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  • Will this Thai-Cambodian marriage end conflict

    The Nation/Asia News Network Friday, May 17, 2013 With former PM Somchai Wongsawat's youngest daughter, who is also ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's niece, set to marry the son of Cambodian PM Hun Sen's right-hand man, ties between the two countries might get stronger. Chayapa Wongsawat and Lynal Nam, an official attached to the Office of the Cambodian Cabinet, will be tying the ...

  • Thailand Cambodia agree to strengthen bilateral ties - The Nation

    Thailand and Cambodia yesterday agreed to strengthen cooperation and solve any border conflicts with mutual trust. Defence Minister ACM Sukampol Suwannathat met his Cambodian counterpart General Tea Banh at a General Border Committee (GBC) meeting at a golf resort in Rayong province. After the meeting, Sukampol told the press that both countries had agreed to boost cooperation in suppressing ...

  • Cambodia Thailand to enhance cooperation in fighting cross border crimes - Xinhua

    PHNOM PENH, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Thailand agreed Friday to enhance cooperation to fight against all forms of illegal cross-border activities, a joint statement said. The agreement was made between Cambodian defense minister Tea Banh and his Thai counterpart Gen. Sukumpol Suwanatat at the 9th General Border Committee, which was held in Rayong province, Thailand on Friday. "Both ...

  • Cambodia factory operator admits neglect after deaths

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The operator of a Cambodian shoe factory where two workers were killed this week when a ceiling collapsed admitted on Friday, May 17, to neglecting staff safety and vowed to take full responsibility. Eleven other people were injured in Thursday's, May 16, incident at the Taiwanese-owned Wing Star facility, which makes shoes for Japanese sports brand Asics. "For ...

  • A dam too far in Laos

    By Melinda Boh VIENTIANE - It was once referred to by US magazine Newsweek as a "kinder, gentler" type of dam. Since the Nam Theun 2 hydropower dam commenced commercial operations in 2010, the World Bank and other proponents of the multi-billion dollar power project have trumpeted it as an economic and social development success story for host country Laos. But with the negative ...


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  • Thailand Cambodia strengthen cooperation

    Thailand and Cambodia Friday agreed to strengthen cooperation and solve any border conflicts with mutual trust. Defence Minister ACM Sukampol Suwannathat met his Cambodian counterpart General Tea Banh at a General Border Committee (GBC) meeting at a golf resort in Rayong province. After the meeting, Sukampol told the press that both countries had agreed to boost cooperation in suppressing drug ...

  • A snapshot of Cambodia

    Cambodia is the destination for ecological and cultural tourism. This Southeast Asia nation is well-known for its 12th century Angkor Wat Temple, a world heritage site, which is situated about 315 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Also, it has a pristine coastline stretching in the length of 450 kilometers in four provinces of Koh Kong, Preah Sihanouk, Kampot and Kep. ...

  • Cambodian PM Hails Ties With China

    PHNOM PENH, May 17 (Bernama) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday lauded good relations and cooperation between Cambodia and China in all fields particularly politics, economics and trade, Xinhua news agency reported. Speaking at a meeting with outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue at the Peace Palace, Hun Sen said various achievements during the last decade including ...

  • Two die after walkway collapses at shoe factory in Cambodia - CNN International

    Cambodian soldiers try to move concrete after a walkway collapsed in a shoe factory warehouse in Kampong Speu province, west of Phnom Penh, on Thursday, May 16. Two people died and six were injured after the raised concrete walkway ...

  • New fears over safety standards as two workers die in Cambodian factory collapse

    Two people were killed and nine others injured after a ceiling collapsed at a shoe factory south of Phnom Penn in Cambodia, raising fresh concerns about industrial safely following last month's disaster in a garment plant in Bangladesh in which up to 1,200 people lost their ...

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