Cambodia

China lavishes cash on ally Cambodia with eyes

Phnom Penh - Muslimchronicle

Beijing has pledged billions of dollars to build new infrastructure in Cambodia, officials said Thursday, as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ended a two-day charm offensive currying favour for its mega-dams across the Mekong. The storied waterway, which twists through parts of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, is the world's largest inland fishery and helps feed around 60 million peopleRead more

HRH Premier thanked by Cambodian counterpart

Manama - Muslimchronicle

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa received a cable of thanks from his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen in reply to his cable of congratulations on Cambodia's Independence Day. The Cambodian Prime Minister expressed thanks and appreciation to HRH the Premier for his good and noble feelings, wishing him abundant health and happiness and more progressRead more

Dhananjaya braves muscle cramps

london - Muslimchronicle

Cambodia has seized nearly a tonne of ivory hidden in hollowed-out logs and discovered inside an abandoned shipping container, an official said Wednesday. The country has become a key regional transit point for the illicit wildlife trade. Nearly 280 pieces of ivory -- full and partial elephant tusks -- were found in the container at the southwestern port of SihanoukvilleRead more

US calls on Cambodia to 'undo' opposition party ban

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The United States Thursday demanded Cambodia reverse its ban on the country's main opposition as it warned the dissolution of the party would strip 2018 elections of legitimacy. Washington hit out after Cambodia's Supreme Court -- effectively controlled by strongman premier Hun Sen -- outlawed the Cambodia National Rescue Party and banned more than 100 of its politicians in aRead more

US calls on Cambodia to 'undo' opposition party ban

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The United States on Thursday called on Cambodia to "undo its recent actions" against the country's main opposition after the Supreme Court dissolved the party and banned more than 100 of its politicians. "We call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to undo its recent actions against the CNRP (Cambodia National Rescue Party)," the White House said in a statement,Read more

US calls on Cambodia to 'undo' opposition party ban

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Cambodian opposition party dissolved by Supreme Court

Phnom Penh - Muslimchronicle

Cambodia's Supreme Court dissolved the country's main opposition party and banned more than 100 of its politicians from office for five years on Thursday, in a case blasted by rights groups as politically motivated. The court "decides to dissolve the CNRP and ban 118 leaders... from politics for five years starting from the date of the verdict," said Judge DithRead more

Philippines declares victory over Daesh in Marawi

ClarkField - Muslimchronicle

After five months of intense fighting between Philippine government security forces and the Daesh-backed Islamist Maute group in Marawi City, the government has declared victory. Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made the announcement at the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers Meeting, which opened here on Monday. Ministers from the 10 ASEAN member nations —Read more

Cambodia bans Hollywood's 'Kingsman' for country's portrayal as crime hub

Washington - AFP

Hollywood's light-hearted spy blockbuster "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" has been banned in Cambodia due to a scene that portrays the country and one of its famous temples as a hotbed of crime, an official said Friday. The action-comedy sequel follows a fictional British spy organization that joins forces with an American counterpart to search for a drug lord's hideout, whichRead more