Cambodian PM visits disputed Thai border temple (Channel NewsAsia)
PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia : Cambodian Premier Hun Sen visited a disputed border area with Thailand Saturday, angering the neighbouring nation amid an ongoing diplomatic spat.
Cambodia rebukes Google (AsiaOne)
PHNOM PENH – CAMBODIA has accused Internet giant Google of being ‘professionally irresponsible’ over its map of a ancient temple at the centre of a border dispute with Thailand, a letter seen by AFP on Saturday showed.
Manila c.bank approves $655 mln in soft loans (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
MANILA, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank has approved $655 million worth of official development assistance loans from multilateral institutions in support of fiscal consolidation and social welfare projects, official documents show.
Cambodian PM visits disputed Thai border temple (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cambodian Premier Hun Sen visited a disputed border area with Thailand Saturday, angering the neighbouring nation amid an ongoing diplomatic spat.
Kalimantan — one of Indonesia’s last natural frontiers (The New Straits Times)
TO get to Pangkalan Bun in Kalimantan from Menado, Maluku, Abdul Halik needed to change planes and endure eight airport stops. There are no non-stop flights between many of the 33 provinces across the country, said Halik, an ethnic Ternate of Pulau Mahindre in Maluku.
Cambodia rebukes Google over disputed Thai border map (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cambodia has accused Internet giant Google of being “professionally irresponsible” over its map of a ancient temple at the centre of a border dispute with Thailand, a letter seen by AFP Saturday showed.
Cambodian PM visits disputed Thai border (Thailandnews.net)
Cambodian Premier Hun Sen visited a disputed border area with Thailand yesterday, angering the neighbouring nation amid an ongoing diplomatic spat.Hun Sen, accompanied by his wife, Bun Rany, both dres…
Abhisit says Thaksin must forego Thai citizenship if he becomes Cambodian (AsiaOne)
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday that former prime Thaksin Shinawatra will have to forego his Thai citizenship if he wants to become a Cambodian citizen.
Sinatra’s song often strikes deadly chord in Philippines (Seattle Times)
The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines, or how many fatal fights it has fueled. But the news media has recorded at least six victims in the past decade and includes them in a subcategory of crime dubbed the “My Way Killings.”
02/05/2010 13:55 THAILAND MYANMAR Burmese junta profits at the expense of 1.3 million migrant workers in Thailand (AsiaNews.it)
by Weena Kowitwanij The two governments agree to clarify the procedures for registration of Burmese people in Thailand. The Burmese junta has so far claimed the withdrawal of the documentation at home to monitor illegal departures from the country.
Hun Sen visits temple near disputed Thai-Cambodia border+ (Thailandnews.net)
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 6 (AP) – (Kyodo)(EDS: CLARIFYING THAT THAI GOV’T DID NOT OPPOSE HUN SEN’S VISIT TO THE TEMPLE, 3RD GRAF) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, ignoring Thailand’s protests, on Satur…
Hun Sen visits temple near disputed Thai-Cambodia border+ (Thailandnews.net)
(AP) PHNOM PENH, Feb. 6 (Kyodo)-(EDS: CLARIFYING THAT THAI GOV’T DID NOT OPPOSE HUN SEN’S VISIT TO THE TEMPLE, 3RD GRAF) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, ignoring Thailand’s protests, on S…
Cambodia Rebukes Google Over Disputed Thai Border Map, AFP Says (Bloomberg)
Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — Cambodia is asking Google Inc. to withdraw a map of an ancient temple at the center of a border dispute with Thailand, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a letter by the Cambodian government to Google.
