2014-05-18

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Cambodia royal oxen predicts good harvest - MSN NZ News

Cambodia royal oxen predicts good harvest
MSN NZ News
Cambodia's royal oxen has munched on beans, sesame, corn, and rice at an ancient ritual, leading astrologers to predict a "quite good" agricultural harvest this year. Hundreds of people watched on Saturday to see what the cows ate to signal the coming ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 17 May 2014 | 10:54 am

Cambodia holds ploughing ceremony - Bangkok Post


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Cambodia holds ploughing ceremony
Bangkok Post
From his observation, Korng Keng concluded Cambodianfarmers this year will see fairly good crops of corn, along with beans and rice, the choice this year for the royal oxen. According to Cambodian astrology, if the oxen only pick grass for their meal ...
Cambodia's royal oxen predict 'quite good' harvestYahoo!7 News
Cambodia observes traditional royal ploughing ceremony in Southern provinceShanghai Daily (subscription)

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 17 May 2014 | 10:08 am

Cambodia's royal oxen predict 'quite good' harvest
Cambodia's royal oxen munched on beans, sesame, corn, and rice at an ancient ritual on Saturday, leading astrologers to predict a "quite good" harvest this year.
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 17 May 2014 | 9:29 am

Gustafson has a passion for Cambodia and its people - Yakima Herald-Republic

Gustafson has a passion for Cambodia and its people
Yakima Herald-Republic
Garth Gustafson will present a teaching forum about the genesis and development of the Battambang, Cambodia, base of Youth With A Mission at 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the chapel at Grace of Christ Presbyterian Church, 9 S. Eighth Ave. On May 25, he will ...

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 17 May 2014 | 8:26 am

China Urges Cambodia to Protect Citizens Fleeing Vietnam - Voice of America


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China Urges Cambodia to Protect Citizens Fleeing Vietnam
Voice of America
Anti-Chinese demonstrations over the South China Sea turned deadly in Vietnam this week, pushing as many as 1,000 Chinese into Cambodia, where they are seeking safety. Koy Kuong, a spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Ministry, saidCambodia is ...
Anti-China riots turn deadly in VietnamThe Guardian
Deadly riots in Vietmam over Chinese oil rig put investment at riskSouth China Morning Post
China threatens of war with Vietnam over killing of Chinese factory workersANINEWS

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 16 May 2014 | 11:37 pm

Bike lessor banks on Cambodia - The Nation

Bike lessor banks on Cambodia
The Nation
Against a business slowdown caused by the political crisis in Thailand, motorcycle leasing firm Group Lease is aggressively tapping the Cambodia market, and expects profits from its operations there to match those in Thailand by next year. GL chairman ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 16 May 2014 | 5:23 pm

After Anti-China Protests in Vietnam, Chinese Flee to Cambodia - Voice of America


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After Anti-China Protests in Vietnam, Chinese Flee toCambodia
Voice of America
The number of Chinese who have come across from Vietnam is unclear and Cambodian officials have declined to comment on the border crossings, which took place after Chinese and Taiwanese factories were targeted by mobs in southern Vietnam.
Hundreds of Chinese enter Cambodia, fleeing Vietnam violence: policeReuters
Chinese nationals in Vietnam flee to Cambodia as anti-China riots turn fatalThe Guardian
Chinese Fleeing Vietnam into Cambodia as Tensions MountVOA Khmer
The Cambodia Daily (subscription) -Bangkok Post
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Source: cambodia - Google News | 16 May 2014 | 1:19 pm

Cambodia: Australia's refugee dumping ground? - Aljazeera.com

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Cambodia: Australia's refugee dumping ground?
Aljazeera.com
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Nearly three months after theCambodian government let slip that it had been approached by Australia to house refugees, Australian authorities have remained silent on the cost, scope, and timeline - with even members of the ...
Cambodian activists call for peaceful protests in VietnamAsian Correspondent
Ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia Cancel Anti-China ProtestMalaysia Sun
Chinese Men Searching For Wives Abroad Have Started A Disturbing TrendBusiness Insider

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 16 May 2014 | 8:36 am

Cambodia: Australia's refugee dumping ground?
Critics accuse Australia of breaching international law as it mulls sending asylum seekers to impoverished country.
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 16 May 2014 | 8:30 am

It's not just Cambodia, Vietnam - Southeast Asia struggles with Internet freedom - Deutsche Welle

It's not just Cambodia, Vietnam - Southeast Asia struggles with Internet freedom
Deutsche Welle
While Cambodia's government considers a new law that would impose stiff penalties for online communications the government doesn't like, democratic Thailand continues to jail people for posts that criticize the monarchy. Myanmar has abolished some of ...

Source: cambodia - Google News | 15 May 2014 | 10:41 am

Hundreds of Chinese enter Cambodia, fleeing Vietnam violence: police
Hundreds of Chinese nationals have fled to Cambodia to escape anti-China riots in Vietnam in which at least 20 people are reported to have been killed, Cambodian police said on Thursday. \"Yesterday more than 600 Chinese people from Vietnam crossed at Bavet international checkpoint into Cambodia,\" National Police spokesman Kirt Chantharith told Reuters. \"They are at guest houses and hotels in ...
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 15 May 2014 | 5:52 am

We can't ignore Cambodia's railroaded poor - The Age

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We can't ignore Cambodia's railroaded poor
The Age
After months of cozying up to the authoritarian government of Hun Sen, Australia has finally managed to convince Cambodiato accept its refugees from Nauru and Manus Island. Never mind that Cambodia has neither the resources – nor the human rights ...
Leaked draft of Cambodia's proposed cyber law reveals threat to free expressionDeutsche Welle
Cambodians flock to see 'lucky' snakeIndependent Online

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Source: cambodia - Google News | 14 May 2014 | 3:08 pm

Cambodia's Caltex gas station workers on strike
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Workers at U.S.-owned Caltex gas stations in Cambodia went on strike Monday to demand higher wages and better working conditions.
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 12 May 2014 | 1:13 pm

Cambodia seizes record 3 tons of illegal ivory
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian authorities intercepted 3 tons of illegal ivory on Friday that was stashed in shipping containers, in the largest such seizure in the Southeast Asian country, an official said.
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 9 May 2014 | 9:58 am

Giant Development in Cambodia Hinges on Chinese Buyers - New York Times

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Giant Development in Cambodia Hinges on Chinese Buyers
New York Times
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — There is an island inCambodia that, unlike others in Southeast Asia, is not the object of an ownership dispute. But it is equally clear whom its current owners would like to land there: Chinese property buyers. If all goes ...
Cambodia Information Ministry Joins UN in Condemning Media AttacksVOA Khmer
Cambodian Players Selected To Play for Asean All-Star TeamThe Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Condemnation of attacks on journalists inCambodiaRadio Australia
Radio Free Asia -GlobalPost -Jakarta Post
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Source: cambodia - Google News | 7 May 2014 | 10:51 am

May Day rallies demand reform; 5 hurt in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — May Day demonstrators denounced low wages and called for better treatment of workers during rallies Thursday that turned violent in Cambodia and in Turkey, where police tried to enforce a ban on public protests.
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 1 May 2014 | 11:05 am

Beatings mar May Day demonstration in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Security forces beat demonstrators Thursday after a May Day rally held in defiance of a government ban on public protests in the Cambodian capital.
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 1 May 2014 | 6:16 am

Cambodia tentatively agrees to boatpeople plan
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A senior Cambodian official has said his country has tentatively agreed to accept asylum-seekers who had been seeking to settle in Australia in a potential deal criticized by refugee advocates.
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 30 Apr 2014 | 1:07 am

Cambodia agrees to Australia's request to house asylum seekers
Cambodia has agreed to take in people intercepted while trying to migrate to Australia illegally and a U.N. human rights agency said it would provide support for the plan if needed, officials said on Tuesday. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop asked Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a visit in February to take in migrants detained while trying to reach the Australian coast. "In ...
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 29 Apr 2014 | 11:50 am

Investors wary as anti-Vietnamese feeling grows in Cambodia
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - It took just one word to fire up the mob that beat Tran Van Chien to death after a minor road accident in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The 30-year-old carpenter was standing among onlookers on February 16 when someone shouted "yuon," a term widely seen as derogatory to the hundreds of thousands of ethnic Vietnamese who call Cambodia home. Seconds ...
Source: Cambodia - Yahoo News Search Results | 29 Apr 2014 | 1:37 am

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