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2006 Rodin's lithe muses go home to Cambodia - International Herald Tribune, December 29, 2006 A series of drawings of Cambodian dancers Rodin completed after he became entranced by their 1906 performance in Paris goes on display in Phnom Penh... New road to Phnom Penh - The Nation, December 6, 2006 The Land Transport Department has announced it will build a direct road from Bangkok to Phnom Penh via Aranyaprathet, as part of a plan to expand highway networks between Asean countries... Expat pay absorbs aid to Cambodia - The Australian, November 27, 2006 ...A country director for a prominent international charity typically receives a $250,000 package that includes a spacious villa, four-wheel-drive and schooling perks. ...He said AusAID's reluctance to directly fund non-Australian aid organisations in Cambodia had created major inefficiencies in the disbursement of funds... Cambodia moves to protect endangered bird - EurekAlert!, November 6, 2006 In an effort to protect a large grassland bird from possible extinction, the government of Cambodia has recently moved to set aside more than one hundred square miles of habitat for the Bengal florican, a bird now classified as endangered, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)... Cambodia braces for oil boom, China may profit from it - Rigzone, October 27, 2006 Sitting on billions of dollars worth of black gold, Cambodia is on the way to lifting itself from abject poverty, but getting the money into the bank seems fraught with difficulty... Phnom Penh: 'Anarchy' threatens airport - Phnom Penh Post, October 20, 2006 Free speech gains voice in Cambodia's villages - International Herald Tribune, January 24, 2006 Cambodia unveils 18 million dollar terminal at Siem Reap Airport - AFP, August 28, 2006 Cambodia on Monday unveiled a new 18 million dollar international terminal at Siem Reap airport, which the government hopes will lure tourists beyond the country's famed Angkor Wat temples... Snake harvest threatens Cambodian lake - AP, August 19, 2006 Pol Pot: Once a killer, now a revered spirit - International Herald Tribune, August 11, 2006 Unemployment rate reaches 20 pct in Cambodia: Economists - People's Daily Online, August 14, 2006
Economists in Cambodia expressed their concern over declining rate of employment in Cambodia, and that fear coincided with the claim that approximately 300,000... Sahara issue Cambodia withdraws recognition of Sahrawi Republic - Morocco Times, August 14, 2006
Taib Fassi Fihri is on a visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia and gave a message from HM King Mohammed VI to Cambodian Prime Minister... Thai investors flock to riot-free Cambodia - Phnom Penh Post, July 27, 2006 The number of new Thai investors coming to do business in Cambodia has increased in 2006 compared with previous years, according to an official at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh... New Vietnam-Cambodia border gate opens - Nhan Dan, July 27, 2006 A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between southwestern Tay Ninh province and Svay Rieng province of Cambodia on July 27 on the opening of the Cay Me-Tho Look border gate... Miss Cambodia 2006 pageant going ahead, but without swimsuits - Kyodo, July 27, 2006 Cambodia will have a Miss Cambodia for the first time in 11 years in 2006, but she won't be wearing a swimsuit... Has the World Bank Learned Lessons from Forestry Fiasco in Cambodia? - Global Witness, July 13, 2006 Cambodia and Laos: New growth frontiers - Channel NewsAsia, July 11, 2006 More Singapore businesses are seeing potential investment opportunities in Laos and Cambodia, as the governments of the two countries foster a climate that is being termed as a "rare sustained period of sociopolitical peace..." Spiders on the menu in Cambodia - ITV.com, July 4, 2006 All across Cambodia people are tucking into the seasonal snack of fried local tarantulas. The town of Skuon, located 50 miles northeast of the capital Phnom Penh, is particularly famous for the spiders... Part of Cambodia's ancient Baphuon Temple opens to public - Boston Herald, July 11, 2006 Under a sweltering sun, masons struggle to slip a 440-pound stone into place atop an ancient temple that for decades has looked more like a giant jigsaw puzzle than one of the Angkor... Cambodia and the World Cup: A melting pot of human triumphs and frailties - Deccan Herald, July 8, 2006 In a country that has not yet fully recovered from the socio-economic ravages of the Communist genocide in the 1970s, Cambodia exhibited its passion for the World Cup as exuberantly and excessively as any of the 32 nations participating in the month-long football fest that concludes in Berlin on Sunday... Cambodia beggars belief - The New Zealand Herald, July 7, 2006 The beggars were waiting outside the golden gates of Cambodia's opulent royal palace. One minute we were discussing the serene beauty of the palace's golden Buddha, studded with 9584 diamonds; the next we were swamped with rags, ravaged bodies, dirty outstretched hands and desperate faces... Are the Angkor Wat temples doomed? - Independent Online, June 30, 2006 The damage done to the temples of the Angkor Wat complex did not end with the arrival of peace, instead the political settlement in Cambodia merely opened the gate to an army of rampaging tourists... Cambodia
temple 'faces collapse' - BBC News, June 7, 2006
..."People are climbing it not really knowing where they are. There's no interpretation of the site, no guided tours to explain the enormous importance of Phnom Bakheng. All of this is lost on the modern visitor who scrambles up at 4 o'clock to see that sunset, take that picture and scramble down," he said... The Chinese/Khmer divide in factories - Phnom Penh Post, June 15, 2006 Most of Cambodia's garment factories have a firmly established hierarchy: a management team is the top tier of supervision under which are the quality controllers, supervisors, and finally, the workers... Football chiefs give Cambodia yellow card - Phnom Penh Post, June 15, 2006 The fanatical frenzy of World Cup competition has brought in its wake consternation for both Cambodia's football faithful and the Phnom Penh police force... Cows, cars and homes wagered in Cambodian World Cup frenzy - Times Online, June 15, 2006 The Prime Minister of Cambodia was today forced to appeal to his citizens not to bet their money or possessions on the World Cup amid reports of families losing their homes and livelihoods to bookmakers.. Frenzied development in Cambodia pushes its people out of the capital to squalid conditions - licadho.org, June 14, 2006 At the early hour of 4 am on June 6, 2006 around 700 police and military police in full riot gear circled Sambok Chap village and erected roadblocks - as far as 1km away - to prevent access to the village. In a show of determined force rarely seen in the capital, the police build up would be the final push by the authorities to forcefully evict the remaining residents of Sambok Chap village on the banks of the Tonle Bassac River... Buddhists celebrate tradition - Observer-Dispatch, June 3, 2006 [Amusing headline...] It took Lina Pim about eight hours to cook shrimps she carried Saturday morning to the Cambodian Buddhist Community Temple on Steuben Street... Hun Sen bans 3G mobile phones to curb porn - The Star Online, May 25, 2006 Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday banned video-capable mobile phones in Cambodia to curb the dissemination of pornography, heeding a request from his wife... Cambodia is not 'hell', says PM - BBC, May 18, 2006 Cambodia's PM Hun Sen tells the UN's top human rights official the country should not be seen "as hell"... Thousands flock to famous temples in Cambodia - Independent Online, May 18, 2006 A sprawling national park dotted with towering stone structures, all intricately carved and for the most part intact, is Cambodia's biggest tourist draw... Armed looters plundering key Cambodian temple - AFP, May 15, 2006 More on the Baphuon - May 9, 2006 Nils sent some further links about the Baphuon: Some photos here and here - Nice clickable map - Archaeologists solve the ultimate puzzle Earlier: Cambodia's Baphuon temple rebuilt - ABC, May 5, 2006 Buddhist mob burns Christian church in Cambodia - Chinapost.com.tw, May 1, 2006 Some 300 Buddhist villagers, apparently angered by a rival faith within their community, have razed a partially built Christian church to the ground near the Cambodian capital, an official said Tuesday...
Across Thai border, seaside town builds its party reputation - Sun-Sentinel, April 23, 2006 Sihanoukville offers loads of amenities at incredible bargains. The "largest and wildest" full-moon party, promised the yellow flier taped to a phone booth on Khaosan Road in Bangkok. Another installment of Thailand's girls-gone-wild bacchanal on the island of Ko Phangan?... Cambodia's National Highway No. 2 opens to traffic - VNA, April 26, 2006 Cambodia rejects US request for troops in Iraq - Reuters, April 21, 2006 Cambodia has turned down a U.S. approach on sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday... Journalists from India, Thailand, Cambodia, Fiji Islands Take Top Prizes at 2006 DAJA Awards - adb, April 20, 2006 The Bangkok Post's Supara Janchitfah, 43, was awarded Development Woman Journalist of the Year for her story on Muslim fishermen using knowledge and information to protect their seas from commercial trawlers... Dengue
Fever revives 1960s Cambodian psychedelic rock - Chicago Tribune, April, 13, 2006
Jam band Dengue Fever was already a supernova on the Los Angeles indie music scene when its members decided to shoot a documentary chronicling their experience playing in Cambodia for the first time... Storm
damages Cambodia's Angkor-era temples - INQ7.net,
March 30, 2006
Three Cambodian temples built more than a 1,000 years ago were damaged when dozens of trees collapsed on them during a heavy rain storm this week, an official said Thursday... Cambodia
bows out as host of 2011 SEA Games - Reuters,
March 14 2006
Impoverished Cambodia will skip its turn to host the Southeast Asian Games in 2011 because it would be too costly, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday... Cambodia has 613 generals - translated and summarized by Kampuchea Thmey, March 2, 2006 ...Minister of National Defense Tea Banh said that there are 112,773 soldiers and 613 military generals. He concluded by saying that the Ministry of National Defense uses "ghost soldiers" to get money... Free Flow: Cambodia's quest to just get the basics - International Herald Tribune, February 15, 2006 ...A national program of rebuilding and new construction of road and rail is now under way. The hitch, says Chanthol Sun, minister for public works and transport in Cambodia, is that he has no budget... School in Cambodia - Zaman Online, January 24, 2006 Did you know there is a Turkish school in Cambodia, a country better known for its Khmer Rouge, the killing fields and unending civil wars -- deeply engraved into our minds through pain, tears and bloodshed?... |
