Cambodia

First Khmer Rouge Trial Begins Final Hearings in Cambodia

Global Security (Free subscription) | yesterday

In Cambodia, the final hearings have begun in the first trial of a Khmer Rouge leader.

Cambodia denies premier's daughter taking stake in air traffic firm

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Phnom Penh - Cambodia rejected Monday a Thai media claim that the daughter of Prime Minister Hun Sen is to take a stake in a Thai firm at the centre of a spying row. A cabinet statement said the government's management of Cambodia Air Traffic Service...

Exiled Thaksin in Cambodia kicks up trouble for Thailand

Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has long provoked Thailand's government by rousing opposition at home. Now he's inflamed regional tensions by becoming an economic adviser to rival Cambodia.

Cambodia begins final arguments in KRouge jail chief trial

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court on Monday began final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30 years ago. Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- has apologised for his role in the horrors of the hardline communist regime, which killed up to two million people. But civil lawyers representing victims...

Cambodia set for final arguments in KRouge jail chief trial

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court on Monday begins final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30 years ago. Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- has apologised for his role in the horrors of the hardline communist regime, which killed up to two million people. However, lawyers this week will argue...

Prosecution wants 'lengthy jail term' for Duch in Khmer Rouge trial

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Phnom Penh - The prosecution at Cambodia's war crimes tribunal called Tuesday for judges to hand down a lengthy jail term to Comrade Duch, the former commander of the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison. Co-prosecutor Chea Leang said the evidence sho...

SM Goh calls on Cambodian PM Hun Sen, reaffirming strong bilateral ties

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | yesterday

SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, who is now in Cambodia for a two-day official visit, called on Prime Minister Hun Sen at the National Assembly on Monday afternoon.

Khmer Rouge torturer had broad autonomy, lawyer says

Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer ran a camp "dedicated to death" with broad autonomy, a lawyer said on Monday in closing arguments at the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal in Cambodia.

Trial for Khmer Rouge prison chief concludes

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav pursued his role with zeal and had no empathy for his victims despite his expressions of remorse over...

Final week of hearings starts in trial of Khmer Rouge's Duch - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Phnom Penh - Cambodia's war crimes tribunal heard closing arguments Monday from civil party lawyers in the trial of Comrade Duch, the former commander of the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison. Lawyers for four groups of civil parties repeatedly que...

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Final week of hearings starts in trial of Khmer Rouge cadre Duch

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Phnom Penh - Closing arguments began Monday in the trial of the former Khmer Rouge prison camp commander Duch, who is charged with crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the Geneva Convention. Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, ran the i...

SM Goh to visit Cambodia and Laos

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit Cambodia from 23-24 November at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Shiv Kapur drops to tied sixth in Cambodia

Sify (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

, Nov 21 (IANS) Shiv Kapur endured a frustrating day on the greens as he managed just one birdie while giving away three bogeys to end up with a 74 that dropped him from overnight tied second to tied sixth at the end of the third round of the Cambodian Open golf here Saturday.

Ahmad Zaki wins RM309mil job

Malaysia Property News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

KUALA LUMPUR: Ahmad Zaki Resources Bhd has secured a project from the Public Works Department worth RM309.4mil to build a complex along Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, Kuala Lumpur. In a statement to Bursa Malaysia yesterday, Ahmad Zaki said the works were to be completed from Dec 1, 2009 to May 28, 2012. It added that the project was expected to contribute positively to the group’s earnings and the...

Abuse of sirens causes loss of motorcade wailing privileges

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Phnom Penh - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has decreed that only he and two other senior politicians may use sirens to clear the streets for their motorcades, local media reported Thursday. In a sub-decree promulgated Monday, the prime minister s...

Food and social safety net targets Cambodia’s poorest

wellbeingnewseditor | 07/30/2009

Wellbeing Newsline: World > Edited by Andy Porter: When high food prices hit Cambodia in 2008, the country’s poorest people were hit hard and an estimated 100,000 families fell back into poverty. According to the World Bank, this, together with the current financial crisis, has underlined the need for stronger social protection mechanisms for the country. To complement Cambodia’s food security and...

my long holiday to Vietnam

careca | 01/08/2009

July 18: car until Phnom Penh (Cambodian capital); uneventful trip through the Cambodian countryside. The campaign, cad throughout except Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh is ugly, smelly and dangerous. Cambodia is a third world country and its capital has nothing to envy those of Somalia, or in Beirut. Result we cloitres at the hotel until the next morning. July 19: car until Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)...

Phnom Penh, the Paris of Cambodia

cambodiaguide | 09/05/2008

Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, sits on the banks of the Tonle Sap river, at the confluence of two other rivers, the Bassac and the mighty Mekong, and it holds an undeniable charm despite its recent tumultuous and violent past. In the early 1900’s, the height of French colonialism, Phnom Penh was known as ‘The Paris of the East’, and colonial style villas set along tree-lined boulevards still...