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2007 Cambodia: Decades after the bombs, enter the beatboxers - AlterNet, December, 2007 Cambodia ready for railway to Viet Nam - Viet Nam News, December 20, 2007 Thai-Cambodia agreement: Single-visa plan for visitors to both countries - Bangkok Post, December 13, 2007 Cambodia plans hunting safaris for VIP tourists - planetark.org, December, 2007 Cambodia is considering laying on hunting safaris for well-heeled foreign tourists in its remote jungle-clad northeast, to the consternation of green groups who say it could be a recipe for disaster... Cambodia: Air Finland's arrival creates direct Cambodia-Europe air route for the first time - Sin Chew Jit Poh, December 7, 2007 A direct commercial air route between Cambodia and Europe was opened for the first time Friday (7 Dec) with the arrival of an Air Finland flight, officials said... Cambodia: Forced evictions must end - Amnesty International, November 22, 2007 Two people dead, many injured and thousands homeless: two recent forced evictions demonstrate the urgent need for the Cambodian authorities to immediately end this practice... 8-Foot giant catfish caught in Cambodia - National Geographic, November 19, 2007 Fortunes fading for Cambodia's palmists - AFP, November 10, 2007 Cambodia landmine clearance pushed back 10 years - AFP, November 5, 2007 Cambodia, one of the world's most heavily landmined countries, will not be clear of the devices until at least 2020, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday, adding another decade to demining efforts... Khmer Rouge anthems making an unlikely comeback in Cambodia - Earthtimes, November 7, 2007 ...The Angkar, as the Khmer Rouge called itself, played the songs at the mass dining halls as thin gruel was served to millions of citizens put to hard labour in the fields. There is no mention of love in the music, which often follows an aggressive theme. With catchy titles such as "We do as the Angkar tells us, and thus have bumper crops" and "Every day we must rise up and attack", the songs reflect the 1975 to 1979 regime's cold ultra-Maoist bent which drove one of the worst massacres of the last century... Cambodia gets US$80m funding for Thailand rail link - Straits Times, November 1, 2007 Amid post-war boom, unemployment stalks Cambodia's brightest - AFP, October 24, 2007 With more than two years to go before he graduates, university student Kiang Saran is already so crippled by unemployment fears that his grades are slipping... Cambodia makes arrest in Angkor Wat image scandal - The Nation, September 25, 2007 A provincial governor said Tuesday police had detained an unspecified number of people over the manufacture of playing cards featuring pictures of sacred temples including Angkor Wat. Sou Phirin, governor of the northern province of Siem Reap, which is home to the temples, said the case was ongoing but that arrests had been made. "We're investigating. We have detained people, but I can't comment further on an ongoing case," Phirin said by telephone. Siem Reap lies about 300 kilometres north of the capital. Images of Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm and Bayon temples have recently been printed on the backs of playing cards, prompting indignation amongst officials, who say the cards are illegal because any image of Angkor on a commercial product must be approved by the Ministry of Culture... Cambodian 'jungle girl' disappears back into wilderness - EARTHtimes.org, September 24, 2007 Cambodia's mysterious jungle girl has disappeared back into the forests where she was found less than a year ago, police said Tuesday. The wild woman believed by the parents of Rochom P'ngieng to be their long-lost daughter melted back... Debris from exploded aircraft falls near Preah Vihear Temple, Cambodia - People's Daily Online, September 21, 2007 ... "It may have accidentally shot out from a (military) exercise in Thailand," Nuth Teng said, adding that investigators after the incident tried to collect and reassemble the craft but were unable to say exactly what it was, reported English-language newspaper the Cambodia Daily. Thai officials denied at the time that such an incident had occurred, it added... Bird, monkey species in Cambodia added to critically endangered list - People's Daily Online, September 19, 2007 Two types of birds and one species of monkey native to Cambodia have had their survival prospects worsen significantly in the past year... Groundbreaking web site to chronicle Cambodia war crimes tribunal - PRNewswire, September 19, 2007 ...The Cambodia Tribunal Monitor, now available at http://www.CambodiaTribunal.org, will serve as a leading source of news and information on the upcoming trials of senior officials of the Khmer Rouge regime for atrocity crimes... Cambodia bans door-to-door evangelism - WorldNetDaily, July 30, 2007 A new directive has been issued by the government in Cambodia that essentially eliminates Christian evangelism, according to a new report from Voice of the Martyrs... Cambodian Apsara Authority orders S. Korean golf course halted - People's Daily, July 25, 2007 The Apsara Authority in Siem Reap province of Cambodia has ordered a South Korean company to stop constructing a golf course, alleging that it was being built illegally inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, local media reported Thursday... Rare soft-shell turtle found in Cambodia - Fish Update, May, 2007 CI Wildlife Biologist David Emmett was a member of the survey team that discovered the rare Cantor’s giant soft-shell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) in Cambodia’s Mekong River... Good or bad harvest? -
May 9, 2007 Animal deaths close Cambodia zoo - AFP, May 1, 2007 Scores of rare animals have disappeared or died at a zoo in Cambodia's tourist hub Siem Reap, forcing authorities to close the facility and highlighting the growing problem of private animal farms... Will US abandon Iraq the same way it did Cambodia in 1975? - Pacific Daily News, April, 2007 Kissinger later confirmed in his own book, "White House Years" that "Cambodia was not a moral issue" for the United States in obtaining "our exit from... Cambodia reflected in Iran - International Herald Tribune, April 10, 2007 ...In arguing the union was never a valid marriage, Ibarra said in court papers that his client and Ouch were among a group ordered at gunpoint to face each other for the marriage... Cambodian dance culture tries to rebuild - Arts Journal, March 26, 2007 The murderous Pol Pot actively tried to erase Cambodian culture. "One cultural sphere that suffered particularly badly was Cambodia's 1,000-year-old dance tradition... New world mysteries test Cambodia's lost tribe - The Age, February 23, 2007 Faded grandeur in Cambodia's mountains - Mail and Guardian, March 7, 2007 In the ruined ballroom of the Bokor Palace Hotel it is easy to imagine, amid the shattered floor tiles and mouldy walls, the clink of champagne flutes and lively chatter of a night out in this tiny colonial hill station... Talking to Norbert Klein: Open Forum of Cambodia - Partha's blog, September 29, 2005 First US ship visit to Cambodia in 30 years - AFP, February 8, 2007 The American navy's USS Gary docked in this Cambodian port on Friday, becoming the first US military craft to visit the former communist country in more than 30 years... Cambodia to open islands to tourists - DPA, February 12, 2007 ... The English-language Cambodia Weekly quoted Tourism Ministry secretary of state Thon Khon as saying the 61 mostly untouched islands had been identified by the government as ideal development and investment opportunities. ... "We need to link the Angkor temples to the beaches ... Although we have many tourism sites, our two biggest potential draws are the Angkor Wat temples and the beaches," the newspaper quoted Khon as saying... Today's Phnom Penh: A city of contrasts - IHT, February 13, 2007 Man banished to the land his family once fled - Seattle Times, February 4, 2007 ...Many Cambodians are wary of the returnees. Some are amazed anyone could fail in a place like America: One saying in Cambodia goes, "They couldn't make it in heaven, so they were sent back to hell."... China helps Angkor heal wounds of time - People's Daily, January 25, 2007 We know Angkor as the ruins of a city with grand temples of exemplary architecture in Cambodia. But for conservationist Jiang Huaiying, it is a big jigsaw puzzle... Cambodia's rat restaurants brace for seasonal boom - Calcutta News, January 11, 2007 For most restaurants, rats are bad news. But in the Cambodian province of Battambang, the arrival of this seasonal rodent delicacy signals big business... Cambodia hotel: It's the One - CNN, January 5, 2007 Home to the Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, Amansara, and the up-and-coming Hôtel de la Paix, Siem Reap is no stranger to luxury. But the new One Hotel Angkor is putting a modern spin on the concept with something the town has never seen before -- a one-room hotel... Cambodia says anti-corruption law delayed by foreigners - Radio Australia, January 3, 2007 ... But Om Yienting, Head of the Head of Cambodia's Anti-Corruption Unit, says the government has been attempting to implement the law for a number of years... |