The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “New summit, new deals” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “New summit, new deals” plus 9 more

New summit, new deals

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:03 PM PST

121119_04eCambodia and China signed off on hundreds of millions of dollars in trade agreements and reiterated their desire to boost bilateral trade to $5 billion by 2017.

ASEAN signs off on Human Rights Declaration

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:03 PM PST

121119_02The endorsement of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration went off without a hitch, despite frequent, sustained objections by a slew of civil society groups.

SOS Obama protests gain traction

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:03 PM PST

121119_01200 villagers who say they've been robbed of their homes and land staged a protest calling for intervention in the capital's land-titling crisis.

South China Sea hotline floated

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:03 PM PST

121119_03With a code of conduct for the South China Sea nowhere in sight, ASEAN diplomats said they were considering an old-fashioned salve in the interim: a telephone hotline.

Top ASEAN official gets award as his term ends

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:03 PM PST

Outgoing ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan will be bestowed one of the highest decorations in Cambodia – the Grand Cross of the Sahakmetrey Order.

ASEAN officials talk of violence in Middle East

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:03 PM PST

As tensions rise in the Gaza strip, ASEAN ministers expressed concern over the regional impact of conflicts in the Middle East.

At ASEAN, Myanmar’s Rohingya in spotlight

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:03 PM PST

Ethnic violence in Myanmar has topped the agenda among regional foreign ministers amid fears the unrest could spill into neighbouring ASEAN states.

ASEAN Summit missing big names

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:02 PM PST

121119_04The buzz over Barack Obama's presence has not totally overshadowed the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

NGOs ask ASEAN to address Xayaburi

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:02 PM PST

Several groups are calling for the ASEAN summit to address the regional discord caused by the Xayaburi dam in Laos.

Violent turn as police end ‘darts game’

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 09:02 PM PST

The theatre of ASEAN hit the riverfront when a brawl erupted between activist Theary Seng, her troupe of loyal followers and various regiments of police.

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