Cambodians living in the Seattle, Wash., area have begun putting their names on a petition asking the US to join an international landmine treaty. Organizers of the petition, including a Cambodian landmine victim and Nobel Prize laureate, Tun Channareth, say they want to collect 1,000 signatures before sending the petition to US President Barack Obama
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Thursday upbraided government agencies and non-government groups for failing to cooperate against human trafficking, saying the lack of a clear strategy was adding to the problem. Sar Kheng, whose ministry oversees a special anti-trafficking unit, said the lack of cohesion meant a a waste of resources. He spoke at an anti-trafficking workshop in Phnom Penh to about 80 participants from the government and NGOs, including provincial authorities
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia Surya Subedi wrapped up his fifth visit to Cambodia on Friday expressing concern about the lack of progress on land rights and freedom of speech in the country.
The private investors would spend US$1.25 billion for the first stage in order to construct the Angkor New City in Varin district in Siem Reap province, where is the tourism area, at the end of this year. “The investors would spend US$1.25 billion in the first stage of construction, which will include hotels, condominiums and [...]
A decades-long drought interspersed with intense monsoons in the 14th and 15th centuries may have contributed to the fall of the Angkorean civilization, a new US research study suggests. Brendan Buckley, a researcher at Columbia University, and his colleagues studied tree rings in the region, putting together a high-resolution record of periods of drought and [...]
For hundreds of years the Khmer empire ruled in what is now Cambodia. But in the 13th century, the capital city, Angkor, fell into ruin. A new scientific study indicates that climate, specifically decades of drought interspersed with intense monsoons, helped bring down the Khmer capital. Brendan Buckley, the Columbia University scientist who led the [...]
It is the first time Cambodia have been voted to one of 21 permanent member of World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in 17th general assembly in Paris from Oct 23 to 28, 2009, representing 186 countries in the world. Speaking in graduation ceremony of a university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen said [...]