DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Thai PM pays homage to the late King-Father in Phnom Penh” plus 5 more |
- Thai PM pays homage to the late King-Father in Phnom Penh
- Vietnamese, Laos, Thai PMs pay last respects to Cambodia's late King-Father Sihanouk
- Cambodia's garment export reaches 3.54 bln USD in 8 months, up 11%
- S. Korea's U.N. Security Council membership to deter DPRK provocations: FM
- U.N. starts voting for new Security Council members
- China, Cambodia agree to further advance ties
| Thai PM pays homage to the late King-Father in Phnom Penh Posted: 19 Oct 2012 04:02 AM PDT BANGKOK, Oct.19 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday led a delegation of Thai high-ranking officials to Phnom Penh to pay homage to His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Nordom Sihanouk, the late King-Father of the Kingdom of Cambodia., according to the Thai Foreign Ministry. The delegation included Deputy Prime Minister General Yuthasak Sasiprapha, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister's Office Niwattamrong Boonsongpaisan, Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and Deputy Foreign Minister Jullapong Nonsrichai, on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. On this occasion, Prime Minister Yingluck is granted a royal audience with His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Nordom Sihamoni and Her Majesty Nordom Monineath Sihanouk, the Queen Mother, and will meet with her counterpart -- Prime Minister Hun Sen, to express condolences. The Prime Minister and her delegation left Bangkok for Phnom Penh by special flight from Bangkok at 1 p.m. local time and will attend the Ceremony at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. The Prime Minister and her delegation are scheduled to arrive Bangkok on Friday evening. | ||
| Vietnamese, Laos, Thai PMs pay last respects to Cambodia's late King-Father Sihanouk Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:51 AM PDT PHNOM PENH, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday afternoon subsequently paid their last tributes to Cambodia's late former King Norodom Sihanouk at the Royal Palace here. In a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace ahead of the homage ceremony, Nguyen Tan Dung said, "The government and people of Vietnam are very sad to hear that former King Norodom Sihanouk passed away." "The King-Father was the great friend of Vietnam," he said. In a separate meeting with Hun Sen before the ceremony, Thongsing Thammavong, on behalf of Laos government and its people, sincerely expressed his deep condolences to royal families, Cambodian government and its people for the loss of the King- Father Sihanouk. Meanwhile, Hun Sen expressed thanks to them for directly coming to Cambodia to express their condolences over the death of the King-Father. The most revered ex-King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia died of illness at the age of 90 in Beijing on Monday and his body was transported to Phnom Penh by Air China jumbo jet on Wednesday afternoon. Hundreds of thousands of mourners tearfully welcomed the return of his body. The country announced a week of mourning from Oct. 17-23, and the body of the King-Father will be lying in state at least 3 months at the Royal Palace before it is cremated. Born on Oct. 31, 1922, Sihanouk reigned the country from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his voluntary abdication on Oct. 7, 2004 in favor of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni. He was the king who led the country to gain independence from France in 1953. He was a presence through decades of political and social turmoil in Cambodia, despite long periods of exile overseas. He suffered from various forms of cancer, diabetes and hypertension and had been treated by Chinese doctors in Beijing for years before his death. | ||
| Cambodia's garment export reaches 3.54 bln USD in 8 months, up 11% Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:53 PM PDT PHNOM PENH, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has exported garment and textile products in equivalent to 3.54 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of 2012, a 11 percent rise from 3.19 billion U.S. dollars at the same period last year, a report from the Commerce Ministry showed Friday. The United States and European countries are the main buyers, and other customers are Canada, Japan, South Korea, China and some other Asian countries. According to the report, during the same period, the country has imported garment and textile raw materials in equivalent to 2. 04 billion U.S. dollars, a 24 percent rise from 1.65 billion U.S. dollars at the same period last year. Those materials had been mainly imported from Chinese mainland, China's Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and South Korea. Garment industry is the country's largest income maker. The sector consists of more than 300 factories, employing some 335,400 workers -- 91 percent of them are female, according to the Commerce Ministry. Last year, the sector exported products in equivalent to 4.24 billion U.S. dollars, up 25 percent year-on-year.
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| S. Korea's U.N. Security Council membership to deter DPRK provocations: FM Posted: 18 Oct 2012 07:22 PM PDT
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's status as a non- permanent member of the United Nations Security Council will help deter future provocations by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the country's top diplomat said Friday. "I believe being a member of the Security Council itself will bolster deterrence against North Korea (DPRK), now that we can directly discuss its provocations at the council," foreign minister Kim Sung-hwan told a press briefing. "This will allow us to contribute to regional peace and world peace as well," he said, adding the country will "play a leading role" in resolving global conflicts. South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae echoed the sentiment, saying in a statement that the country will "solidify peace on the Korean peninsula" and help "maintain global peace and stability." The remarks came a day after South Korea was elected to the 15- nation United Nations Security Council, along with Australia, Rwanda, Argentina and Luxembourg, for the first time in 15 years. It won 149 votes in the second round of voting, more than the 129 votes necessary to win a seat on the council, beating Bhutan and Cambodia that also eyed the Asia-Pacific seat. South Korea, which joined the U.N. in 1991 along with the DPRK, will serve on the council for the next two years alongside the five veto-holding permanent council members. | ||
| U.N. starts voting for new Security Council members Posted: 18 Oct 2012 07:20 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday started voting by secret ballot for five new non-permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. Vuk Jeremic, president of the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly, presided over the election, which kicked off at around 10:40 a.m. EDT (1540GMT) at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. The Republic of Korea, Bhutan and Cambodia are competing for one seat representing the Asia-Pacific region on the 15-nation Council, which, under the U.N. Charter, has the primary responsibility for maintening international peace and security. Argentina and Rwanda are widely expected to win seats as no other countries in their regions have nominated. Australia, Finland and Luxembourg are also working hard to vie for a spot for their grouping on the most powerful U.N. body. To be elected, a country must win 129 votes, or two-thirds of the 193-nation General Assembly. The five newly elected non-permanent council members will begin their two-year term on Jan. 1, 2013, replacing Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal and South Africa. The Security Council has five permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, and 10 non-permanent members. | ||
| China, Cambodia agree to further advance ties Posted: 18 Oct 2012 07:18 PM PDT
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China and Cambodia agreed on Thursday to further advance their comprehensive relations of strategic cooperation and partnership in accordance with the will of late Cambodian King-Father Norodom Sihanouk. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen told visiting Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo on Thursday morning that Cambodia "will firmly adhere to a friendly policy toward China and push the comprehensive relations of strategic cooperation and partnership between the two countries up to a new high along with China." Dai arrived here on Wednesday afternoon for escorting the coffin of Sihanouk back home. Hun thanked China's meticulous arrangements for Sihanouk. "China's care for King-Father Sihanouk during the past years has erected a monument of Cambodia-China friendship in the hearts of the Cambodian people," he said. He also told Dai that Cambodia attaches importance to cooperation with China on regional and multilateral affairs. Cambodia will host a series of meetings of East Asian leaders next month. "Cambodia is willing to work closely with China for the success of the meetings," he said. Dai again expressed condolences and sympathy over the death of King-Father Sihanouk, commending the late king as "a great friend of the Chinese people."h He said the Chinese people will firmly stand side by side with the Cambodian people and believes that the Cambodian people can build up a better country by inheriting King-Father Sihanouk's will. He also spoke highly of the mutual trust, mutual support and earnest assistance between the two countries. China supports Cambodia in hosting the East Asian leaders' meetings next month and will work together with Cambodia to make sure that the meetings, featuring solidarity, cooperation and development, will promote regional peace, stability and prosperity, he said. Dai also met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong and exchanged views with him on bilateral ties and regional issues of mutual interests. |
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