Asean plans 2034 World Cup bid.
The FIFA World Cup could be coming to Cambodia – although football fans may have to wait two decades to see the planet’s best players compete on Khmer soil. Cambodia could be part of an ASEAN… Read More
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The Four Southeast Asia Monarchies.
Assessing the Relevance of Southeast Asia’s Monarchies Southeast Asia has four monarchies, each with its own unique traits. Brunei is an absolute monarchy, while Thailand, Malaysia, and Cambodia have the constitutional form. The… Read More
Asia’s Slaves.
A trade agreement allows Indonesian to come to Malaysia to work. The agreement states that Malaysian employers can hold the workers’ passports so they can’t leave. The women are promised jobs as maids… Read More
Malaysia – Dirty, dangerous and difficult.
Thousands of foreign workers have died in Malaysia in recent years from accidents, illnesses and suicide. They work in so-called ’3D’ conditions – dirty, dangerous and difficult. Critics say the death rate is… Read More
Draconian measures.
Singapore to deport Chinese strikers. Singapore relies on hundreds of thousands of immigrants from countries such as Indonesia, Bangladesh and China to work as maids, construction workers and at other jobs deemed unappealing… Read More
Cambodia under pressure in the South China Sea dispute.
—————————————————————— While Cambodia is preparing for the ASEAN meeting, there is a movement pushing Cambodia – which recently became the chair of ASEAN – to bring up the South China Sea dispute to… Read More
Cambodia: Vietnamese investments in the Kingdom of Wonder.
Vietnam is biggest investor in Cambodia, from ASEAN countries. Viet Nam led other ASEAN nations in investments in Cambodia last year, contributing US$631 million out of the total $880 million invested by nations… Read More
Cambodia’s Debt by Year, Country and Organization.
Cambodia‘s overall debt from 1993 till end of 2011 amounts to 4,405,853,139 USD. These are the main creditors of Cambodia since 1993: Worldbank (WB): 704 million US $ ADB (Asian Development Bank): 1,162… Read More
Malaysia: Tusks intercepted en route to Cambodia
Malaysian authorities have seized hundreds of African elephant tusks worth about $1.3-million that were being shipped to Cambodia. Customs at Port Klang harbour found the tusks hidden in containers of handicrafts from Kenya’s… Read More
Cambodia: Where the Khmer go on vacation.
The number of Cambodians traveling abroad had seen a sharp increase. 509,200 Cambodians went abroad in the first nine months of this year. This is an increase of more than 38 %, from… Read More
