Siem Reap Adventure Packages, Cambodia Vacation To Siem Reap, Siem Reap Holidays

http://www.prlog.org/via CAAISiem Reap is a holly-land of Indochina, that's why if you take a Cambodia adventure packages, This vacation is the best choice. just contact us to get enough information : thugiang@vietlongtravel.com and phone: +084 946872007May 13, 2011 – SIEM REAP CAMPING TOUR Day 1: SIEM REAP CAMPING TOURS: BENG MEALEA - KOH KER SIGHTSEEING TRIP (-/L/D) Siem Reap Camping tours: Koh Ker Morning, drive to the remote Beng Mealea temple through the typical Khmer countryside (60 km from Siem Reap) There is a lot to see in the approximately 2½ hours drive as it takes you through many lively villages and along kilometers of...

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Few Equate Climate Change With Its Causes: Study

Pich Samnang, VOA KhmerPhnom Penh Thursday, 12 May 2011via CAAIPhoto: ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - In this July 19, 2007 file photo, an iceberg is seen melting off the coast of Ammasalik, Greenland. A new assessment of climate change in the Arctic shows the ice in the region is melting faster than previously thought and sharply raises projections of global sea level rise this century.“The stage is now set to guarantee that all Cambodians have access to reliable information about climate change.” The majority of Cambodians have little understanding of the causes of climate change, due to a lack of information, a new poll has found.In...

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'Khmer Cambodian troop withdrawal' not included : source

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/via CAAIBy Supalak GanjanakhundeeThe NationPublished on May 12, 2011Thailand not breaching TOR, but stands by its stance, says KasitThe withdrawal of Cambodian troops from Preah Vihear Temple and its vicinity - a condition that Thailand has set before it accepts Indonesia's team of observers to be stationed in the disputed area - was not mentioned in the Jakarta-brokered peace package, a diplomatic source said. The three-step package agreed upon by the Cambodian, Indonesian and Thai foreign ministers on Monday only set a timeline for the deployment of the team of observers and the meetings of Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) and General Border Committee (GBC), the minutes of the meeting showed. In a Twitter message yesterday, Foreign Minister...

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to roadmap for troop withdrawal

http://thailand-business-news.com/via CAAIMay 11, 2011Boris SullivanKasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, and Mr. Hor Nam Hong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, agreed to propose to their respective governments a “roadmap” in the form of “a package proposal” on how to move forward.The agreement was reached during their meeting on 9 May 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia, with Mr. Marty Natalegawa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, in his capacity as the current Chair of ASEAN, attending and facilitating said meeting.The roadmap encompasses the issues...

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ASEAN Summit Highlights Economic Gains, Political Growing Pains

Brian Padden, VOAJakarta Tuesday, 10 May 2011via CAAIPhoto: AP Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, May 7, 2011."At the moment we have meetings and meeting of officials and have firmed up the defense side by moving it from informal to formal, but there has been no [not] anything done jointly by ASEAN..." Leaders of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations began a two day summit in Jakarta Saturday. The organization has made progress in creating an economic trading block, but still faces great challenges in finding...

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The Continuing Impotence of ASEAN

ASEAN leaders walk after they held a retreat at the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta May 8, 2011. (Supri Supri/Courtesy Reuters) Tuesday, May 10, 2011By Joshua KurlantzickCouncil on Foreign RelationsThis past week’s ASEAN Summit in Jakarta only further highlighted the organization’s continuing impotence at a time when the United States is reengaging with ASEAN and, Indonesia, returning to its role as regional power, is trying to make ASEAN work more effectively. The first U.S. ambassador to ASEAN has arrived, and Indonesian officials have become more involved in everything from Myanmar to the ongoing border dispute between Thailand ...

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Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy met with French MP Michel Issindou in Paris

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Today, opposition leader Sam Rainsy meet with Michel Issindou, French MP from Isere Province, at the French National Assembly in Paris, France. France's National Assembly in Paris Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and French MP Michel Issin...

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Cambodian Monks Fight to Protect Forests

http://greenanswers.com/via CAAIBy Ramon Ho on Mon, 05/09/2011In Northern Cambodia, a group of Buddhist monks have made plans to protect their forest home, Sorng Rukavorn, from illegal loggers and profiteers by registering it as an international ecological asset. By listing it as a bank of carbon credits, the monks hope to protect the land so that the public can continue to use its resources, and to sustain their own lifestyles.This is done through the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program, an international tool of climate mitigation. Through REDD, companies and governments of industrialized...

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Asean still has to prove that it is really unified [-The Nation needs to check its facts before writing such outrageous article]

May 10, 2011The NationDespite the sterling efforts of Indonesia as the current chair, the regional grouping must show the world it can act in true solidarityThanks to the effectiveness and non-partisan outlook of the current chair, Indonesia, the 18th Asean Summit last weekend concluded on a high note. With the Thai-Cambodian conflict still simmering and overshadowing the summit, it took the calmness of the chair to steer the summit toward a successful conclusion. If it hadn't been for Indonesia's cool-headed approach, the summit could have turned out differently. For the first time in the history of the regional grouping, an intra-Asean...

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PMs' face-to-face meet fails to resolve conflict

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/via CAAIBy Supalak GanjanakhundeeThe NationJakartaPublished on May 9, 2011PM Abhisit proposed discussing the troop withdrawal in a military-run General Border Committee (GBC) meeting, but Cambodia's Hun Sen disagreed, saying the GBC meet would not be convened before a Thai letter accepting the Indonesian observers' terms of reference had been submitted.A tripartite meeting called by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to setฌtle the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia yesterday made no progress as the conflicting countries remained extremely indifฌferent. Indonesia's plan to dispatch...

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Thai, Cambodia Leaders Disagree on Border Claims

VOA News May 08, 2011via CAAIPhoto: AP Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, left, shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva before their trilateral meeting with Cambodia in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 8, 2011A meeting Sunday in Indonesia between the prime ministers of Cambodia and Thailand on the sidelines of a southeast Asia regional summit has not produced an agreement to end the two countries' ongoing border dispute.The talk was mediated by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the final day of a two-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Repeated outbreaks of fighting along...

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At Asean, no solution

http://www.bangkokpost.com/via CAAIPublished: 8/05/2011 at 03:31 PM Online news: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Sunday failed to resolve a bitter border row between Thailand and Cambodia which hijacked the agenda of an annual summit in Indonesia.Workers move the flags of the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta. Southeast Asian leaders met Sunday for the final day of an annual summit that has been hijacked by a bitter feud between Thailand and Cambodia over a tiny patch of disputed borderland.Asean leaders said the dispute was threatening regional unity and overshadowing...

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ASEAN integration message lost on Thai-Cambodia border

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/via CAAI08 May 2011 JAKARTA: Southeast Asian leaders met Sunday for the final day of an annual summit that has been hijacked by a bitter feud between Thailand and Cambodia over a tiny patch of disputed borderland.Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expressed frustration that the dispute had not been resolved and the 10-nation group's strategic message of regional economic integration was being lost.In an effort to bring the warring neighbours together, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hosted an unscheduled meeting with the Thai and Cambodian leaders on Sunday morning.Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen sat down with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva a day after the former had set the tone of the summit...

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Thai, Cambodian PMs confer on border conflict

http://www.mcot.net/via CAAIJAKARTA, Indonesia, May 8 -- Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen discussed the border conflict between their countries Sunday in the Indonesian capital with the former insisting that Phnom Penh troops must first be withdrawn from the disputed border area before negotiations could commence.The meeting took place on the sidelines of the two-day 18th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) which opened yesterday. It was also attended by Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers Kasit Piromya and Hor Namhong respectively, as well as Indonesia’s...

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Thai, Cambodian PMs fail to end border dispute

http://www.ajc.com/via CAAIBy NINIEK KARMINI The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia — Southeast Asian leaders made little headway Sunday in helping Thailand and Cambodia end a deadly border dispute that could undermine peace and stability in the region as it pushes for economic integration.Armed police officers gear up prior to deployment to secure the venue of the 18th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meetings in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah) Indonesian military personnel man the entrance to the venue of the 18th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit...

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AKP - The Agence Kampuchea Press

Cambodian PM Receives Philippines’ PresidentAKP Jakarta, May 7, 2011— Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia held talk here with H.E Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines on the sideline of 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta today.The talk was focused on bilateral cooperation in the fields of tourism and agriculture. The Philippines planed to establish direct flight to Cambodia and export rise from the latter.by Kimseng______Several ASEAN Member Countries Advocate Peaceful Settlement of Cambodian-Thai ConflictAKP Jakarta, May 7, 2011 — The first plenary session of the 18th ASEAN Summit...

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ASEAN to focus on food and energy while facing Thai-Cambodia spat

http://thepoc.net/via CAAISaturday, 07 May 2011 Indonesia called on the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to focus on the soaring food and energy prices that could push people in the region into poverty. This is while the group is facing the feud between Cambodia and Thailand’s border conflict and Myanmar’s reported rights abuses.This year’s ASEAN chairman, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said at the start of the 18th summit, “We must give serious attention and take concrete measures to address the soaring of food prices and world energy, which in turn will negatively affect the prosperity of our people.” He said the key is in averting poverty especially because “decreasing the poverty level is not an easy task.”ASEAN is composed by disparate...

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