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Entries for August, 2008

Cambodia United, Thailand Divided

Border disputes between Cambodia and Thailand in this recent months has made people in both countries and the world try to track record the situation overtime. The dispute has been made first by Thailand side, where internal and political conflicts between ruling party and the opposition are emerging and worse. Today, conflicts which have made […]

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Cambodia now tops ASEAN for traffic fatalities, officials say

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Rat meat in demand in Cambodia as inflation bites

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia this year as inflation has put other meat beyond the reach of poor people, officials said on Wednesday.
With consumer price inflation at 37 percent according to the latest central bank estimate, demand has pushed a kilogram of rat meat up to […]

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Brunei negotiates for rice imports from Cambodia says local media

Phnom Penh - A delegation from the Brunei Finance Ministry met with Cambodian Finance Minister Keat Chhon to discuss importing Cambodian rice and seed, local media reported Wednesday. The delegation, headed by Brunei Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary Dato Paduka Haj Ali Apong, had not reached any firm agreements on the amount of rice and seed […]

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Cambodian Women Appointed As Deputy Governors

Good news for Cambodian women. They are appointed as deputy governors at district and provincial levels. This is a move forward to promote gender in Cambodia, where almost all levels of local administrations, women were not placed in the high ranking positions. Since before the July 2008 election, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun […]

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Cambodia’s temple wall

Phnom Penh - Cambodia plans to build a Berlin-style wall to shut off Thailand and develop tourist facilities around the still disputed Preah Vihear temple, a senior official said on Sunday.
The Cambodian government will build a series of walls at “complicated border areas,” while still calling for talks to mark and properly demarcate the frontier, […]

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LEAD: Thailand, Cambodia make headway in border dispute talks

The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia agreed Tuesday that their two countries should continue to pull back troops from disputed areas of the border.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting at Cha-Am beach resort, about 180 kilometers southwest of Bangkok, Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag said he and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong welcomed […]

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Nurse: 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 Neang from the Preah Vihear district health department said malaria, scurvy and also diseases spread by poor sanitation had all begun […]

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Cambodia, Thailand agree to reduce troops at border area before FMs meeting

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to reduce their troops to the minimum level at and around the Keo Sikha Kiri Svara Pagoda as well as in the vicinity of the Preah Vihear Temple in the eponymous Cambodian province, before the foreign ministers from both sides convene their second meeting on July […]

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Stok Kakthom Temple May also Belong to Cambodia

Thailand is doing its best to claim its sovereignty over the Tamoan Thom temple, though this temple, actually, belongs to Cambodia. The Preah Vihear temple and the Tamoan Thom, Tamoan Touch temples and others which are along the Cambodia-Thailand border of the Dangrek mountain would be focus point of border dispute. This will include another […]

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