Phnom Penh Post - New US ambassador
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mbassador Charles A. Ray arrived in Phnom Penh on December 26 to take up his new
post. Ray has worked in the US Department of State for the past 20 years and has
held posts in China, Thailand and Sierra Leone. His most recent posting was as US
consul-general in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He replaces Kent Wiedemann who left
in May 2002.
Prince injured, wife dies after accidentTHE wife of former First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Ouk Phalla, 39, died while the prince was “severely” injured following a road accident in Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nub district on Sunday morning, officials said. Rananriddh, who is also the president of the Funcinpec
Bun Heang mocks US, threatens its citizens in scathing open letterAfter being hit with sanctions from the US Department of Treasury, Cambodian General Hing Bun Heang said he would retaliate against any US national who does not respect his country’s sovereignty, has ambitions to invade Cambodia or incites “traitors” in the Kingdom to do
Police warn boycott FB group involved in the “Clean Fingers Campaign” Police said on Tuesday that they will pick up members of a Facebook group involved in the “Clean Fingers Campaign” that promotes a boycott of next month’s national elections. However, police merely planned to “educate” the group for now, but warned that if the
Ranariddh 'seriously injured', his wife dies in accident in Preah SihanoukTHE wife of former first prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh has died. Ouk Phalla succumbed to injuries sustained in a traffic accident on National Road 4 in Preah Sihanouk’s Prey Nub district this morning. She and the prince were immediately rushed to the Preah Sihanouk