The Cambodia Daily , Saturday, March 3, 2007By Michelle VachonThe Cambodia DailyThe Le Rumeur family in front of Angkor Wat . Photo courtesy of the Le Rumeur family Guy Le Rumeur's photos of Cambodia in the 1940s speak of a French family's peaceful life in the country-relaxing on the beach in Kep, touring Angkor on an elephant and staying in traditional stilt houses in the countryside.But one of
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Revisiting colonial family history. How Japanese occupation changed everything for the Le Rumeur family
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Lawmakers consider letting foreigners buy real estate
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By Cat BartonPhnom Penh Post, issue 17.Phnom Penh- Foreign investors may not need to wait for the stock market in 2009 if they want a piece of Cambodia's economy.The government is on the verge of changing the property ownership laws so that foreigners will be able to buy real estate in the country and own it outright.Although current law prohibits foreigners from actually holding title to land
Hello, Thaksin, This is Sonthi
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The Thaksin-backed PM, Samak Sundaravej, flanked by his wife and daughter, talked to the media after his appointment as PM was enorsed by the king.(BangkokPost.com)The coup-maker said this morning he called the man he overthrew. "I've spoken with Mr Thaksin on the phone, as a brother," Gen Sonthi told reporters. "There are no political conditions, nor any hidden benefits."Deputy Prime Minister
Democracy Narrowed in 2007, Group Says
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Kem Sokha, Leader of Human Right Party.By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh30 January 2008The government has tightened its control over civil society in the past year, while the number of rights abuses has remained high, a group said Wednesday.The freedom to organize and demonstrate has diminished, as has the right to life and security, the well-respected group, Adhoc, said
Association Notes 17 Threats on Media
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Khieu Kanharith, minister of information and government spokesman.By Heng Reaksmey, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Phnom Penh30 January 2008The Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists said Wednesday the national media environment was mostly positive, but it noted 17 separate instances where journalists were threatened in 2007.Cambodian journalists have faced threats from the
Civil parties to confront 'Brother No. 2'
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Nuon Chea escorted to court by police.Civil Parties to Confront ‘Brother No. 2’By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer Original report from Washington30 January 2008When jailed Khmer Rouge ideologue Nuon Chea attends a pre-trial hearing next week, he will be confronted not only by judges but also representatives of civil cases against him, in what officials say is new precedent in war crimes tribunals.The
Lowell Housing Authority official's career path followed Cambodia horrors
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By Dennis Shaughnessey,dshaughnessey@lowellsun.comLOWELL -- Tha Chhan's life journey has taken him from the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the executive offices of the Lowell Housing Authority.Chhan, 45, was recently promoted to division director of Leased Housing Programs at the LHA. As a young boy, he witnessed first-hand the atrocities and horrors that took place in his homeland. He lost family
FBI chief visits Vietnam: US embassy
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Photo: A cyclist cycling pass US embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam.HANOI (AFP) - United States FBI chief Robert Mueller met top Vietnamese police officials Wednesday, a day before he opens an office for the agency in Phnom Penh that will cover Cambodia and Vietnam, the US embassy said.Meeting senior Vietnamese Public Security Ministry officials on a tour that also took in China, the Federal Bureau of
Court Rejects Buddhists' Temple
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By LYNNE TUOHY The Hartford CourantThe state Supreme Court Wednesday unanimously rejected the legal arguments and efforts by the Cambodian Buddhist Society of Connecticut to build a temple on 10 acres they own in Newtown.The case pitted the Newtown Planning and Zoning Commission and neighbors of the site on Boggs Hill Road against the Buddhist society, which claimed the denial of a permit for
A renaissance in Cambodia creates a real estate scramble
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Building sites like these ones are sprung up throughout Phnom Penh.PHNOM PENH: After decades of war and upheaval, including the Khmer Rouge "killing fields," Cambodia is enjoying an unprecedented boom, its economy expanding at around 10 percent annually for the last five years.But the breakneck growth, fueled mainly by garment manufacturing, tourism and real estate development, is turning its
Three Thai firms to invest in Cambodia power plant
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Reuters - Thursday, January 31 BANGKOK, Jan 30 - Three leading Thai companies said on Wednesday they were studying plans to build a 3,660-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Cambodia to supply electricity to Thailand.Top builder Italian-Thai Development PCL , Electricity Generating and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding gave no indication of how much the plant would cost.But they said in a
Cambodian judge accused of bias will stay for Khmer Rouge hearing
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Nuon Chea (left) and Ney Thol (right).Phnom Penh - A motion seeking the dismissal of a Cambodian judge by a former Khmer Rouge leader's defense team was rejected, a court spokesman said Wednesday. Media spokesman for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Reach Sambath, said the court had dismissed a protest against former Military Court chief Ney Thol by the defense team of
More than 150 Cambodian turtles rescued from becoming dinner
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Phnom Penh - Scores of Cambodian turtles described as "endangered" have been rescued from the near-certain fate of a dinner plate and released back into the wild, local media reported Wednesday. The English-language Cambodia Daily reported 169 turtles in the central province of Pursat, 200 kilometres north-west of the capital, were released into the Tonle Sap lake after being confiscated from
Cambodian conservation work - not just a man's world
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A woman working for the Srepok project is teaching rangers and policemen on how to read a map (right).© WWF-Cambodia SWAP Team Training on how to use a geographic positioning system (left).© WWF-Cambodia Keo SopheakBy Porny YouWomen are working as hard and sweating as much as the men in WWF conservation programs in remote areas of Kampuchea.In WWF-Cambodia’s Srepok Wilderness Area Project (SWAP),
Travel Blog: Cambodia - country of children
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Wednesday, 30 Jan 2008 10:17Choeung Ek memorial stupa Anna Kainberger is taking a year-out from her career to travel in south-east Asia, Australasia and the South Pacific, along with Hawaii and the USA. This month she will be reporting from Laos and Cambodia. Here is her eighth blog entry: I crossed the boarder from Laos into Cambodia at Strung Treng, where it was a simple matter of filling out a
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Nuon Chea calls for judge's removal
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Judge Ney Thol who incurred the ire of Nuon Chea.By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer Original report from Washington29 January 2008The lawyer of jailed Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea has called for the removal from the proceedings of judge Ney Thol, who is also the chief of Cambodia’s military courts.Lawyer Victor Koppe confirmed Tuesday he had filed a motion to disqualify Ney Thol, but Koppe declined to
Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hails Cambodia-China Relations
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Hor Namhong, Cambodia's minister of foreign affairs.PHNOM PENH, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodia-China relations have been increasingly strengthened and promoted both in scope and depth, bringing greater benefit to both peoples, said Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong in a recent written interview with Xinhua.During the past
Boom time in construction industry
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A fisherman throws his fishing net at the sun set in Kandal provincem Cambodia, November 18, 2007. After decades of war and upheaval, including the Khmer Rouge 'Killing Fields', Cambodia is enjoying an unprecedented boom, its economy expanding at around 10 percent annually for the last five years. But the breakneck growth, fuelled mainly by garment manufacturing, tourism and real estate
FBI director to hold talks in Cambodia: US embassy
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Robert Mueller, head of FBI, seen here in 2007, will hold talks with Cambodian anti-terrorism officials in Phnom Penh.PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Robert Mueller, head of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, will visit Cambodia this week to meet top officials, the US embassy said Tuesday, amid increasing concerns over regional terrorism.Mueller, who is on a three-nation Asian tour, will arrive in
Source: International terrorists financing rebel groups
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WASSANA NANUAM MUHAMMAD AYUB PATHAN Narathiwat _ Southern insurgent networks probably receive funding from and share their ideology with international terrorist groups, a security source said yesterday.The source said proof of the links lies in the militants' systemised management of their organisations and the pattern of violent attacks perpetrated by well-trained assailants.The rebels also
Library unpacks a treasure: 1,105 Khmer-language books
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Expected to be ready for check-out in April, acquisitions double Mark Twain collection.By Paul Eakins, Staff writerSusan Taylor, a librarian at Mark Twain Library in Long Beach, views a photocopy of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, translated into Khmer, at the library Monday during the unpacking of 1,105 books she and employee Lyda Thanh purchased on a trip to Cambodia. LONG BEACH - A
Monday, January 28, 2008
Building Industry Booms
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Men work at a construction site in Phnom Penh January 27, 2008. After decades of war and upheaval, including the Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields", Cambodia is enjoying an unprecedented boom, its economy expanding at around 10 percent annually for the last five years. Picture taken January 27, 2008.To match feature CAMBODIA-PROPERTY/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
Construction boom in Phnom Penh
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Commuters travel past an under-construction building in Phnom Penh January 27, 2008. After decades of war and upheaval, including the Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields", Cambodia is enjoying an unprecedented boom, its economy expanding at around 10 percent annually for the last five years. Picture taken January 27, 2008.To match feature CAMBODIA-PROPERTY/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
Boom time hits Cambodia, but not all are smiling
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Construction sites like this one is a constant sight in Phnom Penh these days.By Ed Cropley PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - After decades of war and upheaval, including the Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields," Cambodia is enjoying an unprecedented boom, its economy expanding at around 10 percent annually for the last five years.But the breakneck growth, fuelled mainly by garment manufacturing, tourism and real
Chinese dams threaten Cambodian eco-systems: Group- AFP
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It was reported that two Cambodian largest dams like this one are flooding the eco-systems.PHNOM PENH (AFP)--Cambodia's two largest dam projects threaten to flood huge swathes of protected forests, a conservation group has said, urging reform in the country's burgeoning hydropower sector.International Rivers Network, in a report released late Monday, said that the Kamchay and Stung Atay dams,
Cambodian PM urged to attend parliament
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Son Chhay (left) and Hun Sen with wife, Bun Rany, in the background.Cambodia, Phnom Penh -A parliamentary committee in Cambodia has requested the prime minister, Hun Sen, attend parliament to answer questions directly.Mr Son Chhay, an opposition MP who also the chairs the 5th Committee of the parliament, has submitted the written request to the prime minister.The letter calls for answers on
Judges meet to iron out tribunal rules
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Meeting of the staff at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.By Mean Veasna, VOAKhmer Original report from Phnom Penh28 January 2008Khmer Rouge tribunal judges said Monday they were preparing for upcoming trials, seeking ways to improve on internal rules governing the operation of the courts.“Our court is getting close to the trial stage. Therefore this plenary session has a clear and urgent agenda, such as
10-Year-Old Folk Singer Bridges Cultures
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Bosba Panh performing at Chaktomuk Hall on 21st Dec. 2007.By Nuch Sarita, VOA Khmer Original report from Washington28 January 2008Bosba Panh, whose repertoire includes Bob Dylan as well as traditional Khmer music, recently packed a concert hall in Phnom Penh. Chaktomuk Hall’s capacity is 570 seats, but Bosba Panh brought in 700 people.Her music is increasingly gaining attention, as she strums a
Opera Singer Nurtures Cambodian Voice
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Sethisak Khuon, in one of his performances (Photo: http://ki-media.blogspot.com ).By Nuch Sarita, VOA KhmerWashington28 January 2008In a land covered with karaoke clubs, with singers in every home and videos on every television, Cambodia’s only traditionally trained opera singer stands singularly apart.Trained in Moscow, Italy and Berkeley, Khuon Sethisak, has been back in Cambodia since 2001
Cambodian photos shed light on poverty
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By Jenica Stimpson- 28 Jan 2008This photo, part of an exhibit by Trevor Wright, shows a young child chewing on a stalk of sugar cane. Wright's photo exhibit "Life at the Cambodian Garbage Dump," is located on the 4th floor of the HFAC.Trevor Wright, a BYU student and media arts major, served his mission in Cambodia and was intrigued with its people. He decided to go back last summer with the
Phnom Penh Riots Five Years Later: Khmer Studies Becoming More Popular
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Logo of Dhonburi Rajabhat University in Bangkok.Relations improve in wake of anti-Thai riotsTHANIDA TANSUBHAPOL The riots in Phnom Penh five years ago that resulted in the Thai embassy being burned and rocked Thai business confidence in the country has not deterred Thai people from learning the Khmer language. Since the anti-Thai protests on Jan 29, 2003, Dhonburi Rajabhat University, which
Ensuring history's right on both sides is key to better ties
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THANIDA TANSUBHAPOLOne of the keys to closer ties between Thailand and Cambodia lies with the Thai-Cambodian Association that was set up a year after the 2003 riots.And for the association, a way to prevent violence recurring is to create a proper understanding of Thai-Cambodian history. Trying to correct history textbooks is a good way to start.But five years on, there hasn't been much progress
Cambodia plans to buy more electricity from Vietnam
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PHNOM PENH, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that his country was planning to purchase more electricity from Vietnam to meet its ever rising demand. "I requested the Vietnamese side to supply Cambodia with more electricity," he told a school opening ceremony in Svay Rieng province neighboring Vietnam. The proposal was made during his visit with
Hun Sen to UN: Spend Rights Money Elsewhere
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Hun Sen (right) Versus Yash Ghai (left), the Battle of Human Rights in Cambodia.By Chun Sakada, VOAKhmer Original report from Phnom Penh28 January 2008Prime Minister Hun Sen continued a public campaign against the UN’s human rights office Monday, saying the international body should stop spending money in Cambodia.“The UN should take all this budget to victims in areas such as Kenya, Sudan,
Cambodia's biggest hydropower dams serious threats to people
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The Nation-The construction of Cambodia's first and second biggest hydropower dams pose serious threats to eco-systems and the livelihood of thousands people in southwest of the country, an environmental conservationist report said Monday.Under an aid package of $600 million(Bt18.6 billion) from China, Cambodia is constructing the Kamchay Dam with an installed capacity of 180 Megawatts (MW) the
TM plans to invest in Cambodia, eyes other assets too
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By ELAINE ANGSINGAPORE: Telekom Malaysia arm, TM International, is eyeing mobile assets in Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, and will invest US$100mil in Cambodia in the next two years to build its networks, the unit's chief said on Saturday. Chief executive Yusof Annuar Yaacob also expected TM International's revenues to grow up to 20% in the next three years. “We're investing about US$100mil in
Thai Government quick to withdraw allegation
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Preah Vihear temple, entrance from the 2nd gopura (top) and the beautiful scenery of the surrounding areas(below).Defence spokesman's claim that Cambodia marked boundary unilaterally deniedJanuary 26, 2008The Nation (Thailand)"if [Cambodia and Thailand] failed to settle boundary disputes, Unesco might reject the listing proposal [for Preah Vihear as a World Heritage Site]" - Adul Vichianchareon,
KRouge Tribunal Rejects Hearing Delays for Nuon Chea
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Nuon Chea being escorted by Cambodian police from a helicopter to go to court.PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal will hear an appeal against regime leader Nuon Chea's detention on February 4, officials said Monday, rejecting efforts to delay the court's second public hearing.Legal maneouvering by Nuon Chea's defence lawyers had threatened to delay the proceedings, court officials
Cambodian cargo ship missing
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Monday, 28 January 2008A SEARCH is underway in the East China sea for the 1982-built, Cambodian-flag general cargo ship Captain Uskov which has disappeared on voyage between Nakhodka and Hong Kong with 17 crew on board and a cargo of steel coils.Last contact with the ship was a radio message on 20 January since when there has been no further sign of the ship.The Captain Uskov is owned by a St
Suharto's Atrocities
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Members of the Youth Wing of the Indonesian Communist Party (Pemuda Rakjat) are guarded by soldiers as they are taken by open truck to prison in Jakarta, in this Oct. 30, 1965, file photo. Historians estimate that between 300,000 and 800,000 Indonesians were killed in Gen. Suharto's bloody rise to power from 1965 to 1968, the worst mass slaughter in Southeast Asia's modern history after the Khmer
Top Cambodian foreign minister pays tribute to Suharto
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Foreign minister Hor Namhong.Phnom Penh - Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong made an official visit to the Indonesian embassy in the capital Monday to lay a wreath and sign a condolence book in honour of former Indonesian president Suharto. Hor Namhong did not speak to reporters but spent several minutes with Indonesian embassy staff. The elderly Cambodian statesman appeared visibly
After four years the Cambodian judiciary still denies justice to Chea Viceah, Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun
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Sok Sam Oeun and Born Samnang who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for Chea Vichea's murder.Offerings made in honor of Chea Vichea memory on the fourth anniversary of his assassinationToday, the 28th of January, 2008, marks the fourth year of imprisonment of Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun who were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for the murder of Chea Vichea, President of the Free Trade
RIGHTS-CAMBODIA: Land Grabbing- A Serious Concern
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Ros Sovann, the man who beats the parliamentarian because he resented the fact that his land was confiscated by people in high positions like this parliamentarian.By Marwaan Macan-MarkarBANGKOK, Jan 28 (IPS) - At the beginning of January, Ros Sovann was just another private security guard one sees standing outside fancy restaurants and the homes of the rich in Phnom Penh. By month end, the
Sunday, January 27, 2008
A Helping Hand
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Boys at Knar School eat lunch of noodles. Most of Ponheary Ly's clients are American tourists who support Cambodian schools with their donations.Newlyweds lend a hand in Cambodia's struggle against the ravages of war and poverty.By Chris GrayInquirer Staff WriterSIEM REAP, Cambodia - Let's be honest: It was the specter of tigers, temples, and tom yam soup that led my husband and me to honeymoon
If you tire, press on; touring temple brings understanding
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Angkor Thom temple is located the well-known Angkor Wat temple. It is as impressive as Angkor Wat.SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Frequent travelers call it "temple fatigue," the wave of exhaustion that sets in when you've seen one (or five) ruins too many.It comes with the territory here. Not only is Siem Reap home to Angkor Wat, one of the world's largest religious monuments; the area also houses more
Peronal Journey: A tourist, and a native, and comfortable
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Writer Somanette Seang at Angkor Wat. She left Cambodia when she was 7 years old. Her return to visit Cambodia is a life experience.By Somanette SeangFor The InquirerIt had been more than 26 years since I was in Cambodia. I survived the Khmer Rouge genocide of the 1970s and, at age 7, emigrated to the United States with my mother, grandmother, aunt and cousin.Until last summer, I never felt
Haverford teenager is volunteer teacher
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Croom Beatty is teaching English to Cambodian students in one of his volunteering assignments to Cambodia.Lyle Beatty worried about many things when her 16-year-old son, Croom, went to Cambodia to teach English in 2006.She didn't think about cobras.Sure enough, her son came close to one while touring a temple in the countryside near Siem Reap.Snake scares aside, Croom Beatty - now 17 and a
Cambodia warns UN to change rights policy
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour.By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh25 January 2008Top officials Friday warned the UN Human Rights Commission’s Cambodia office to be more cooperative with the ruling government, following several visits of a UN envoy highly critical of the government’s rights commitment.“We have had a Memorandum of Understanding with this
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thai MPs rush to meet Thaksin in Hong Kong
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Samak Sundaravej, leader of People Power Party talked to the media in Bangkok about the possibility of forming a government.Ex-PM Thaksin said to be key to forming government.Flights between Bangkok and Hong Kong have been particularly loaded with Thai politicians lately. They have also been flying to the same destination, a hotel where ousted prime minister Thakin Shinawatra _ the man believed
Thai coup leader Sonthi: I'm coming home
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Thaksin Sinawatra held a press conference in Hong Kong on 25 Jan. 2008 about his possible return to Thailand.(BangkokPost.com)Former coup chief Sonthi Boonyaratkalin insisted on Saturday he will not seek political asylum in a foreign country to seek shelter from the pro-Thaksin Shinawatra People Power party (PPP).Gen Sonthi, Deputy Prime Minister in the lame-duck government, is to return to
Barack Obama Wins South Carolina
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Barack Obama addressing supporters after winning South Carolina with wife, Michelle, by his side.By DAVID ESPO and CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WritersCOLUMBIA, S.C. - Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic
Ex-Indonesian dictator Suharto dies
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By ZAKKI HAKIM, Associated Press Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia - Former dictator Suharto, an army general who crushed Indonesia's communist movement and pushed aside the country's founding father to usher in 32 years of tough rule that saw up to a million political opponents killed, died Sunday. He was 86."He has died," Dr. Christian Johannes, a member of his medical team, told The Associated Press,
Prince Ranariddh visited a sick Suharto
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Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh waves to journalists after arriving at the Pertamina hospital to visit Indonesia's former president Suharto in Jakarta January 25, 2008. Suharto has been in hospital for three weeks for suffered multiple organ failure.REUTERS/Crack Palinggi (INDONESIA)
Prince Ranaridhh visited Suharto
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Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh speaks to journalists after his visit to former Indonesian president Suharto at the Pertamina hospital in Jakarta January 25, 2008. Suharto has been in hospital for three weeks after suffering multiple organ failure.REUTERS/Crack Palinggi (INDONESIA)
Sok An visited Suharto shortly before he died
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Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An speaks to journalists after visiting Indonesia's former president Suharto at Pertamina hospital in Jakarta January 26, 2008. Suharto has been in the hospital since suffering from multiple organ failure on January 4.REUTERS/Crack Palinggi (INDONESIA)
Sok An visited Suharto in hospital
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Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An speaks to journalists after visiting Indonesia's former president Suharto at Pertamina hospital in Jakarta January 26, 2008. Suharto has been in the hospital since suffering from multiple organ failure on January 4.REUTERS/Crack Palinggi (INDONESIA)
Friday, January 25, 2008
Thai comments over temple 'stupid', FM says
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By Mean Veasna, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Phnom Penh25 January 2008Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (pictured) condemned as “stupid” comments made by a Thai official Friday over a disputed border temple in the north.Preah Vihear temple, known to the Thais as Khao Phra Viharn, has become controversial in the unmarked border area, claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia.Thai Defense Ministry
Cambodian study hints at subclinical H5N1 cases
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Jan 25, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – A recent study in Cambodia suggests that some human cases of infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus escape detection because symptoms are mild or absent, according to a report from an international avian flu conference this week in Bangkok.The meeting drew about 500 experts from 40 countries to discuss research and ideas on a wide range of topics. Some other
Thailand downplays row over Preah Vihear
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Entrance to Gopura III of Preah Vihear temple.WASSANA NANUAM & THANIDA TANSUBHAPOLIn a bid to downplay conflicts surrounding the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border, Defence Minister Boonrawd Somtas said Thailand had decided not to protest against Cam-bodia's unilateral move to have the ancient temple ruins listed as a World Heritage site.The minister said it was a misunderstanding
Military bungles over Preah Vihear
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EDITORIALDiplomacy and ancient cultural sites are not the business of the Army; the southern insurgency is .The military's strong but belated reaction to Cambodia's nomination of the Hindu temple of Preah Vihear as a United Nations World Heritage site raised eyebrows in Bangkok as well as in Phnom Penh. It may be true that the Cambodian authorities last year unilaterally proposed to get the
Thailand's Bullying Over Preah Vihear Must Be Stopped
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Preah Vihear temple (top) and its beautiful surrounding areas (below).Khmerization’s EditorialWe have seen yet again Thailand is trying to muscle its way into achieving the upper hand in the issue of Preah Vihea temple. The using of the Thai army to warn Cambodia of the issue of the disputed areas around Preah Vihear temple is a bullying designed to intimidate Cambodia. Thailand’s stand over and
Cambodia Inks Stock Market Deal for 2009
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With the opening of the stock market expected in 2009 markets like this could benefit.By Mean Veasna, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh24 January 2008The government signed a stock market contract with Korea Exchange Monday, paving the way for an exchange starting mid- or late 2009, officials said this week.Korea Exchange is the fourth largest stock market in Asia.The government plans to
Dengue Fever, the Band, Burns Bright
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The picture of Chhom Nimol on the cover of her album 'Venus on Earth'.By Poch Reasey, VOA Khmer Washington24 January 2008With a third album out and many of the songs sung in English, the band Dengue Fever is gaining critical and commercial momentum.Dengue Fever features Cambodian Chhom Nimol on vocals and recalls the psychodelic rock of Cambodia’s ‘60s.In “Venus on Earth,” their newest album,
Angkor Wat sandals prompt jibes
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The sandals which bear the image of Angor Wat were allegedly produced in Vietnam.By Heng Reaksmey, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Phnom Penh24 January 2008The emergence in Vietnam of commercial footwear with the picture of Ankor Wat on the padding has sparked a round of political finger-pointing between provincial authorities and the opposition party.The sandals, which have an outline of Angkor
Chinese Foreign Minister to visit Cambodia, Brunei, Australia
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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will pay official visits to Cambodia, Brunei and Australia from Jan. 31 to Feb. 5, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu announced on Friday. Yang was invited by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Nam Hong, Brunei's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Mohamed Bolkiah and Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith,
Beijing Olympic: Cambodia sent 3 times more officials than athletes
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By Ek MadraPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia will send almost three times more officials than athletes to this year's Olympics -- including the families of the country's sports chiefs.The impoverished nation, which has never won an Olympic medal, will send 11 officials to Beijing to accompany just four athletes, Cambodia's Olympic committee chief said on Friday."We will have a team of two athletes
Cambodia: Tire busts on Thai Airways Jet carrying Cambodian lawmakers
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A rear tire on a Thai Airways jet exploded as the plane, which was carrying the head of Cambodia's parliament and 30 lawmakers, landed at the capital's airport Friday (25 Jan), airport officials said.None of the 147 passengers or 13 crew members were hurt, said Khek Norinda, spokesman of the company that manages the airport.The tire burst after the Airbus A-300 touched down
Prince Ranaridhh visits Suharto at hospital
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Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh, right, talks to journalists at Pertamina hospital, where former Indonesian dictator Suharto is recovering, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. Doctors treating Suharto said Friday he could be released from intensive care within a couple days after breathing on his own and beating back a blood infection.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim )
Cambodian history writ large at Angkor Wat
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An aerial view of Angkor Wat.SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- This country's most famous temple may be 900 years old, but the message it sets out to convey is timeless: Angkor Wat is all about glory. The temple is one of hundreds built by kings of the Khmer Empire to commemorate themselves and their empire, as well as to worship their gods. But Angkor Wat stands out from the rest -- in artistry, in scale
Cambodian court declares former Khmer Rouge lear statement stands
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Phnom Penh - Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal Friday announced it would not annul statements made by the man alleged to have been "Brother Number 2" of the Khmer Rouge movement, Nuon Chea (pictured), made without a lawyer present because they were consensual. The joint UN-Cambodian court set up to try former Khmer Rouge leaders said the man accused of being Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's right hand
Cambodian fishermen hooking the big ones- on drugs
Posted on 5:54 AM by svdfbd
Phnom Penh - Cambodian fishermen were using bait laced with "an addictive substance" to turn the one that got away into the one that came back for another fix, local media reported Friday. Fishermen in north-western Banteay Meanchey province on the Thai border, around 450 kilometres from the capital, were luring their prey with fermented fish paste laced with drugs, but their more ethical
Thai plane's tyre burst in Cambodia: official
Posted on 5:51 AM by svdfbd
A rear tyre burst on a Thai Airways plane as it came in to land in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh today, aviation officials said.Khek Norinda, communications and marketing manager for Cambodia Airport Services Management, said there were no injuries from the mishap.He said the Airbus, carrying 160 passengers and crew from Bangkok, had just landed at 9:30am (local time) when the tyre burst."It's
Man gets one and a half years for 3 slayings
Posted on 5:44 AM by svdfbd
Savoeun Keo, mother of victim Sophea Sun, crying outside the court after the verdict.Dimitri Sidorchuk, second from left, walks to the courtroom Thursday with his attorney Peter Friedman, left, at the King County Courthouse in Seattle.Plea deal comes after 2 trials and 2 hung juries in Skyway shootingsBy CLAUDIA ROWEA man who once faced more than eight decades in prison for shooting three people
Thursday, January 24, 2008
A Biography of Prince Si Votha (1841-1891)
Posted on 6:45 PM by svdfbd
Prince Ang Duong Si Votha (1841-1891)Prince Si Votha was once a royal contender to the Cambodian throne. Depending on whom we talk to, he can be described as a usurper, a nationalist, an independence fighter or simply a collaborator of the foreigners. He had spent most of his entire life fighting his half brother, King Norodom, for the throne. Some people were of the view that Si Votha’s
Cambodia gets first skyscraper
Posted on 4:29 PM by svdfbd
The official launch of the skyscraper in Phnom Penh.Officials linked the building to Cambodia's economic successCambodian officials have attended the official sales launch of the first-ever skyscraper in the capital, Phnom Penh.The twin towers are to be 42 storeys high - almost three times higher than the current tallest building.It is the first of three skyscrapers planned in the capital, where
Your scene: A sign of devotion in Cambodia
Posted on 4:22 PM by svdfbd
Passersby pray to a monk in the street of Phnom Penh.From The Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2008Beto De Luna of Glendale was sitting at a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, one morning in September when he "saw this monk walk up, and [two people] started praying to him. To me, it was a National Geographic moment" that captured the culture of the Southeast Asian nation. The two-week vacation
Thai army warns dispute over Preah Vihear could have repercussions
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Preah Vihear temple from the front.By WASSANA NANUAMThe Defence Ministry is concerned about Cambodia's tough stance on seeking World Heritage listing of Preah Vihear, the ancient Khmer ruins on the Thai-Cambodian border. Defence Ministry spokesman Pichasanu Putchakarn said Cambodia has ignored the government's suggestion the two countries jointly propose the historical site for Unesco listing.If
Relations sour over Preah Vihear claim
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U.S embassy officials, including Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli (white shirt), visited Preah Vihear temple right after the July 2007's UN World Heritage Conference in Auckland, NZ, refused to list the temple after objection from Thailand.Relations with Cambodia have soured after the Defence Ministry alleged yesterday Phnom Penh had "made up" history to claim the ancient Hindu temple of Preah Vihear
Fleeing the Khmer Rouge, ages of violence
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By Robert Lowell Reporter, American JournalBUXTON (Jan 24, 2008): Navan Leng came from Cambodia to the United States in 1991 seeking freedom and an escape from the violence and repression that had plagued his native country in recent decades.Advertisement [0]“The night I escaped there was a big battle,” said Leng, who lives in Westbrook with his wife, Chantha Doeur, and four children.Leng is
Asia: Cambodia prodding N.Korea on abduction
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BY KAZUTO TSUKAMOTO THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Cambodia has been working behind the scenes to encourage North Korea to resolve the thorny abduction issue with Japan.Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, 72 (pictured), disclosed this fact during an interview with The Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo on Jan. 16.Hor Namhong, who is also Cambodia's deputy prime minister, was in Tokyo for the first Japan-Mekong Foreign
Cambodia seeks halt to sale of sandals bearing image of Angkor Wat
Posted on 5:51 AM by svdfbd
The Angkor Wat-bearing sandals allegedly produced in Vietnam which caused controversy in Cambodia. Last time is was the phone card, this time it is the sandals. What's next?PHNOM PENH — Cambodia is seeking to bring a halt to the sale in Vietnam of offensive sandals depicting the famed Angkor Wat temple, the country's national symbol, the government's top spokesman said Wednesday.Information
Cambodia threaten to close UN representative office
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Khieu Kanharith talks to the media.PHNOM PENH, Jan 24 (Bernama) -- The Cambodian government on Wednesday stated that it will shut down the United Nations representative office in the country if the office's head, Pe Suv, doesn't change his ways of working, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported Thursday.Earlier, the government's spokesman, Khieu Kanharith, who is also Information Minister, said that
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
US could ban 'Kleptocrats' from entry
Posted on 7:10 PM by svdfbd
By Brian Calvert, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Washington23 January 2008Top Cambodian officials implicated in illegal logging could face a ban from US entry, according to a new US law.Under a recently inacted 2008 spending law, the State Department must compile a list of foreign government officials and their immediate family members suspected of involvement in corruption in natural resources
voter information cards spark row
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By Seng Ratana, VOA Khmer Originalreport from Washington23 January 2008A decision by the National Election Committee to distribute information cards to voters met with resistance from opposition parties and rights groups who said Wednesday the committee will likely only distribute information to ruling party supporters.The National Election Committee has been criticized for supporting the Prime
CPP village chief blocks forum, party claims
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By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer Original report from Washington23 January 2008A ruling party village chief moved to block a scheduled political meeting by the Human Rights Party last week, officials said Wednesday.The Human Rights Party was meeting to rally political support in Chhouk district, Kampot province, ahead of national elections in July.Local authorities moved to block party officials from
Cambodian mass murderer, Dick Cheney--morally equivalent?
Posted on 6:57 PM by svdfbd
By Tim Graham (pictured) After discussing on the Washington Post website how he’s an atheist who’s enjoyed recreational drugs and who giggles at calling hemorrhoids "asteroids," Washington Post Magazine editor Gene Weingarten truly offers too much of a peek into his soul. He suggests murderous Cambodian tyrant Pol Pot and Vice President Cheney are somehow morally equivalent. Weingarten also
Cambodian bourse planned for 2009
Posted on 3:15 AM by svdfbd
By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok and Song Jung-a in SeoulSouth Korea's stock exchange and the Cambodian government have agreed to set up a stock exchange in Phnom Penh in 2009, the latest signal of the optimism sweeping the fast growing but deeply impoverished country.Even a few years ago the idea of a stock market would have seemed far-fetched in a country where three decades ago the radical Maoists of
US could ban travel for Cambodian tied to illegal logging
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Trucks loaded with illegal timber headed for Vietnam.PHNOM PENH (AFP) — The US has passed a law that could see travel bans for Cambodian officials accused of looting the country's natural resources, a move hailed Wednesday by conservationists as a strike against illegal logging.The law, enacted in December, endorses calls by the US Congress to deny visas to Cambodian officials identified in a
Petroleum giant plans to develop prime Cambodian beach resort
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Sihanoukville town centre (left) and one of Sihanoukville beaches (bottom).--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Phnom Penh - An offshoot of the company in control of Cambodia's most powerful petroleum group, Sokimex, plans to develop a top-end resort on a beach in the coastal province of Sihanoukville, the area's
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Norodom Ranaridhh Party Signed Torched Down
Posted on 9:39 PM by svdfbd
Everyday.com.khTranslated from Khmer by Heng Soycourtesy of http://ki-media.blogspot.com/A NRP official from Banteay Meanchey province indicated that one NRP party sign was stolen and torched down in Thmar Puok district, Banteay Meanchey province, by an anonymous person, in the evening of 19 January. Poat Kea, a NRP district representative, accused this action as being a threat against his party
Japanese archeologists uncover 1st century water site in Cambodia
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SNAY VILLAGE, Cambodia, Jan. 21 (Kyodo) - Japanese archaeologists said Monday they have found an ancient water site (pictured) in northwest Cambodia which dates back to the first century.The archaeologists said they discovered sacred mounds of water or altars at the ruins in Snay village in Banteay Meanchey province under a two-year project which began in January last year."Before, it was said
Cambodia: Release Scapegoats for Labour Leader's Murder
Posted on 6:27 AM by svdfbd
Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, the two scapegoats for Chea Vichea's murder (top).Incense burning at Chea Vichea's murder anniversary on 22th January,2008 (bottom).Source: Human Rights WatchReuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone.(New York, January 22, 2008) � Four years after the
Cambodian police prevent journalist from photographing demolition at pagoda
Posted on 6:22 AM by svdfbd
Source: Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)District police prevented a reporter from taking pictures of the demolition of Buddha statues in a pagoda on the morning of 24 December 2007, reports the Cambodian Association for the Protection of Journalists, a SEAPA partner based in the capital Phnom Penh.So Visal, a reporter with "Voice of Democracy", an eight-hour community radio program run by
S.Korea, Cambodia to open Joint Stock Exchange in 2009
Posted on 6:19 AM by svdfbd
SEOUL: South Korea's stock exchange operator said on Tuesday it had agreed with the Cambodian government to set up and run a joint stock exchange in the Southeast Asian country in 2009. The Korea Exchange (KRX), Asia's fourth-largest bourse operator, has in recent years supported stock market development in Southeast Asia as part of efforts to raise its profile and draw foreign firms to Seoul for
Cambodian Chinese prepare for Chinese New Year
Posted on 6:17 AM by svdfbd
Roasted pigs prepared for the inauguration ceremony of new prop lions used in lion dance are seen at the Chaozhou Guild of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 22, 2008. The Chaozhou Guild of Cambodia, a civilian group of the Cambodian Chinese originated from Chaozhou, China, held the ceremony here on Tuesday to greet the forthcoming Chinese lunar calendar new year, which falls on Feb. 7 this
Chinese New Year in Cambodia
Posted on 6:15 AM by svdfbd
Leaders of the Chaozhou Guild of Cambodia add the finishing touch on a new prop lion used in lion dance, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 22, 2008. The Chaozhou Guild of Cambodia, a civilian group of the Cambodian Chinese originated from Chaozhou, China, held the ceremony here on Tuesday to greet the forthcoming Chinese lunar calendar new year, which falls on Feb. 7 this year. (Xinhua Photo)
Cambodian road network gets $US40.8 mln in funding for maintenance-ADB
Posted on 6:09 AM by svdfbd
MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it will provide 40.8 mln usd along with its development partners to help Cambodia maintain roads managed by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and improve the capability of the ministry in managing and maintaining its road network.The bank said ADB will extend a 6 mln usd loan to the Road Asset Management Project.
Chea Vichea remembered
Posted on 6:05 AM by svdfbd
A man holds a portrait of Chea Vichea, former president of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of Cambodia, to mark the fourth anniversary of his death in Phnom Penh January 22, 2008. Vichea was shot dead at a news stand in central Phnom Penh in January 2004.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
Cambodian people remember Chea Vichea's death
Posted on 6:01 AM by svdfbd
Cambodian people and rights groups remember the death of labour leader Chea Vichea on a street in Phnom Penh, January 22. Hundreds gathered Tuesday in Cambodia's capital to mark the death of labour leader Chea Vichea, whose slaying four years ago badly fractured the country's nascent workers' movement.(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)
Sam Rainsy at Chea Vichea's anniversary
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Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy (C) stands in front of a portrait of Chea Vichea, former president of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of Cambodia, on the fourth anniversary of his death in Phnom Penh January 22, 2008. Vichea was shot dead at a news stand in central Phnom Penh in January 2004.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
Sam Rainsy speaks about Chea Vichea's murder
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Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy (C) speaks to the media on the fourth anniversary of the death of Chea Vichea, former president of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of Cambodia, in Phnom Penh January 22, 2008. Vichea was shot dead at a news stand in central Phnom Penh in January 2004.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
Hundreds remember Cambodian labour leader's murder
Posted on 5:48 AM by svdfbd
Incense burning in front of Chea Vichea's framed photo during the commemoration of his slaying. PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Hundreds gathered Tuesday in Cambodia's capital to mark the death of labour leader Chea Vichea, whose slaying four years ago badly fractured the country's nascent workers' movement.Chea Vichea, who headed the country's largest labour union and was a vocal critic of Prime Minister Hun
Monday, January 21, 2008
Prince Ranariddh bets on his political future
Posted on 7:35 PM by svdfbd
Monday, January 21, 2008 By Leang DeluxeCambodge Soir HebdoTranslated from French by Luc Sârcourtesy of http://ki-media.blogspot.com/The NRP leader is turning to the Supreme Court, the last legal institution able to annul the sentences handed down to him. The political future of the prince and his participation in the July general election will depend on the Supreme Court verdict.Norodom
The Debate Over the Translation of the Word "Khmerization" Continues...
Posted on 7:22 PM by svdfbd
2 CommentsClose this window Jump to comment formWanna Khan said...You have reason!However, I made little mistake in the last comment. I should have suggested «ខេមររូបនីយកម្ម». As you know, when we need to make a compound noun combining with the word «ខ្មែរ», we always use «ខេមរ» instead. Ex: «ខេមរបុត្រ» «ខេមរជន» ។ល។January 20, 2008 8:03 PMkhmerization said...Wanna,I have seen the word '
Union commemorate Chea Vichea Murder
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A mourner carrying a photo of Chea Vichea. The word on the band that wrapped around her head reads "Vichea, the hero".By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh21 January 2008Union officials and workers plan to lay a wreath Tuesday to commemorate the controversial murder of leader Chea Vichea in 2004.Chea Vichea, the president of the Free Trade Union of Workers in the Kingdom of
Prices continue steep rise, analyst says
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Sam Rainsy: The prices of goods goes up because of "business monoploy, high fuel price, high fuel tax".By Mean Veasna, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Phnom Penh21 January 2008The cost of everything is up, way up. Milk. Noodles. Fish.'“The cost just goes up,” a Phnom Penh vendor recently told VOA Khmer. “Oh, the people suffer. From today on, they will all die, because they have nothing to eat.”The
Presentation will benefit newly built Cambodia school
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By ANGELICA A. MORRISONObserver-DispatchUTICA - A Utica Rotary Club member will be hosting several presentations about his experience visiting South East Asia. The presentations by David Jones will double as a benefit to help a newly built school in Cambodia. The first of four presentations will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 during the Earth Metal Detection Club meeting at the Dunham library in
Cambodia, Vietnam target $2.3 billion in bilateral trade by 2010
Posted on 6:33 AM by svdfbd
AN GIANG — Cambodia and Viet Nam are expected to achieve bilateral trade worth US$2.3 billion annually by 2010, according to reports released at the border-trade meeting held in An Giang Province last week.In the first 11 months of 2007, trade turnover between Viet Nam and Cambodia amounted to $1.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 30 per cent.Viet Nam attained export turnover of $896 million
Mountain top site marks border with Laos, Cambodia
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Representatives of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia inaugurate a border landmark yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Sy HuynhHA NOI — The governments of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia yesterday inaugurated a border landmark at the point where the three countries converge.Among those attending the ceremony were Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dao Viet Trung, his Lao and Cambodian counterparts, and leaders of
Cambodia police block Mia Farrow's Darfur rally
Posted on 6:21 AM by svdfbd
Mia Farrow led away by a police officer during the protest.By Ek MadraPHNOM PENH, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Baton-wielding police barred Hollywood actress Mia Farrow from holding a rally in Cambodia's "Killing Fields" on Sunday as part of a campaign to end atrocities in Sudan's Darfur.Some 100 military police blocked Farrow, who fronts the Dream for Darfur pressure group, and her fellow activists from
Cambodian police nab 20,000 methamphetamine tablets
Posted on 6:16 AM by svdfbd
Phnom Penh - A police operation in the Cambodian capital nabbed 20,000 methamphetamine tablets, or more than 2 kilos of the drug, local media reported Monday. Khmer-language newspaper Koh Santepheap quoted deputy Phnom Penh police chief Reach Sokhon as saying the accused drug courier, Nai Thai, 33, had confessed to possession and implicated a second man, Put Nailhy, 48, as the owner of the
Cambodian hilltribes turn to tradition to stop land rush
Posted on 6:14 AM by svdfbd
Phnom Penh - Cambodian hilltribe people will try self-policing and implement traditional fines in an effort to stop illegal land sales, a rights activist said Monday. Pen Bonnar of local human rights organization Adhoc confirmed local media reports that the Kreung ethnic minority of Rattanakiri province in the country's far north-east had turned to tradition to stop members of their community
Sunday, January 20, 2008
What is the Khmer translation for the word 'Khmerization'?
Posted on 7:31 PM by svdfbd
Recently, one of my blog's visitor, Wanna Khan, made a very valid comment about the choice of my translation of the word 'Khmerization' into Khmer as 'khmerupaniyakamm'. He raised a valid point that Khmerization should be translated as Khemarakyeanakamm ខេមរយានកម្ម. First, I'd like to explain my reason for translating Khmerization as ខែ្មរូបនីយកម្ម (Khmerupaniyakamm) instead of ខេមរយានកម្ម(
Police confronted Mia Farrow
Posted on 6:37 AM by svdfbd
A military policeman (R) listens to his walkie-talkie as he stops U.S actress Mia Farrow (C) and Theary Seng (L), Khmer survivor, author and executive director of the Center for Social Development, from making their way to lay flowers at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh January 20, 2008. Farrow says she will ignore a deportation threat and pursue plans to light a symbolic Olympic torch in
Police attempts to stop Mia Farrow
Posted on 6:31 AM by svdfbd
A policeman (R) attempts to stop U.S actress Mia Farrow (C) and Theary Seng (L), Khmer survivor, author and executive director of the Center for Social Development, from making their way to lay flowers at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh January 20, 2008. Farrow says she will ignore a deportation threat and pursue plans to light a symbolic Olympic torch in Cambodia's "Killing Fields", as
Mia Farrow gives lotus flowers to police
Posted on 6:28 AM by svdfbd
Theary Seng, left, Cambodian Executive Director of the Center for Social Development, left, and American actress Mia Farrow, right, give lotus flowers to police officers as authorities block their group outside Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Cambodian police blocked Farrow from holding a genocide memorial ceremony Sunday at a Khmer Rouge prison, at one
Mia Farrow blocked by police
Posted on 6:25 AM by svdfbd
American actress Mia Farrow, right, and Cambodian Executive Director of the Center for Social Development, Theary Seng, left, move away after police pushing their group outside Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Cambodian police blocked American actress Mia Farrow from holding a genocide memorial ceremony Sunday at a Khmer Rouge prison, at one point
Police blocked Mia Farrow
Posted on 6:22 AM by svdfbd
American actress Mia Farrow, center, looks on as Theary Seng, second left, Cambodian Executive Director of the Center for Social Development, talks outside Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Cambodian police blocked Farrow from holding a genocide memorial ceremony Sunday at a Khmer Rouge prison, at one point forcefully pushing her group away from a
They've got those Mekong blues again
Posted on 6:14 AM by svdfbd
Kevin EstradaThe members of Dengue Fever are, from left, Ethan Holtzman, Senon Williams, Zac Holtzman, Paul Smith, David Ralicke and Chhom Nimol.By R J SMITHDENGUE FEVER is a Los Angeles band featuring a Cambodian-born singer and five American alt-rockers who regularly embarrass her onstage. On the cover of its new album, “Venus on Earth” (M80), the guitarist Zac Holtzman, with a long beard and
Little Cambodia, Growing Still Littler
Posted on 6:07 AM by svdfbd
Fordham Road in the Bronx, where many Cambodians who came to New York as children initially settled.By DAVID SHAFTELVIBOL SOK SUNGKRIEM, a 31-year-old aspiring filmmaker, had invited a few friends over for dinner, and his apartment just east of the New York Botanical Garden was flooded with camaraderie and the aroma of spicy Southeast Asian food.Like Mr. Sungkriem, who wears a whisper of a
Cambodian police block Mia Farrow's Darfur rally
Posted on 5:51 AM by svdfbd
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mia Farrow and Seng Theary, Executive Director of Center for Social Development, attempted to enter Tuol Sleng Genocide Center to hold a rally for Durfur's victims but was blocked by Cambodian police.Ek Madra Phnom Penh (Reuters) - Baton-wielding police barred Hollywood actress Mia Farrow from holding a rally in
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Cambodian mother, friend charged over sale of daughter
Posted on 5:47 AM by svdfbd
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian mother and her female friend have been charged with selling her daughter and another young woman, local media reported Saturday. Som Vanny, 42, a karaoke shop owner, and her friend Sour Sarun, 55, were arrested after reports she had sold her 17-year-old daughter and another 20-year-old girl to a foreigner of unspecified nationality for sex, local newspaper Koh Santepheap
A Reporter Returns Home
Posted on 5:36 AM by svdfbd
By Putsata Reang Northwest Asian WeeklyJust one month after I helped launch a pioneer project training Khmer journalists in investigative reporting, Cambodia’s repressive government cracked down on dissent, arresting at least five human-rights activists and journalists. In spite of the risks, I urged the reporters to continue their dangerous but critical work. They lashed back.“It’s easy for you
Visiting actress Mia Farrow says she's 'bewildered' by Cambodian ban on Darfur ceremony
Posted on 5:25 AM by svdfbd
Mia Farrow visited Khmer Rouge Torture Centre (Bottom) and Mia Farrow during her interview in Cambodia (top).By KER MUNTHIT Associated Press WriterPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP)—American actress Mia Farrow said she was bewildered by the Cambodian government's attempt to block a ceremony at a former Khmer Rouge prison intended to highlight the humanitarian crisis in Sudan."It's pretty harsh to be
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