DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “1st Ld: Obama re-elected as U.S. president: TV networks” plus 2 more

DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “1st Ld: Obama re-elected as U.S. president: TV networks” plus 2 more

1st Ld: Obama re-elected as U.S. president: TV networks

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 08:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The incumbent Barack Obama has won re-election in the U.S. presidential race, TV networks projected on Tuesday.

According to projections by major TV networks including Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, Obama has passed the threshold of 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, handily beating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

Obama was projected to have won several key swing states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa and New Hampshire, while Romney only won North Carolina. Florida and Virginia remained too close to call.

Obama easily grabbed a host of "deep blue" states including California, Illinois and New Jersey, while Romney prevailed in "deep red" states including Texas, Kentucky and Georgia.

Thousand reporters to cover upcoming 21st ASEAN Summit in Cambodia: minister

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 07:51 PM PST

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,600 reporters around the globe have registered with the Ministry of Information to report about the 21st ASEAN Summit and related Summits, to be held here from Nov. 15-20, the government spokesman and Information Minister, Khieu Kanharith said Wednesday.

"The figure doesn't include the number of reporters who will accompany their respective leaders to attend the meetings," he said. "For U.S. President Barack Obama, more than 100 (media) officers will accompany him to the Summits."

Cambodia will host the 21st ASEAN Summit and related Summits from Nov. 15 to 20 at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.

All heads of states and governments of the member states of ASEAN, the U.S. President Barack Obama, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had already confirmed their participation in the forthcoming Summit and related meetings, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told reporters on Oct. 22.

Khieu Kanharith said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will probably attend the upcoming Summits.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said last week that the forthcoming 21st ASEAN Summit would promote the ASEAN integration process and strengthen the bloc's central role in the region's evolving regional economic and social architecture.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Cambodia needs more Japanese investors, tourists: PM

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 06:42 PM PST

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen suggested his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda to encourage more Japanese investors and tourists to Cambodia in order to further heighten bilateral ties.

The suggestion was made during a meeting between the two Prime Ministers in Laos' capital Vientiane on Monday on the sidelines of the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM-9), Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary of State at Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters at the Phnom Penh International Airport when Hun Sen returned from Laos on Tuesday evening.

"Prime Minister Hun Sen also urged Japan to consider operating direct flights to Cambodia," he said.

"In response, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda promised to encourage Japanese investors and tourists to Cambodia," said Kao Kim Hourn.

Both sides also exchanged views on regional issues and Noda said that he would attend the 21st ASEAN Summit and related Summits in Cambodia, to be held from Nov. 18-20, he said.

Cambodia and Japan have had very good diplomatic ties, but ties in trade, investment and tourism remain small.

Bilateral trade volume was 297 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of this year, up 21 percent from 246 million U.S. dollars at the same period last year, according to a report of the Japan External Trade Organization.

On the investment side, since 1994 to July 2012, the country attracted the investments of only 259 million U.S. dollars from Japan, showed a report of the Council for the Development of Cambodia.

For tourism, Cambodia received 130,410 Japanese tourists in the first nine months of this year, up 11 percent compared with the same period last year, a tourism report said.

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