History of Cambodia: Cambodia, Funan, Chenla, Khmer Empire, Dark ages of Cambodia, Colonial Cambodia, Cambodia under Sihanouk (1954-1970, Cambodian Civil War
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senior officials from ASEAN nations' national and private banks gathered here on Friday to attend the 39th ASEAN banking council meeting. The annual bankers' meeting focused on how to speed up the process of the integration of ASEAN financial services by 2015, and discussed on the cooperation in finance, investment, education and ASEAN inter-regional relations. "The close cooperation among ASEAN...
Details are Sketchy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Minister of Defense Tea Banh denies allegations that Cambodia secretly recorded the conversation of the Thai politician. The Cambodian government has no secret audio recording of Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya ordering an official of Thai embassy in Phnom Penh to obtain the flight schedule of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as claimed by a Puea Thai [...]
Details are Sketchy (Free subscription) | yesterday
This probably qualifies as a new low point in Cambodia-Thai relations. A Thai labourer allegedly killed a Cambodian co-worker with an axe early Friday after a heated and inebriated argument over the two countries’ deteriorating diplomatic relations, police said. Thai national Sinchai Namnon, 44, was the chief suspect in the slaying of Cambodian national Dieng, 40, who [...]
Thailand business news (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cambodia has taken over the running of the country’s Thai-owned air traffic control firm, in a deepening row between the two neighbouring countries....
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Thai Foreign Ministry has been instructed to help solve a problem at Cambodia Air Traffic Services Co Ltd (CATS) after the Cambodian government takes control of CATS, Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday. The Cambodian government has appointed a supervisor to oversee CATS, while Thai employees have not been allowed to continue working in the firm, Thai News Agency reported. The Thai Foreign...
Nerd's Eye View (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
I don’t really expect you to remember this, but I pretty much sobbed my way across Cambodia. Julius had to take my hand and lead me to sit on a quiet bench somewhere, or in a sheltered cafe, or sometimes, I just sat on the bus, staring out the window while trying to pull myself [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
London Children's Film Festival , London Is it wrong that the prospect of a Tim Burton Bedtime Stories Pyjama Party is as appealing to adults as it will be to movie-loving kids? With a sweet-making workshop and screenings of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride , it's just one of loads of great activities over the festival's two weekends, which also include a play-along musical session...
Googland (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Google LatLong : Uniting for a cause At an event organized jointly by the United Nations and Google at Google's office in New York, 80 United Nations delegates from more than 20 UN agencies, met with various Google product teams to explore how Google's wide array of products and services can further the UN mission and help foster innovation and new thinking. Google's Alfred Spector and the U.N.'s Choi...
Google LatLong (Free subscription) | yesterday
At an event organized jointly by the United Nations and Google at Google's office in New York, 80 United Nations delegates from more than 20 UN agencies, met with various Google product teams to explore how Google's wide array of products and services can further the UN mission and help foster innovation and new thinking. Google's Alfred Spector and the U.N.'s Choi Soon-hong , the first Chief Information...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | yesterday
Melanie Lofgren 11/20/09 3:10 p.m. The Global Fund is a finical institution that works in the prevention, treatment, and care of three diseases in low-income countries: AIDS/HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis (which estimates claimed have killed over 4 million people each year). To date, it has contributed $18.4 billion dollars in 140 countries since 2002. On November 12, 2009, the United Nation- backed...
Field Day (Free subscription) | yesterday
A farmer who broke his neck in a cycling accident is about to embark on a 280-mile ride across Vietnam and Cambodia. Jonathan Pellow, from Albaston on the Cornwall/Devon border, has been confined to a wheelchair since he "went...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | yesterday
Edinburgh University engineers have a plan to use genetically engineered bacteria that glow in the presence of explosives to detect landmines. The project is student-led, overseen by Alistair Elfick. The bugs can be mixed into a colourless solution, which forms green patches when sprayed onto ground where mines are buried. Edinburgh University said the microbes could be dropped by air onto danger areas....
Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just a quick update I am now back in Bangkok after the cooking course in Chang Mai. It was really good we got to cook some staple Thai dishes such as Thai green curry and pad thai. Sleeper back last night and I am now reallly knackered my body doesnt know whether to eat sleep or be sick haha...anyway tomorrow I am off to Cambodia to see the temples at Angkor. The journey is 7am to 7pm
Gavin Sullivan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three days ago Kevin Rudd --Australia's Labor PM--issued an apology ' to the Forgotten Australians - the half a million children raised in institutions, orphanages and foster care throughout the last century .' Nine hundred people assembled for the public apology, which was accompanied by an air of contrition, remorse and catharsis. Many attendees were themselves abuse victims. Since people so frequently...
Cape Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has decreed that only he and two other senior politicians may use sirens to clear the streets for their motorcades.
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