Things to See at Night in Phnom Penh

Back home the great outdoors is cast in a peaceful sheen after a good snow. Here in Phnom Penh the night-time glow of a few streetlights or the occasional passing vehicle blurs the rough edges. From K Kelly’s portfolio:Views of Sisowath Quay and the Tonle Sap River from the top of FCC, a bar-restaurant on the river. River-side seats at the top floor of this colonial-style establishment is a good place for happy hour. To the left of the 2nd photo, downriver, is the confluence of the Tonle with the Mekong.This beautiful old building on Sothearos is currently undergoing restoration efforts to become a hotel-restaurant with direct...

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UN chief starts visit to Cambodia

via CAAIOctober 27, 2010UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (3rd L), accompanied by Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd L), inspects the guard of honour during a welcome ceremony in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, Oct. 27, 2010. Ban arrived here on Tuesday evening to pay a three-day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen. (Xinhua/Lei Bosong)Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen held talks with visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the Peace Hall in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, Oct. 27, 2010. Ban arrived here on Tuesday evening to pay a three-day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen....

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No third Khmer Rouge trial, says Hun Sen

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) shakes hands with Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phenom PenhReuters/Chor Sokuntheavia CAAIWednesday 27 October 2010By RFI Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen told UN secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday that a third Khmer Rouge trial would not be held, according to a Cambodian official. Hun Sen "clealy affirmed that case three is not allowed", said Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong after the meeting."We have to think about peace in Cambodia," said Namhong.Hun Sen was a former mid-level Khmer Rouge member himself before leaving the movement.A second trial is scheduled to start...

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Cambodia rebuffs UN chief on Khmer Rouge trials

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, smile while reviewing an honor guard at the Cambodian Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)via CAAIPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia will not allow the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal to prosecute former low-ranking officers of the genocidal regime because it would endanger national peace, the country's leader told the U.N. chief Wednesday.Prime Minister Hun Sen's comments, made during a two-hour meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, were the government's latest obstruction...

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Ban arrives in Cambodia

Photo by: Sovan PhilongUnited Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday evening for a two-day visit.via CAAIWednesday, 27 October 2010 15:02 Meas Sokchea and Cheang Sokha UNITED Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon touched down in Cambodia yesterday evening for a two-day visit amid calls to raise local rights issues in talks with government officials. During his time in Cambodia – part of a regional tour that also included Thailand, Vietnam and China – Ban is set to hold official talks with Prime Minister Hun Sen and pay a courtesy call to King Norodom Sihamoni.Ban is to be welcomed...

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Sam Rainsy's letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Click on the letter to zoom in Click to Read More... checkFull("post-1314314323345708962"); addthis_url='http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2010/10/sam-rainsys-letter-to-un-secretary.html'; addthis_title='Sam Rainsy's letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon'; addthis_pub='kiletters'; SRP Meeting with visiting UN officials at Le Royal Hotel today Meeting with UN officials at Le Royal Hotel on 27 October, 2010SRP Delegates: SRP Senator Kong Korm, SRP MP Son Chhay and SRP MP Mu SochuaPress conference to follow the meeting.UN Delegates: Under-Secretary-General Mr. B . Lynn Pascoe, Political...

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Photos from the Demonstration in Paris: Khmer from all walk of life and from all parties, except the CPP, came to demonstrate

"The CPP must abide by the 23 October 1991 Agreements to end the Yuon and Siem agressions" reads this banner Rule of law in Cambodia! Democracy in Cambodia! Cambodia does not respect human rights! Hun Xen is a dictator! Hun Xen is a Khmer Rouge! No to dictatorship in Cambodia! Social justice in Cambodia! Respect the 23 October 1991 Paris Peace Agreements!...

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