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Gary Glitter agrees to leave Thailand
Former British Glam-Rocker, Gary Glitter, listens to the guilty verdict being read out at the People's Courthouse March 3, 2006 in Ba Ria, Vietnam. (Paula Bronstein, Getty Images) BANGKOK, Thailand ...
Thailand To Deport Gary Glitter
He made the decision after Thai police brushed aside his claims of ear and heart problems and said he would be put on the first available plane to London whether he liked it or not. It was not immedi...
Man extradited from Thailand over 2004 murder
Scott Storey absconded after stabbing mother-of-four Bridget Cameron, 35, in the neck on April 24 2004 at the house they shared in Edinburgh.The 43-year-old was initially remanded in custody, but he w...
Christians detained in Laos
(christiansunite.com) - At least 90 Christians were arrested throughout Laos in recent weeks, according to an August 8 report from Compass Direct.
DHL and tabitha build homes
A t least 70 employees of DHL, a freight company, and Tabitha, a local NGO, built six houses in Krang Yow Village in Daang commune, Sanng district in Kandal province on August 10. The event was part o...
Road repairs at preah vihear suspended
R epair of the four-kilometre road leading uphill to the Preah Vihear temple has been suspended for five days due to rain, said Uch Vantha, a military engineer. "I got an order to repair the road...
Thumbprints of 20,000 voters back fraud claim
Sam Rainsy Party submits vast body of evidence to Constitutional Council in effort to substantiate allegations of electoral fraud by the ruling CPP
Eng Chhay Eang to give up position as SRP secretary general
The opposition stalwart will step aside for the second time in three years but only after the party’s election complaints have been resolved
Journeys within recognised for social conscience
J ourneys Within, a Siem Reap tour operator, has won the Condé Nast Traveller magazine 2008 World Savers award for its work in the area of health. The internationally recognised publication pra...
Gary Glitter refuses to leave Thailand
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SEZ operators form group, gaining bargaining power
Cambodia Chamber of Commerce outraged as operators of the Kingdom's Special Economic Zones strive for more independence, leverage with govt
Japanese national charged for allegedly making kiddie porn
A JAPANESE man has been charged for allegedly producing child pornography after he was arrested over the weekend in Sihanoukville taking pictures of naked boys, a police official said Tuesday. Shun...
Overfishing risks food security
Widespread illegal fishing and rapid population growth are putting the Kingdom's fisheries, which provide the bulk of most citizens’ protein intake, under increasing threat, experts say
Temple tension eases at talks
H UA HIN, Thailand - Tensions over Preah Vihear temple have eased, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday, as foreign ministers from the two countries met for a second round of talks aimed at ...
Opposition journalists fear secret police are watching
HENG CHIVOAN Dam Sith is seen in a car’s rearview mirror as he leaves Prey Sar prison in June. He has since left the country.
Thailand to deport Gary Glitter to Britain
Thailand declared British former glam rocker Gary Glitter "persona non grata" Wednesday and moved to deport him to Britain, one day after he finished prison time in Vietnam for child sex offences. The...
Thailand to deport Glitter to Britain
Thai immigration police say they will deport shamed British glam rocker Gary Glitter to London "as soon as possible", despite his claims of health problems preventing him from flying. Glitter, whose ...
Thailand To Deport Glitter
will deport former glam rocker Gary Glitter to Britain "as soon as possible," the immigration chief said Wednesday, a day after his release from a Vietnamese jail where he served time for child sex ...
Singapore welcomes moves by Thailand, Cambodia to resolve temple dispute
Singapore Wednesday welcomed the efforts of Thailand and Cambodia to hold talks on the Preah Vihear Temple issue. A spokesman for the Singapore Foreign Ministry said in a statement that resolving the ...
Glitter faces detention after refusing to board flight from Thailand
British rocker Gary Glitter walks towards an airline gate at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport where he refused to board a plane back to the UK. Photographer: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters Disgraced former g...
Gary Glitter refused entry into Thailand
BANGKOK British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in...
Kuwait rents rice farms in Cambodia
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KRT opens anti-graft drive
Cambodian court officials vow to stamp out corruption, but new 'ethics monitors' will not address graft allegations under review by the UN
Cambodia, Thailand to discuss 2nd phase of troop redeployment at disputed border area
Cambodian and Thailand have agreed to arrange a second-phase troop redeployment at the disputed border area near the Preah Vihear Temple in the eponymous province of Cambodia, foreign minister Hor Nam...
Strongman tightens grip on Cambodia
By Geoffrey Cain PHNOM PENH - With surging double-digit economic growth and a territorial dispute with Thailand whipping up Khmer nationalism, Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodia's People's...
Thailand, Cambodia agree to step up border marking
FOREIGN ministers from Cambodia and Thailand said yesterday they have agreed to step up efforts to mark the border around a disputed temple that has been the scene of a military standoff.At the weeken...
Thailand declares Glitter
Thailand declared British former glam rocker Gary Glitter "persona non grata" Wednesday and threatened to deport him back to Vietnam, where he has just finished prison time for child sex offences. The...
Thailand declares Glitter persona non grata
BANGKOK - Thailand declared British former glam rocker Gary Glitter "persona non grata" Wednesday and threatened to deport him back to Vietnam, where he has just finished prison time for child sex off...
Buddhist monk attacks Cambodian man
A Cambodian man caught "loitering suspiciously" at a Buddhist pagoda was attacked by a monk with a machete, local media said.Soy Narith, 22, was recovering from severe chop wounds to his leg and left ...
Southeast Asia flooding hits cyclone-weary Myanmar
Cyclone Nargis left a swath of devastation early May, as well as other regions of the country, the Myanma Ahlin newspaper said. No casualties were reported.Residents fled from their homes, schools wer...
Cambodia says temple border with Thailand to be closed indefinitely
Phnom Penh - Although talks with Thailand over disputed border territory achieved modest progress, the border crossing at the ancient Preah Vihear temple would remain closed indefinitely, Cambodian Fo...
Rice Production Makes a Comeback in War-ravaged Cambodia
Amid rising food prices and supply shortages, Cambodia has managed to increase its food production by turning the war-ravaged country's former "killing fields" into rice fields. Fred de Sam Lazaro rep...
Second Thai-Cambodian foreign ministers
No substantial agreement has been reached after a one-day verbal tug-of-war between Thai and Cambodian delegations led by respective foreign ministers over the disputed border around the Preah Vihear ...
Japanese man detained in Cambodia for taking nude photos of children
PHNOM PENH — A Japanese man has been arrested and charged in Cambodia’s coastal town of Sihanoukville for having taken nude photos of children there, local officials said Tuesday. Accord...
Government plan to boost domestic rice production
BANGKOK, 19 August 2008 (IRIN) - Thailand's Finance Ministry has announced it will lease some 160,000 hectares (ha) of unused state-owned land to poor farmers and agri-businesses to boost domestic ric...
Amanta Receives Licences for Laos Copper Project
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 19, 2008) - Amanta Resources Ltd. (Amanta) (TSX VENTURE:AMH) is pleased to report that it has now received the necessary permits and licences to enable ...
Cambodian media war claims Mekong Times daily
Phnom Penh, Aug 19 : Cambodia's mushrooming media outlets and a crisis of advertising revenue has claimed the English-language Mekong Times daily, the paper's editor said Tuesday.
Pact extends protection of Khmer artifacts
I N a ceremony at Phnom Penh's National Museum, the United States and Cambodian governments renewed Monday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to protect Cambodian artifacts and prevent their import i...
City Hall promises compensation for Boeung Kak villagers
In February 2007, the municipal government signed a US$79 million leasehold agreement with Shukaku Inc to fill Boeung Kak lake and develop its surroundings. NGO Bridges Across Borders expects 4,000 la...
Talks expected to end Preah Vihear standoff
AFP/TANG CHHIN SOTHY Thai soldiers leave their positions at Preah Vihear temple as part of mass troop withdrawals on both sides this weekend.
To inventor, car security is just a phone call away
I T is often seen as negligent, dangerous driving to use a phone while in your car, but computer programmer Tim Vutha says there are some instances that might call for it. The inventor recently rel...
Reported rapes on the rise in K Speu
R APE complaints in Kampong Speu province this month have already tripled the number reported in the whole of July, rights workers said Monday, adding that victims were becoming less likely to accept ...
The Mormon rat pack
BRENDAN BRADY Todd (left) and Trevor make up half of Muk – meaning “octopus” – a Khmer-language singing sensation. How did you start singing Khmer music? Todd: When a so...
Focus Is on Establishing Centers of Excellence and the Tourist Medicine Market
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Patriotic consumers fuel demand for local noodles
Rick Valenzuela In less than two months, Mee Yeung instant noodles, made by longtime flour and rice company Men Sarun, have proven to be an instant hit. The company's Linh Thorn says demand is excee...
women workers are changing the employment sector
More then ever, Cambodian women are working outside the home, but they need better education and job opportunities to bring their full potential to the Kingdom’s labour force
King to preside at NA session
K ING Norodom Sihamoni will preside over the inauguration and swearing in of the new National Assembly, government officials say, despite continued threats by the opposition to boycott the ceremony. ...
Khmer Rouge court chief pledges resign if graft proven
Phnom Penh - The Cambodian government official in charge of the Khmer Rouge tribunal pledged to resign if any allegations of corruption prove true, a court spokesman said Tuesday. "Sean Visoth has ple...
Vietnam, Cambodia brace for Mekong floods, crops safe
HANOI (Reuters) - Rising Mekong floods upstream may cause landslides and deep inundation in Cambodia and southern Vietnam but the seasonal floodwater would also bring farmers good crops of rice and fi...
Cambodian foreign minister eyes end to Thai border issues
Diplomatic solution: Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag (R) meeting his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong (L) during dinner at the Thai beach resort of Hua Hin yesterday.Picture: AFP
Rixos rocks up in Thailand
'Without a doubt, Rixos will be distinctive to the residents of Thailand as well as all of those who travel to Thailand as an attractive tourist destination. Our concept is different to that of other ...
Protesters in Thailand ask Britain to refuse ex-premier asylum
Bangkok, Aug 19 : Thousands of Thai protesters marched on the British embassy here Tuesday to demand that Britain refuse asylum to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, Pojaman, who f...
Aussie survives 11 days in Laos jungle
An Australian man missing for 11 days in the jungle of Khammuan province has been found alive, but is in a critical condition. The Vientiane Times has reported that the middle-aged man was transporte...
Thai, Cambodian ministers start 2nd-round meeting over border row
BANGKOK — Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag and Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong began second-round talks Tuesday morning at a Thai beach resort, aiming to end a monthlong border conflict....
Border spat key issue at Cambodian, Thai talks
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia): Border talks topped the agenda yesterday for Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers heading into a meeting to find a lasting solution to a lingering territorial dispute that broug...
Man missing in Thailand likely killed by friends
BANGKOK (Kyodo) A Japanese man who went missing Aug. 5 in Thailand is likely to have been killed by two Japanese acquaintances, Thai police said Monday.
Tourist visits double at Preah Vihear Despite a Dispute Between Thai and Cambodian Soldiers
Domestic tourism to Preah Vihear has more than doubled since its UNESCO World Heritage listing on July 7, despite the dispute between Thai and Cambodian soldiers which has been centred on the temple g...
Worst Mekong river flooding in 100 years
NONG KHAI, 18 August 2008 (IRIN) - It is 4pm and Pranee Soongkhaeng is hurriedly piling up sandbags in a bid to prevent flooding in front of her shop on Meechai Street in Nhon Khai Province, northeast...
Questions over legality of evictions in name of development
Nothing new However, sidelining Cambodia's vast slums for urban development is far from new. A joint South Korean and Cambodian firm has similarly filled in most of Phnom Penh's Pong Peay lake since 2...
Laos praises Russia-Georgia ceasefire
Laos is pleased with the ceasefire between Russia and Georgia, and hopes the issue will be resolved peacefully, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Monday. "At present, Laos is pleased to know...
Dam Sith quietly leaves for America
A FTER enduring a weeklong incarceration and the assassination of his colleague, Dam Sith, editor in chief of a pro-opposition newspaper and a parliamentary candidate for the Sam Rainsy Party, has lef...
Troops leave temple as top diplomats to meet
A LMOST all Cambodian and Thai troops have left their positions at Preah Vihear ahead of talks later today aimed at resolving the military standoff over disputed land around the 11th-century World Her...
Minority girl kidnapped in elaborate ruse
R ights workers said Sunday they are investigating allegations that a Ratanakkiri farmer snatched an ethnic minority girl and held her captive on his farm for two months until she escaped with the hel...
Risk of flash floods drops
R ECENT flash floods in Laos appear to be subsiding and do not pose an imminent threat to Cambodian provinces downstream, officials said Sunday. Hatda An, operations manager at the Mekong River Com...
Preserving the past to build a future
The lack of funding is the root cause of Cambodia's poor cinema quality, according to KMF's Robinson, who cited the success of the BBC-managed Taste of Life, a 100-episode television drama about HIV/A...
Monks walk for the environment
M ORE than 40 monks from Kampong Chhnang province who are members of the Association of Buddhists for the Environment (ABE), recently took to the streets in a Peace Walk to increase local villagers' a...
HIV/Aids infection rates down
T HE percentage of Cambodia's adult population infected with HIV fell again this year and is expected to half by 2012, according to research conducted by the National Center for HIV/Aids Dermatology a...
Monument bombers to appeal convictions
F IVE Kampuchea Krom activists sentenced to lengthy prison terms for plotting to bomb the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument in July 2007 will launch appeals this week, their lawyers said Sunday. ...
Big bribes key to US baby-buying
A MERICAN agencies facilitating adoptions from Cambodia must pay thousands of dollars to Government officials to expedite the approval of their clients' paperwork. A source with intimate knowledge ...
Thailand and Cambodia meet to defuse border spat - Summary
Bangkok - Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong arrived in Thailand Monday for bilateral talks on the Preah Vihear border temple dispute that sparked a military standoff between the two neighbouring...
In Cambodia, a rock
By Andrew Nette PHNOM PENH - Grainy black and white newsreel footage of B-52 bombing raids and fierce fighting are the images most frequently associated with Cambodia in the 1960 and early 1970...
Cambodian FM optimistic about border talk with Thailand
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Monday expressed optimism about the two-day talk with his Thai counterpart to ensure total military withdrawal from the border area to end the two countries' ...
Cambodian King to preside over inauguration of National Assembly
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni is scheduled to preside over the inauguration ceremony of the National Assembly on Sept. 24, local newspaper the Mekong Times reported Monday. Senior Cambodian People's...
Cambodian editor in chief fled for U.S. for sake of safety
Dam Sith, editor in chief for the Khmer Conscience News, which is closed related with the major opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), has secretly fled Cambodia for U.S. for the sake of his safety, natio...
Narrow win for champions Thailand
DEFENDING champions Thailand Polo Club started their Malaysian Open Polo Championships campaign on a winning note by edging Ranhill Club 7-6 at the Putrajaya Equestrian Club yesterday.
Disease will claim lives if Cambodia-Thai temple talks fail
Preah Vihear, Cambodia - Personnel near an ancient temple on the Thai-Cambodia border warned Sunday that if talks over disputed borders fail, lives will be lost - but to disease, not war. Nurse Keo Ne...
Thailand to offer tax breaks for imported E85-compatible vehicles
Bangkok - Thailand will provide tax privileges to Western manufacturers of vehicles capable of using E85 - fuel with up to 85 per cent ethanol - despite opposition to the plan from Japanese car makers...
Cambodian, Thai troops pull away in temple standoff
Thai and Cambodian troops were ending a monthlong standoff yesterday as both sides continued to withdraw troops from disputed territory around an ancient border temple, a Cambodian official said.The p...
New Corruption Charges Threaten Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Khmer Rouge tribunal has now come forward with new allegations of kickbacks and corruption involving the court's administration. The tribunal has faced similar allegations before, but this is the firs...
Cambodian PM dismisses rumor of senior officials reshuffle
The Cambodian government had noplan to reshuffle police commanders, provincial and city governors as well as their deputies, said Prime Minister Hun Sen in a statement received on Saturday. "As p...
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