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Latest Cambodia News

Deputy PM confident tensions at Thai-Cambodian border will ease
BANGKOK, July 4 (TNA) -- Tensions at the Thai-Cambodian border are expected to ease as concerned army officers of the two countries progress in negotiations, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Saturday.

Troop reductions not seen at Preah Vihear; Thai village defence volunteers ready
SI SA KET, July 4 (TNA) Neither Thailand nor Cambodia have reduced their military personnel at the ancient Preah Vihear temple, and Thai village defence volunteers in the area are now fully prepared to defend their villages if Cambodian troops intrude

Chinese senior CPC official visits Cambodia
Cambodian PM to visit France in July Cambodian ruling party CPP marks 58th anniversary Cambodia FM: Thailand threatens Cambodia and UNESCO over Preah Vihear temple Cambodia becomes 94th member of International Renewable Energy Agency Phnom Penh ties

Cambodian air authority tightens measures against A/H1N1 flu at airports
Cambodia's Secretariat of State of Civil Aviation (SSCA) has taken more actions against A/H1N1 flu in prevention the spreading of the flu through the airports, the press release of the SSCA obtained Saturday said. All concession companies at airports

Thai PM to meet UN chief after his Burma visit
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is ready to meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon who will be in transit from Rangoon to New York late Saturday. Abhisit said the meeting will be about ties between Asean grouping, United Nations, Burma and Thai-Cambodia

National Bank of Cambodia Selects Oracle Flexcube as Banking Platform
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has selected Oracle Flexcube as the banking platform for its operations. Oracle Flexcube will help automate NBC's current processes for operations across deposits, loans, foreign exchange, money markets, securities,

Border dispute not lead to war with Cambodia: Thai defense minister
BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Thai Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Saturday that he was confident that the border dispute with Cambodia will not lead to war between the two countries as some fear. Thailand's Army Region 2 commander will hold

No evacuation drills along Thailand-Cambodia border [2009-07-03]
(NNT) - An evacuation drill was not organized for people living along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, as earlier scheduled amidst mounting tension in the area. The evacuation drill for people along the border in case of armed conflicts, annually

Cambodia's torture prison survivors testify at tribunal
In Cambodia, evidence is being heard against the former head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, Comrade Duch. Only a handful of prisoners survived Tuol Sleng, during the four years of Khmer Rouge rule. Yesterday, a former child survivor, now aged 39,

The Hague institute teaches how to investigate genocide
Cambodia, Rwanda, Srebrenica and Darfur are place names that have become emblematic of man's inhumanity. The process of bringing the perpetrators of mass killings to justice can often take a decade or more. It begins with the efforts of those who

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Following a five-year struggle, communist Khmer Rouge forces captured Phnom Penh in 1975 and ordered the evacuation of all cities and towns; over 1 million displaced people died from execution or enforced hardships. A 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the Khmer Rouge into the countryside and touched off 13 years of fighting. UN-sponsored elections in 1993 helped restore some semblance of normalcy, as did the rapid diminishment of the Khmer Rouge in the mid-1990s. A coalition government, formed after national elections in 1998, brought renewed political stability and the surrender of remaining Khmer Rouge forces.

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