Phnom Penh Post - THRONE COUNCIL CONVENED
Chea Sim (front), President of the Senate and at that time acting Head of State in
the wake of the abdication of King Sihanouk, and the President of the National Assembly
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, cast their votes at the meeting of the Throne Council,
in the Royal Palace, October 14. The nine members voted ananimously for Prince Sihamoni
to become King.
Thousands attend CNRP-organised pro-democracy vigil in South Korea Thousands of supporters of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Saturday gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to hold a candlelight demonstration calling for the “liberation” of democracy in Cambodia. Yim Sinorn, a CNRP member in South Korea, said on
US Embassy: Chinese trade does not help like the West’sThe US Embassy in Phnom Penh on Friday said relations between China and Cambodia did not create jobs or help industry when compared to the trade between the Kingdom and the US. “About 87 per cent of trade [with China] are Chinese imports, which do not
Vietnamese land-grabbers heldFollowing a provincial court order, Ratanakkiri Military Police on April 16 arrested 12 Vietnamese nationals accused of crossing the border into Cambodia and illegally clearing forest land. The accused are now being detained at Phnom Svay prison in the province. Ratanakkiri military police commander Thav Yen told
Eight people sent to court over violent protestPreah Sihanouk provincial authorities on Sunday sent eight people to court for blocking National Road 4 and using violence against authorities in a land dispute in Prey Nop district’s Bit Traing commune. Four police officers and two commune security guards sustained injuries when the protesters