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Of course, Cambodia was not always close to China, with its history of funding the Khmer Rouge, the communist guerrilla group that began in 1960, presided over genocide of 1.7 million from 1975 to 1979, and continued its …
Second regional event held to thank religious liberty advocates.
Obama say, “Respect it!” Remember, he made a point of having Brotherhood leaders in the audience when he gave his notorious speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009. And he has applauded as the Brotherhood moves to take …
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Germany and China are building a ‘special relationship’ that risks undermining Europe’s overall position with the rising Asian giant. Read more…
The rest of the world has traditionally looked up to Europe as an example to be emulated, but a new survey suggests its reputation is declining. Should nations worry about how much, or little, they are loved? Read more…
Via The East African : ACTS-resistant malaria comes to East Africa . Excerpt: A strain of the deadly malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to artemisinin, one of the most powerful anti-malarial drugs, has been …
Construction has begun on what will become Chile’s largest wind farm, a 115-megawatt development in the Antofagasta region in the northern part of the country.
Via Xinhua: Dengue fever kills 14 Cambodian children in 1st four months. Excerpt: Cambodia reported 2277 dengue fever cases, killing 14 children in the first four months of 2012, Dr. Char Meng Chuor, director of the National …
India not only has a growing presence in oil and gas exploration off Vietnam in the South China Sea, there has been an Indian presence in helping to keep the sea lanes safe and open for some time now. Besides, India is …
The future might look grim in Europe , but in the past things were invariably worse. As the Continent marks 67 years of peace, it could be time to start looking on the bright side. Read more…
The alarming expulsion of the Al Jazeera correspondent from China has parallels in other parts of Asia. In Thailand, for example, an online journalist who failed to move quickly enough to erase royal insults from her Web site …
The online community in China was outraged when videos were posted online of a new Ferrari burning rubber on the 14th-century city wall in Nanjing. Read more…
Members of the Cambodian prime minister’s bodyguard unit stand in front of the Peace Building in Phnom Penh on March 28, 2012 consisting of the Cambodian leader’s office. Cambodia has prepared thousands of police …
Needless to say, present day Cambodia is still healing from their fairly recent war, but when you find yourself standing alone in the jungle surrounded by semi-toppled ruins and giant Buddha statues, you’ll experience the …
Here again we see, anywhere Islamic law and Western law conflict, it is always Western law that has to give way. We see this time and time again, imposing Islam on the public square, the secular marketplace, the courts of …
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates Shipping Line will raise its rates on cargo moving on its Far East and intra- Asia services, starting May 15. On shipments from the Far East and Southeast Asia to East Africa, the ocean carrier will …
Freight rates in the key Asia -to-Europe container trades appear to have peaked after a nearly fourfold increase since December, according to Alphaliner.
French voters began going to the polls Sunday morning in what has been characterized as one of the most dramatic and consequential elections in the postwar era, with the Socialist candidate, François Hollande, widely …
But, really, in Cambodia only one person has power: Hun Sen. With a cultural fatalism that pervades Cambodia , Vanny says her story has a clear trajectory if Hun Sen sticks around. Last Wednesday, another protest leader, …
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (NNS) — Sailors from U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and Marines assigned to Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) completed a port visit to Shihanoukville, …
The photographer Mathieu Young recalls his week with the activist Chut Wutty, who worked tirelessly to save the forests of Cambodia .
Baidu has launched an office in Australia aimed at helping local firms tap into the potential of China’s Internet space.
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President Barack Obama named Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan among the five leaders whom he most trusts. Turkey dictates to NATO, now? Since when? NATO is a distinctly American organization.
American and Chinese officials simultaneously broke the news on Wednesday afternoon that the blind dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng had left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Within minutes, the Chinese followed up with a …
The death of environmental activist Chut Wutty has raised questions over whether there was official complicity.
GfK Asia has reported that half of smartphones sales in Southeast Asia are Android devices.
Via the Hong Kong government website: 21 ill in gastro outbreak. The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed a gastroenteritis outbreak involving 21 students and staff at a Kwun Tong kindergarten. The 19 students, aged …
Descending from the central Ethiopian plateau, the Omo River meanders across the country’s parched southwest before spilling into Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake. The Omo River is a lifeline for hundreds of thousands …
Vietnam’s high-quality fertilisers and its latest science and technology transferred to Cambodia have helped raise rice productivity in the neighbouring country, a conference was told in Cambodia on April 29. The conference …
He acknowledges the concern that if talks drag out Iran will conclude we are unserious and will continue full steam ahead with its nuclear weapons program. So how do we prevent the rope-a-dope game? Lieberman begins …
Trade and investments between Europe and Southeast Asia was the focus of international business leaders at the ASEAN- EU Business Summit in Phnom Penh. Central to the theme was the impact of the EU economic crisis …
Al Qaeda East Africa Beheads Man. Keep telling yourself the war on terror is over: Armed men belonging to Al-Shabaab, the radical Islamist movement in Somalia beheaded a businessman living in Eel Adde, about 90 km …
PHNOM PENH, 27th April ( Cambodia Herald) – Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to expand a pilot immigration project in Banteay Meanchey province to Koh Kong province, the Ministry of Interior said Friday.
“He was head of the World Health Organisation’s diabetes program and did some research here in Cambodia and found there was a diabetes problem here,” she told the Southern Times Messenger from Cambodia . “After my …
More Cambodian parents are sending their children to be educated in Chinese because they see it as a key language for business in Cambodia’s future, said Chea Chengkhun, the principal of a Chinese school in Phnom …
Is Canada doing its own pivot toward the Asia -Pacific? It will need to focus more on Southeast Asia if it is serious about one.
Many reasons for the exclusion of most of Africa from this and other “global” initiatives are not difficult to divine. They are connected with the motivations of banks and bankers, and, by extension, wealthy patrons, collectors, and …
The flag of the European Union (R) stands beside the flag of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations and the flags of the 10-member countries during the ASEAN- EU ministerial meeting in Singapore in 2008. (Reuters) …
The European Union is lifting its economic sanctions on Myanmar, also known as Burma, in recognition of the Southeast Asian nation’s steps toward political reform, officials announced.
The European Union suspended its sanctions against Myanmar on Monday for a year following a wave of widely praised political reforms in the country, but will retain an embargo on arms sales, officials said. The EU wants to …
There’s an intriguing story being reported out of China , that the Chinese Minister of Land and Resources Xu Shaoshi, said in an exclusive interview that ‘ China is running short of 25 kinds of mineral resources, including 11 that …
Via The Santiago Times, an English-language newspaper in Chile : Outbreak of bacteria in hospital causes panic and confusion. Excerpt: Doctors from the Posta Central public emergency hospital in Santiago and several …
The link would provide customers not only in Cambodia but also in regional countries like Thailand and Myanmar with a high-speed connection as well as high quality and cost-effective services, according to So Khun.
HCM CITY — Viet Nam and Cambodia have jointly launched a Superhighway Telecom Network which is expected to improve internet and telecommunication…
Before coming to Bahrain , my only personal reference to unrest in the Middle East was Iran, where I lived through some of the Islamic revolution. This was something very different. Read more…
Bangkok-based gaming company Sandbox Global recently launched Stylista, the first major Facebook social game developed entirely in Thailand, with the ambitious goal of attaining one million users by Q3 2012. This is a …
Via LaTercera.com: Cuatro recintos notifican bacteria que brotó en ex Posta Central. [Four hospitals report bacteria that broke out in former Posta Central] Excerpt, with my translation: Otros cuatro hospitales del país, en las …
The statement released Friday by Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defense said Cambodia , as chair of the 6th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM), will organize the ASEAN Defense Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM) …
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