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Malaysia’s defense minister met with his Cambodian counterpart this week, emerging from talks to express his hopes that the conflict on the Thai border will be resolved. The International Court of Justice ruled earlier this month that Thailand and Cambodia should establish an Asean-observed demilitarized zone near Preah Vihear temple, around which deadly clashes have sporadically occurred since July 2008. Malaysian Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told reporters Thursday that the court’s judgment served as an opportunity for Asean to help bring peace to the border conflict.

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday insisted on three-party talks with Thailand and Indonesia in an effort to implement an international court ruling to resolve the border dispute near Preah Vihear temple. The International Court of Justice ruled in favor of a demilitarized zone and an observer mission earlier this week. Hun Sen told reporters Friday that Cambodia “demands the start of tripartite negotiation with working group of the three parties…to speed up the implementation process of the decision of the International Court of Justice.” However, analysts have said that the court lacks enforcement measures for its decisions, meaning the protracted military standoff on the border is likely to continue for now

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday insisted on three-party talks with Thailand and Indonesia in an effort to implement an international court ruling to resolve the border dispute near Preah Vihear temple. The International Court of Justice ruled in favor of a demilitarized zone and an observer mission earlier this week.

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday insisted on three-party talks with Thailand and Indonesia in an effort to implement an international court ruling to resolve the border dispute near Preah Vihear temple.

Cambodia remains both a source and destination for trafficked persons, especially for the sex trade, fishing industry and increasingly labor export to Malaysia, an annual US report says. “Cambodia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking,” according to the US State Department, which issued its annual human trafficking report this week

Many resource-rich countries have fallen prey to the natural resource curse [1]. But a handful of developing countries have managed to escape it. This note examines four resource-rich countries and the policies they have followed since the beginning of the 1970s. One, Nigeria, is a well-publicized case of oil wealth impoverishing rather than enriching the [...]