Cambodia earns nearly $60 million in ticket sales from Angkor Wat each year, from nearly 2 million visitors.
This week’s message underscores the sensitive nature of Cambodian politics, where insults are taken very personally and defamation is a criminal offense.
The Cambodian Landmine Museum sits just outside of the tourism hub of Siem Reap, the gateway city to the famed temples of Angkor Wat.
Hun Sen made the comment at the annual ceremony to mark Jan. 7, 1979, when Vietnamese-backed forces ousted the Khmer Rouge from Phnom Penh.
Prime Minister Hun Sen will join other Asean leaders for a special meeting with US President Barack Obama in California next month.
Vorn Pov, the leader of the organization IDEA, was among 23 people arrested in the January 2014 crackdown.
Cambodian farmers are increasingly growing organic rice and vegetables in some places, but there is no official certification available.
At least five people died in a brutal government crackdown during two days of rioting in January 2014.
According to CEDAC, about 250 farmers have begun growing organic vegetables in four provinces—Takeo, Kompong Speu, Kompong Chhnang and Siem Reap.
The old dump site has about 3 million tons of trash, filling 31 hectares of land. It was filled in just six years.
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday announced a deal between the two sides to have trade worth $15 billion by 2020, by expanding road and rail links.
At least 10 Rescue Party activists and supporters are currently in detention, on various charges, including Hong Sok Hour, an aging senator who has been jailed since August.
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday called on Asean member states to work together on cross-border rescues of citizens in the wake of natural or man-made disasters.
Norodom Ranariddh said Friday he would be interested in a coalition, rather than being a party in the opposition role, if Funcipec regained voters.
Cambodia’s court system is not well trusted by most citizens, with most decisions of the court benefiting the rich and powerful.
The report recommends that developing countries in East Asia “take steps to reform their existing pension schemes, including considering gradual increases in retirement age.”
Rights and development groups say a draft law on access to information will be more useful to the public if it has input from outside the government.
Cambodian officials say the government is ready to respond to attacks, though, as the recent mob beatings of two opposition lawmakers demonstrates, the country is not exempt from violence.
About 1,000 unions are active for workers rights, in a sector that employs up to 700,000 people.
Yem Chroeum, 55, was accused of reusing needles and syringes on patients in his unlicensed clinic, spreading the virus.
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