Category Archives: Khmer newspaper
Concern Mounts Over Credibility of the Court
The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal is steadily working toward it biggest, more complicated trial to date, but that trial has been overshadowed in recent months by the court’s handling of two additional cases, which has seen the resignation of one UN judge and an emergency meeting with the UN’s top legal counsel and Cambodian officials. A growing number of court observers now say the court’s approach to cases 003 and 004 is derailing its credibility, even as it prepares to try four Khmer Rouge leaders for one of the worst atrocities of the 20 th Century Continue reading
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Tagged asia, cambodian, court, government, khmer, khmer-rouge, michigan, rights, society, university
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UN Warns Officials To Stop Remarks Opposing Tribunal Cases
The UN’s top legal representative has warned Cambodian officials to cease public statements in opposition to two cases before the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Patricia O’Brien, UN undersecretary-general for legal affairs, met with government officials Thursday night to discuss UN concerns in the wake of the resignation of international investigating judge Siegfried Blunk Continue reading
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Tagged cambodia, cases, council, country, government, indictment, khieu-samphan, khmer, khmer-rouge, news, prime-minister, thursday, urged-the-royal
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Hun Sen talks trade with Sino counterpart
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday led a delegation of businessmen and top government officials to join the eighth China-ASEAN expo and investment summit to be held in Nanning, China, from October 21 to October 26. The Cambodian prime minister planned to meet his Chinese counterpart Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday to discuss the strengthening of bilateral relations and trade, delegate member and senior minister Srey Thamrong told reporters at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday, before departing for Nanning. Continue reading
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Tagged business, cambodia, cambodian, chinese-embassy, council, finance, france, japan, meeting, nepal, phnom-penh, south-korea, strengthening, thamrong
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MFI opens with $50m loan package
Sonata Microfinance Institution, a joint investment between local and foreign investors, officially started operations in Cambodia yesterday. A US$50 million loan package was signed during the ceremony on Thursday, providing Singapore-based EastWing Group and Japanese firm Grand Cooperation with a 30 per cent stake of the MFI. Continue reading
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Tagged business, cambodia, cambodian, ceremony, financial, industry, japanese, microfinance, national, national-bank, securities-firm, singapore-based, sokna, sonatra, told-the-post
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Kingdom’s fish exports in decline
The Kingdom’s fish exports declined 48 per cent in the first nine months of 2011, as a result of growing local demand, according to Ministry of Commerce figures. The statistics showed that Cambodia’s export of fish totalled 1,099 tonnes from January to September, compared to 2,123 tonnes in the same period last year Continue reading
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Tagged cambodia, cases-growing, fish, fish-totalled, illegal-fishing, industry, nine-months, number, usually-between
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Long-awaited city mall finally opens its doors
A six-story shopping mall opened yesterday near Phnom Penh International Airport with shop space about 65 per cent rented out, officials said yesterday. The first three floors of Rathana Plaza on Russian Federation Boulevard in Sen Sok district host shopping space, while a 100-room hotel occupies the top three floors, marketing manager Prum Phearun said yesterday. Vendors have rented about 150 of the shopping mall’s 236 shopping units, the manager said Continue reading
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Tagged cambodia, corporation, international, location, manager, officials-said, phnom-penh, project, russian, shopping, shopping-units, the-shopping
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A Koh Kong wrong
The King of Koh Kong has done it again. As if Ly Yong Phat’s sand digging weren’t already wreaking enough havoc along the Tatai River, one of his earth-eating monstrosities managed to knock out power to the provincial capital. Continue reading
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Tagged activist, cambodia, generator, governor, hotel, income, khemarak, khemarak-pumin, pacific-islands, power, singapore, thoun-plamkesan, told-the-post
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