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56 min ago | Pnompenh Post

Ministry to boost telco rules

The Cambodia Telecom Regulator, which Prime Minister Hun Sen approved in a draft sub-decree on Friday, will aim to make rules clearer and more transparent, Minister of Posts and Telecommunication So Khun said.

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2 hrs ago | Fibre2Fashion

Cambodia:Tribunal asks Cambodian garment makers to hike wages

Leading apparel factories in Cambodia have been asked to immediately raise salary of garment workers from current US$ 61 per month, by a panel of international as well as local judges.

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3 hrs ago | Pnompenh Post

Barging in uninvited

A sorry sight pierces the pristine waters of the Kampong Bay estuary, in Kampot province: the rusty hull of a sand-dredging barge that has capsized and been abandoned in the middle of the waterway.

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3 hrs ago | Pnompenh Post

S-21 survivor plays host

"From two years selling my biography, I saved $30,000," for my house," Bou Meng said.

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3 hrs ago | Pnompenh Post

Rail project families at risk: NGO

In the report obtained by the Post,A Bridges Across Borders Cambodia saysA a perception among many families interviewed that they had been, or would be, worse off because of the project was "unsurprising". "The lack of meaningful consultat-ion, including the provision of genuine choices from the beginning, has meant the resettlement process has ... (more)

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Sun Feb 12, 2012

South Coast Register

Students rise to global challenge

However, Nowra Anglican College is moving beyond dreaming and taking decisive steps to introduce the next generation of schooling - turning out students who not only learn about global issues, but are also encouraged to pursue humanitarian work and build a social conscious, all while exploring diverse parts of the world.

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Bangkok Post

Border dispute talks back on track

Thailand and Cambodia will today resume talks under the Joint Boundary Commission to continue surveying and demarcation work on the land boundary between the two countries.

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Nerve News

India to begin ASEAN engagement with Delhi Dialogue

India will kick off its year-long intense engagements with the Association of South East Asian Nations - with a high-level dialogue, beginning here Monday, on critical economic, security and capacity-building issues between them.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

The Independent

You have to get up early to do the Cambodia temple run

Visitor numbers to the ancient Khmer ruins of Angkor are rocketing, so a successful visit is all about timing.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

Pnompenh Post

Training urged for poor youths

Phnom Penh Munici-pal Hall had issued an appeal to community leaders in the city's nine districts to recruit young, unemployed and unskilled men to attend technical training with the NGO Caritas, an announcement posted on the city hall website yesterday said.

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Pnompenh Post

Premier pushes skyscrapers

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday promised accolades to the builder of Cambodia's next skyscraper, while downplaying disputes on tall buildings near the Kingdom's monuments.

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Pnompenh Post

Police Blotter: 10 Feb 2012

A 36-year-old woman suff-ered head injuries when her husband hacked her on Wednesday in Svay Rieng province's Svay Tiep district.

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Bangkok Post

Passenger van hits truck, 8 killed, 3 injured

Eight Cambodians were killed, 5 others injured when their passenger van slammed into the back of a parking 10-wheel truck at 59th kilometre marker on Kanchanaphisek road in Onnuch area on Friday morning, police said.

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Pnompenh Post

Emotions spark street side fashion

"An extravaganza"a "A fabulous event" a "Like nothing Siem Reap has ever seen before"a All phrases used to describe Emotions, a fashion showcase by Eric Raisina that will mix images, projection, art, dance, furniture and fashion.

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Pnompenh Post

Temple 'encroachment'

The Cambodian Foreign Ministry had sent a diplomatic note to the Thai government alleging Thai military encroachment in the Provisional Demilitarised Zone around the Preah Vihear temple, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Koung said yesterday.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Korean News

DPRK Ambassador Meets Cambodian PM

Hong Ki Chol, DPRK ambassador to Cambodia, paid a courtesy call on Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia, on Feb.

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Pnompenh Post

PM ridicules SRP defections

Prime Minister Hun Sen cuts a ribbon during the opening of a new building for the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction yesterday in Phnom Penh.

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Pnompenh Post

Populace needs to be 'conquered':

The people of Cambodia needed to be "conquered" and "conA trolled", Brother No 2 Nuon Chea told the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday when questioned about how the regime garnered support.

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Global Voices Online

Cambodia: Demolition of Houses in Borei Keila

Forced evictions and land grabbing are getting worse in Cambodia. But the case which grabbed global attention involves the violent demolition of an urban poor community in Borei Keila located in central Phnom Penh.

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Pnompenh Post

5th Vietnam bank opens door

The first overseas branch of Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank will officially launch in Phnom Penh today in its first bid to tap neighbouring ASEAN economies.

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