http://www.cambodiatimes.com Cambodia News and Information blog Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:41:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en pattayatoday.net Better preparation is needed if Thailand is to win the fight with Cambodia over its management plan for Preah Vihear temple. Thailand celebrated a small victory last week when it managed to persuade the 21-member World Heritage Committee (WHC), meeting in Brazil, to defer a decision on the plan ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/cambodia-news/battle-plan-2011/ This is part of a series of articles by Westporter Robert Stokes based on his recent return to Vietnam for the first time since he covered the war from 1966 to l968 as a freelance journalist and later as a staff correspondent for Newsweek Magazine. SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- His name ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/history/a-war-revisited-a-killing-fields-survivor/ PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. Cambodian Buddhist monks blessed the artifacts during a handover ceremony at the port of Sihanoukville, said John Johnson, a U.S. embassy spokesman. The sandstone sculptures were recovered by ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/cambodia-news/us-returns-7-stolen-ancient-cambodian-sculptures/ Published: 10/11/2009 at 11:26 AM Online news: Tourism   Cambodia could lose 30 to 40 billion baht in tourism income as the latest conflict with Thailand is driving Thai and foreign tourists away, Apichart Sangka-aree, an adviser to the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), said on Tuesday. “On the tourism front, Cambodia will ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/cambodia-news/cambodia-stands-to-lose-b40bn-income/ Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:25am EST BANGKOK, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet was reviewing aid to Cambodia on Tuesday, a government official said, the latest move in a diplomatic row triggered by a visit by fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to the neighbouring country. The cabinet will discuss various retaliatory ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/cambodia-news/thailand-reviews-aid-to-cambodia-after-thaksin-row/ By Ron Corben Bangkok 11 November 2009   Cambodia has rejected Thailand's request for the extradition of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. There now are suggestions that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations should intervene to reduce tensions that have risen between the two countries. Thai diplomats on Wednesday morning presented Cambodian officials with a ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/cambodia-news/cambodia-rejects-thai-request-to-extradite-former-leader/ SOPHENG CHEANG Published: Yesterday PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Thailand's fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived Tuesday in Cambodia following his appointment as economic adviser to the government, fueling tensions between the neighboring countries. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he would seek Thaksin's extradition and announced that his Cabinet had approved ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/cambodia-news/toppled-thai-leader-arrives-in-cambodia/ BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand recalled its ambassador from neighboring Cambodia on Thursday after former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a fugitive from justice, was named an adviser to the government in Phnom Penh. The move was the most severe diplomatic action thus far in ongoing tensions between the two countries, which ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/cambodia-news/thailand-recalls-ambassador-to-cambodia/ www.chinaview.cn 2009-10-31 14:40:02 BANGKOK, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra refused to permanently reside in Cambodia as hedid not want to create problem to Thailand, opposition Puea Thai Party Chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyuth said Saturday. "I asked him through people close him why he did not ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/cambodia-news/thaksin-not-to-reside-in-cambodia-thai-opposition-leader/ By Tim Johnston Published: October 22 2009 03:00 | Last updated: October 22 2009 03:00 Advocates of free speech say a law passed yesterday by Cambodia's legislature limiting the size of demonstrations is the latest example of increasing intolerance. The parliament - dominated by the Cambodian People's party of Hun Sen, prime minister ... http://www.cambodiatimes.com/cambodia-news/cambodia-curbs-demonstrations/