Archive for June, 2009
Government seeks for reported of WWF’s explanation about the Mekong River Dophine
According, Ki-media, DPA
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian official Wednesday threatened to suspend the operations of an international wildlife group after it released a report claiming an endangered dolphin species was at risk of extinction due to pollution in the Mekong River.
Touch Seang Tana, chairman of Cambodia’s Commission for Conversation and Development of the Mekong River [...]
Left from homeland and Visiting
Prey Veng Provinces has the borders with Svay Rieng, Kandal, Kompong Cham Provinces and Other side near Vietnam’s border.
We go to Vey Vet Village, the new natonal road 8th are under constructed by Cambodian Government and sponsored from Chinese friendship about, approximately 50 km from Phnom Penh, located in Pearaing District, Prey Veng Province.
Along times [...]
KRouge prosecutor denies row sparked resignation
PHNOM PENH (AFP) — The international prosecutor at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge war crimes court denied Wednesday that his sudden resignation from the tribunal was due to a dispute with his local counterpart.
Canadian prosecutor Robert Petit insisted he was quitting for family reasons and hit out at “conspiracies” which suggested the real cause was a row [...]
Canadian prosecutor at Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal resigns
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS –
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Canadian prosecutor at the genocide tribunal trying Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge announced Tuesday he is resigning, citing personal and family reasons.
Robert Petit said in a statement that his resignation will become effective September 1, three years after he joined the United Nations-backed tribunal, which is [...]
Cambodian authorities consider opening Angkor Wat temples at night for tourists
The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia is considering opening the famed Angkor Wat temples at night to draw more tourists to the impoverished country, an official at the archaeological site said.
Similar night tourism efforts have been introduced at other sites in Southeast Asia.
Cambodia already has installed some lights at the network of centuries-old temples, [...]
