaria ...
Study: Cambodian parasites resistant to most effective antimalarial drugWired.co.uk
Parasite 'resistant to malaria drug artemisinin'BBC News
'Fingerprinting' malaria parasite drug resistance offers new tool for tracking ...Wellcome Trust
The Guardian -AllAfrica.com -Medical News Today
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Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 29 Apr 2013 | 6:44 pm

More investors targeting SEA hotels for investment

By Shabnam Muzammil:Investor interest for hotels in South East Asia is rising after strong transaction volumes of US$620 million (S$767 million) were recorded in the first quarter of 2013, up 190 percent from the same period last year, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 29 Apr 2013 | 3:30 am

RCEP — can it create the world's largest FTA?

SINCE the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis, there has been a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs). The benefits of these FTAs, such as more trade and investment, are sometimes not that obvi

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 29 Apr 2013 | 3:15 am

China slams Philippine bid to "legalize" occupation of islands

BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the Philippines on Friday of trying to legalize its occupation of islands in the disputed South China Sea, repeating that Beijing would never agree to international arbitration. Frustrated with the slow pace of regional diplomacy, the Philippines in January angered China by asking a U.N. tribunal to order a halt to Beijing's activities that it said violated ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 26 Apr 2013 | 6:31 am

China slams Philippine bid to "legalise" occupation of islands

BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the Philippines on Friday of trying to legalise its occupation of islands in the disputed South China Sea, repeating that Beijing would never agree to international arbitration. Frustrated with the slow pace of regional diplomacy, the Philippines in January angered China by asking a U.N. tribunal to order a halt to Beijing's activities that it said violated ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 26 Apr 2013 | 6:27 am

EDITORIAL: Sea code: Binding on both sides

Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Walk softly and carry a big stick. Theodoure Roosevelt's dictum of practical diplomacy works only if a big stick is handy, like a powerful navy that has just circled the world. In the matter of the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the Philippines does not wield anything that can be mistaken for a big stick. It does not have the economic clout ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 26 Apr 2013 | 3:50 am

Southeast Asia to reach out to China on sea disputes - Reuters

Inquirer.net

Southeast Asia to reach out to China on sea disputes
Reuters
Efforts by ASEAN to craft a code of conduct to manage South China Sea tensions all but collapsed last year at a summit chaired by Cambodia, a close economic ally of China, when the group failed to issue a closing statement for the first time. Cambodia ...
Southeast Asian leaders to talk China, tradeInquirer.net
In Brunei, a Softer Tone on ChinaWall Street Journal (blog)
Q&A: Why Southeast Asia aims for an economic unionU-T San Diego
VOA Khmer -Rappler
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Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 25 Apr 2013 | 11:52 am

China, 15 other Asian nations to start trade talks

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — China and 15 other Asia-Pacific nations will kick off the first round of free trade talks next month to create one of the world's largest trading blocs, officials said Thursday.

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 25 Apr 2013 | 7:55 am

Asia-Pacific Countries set FTA talks

Bandar Seri Begawan - Sixteen Asia-Pacific countries are set to start talks next month on a free trade zone that would cover over half the world's population, according to a document obtained by AFP Tuesday.

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 23 Apr 2013 | 9:25 pm

Asia-Pacific countries poised to start free-trade talks

The prime minister's office complex is pictured in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei on April 23, 2013. Sixteen Asia-Pacific countries are set to start talks next month on a free trade zone that would cover ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 23 Apr 2013 | 11:42 am

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

Assessing the Relevance of Southeast Asia's Monarchies
the Diplomat (blog)
Southeast Asia has four monarchies, each with its own unique traits. Brunei is an absolute monarchy, while Thailand, Malaysia, and Cambodia have the constitutional form. The history of these monarchies, including their future prospects, is discussed in ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Google News | 23 Apr 2013 | 5:54 am

Bohol to host ASEAN conference

Tagbilaran City, Bohol - Eleven members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will hold its second Conference on Working Toward a Cyber Pornography and Cyber Prostitution-Free Southeast Asia in this city on April 23 and 25.

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Yahoo! News Search Results | 18 Apr 2013 | 4:44 pm

RP can, Cambodia can’t? - The Daily Tribune

Hos argued that the Philippines and Vietnam should not blame Cambodia for Asean’s failure to issue an end-of-meeting statement spelling concerns in the region, a first in its 45-year history. It certainly looks like the Aquino government is going to ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 12:56 pm

Analysis: ASEAN path to economic union muddied by South China Sea - NBCNews.com

professor of Southeast Asian economies at the Australian National University. And China's expanding influence looms large. "The Phnom Penh meetings in July were significant not just because China sought to divide ASEAN by leaning on Cambodia, but because ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 31 Jul 2012 | 9:03 pm

Philippines hits out at Cambodia in China row - YAHOO!

The move appeared to further deepen divisions within the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), more than two weeks after a ministerial meeting hosted by Cambodia ended in disarray over the sea dispute. Foreign Department ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 31 Jul 2012 | 2:30 pm

ASEAN finds common ground on sea dispute: Cambodia - ca.news.yahoo.com

Southeast Asian nations on Friday vowed to work towards a "code of conduct" in the disputed South China Sea, but failed to fully mend a rift that marred a regional meeting last week. Current chair Cambodia announced that the Association of Southeast Asian ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 20 Jul 2012 | 8:19 pm

SE Asia seeks common ground on S.China Sea spat - Reuters India

Marty Natalegawa will hold a news conference in Jakarta on Friday after visiting Cambodia on Thursday as part of a whistle-stop tour aimed at repairing discord among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the best way to resolve ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 19 Jul 2012 | 12:49 pm

Indonesia seeks to mend SE Asia rift over South China Sea - Reuters

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations' reputation for harmony and polite debate was left in tatters by the Phnom Penh meeting. One ASEAN diplomat accused China of buying the loyalty of Cambodia and some other states with economic largesse.

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 18 Jul 2012 | 12:58 pm

Thailand, Cambodia withdraw troops from disputed border area to comply with court ruling - Washington Post

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia — Cambodia and Thailand withdrew their army troops Wednesday from a disputed border area near an ancient temple, as the Southeast Asian neighbors try to defuse a decades-long dispute that has turned deadly in recent years.

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 18 Jul 2012 | 6:53 am

Cambodia as divide and rule pawn - Asia Times

PHNOM PENH - The official theme for Cambodia's chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is "One Community, One Destiny" - but the outcomes of this year's meetings highlighted the bloc's growing divisions on the issue of China.

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 17 Jul 2012 | 8:27 am

Asian Leaders at Regional Meeting Fail to Resolve Disputes Over South China Sea - New York Times

The host for the conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Cambodia, a close ally of China, refused to play the customary role of seeking agreement among the 10 participating countries, thus undermining the possibility of an ...

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 13 Jul 2012 | 3:27 pm

SE Asia meeting in disarray over sea dispute with China - Reuters India

The Philippines said in a statement on Friday that it "deplores" the failure of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit to address the worsening row, and criticised Cambodia in unusually strong language for its handling of the issue.

Source: South East Asian Cambodia - Bing News | 13 Jul 2012 | 8:32 am