Phnom Penh Post - Moto stops Vorn Viva
ISKA world middleweight champion Vorn Viva has pulled out of a Saturday scheduled bout with Sen Bunthen, citing injuries from a motorcycle accident. The fighters are in different weight classes, and Saturday’s bout was being billed as a “friendly” match. “I have not fought in such a long time,” said a visibly disappointed Sen Bunthen, upon learning of the cancellation. “I am afraid of getting rusty.”
Cambodia-Thailand rail reconnected after 45 yearsA railway reconnecting Cambodia and Thailand was officially inaugurated on Monday following a 45-year hiatus, with the two kingdoms’ prime ministers in attendance at the ceremony. On the occasion, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha travelled together from Thailand’s
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
New airport study set for 2019A feasibility study on the construction of a new airport in the Kingdom will be launched later this year, according to a Ministry of Tourism spokesman on Monday. The plan was approved last week in a meeting held by the Ministry of Economy and Finance