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The UN’s top legal representative has warned Cambodian officials to cease public statements in opposition to two cases before the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Patricia O’Brien, UN undersecretary-general for legal affairs, met with government officials Thursday night to discuss UN concerns in the wake of the resignation of international investigating judge Siegfried Blunk. Blunk said Prime Minister Hun Sen, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Information Minister Khieu Kanharith had all made statements demonstrating government opposition to cases 003 and 004, creating an atmosphere in which he would be perceived as biased, no matter his judgment on the cases. Continue reading

Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is calling for all political factions to unite as soldiers and workers struggle to shore up dikes protecting Bangkok against raging floodwaters. Hundreds of soldiers and volunteers heaped sandbags into breaches in dikes protecting industrial and housing estates north of the capital Wednesday. A government warning identified several districts that could be inundated because of “complications” in the operation of the dikes. Continue reading

Phnom Penh Municipal Court postponed the questioning of eight Boeung Kak lake residentsTuesday, after more than 100 people showed up in front of the court to demonstrate. Continue reading

While there are fewer reports of physical attacks on journalists in recent years, Cambodia’s media environment has recently lost several senior reporters to natural causes. Continue reading

Cambodia expects to see its first flow of oil and gas from offshore blocs in December 2012, a senior lawmaker said. Speaking at a resources conference over the weekend, Cheam Yiep, a Cambodian People’s Party parliamentarian, said “if nothing changes, Cambodia will get its first oil on Dec. 12, 2012, at noon.” Oil and gas production represent an “opportunity” for increased economic growth and poverty reduction, he said. Continue reading

Among the nearly 100 booths set up at this year’s Water Festival in Lowell, Mass., was Hope Worldwide. The booth was established to help raise funds for the Sihanouk Center of Hope, a hospital in Phnom Penh that provides healthcare to some of the nation’s poorest. “One of the great things about working at the Cambodian Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope is that is has a tremendous amount of support from many different organizations,” said Milton Drake, a doctor and the Northwest’s director for Hope Worldwide Continue reading