Phnom Penh Post - In Brief: Sam Rainsy asks for invite to forum
Sam Rainsy wrote Tuesday to the UN Development Program (UNDP) seeking
an invitation to the third Cambodian Economic Forum. The forum will be
held today and will be attended by government officials and
policymakers. In the letter, Sam Rainsy said the inclusion of an
opposition party leader would help bolster governmental transparency.
PM: All 10 Asean countries to receive Rainsy arrest warrantsPrime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday that all 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) member states will receive warrants for the arrest of Sam Rainsy. The warrants have already been sent to Laos and Thailand. He was speaking at a joint press conference at
Human rights report biased, says CambodiaCambodia has accused the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday of having “undermined the principle of objectivity”. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN said the Office of the
Kingdom okays 2,400MW power purchase from LaosA cabinet meeting on Wednesday decided that the government will purchase 2,400MW of electricity from Laos. A briefing document uploaded by government spokesman Phay Siphan to his Facebook page confirmed this. It said Cambodia will buy exclusive power from two coal-fired power plants in Laos –
The need to establish research universities in CambodiaIn an era of the globalisation and internationalisation of higher education, it is difficult, if not impossible, to disregard the regional and global trend toward building world-class universities. Many governments in Asia and Africa are making significant efforts to establish research-intensive universities to catch up