Archive for the ‘Southeast Travel’ Category
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Siem Reap Air, a partnership airline of Bangkok Air will be starting direct daily flights from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City and Ho CHi Minh City to Siem Reap.
These daily flights will be scheduled as below:
SR- HCM FT981- 11:00am-11:55am- Daily
HCMC- SR FT982- 12:40pm-13:35 Daily
Daily flights will begin on 26 October ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat met in Bejing on Friday, at the Asia-Europe Summint, to discuss the recent conflict at Preah Vihear.
The two Prime Ministers made an agreement to avoide anyt further fighting on the border. They also agreed to set up a committee and negotiate ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
The situation on at the border between Thailand and Cambodia, near the temple of Preah Vihear has remained unchanged, since violent clashes last week ended in a cease fire agreement.
Prime Minister Hun Sen, (the Prime Minister of Cambodia) and Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat of Thailand have confirmed that there will ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
With less than a month to go until one of Cambodia's biggest festivals preperations have already started for the Water Festival in Phnom Penh.
The Water Festival or Bon Om Tuk celebrates the victory of Jayavarman VII over the Chams who occupied Angkor in 1777. It aso marks the time when ...
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
"A tense quiet hangs over Preah Vihear temple [today]" (Tha Cambodia Daily).
After four hours of negotiatins between Thai and Cambodia military officials an agreement had been made that no gunfir will be exchange "just like before" (The Cambodia Daily).
In what seems to be a somewhat unworkable agreement Cambodia and Thailand ...
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
A Cambodian court has sentenced three former Khmer Rouge guerrillas to 20 years in jail over the 1996 kidnapping and murder of a British mine clearer and his translator
After nearly 12 years since the Khmer Rouge laid down their weapons and were forced out of power in Cambodia some of ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
The Battambang Circus is touring France, but before going on tour in France, the exceptional team of “Phum Style” will give a few performances in Battambang.
"Phum Style" relates the story of a city boy coming back to his home village after years in a surrounding that totally changed his life style, “Phum Style” ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Thailand has been in political trouble since Aug 26 when thousands of anti-government protesters seized the Prime Minister’s Office at Government House, and called for the resignation of Samak Sundaravej as prime minister who they claim he is a proxy of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
The Constitution Court disqualified Samak as acting ...
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
The first Asian beach Games will be held in Bali from October 18th until October 26th. Bali will become the venue of this international event which will see 45 countries participating with over 10,000 athletes, officials, media and volunteers all flocking to the Island of the Gods for this world ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
This week marks the beginning of a 15 day Buddhist Celebration, Prachum Benda ("Ancestors' Day"), more commonly known as Pchum Ben. Pchum Ben is a Cambodian religious festival, culminating in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer Calendar.
Cambodia is a country where family and elders ...
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