Thai military forces continued to use artillery and tank-mounted machine guns to fire at multiple targets in Cambodian territory as of Tuesday morning, a Cambodian defence spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Nine Cambodian civilians had been killed as of 12:00 pm, and 46 others wounded in the ongoing Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, Cambodian Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra said on Wednesday.
Thailand on Thursday announced that it is closing all its border points with Cambodia after at least three people have been injured in a "targetted attack on civilians" by rockets of Cambodian forces that struck its border area of the two countries, the Royal Thai Army said on Thursday.
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday appointed Hun Manet as the new Prime Minister after the latter's father and incumbent premier Hun Sen announced to step down after serving in the post for more than 38 years.
The virtues of a democratic system, even a flawed one, never fail to attract the most ruthless of despots. Thus a “democratic” endorsement is sought even when it is abundantly clear that the processes followed are autocratic and authoritarian.
The National Assembly of Cambodia on Tuesday approved the long-awaited draft code of environment and natural resources.
According to the decision made on September 16 and signed by Prime Minster Hun Sen, the working group consists of 12 members and is led by Minister of Interior secretary of state Sok Phall.
On Wednesday his public trial began with NGO representatives and journalists barred from attending.
