Archive for March 21st, 2005
Prime minister’s Anti-Graft Campaign Fails to Curb Bribe Demands
An executive of Cambodia’s garment industry, the country’s biggest export earner, said Monday that prime minister Hun Sen’s anti-corruption reforms had [...]
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Hostage killer taunts authorities
Chhouk Rin—convicted killer of three Western hostages in Cambodia in 1994—is on the run. But he says he likes to spend most of his time in the capital Phnom [...]
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Cambodia toughens drug trafficking laws
Cambodia, an increasingly important trans-shipment point for illicit drugs, has toughened its penalties for drug trafficking. The national assembly passed 49 amendments to [...]
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From sylvan Tenafly to the killing fields
The rain flooded the killing fields, bringing bones and blood-splattered clothing to the surface -ghastly reminders of Cambodia’s past political struggles. The macabre [...]
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Si Sa Ket the gateway for smuggled speed pills
The border crossing between Thailand’s north-eastern province of Si Sa ket and Khao Preah Vihear in Cambodia has become a popular gateway for speed pills smuggled into [...]
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Cambodians hope justice will close dark chapter
The chief villain has been dead for seven-years. The most notorious torture chamber is now a sparsely attended tourist attraction. And the world’s gaze is focused on [...]
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Cambodia to increase penalties for illicit drugs
Cambodian lawmakers on Thursday agreed to stiffen penalties for drug trafficking, a growing problem in this impoverished country. Drug trafficking in Cambodia “has [...]
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Cambodia, China to cooperate on iron mine exploration
China National Machinery & Equipment Corp (Group) and two Cambodian companies decided Saturday to cooperate in exploiting an iron mine in the country. An agreement was [...]
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Stolen property
A hill tribeswoman, a member of the Jarai ethnic minority, returns from the forest in Kong Yu village. Sev Hev’s cashew grove has been reduced to charred branches and [...]
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Cambodia and WHO plan education strategy to fight bird flu
Cambodia and the UN’s World Health Organisation (WHO) are devising a public education campaign to fight bird flu which will be funded by 40,000 dollars from the agency, [...]
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Cambodia has toughened its penalties for drug trafficking
A spokesman says the national assembly on March 17 passed 49 amendments to its 1997 drug control law, with traffickers now facing a mandatory jail term. He says any drug [...]
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MDC Keen To Help Laos Develop ICT Masterplan
Multimedia Development Corp (MDC), is keen to help Laos to develop its Information and Communications Technology (ICT ) Masterplan, says MDC manager (marketing and branding [...]
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M’sia Pledges To Work Closely With Laos To Promote Trade
Malaysia will continue to work closely with Laos in providing the necessary environment to promote two-way businesses, minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri [...]
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Laos Premier Hopes For Further M’sia-Laos Business Collaboration
Prime minister of Laos, Bounn Hang Vorachith lauded Malaysian investors in forging business ties with their Laotian counterparts. During his meeting with the minister of [...]
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Coffee rises in Tokyo on supply concerns, Vietnam crop failure
Robusta coffee prices in Tokyo rose 4.3%, the biggest fluctuation of any commodity market on Friday, on declining supplies in Vietnam, which accounts for half the world’s [...]
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