Lida
moved from a subsistence existence in rural Cambodia to a senior staff
job at a women's advocacy organization in the city. But she still
wonders what would have happened if she had said "yes" to a beautiful
foreigner at a pagoda three years ago.
Angkorian era frontier stones were discovered in Surin and Buriram provinces in present-day Thailand as well as in Siem Reap, Battambang and Preah Vihear provinces in present-day Cambodia. គេបានជួបប្រទះបង្គោលថ្មកំណត់ព្រំប្រទល់ដីនៅសម័យអង្គរ
នៅតាមភូមិស្រុកមួយចំនួន ស្ថិតក្នុងអតីតព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា
ដូចនៅខេត្តសុរិន្ទ្រ បុរីរម្យ (ប្រទេសថៃបច្ចុប្បន្ន)
និងនៅស្រុកខ្មែរ ដូចជា ខេត្តសៀមរាប បាត់ដំបង និងព្រះវិហារជាដើម។
ប៉ុន្តែរហូតមកដល់សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ គ្មានអ្នកនិពន្ធណាមួយបាន
បានយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ទៅលើបង្គោលថ្មកំណត់ព្រំប្រទល់ដីនេះឡើយ
ហើយក៏ពុំទាន់មានការបោះពុម្ពផ្សាយនូវបង្គោលទាំងនោះដែរ
ដែលបង្គោលថ្មនេះ មានសារសំខាន់ជាអនេកក្នុងការសិក្សាស្វែងយល់
អំពីការរៀបចំទឹកដីខ្មែរនាសម័យបុរាណ។
President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran and Cambodia have high potentials
for enhancement of trade transactions and joint investments.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency)
- President Ahmadinejad made the above comments in a meeting with the
visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on the sidelines of the 16th
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran on Thursday.
The president said that both Iran and Cambodia should make use of such potentials for further expansion of their bilateral ties.
'Iran
and Cambodia should work for advancement of their bilateral ties in all
areas more than before and the embassies of both countries should
become more active than before,' the president said while referring to
the fact that Iran and Cambodia have always had friendly ties.
US Trade Representative Ron Kirk (left) stands next to Cambodia’s
Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidth yesterday in Siem Reap. Photograph:
Heng Chivoan /Phnom Penh Post
Although US businesses across
ASEAN have expressed a positive investment outlook towards Cambodia and
the other members of the regional group, they are unsure of how to take
advantage of the free-trade agreement with China, insiders said at the
first-ever ASEAN-US Business Summit, which kicked off yesterday in
Cambodia.
While praising the Kingdom and ASEAN in general, the US
delegation said that their businesses in the region seem unable to take
advantage of all the assets that ASEAN has to offer.
US Chamber
of Commerce Senior Director of Southeast Asia John Goyer told the Post
that much of what was discussed yesterday at a seminar called “Digital
Economy and Innovation” concerned the use of e-commerce, digital
transactions and credit cards, aspects of the economy that ASEAN’s
less-developed countries, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos, do no
rate particularly strong. He added that, for all the positive aspects of
ASEAN, US businesses were not able to fully utilise everything it had
to offer like the free trade agreement (FTA) with China.
A new border checkpoint (see arrows) in Memot district, Kampong Cham province, has been moved deeper inside Cambodian territory, but local officials said they knew nothing about it. When asked about it they asked the questioners to ask the "higher authority". When the "higher authority" was asked about it, they said no one was available to give the answers. So, the answers lie with the local villagers who knew clearly who moved the border line/post deeper inside Khmer territory.
Non-Aligned Movement Summit held Thursday in Tehran in Iran.
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - Prime Minister Hun Sen
has appealed to members of the Non-Aligned Movement to support
Cambodia's bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security
Council.
In an address to a two-day summit in Tehran, the prime
minister noted that the movement now covered 60 percent of the seats in
the United Nations.
NAM should ensure it plays a significant role
in protecting benefits for developing countries and "finding solutions
for big challenges at both local and global levels," he said.
Tourists visit Angkor Wat in Siem Reap province last year. Ongoing
restoration work can be seen in the background. Photo Naw Say Phaw Waa
Under the shade of Angkor’s canopies and twisted Banyan trees, more
than 100 restoration workers watched yesterday afternoon as union
delegates signed their first collective bargaining agreement, in what
union advocates say should set a precedent for Cambodia’s construction
industry.
Over the past two years, the workers had campaigned for
insurance that would cover injury and illness, union rights, wages and
other benefits.
Dave Welsh, country director of the American
Center for International Labor Solidarity, said the workers had formed
the independent Angkor Preservation Workers Union in 2010 and had waited
a long time to collectively bargain with employer the World Monuments
Fund.
SIHANOUKVILLE(Cambodia Herald) – Authorities were
repairing Pich Nil Bridge on National Road Number 4 on Thursday morning
after a bomb exploded overnight, sources said.
The sources said
the explosion, which took place two kilometers from Yeay Mao shrine, did
not cause any serious damage and that traffic was moving as normal.
Authorities from Kampong Speu and Sihanoukville provinces are investigating the incident.
King was welcomed with a bomb during his visit to Kampong Speu
ក.និរតី
August 30, 2012- Free Press Magazine
ព្រះមហាក្សត្រដ៏រម្យទមរបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានរួចផុតជីវិត
ពីការបំផ្ទុះគ្រាប់មីនច្នៃមួយតែរយៈពេលប៉ុន្មានម៉ោងប៉ុណ្ណោះ
មុនពេលដែលទ្រង់ចុះទៅចែកអំណោយដល់អ្នកភូមិក្រីក្រនៅក្នុង
ខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ។ The king has escaped death from an improvised explosive device which has exploded a few hours before his scheduled visit to distribute gifts to poor people in Kampong Speu province.
Heng Hak (left) sits next to SRP lawmaker Mu Sochua during a press
conference yesterday. Heng Hak broke both of her legs in March last year
while trying to escape from an office of T&P Co Ltd, a firm based
in Sen Sok district that trained domestic workers for employment in
Malaysia. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post
Heng Hak
wore a blank expression yesterday, her hair recently dyed a shade of
blonde. Though her appearance suggested composure, a lift of her pant
leg revealed the manifestation of the trauma she tried to escape last
year.
In March 2011, Hak jumped from the third floor of T&P
Co Ltd recruitment agency, breaking both her legs. She claims that the
company physically held her from seeing her family and children, so she
jumped in order to escape.
“I don’t regret jumping down, because
to die in Cambodia would have been better than dying in another
country,” Hak said yesterday.
People stand next to a sixth- or seventh-century statue that was found
in a pond in Kampong Speu province on Monday. Photo Supplied
An excavator digging a pool in Kampong Speu province’s Samrong Tong
district this week struck an unexpected find when its operators
unearthed an ancient Hindu statue two metres below ground.
The
1.4-metre stone statue of the Hindu god Vishnu is thought to have been
carved in the sixth or seventh centur-ies, around the time of the early
Khmer polity of Funan, one expert believes, perhaps travelling some
distance to get to the spot it was discovered.
“This one could be
interesting . . . because it’s far from the Funan area of Takeo,”
former archaeology lecturer Son Soubert said after examining a photo of
the headdressed stone figure, now sporting only one and a half arms.
A
30-year-old woman who allegedly kidnapped and sold a 7-year-old girl
for $25 and a cell phone was sent to pre-trial detention by Preah Vihear
Provincial Court yesterday.
Li Lon, Preah Vihear provincial
prosecutor, said the girl is now back with her family and the suspect,
Kong Chanthou, was arrested on Monday on charges of human trafficking.
According
to the National Police Commission website, Chanthou kidnapped the
seven-year-old in Siem Reap on Monday while her mother was having her
nails done in Phsar Leu market.
With the lack of enforcement of the domestic violence law, this issue is
still a social problem in Cambodia. Domestic violence is a human rights
violation, and against the law, and it should be taken seriously.
Domestic
violence is violence that occurs in the home and between spouses. There
are several types of domestic violence, including physical aggression
such as hitting, kicking and throwing objects, to threats, sexual abuse,
emotional abuse, controlling behaviour, intimidation and stalking.
Overall, domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviours to control
the person in the relationship.
Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast (pictured) yesterday said he would urge Canadians
to invest in Cambodia as opportunies become more viable to potential
foreign direct investment from countries that have thus far played a
small role in the Kingdom.
“I see the environment here, and more
specifically the business environment, is very positive, and I think my
job is to go back to Canada to tell the Canadian business community that
Cambodia is great place to invest,” he said during his first visit to
the country, adding that there had been much progress in
Cambodia-Canadian relations.
Fast attended a ceremony recognising
the first 10 customers at the Cambodian branch of Manulife, a Canadian
insurance company that opened two months ago.
Former Khmer Rouge leader ex-social affairs minister Ieng Thirith is
seen in a court in Phnom Penh in 2011. Prosecutors at Cambodia's war
crimes court on Friday conceded that Ieng Thirith, the Khmer Rouge's
former "First Lady", was unlikely to face trial due to ill health and
recommended her release.
Ieng Thirith (front, 2nd from left) in 1976
Published: 31/08/2012
Bangkok Post
Prosecutors at Cambodia's war crimes court on Friday conceded that the
Khmer Rouge's former "First Lady" was unlikely to face trial due to ill
health and recommended her release.
The move came after experts told the UN-backed tribunal that the
mental state of ex-social affairs minister Ieng Thirith, 80, had
worsened since appeal judges in December requested medical treatment and
further tests.
She now appears almost certain never to answer to
charges of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity, unlike
three other top leaders -- including her husband, former foreign
minister Ieng Sary -- currently on trial.
"She is not currently
able to exercise her fair trial rights and she's therefore currently
unfit to stand trial," prosecutor Tarik Abdulhak told the tribunal.
For thousands of Cambodians, the fate of their loved
ones under the Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s remains a mystery, and
the focus sometimes of a life-long search for answers.
DC-Cam, the
Documentation Centre of Cambodia, is an organisation dedicated to
collecting and researching documents from the Khmer Rouge period. From
time-to-time, new documents and photographs
emerge that provide people with information about how their friends and
family members died but, a recent donation to DC-Cam has done just
that.
Chuon Reaksa was eight-years-old when he last saw his father
in 1976. For 36 years, Mr Reaksa has searched for answers about what
happened to his father after he disappeared from Cambodia's Battambang
Province during the Khmer Rouge Regime.
Now, he's has come face-to-face with his father again, in a photo.
SIEM REAP, Cambodia |Fri Aug 31, 2012 (Reuters) - A French architect questioned in China
as part of an investigation into the country's biggest political
scandal in decades has returned to his home in Cambodia, a government
official said on Friday.
Patrick Henri Devillers, 52,
came back to the capital, Phnom Penh, this month after helping
authorities in China with their investigation of Gu Kailai, who was
given a suspended death sentence on August 20 after confessing to the
murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
In
a statement Tuesday, the envoy, Surya Subedi, says a political solution
should be found to enable Sam Rainsy to “play a full role” in the
election.
Surya Subedi gave 17 recommendations for election reform in order for next year’s polls to meet international standards.
By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
31 August 2012
WASHINGTON DC - The UN’s special envoy for human rights is calling for
a political solution that would allow the return of opposition leader
Sam Rainsy ahead of national elections in July 2013.
In a statement Tuesday, the envoy, Surya Subedi, says a political
solution should be found to enable Sam Rainsy to “play a full role” in
the election. He also said Cambodian elections need the trust of the
Cambodian people or the country risks a return to its violent past.
The statement was released alongside his most recent report to the UN on
Cambodia’s human rights environment, following a visit earlier this
year.
Republican
presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney
campaign buttons are displayed ahead of the Republican National
Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 26, 2012.
Issues that affect Cambodians in America are similar to those the rest of the people in the country.
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
31 August 2012
WASHINGTON DC - Cambodian-American voters say that as the US
presidential election approaches, they are most interested in a
president that will help them with community issues here and political
issues back in Cambodia.
Presidential candidates Barrack Obama, a Democrat, and Mitt Romney, a
Republican, are in a tightly contested race for the White House, with
both sides campaigning hard before the Nov. 4 election.
Schanley Kuch, a Cambodian-American from Maryland, told VOA Khmer he
will vote for a candidate who can better the living standards of
Americans, but will also espouse the principles of human rights and
democracy that will help Cambodians back home.
“For the Cambodian people, in my view, it’s a necessary obligation to
decide whether we choose economic growth in the US or think about our
homeland, which is under the restoration of human rights, freedom and
democracy, which needs the support of a powerful country.”
Cambodia
students hold the Cambodian national flags as they attend the
Independence Day celebration at the Independence Monument in the capital
Phnom Penh.
About 70 percent of Cambodia’s population is below the age of 30, making them a powerful constituency.
Say Mony, VOA Khmer
31 August 2012
PHNOM PENH - The new US ambassador to Cambodia, William Todd, has
initiated an Ambassador’s Youth Council, aimed at engaging young people
in issues of national importance. But the new initiative faces a number
of challenges, including the attitudes of youths themselves.
The ambassador would like to see more young people involved in social
and political affairs that affect them, the embassy’s spokesman, Sean
McIntosh, told “Hello VOA” Monday.
“If the young people realize what kind of benefit it is for themselves
and for their country to take the interest in the serious issues, then
those young people will come around and start being engaged,” Sean
McIntosh, spokesman for the embassy, told “Hello VOA” on Monday.
Say Mony hosts 'Hello VOA' from Phnom Penh, on 27 August, 2012
About 70 percent of Cambodia’s population is below the age of 30, making
them a powerful constituency, but few in that demographic are socially
or politically engaged.
Chheng Niem, a Facebook user, wrote recently, “Cambodian youth spend too much time on entertainment.”
A
Japanese oil company, has been granted a rights by Cambodia Tuesday,
May 4, 2010, to study a survey for possible oil onshore at the basin of
Tonle Sap lake, file photo.
Meanwhile, local officials from the Ministry of Agriculture’s fisheries administration denied such corruption takes place.
By Say Mony, VOA Khmer
31 August 2012
BATTAMBANG Province - Despite a government cancellation of commercial
fishing lot permission across the expansive Tonle Sap lake, fishing
communities here say bribery of corrupt local officials have meant the
illegal practice is actually increasing.
The ban was meant to decrease the rapid overfishing of the lake, a major
source of food for much of the country, which has seen its stocks
dwindle in recent years.
Mao Penh, the head of a fishing community at the floating village of
Preak Tol, in Koh Chiveng commune, Battambang provnce, told VOA Khmer
that law enforcement officials are “colluding” with illegal fishing
operations.
Tehran, Aug 30, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran and Cambodia have high potentials for enhancement of trade transactions and joint investments.
President Ahmadinejad made the above comments in a meeting with the
visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on the sidelines of the 16th
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran on Thursday.
The president said that both Iran and Cambodia should make use
of such potentials for further expansion of their bilateral ties.
SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Garment and textile products
from Southeast Asian nations were on display here on Wednesday evening,
aiming at further promoting business opportunities, Cambodian Minister
of Commerce Cham Prasidh said.
Organized by Cambodian Ministry of Commerce in cooperation with the
Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia, the ASEAN Garment and
Textile Fair 2012 will be held until Sept. 1 at the Angkor Coex
Exhibition Hall.
On human rights and freedom of thought and expression, Cambodia
has found the going tough. Stories about villagers evicted from their
land, human rights workers being arrested, and those who prefer the
opposition to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) being harassed
are the stuff of daily headlines.
Chief among them is Mam Sonando,
70, Director of the independent Beehive Radio and President of the
Democrat Association. He was arrested at his home on July 15 by about 20
police officers after being accused of leading a secessionist movement
in northern Kratie province. He is currently being held without bail even
though the he returned willingly from overseas to answer questions
despite having been jailed twice before for criticizing the government
and taking a vocal stand against forced evictions and alleged land
grabbing.
BySarah Bennett The Long Beach Post Thursday, 30 August 2012
Kem Sokha (left) and Sam Rainsy in Canada earlier this month.
When Kem Sokha last visited Long Beach in 2002, he was a human rights
activist in his war-torn, dictator-ruled homeland of Cambodia. Today,
he returns as an even brighter beacon of hope in the country's quest for
democracy and will be meeting with local supporters and residents at a
community event similar to the ones he is famous for having started in
Cambodia.
"I try any which way I can to promote democracy in our country," says
Tippana Tith, a Cambodian-American activist who organized the event.
"Right now the government is still using the system to suppress
people. The world is changing, people are standing up and there is not
that much dictatorship anymore. Why does our Cambodian country still
have a dictatorship?"
Private companies and state enterprises are expected
to raise large amounts of funds via the stock exchanges in Thailand,
Laos and Cambodia over the next several years.
More
private firms will list on the Cambodian and Laotian bourses next year,
their executives told media yesterday at the "Thailand Focus 2012"
conference in Bangkok.
Hong
Sok Hour, chief executive officer of the Cambodia Securities Exchange,
said yesterday that there was currently only one listed firm on the
bourse, with market capitalisation of US$140 million (Bt4.4 billion),
but five more were expected to list next year. Three of those firms are
state enterprises - two port facilitators and one telecom.
When he introduced his novel rice production
method to Cambodian farmers more than a decade ago, Yang Saing Koma had
to battle skeptics who laughed at his idea. How could less irrigation
and shallower planting result in higher yield?
But Koma, founder of the Cambodian Center for
Study and Development in Agriculture (Cedac), only had to tap one brave
farmer to get his program going.
Today, his System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
is an official rice production method endorsed by the Cambodian
government, credited for doubling the country’s total rice output in the
last decade.
Thursday Manila
2 p.m. — Just escaped from work half-day in order to accommodate the much-awaited trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia.
3 p.m. — I decide to send some sentimental texts to my friends Kath
and Isa and tell them I am ready for my spiritual journey in Cambodia.
Considering I have been quite a mess lately, I need to pray, I tell
them.
3:05 p.m. — Kath replies, “What did you decide to do again?!”
3:10 p.m. — Isa replies, “I will pray for you!”
4 p.m. — My travel buddies, Lour and Misha, arrive. The three of us
have 9-to-5 jobs and three very different personalities. We volt in our
hands and say, “Spiritual journey! Break!”
7 p.m. — My last text in Manila is work-related. I don’t bother to wait for the reply. Siem Reap
11 p.m. — We arrive at Siem Reap, Cambodia and meet our gracious
host, Mr. Sokun at the Prum Bayon hotel. Western style hotel rated an
underestimated 3-stars. It’s only a few minutes away from the popular
Pub Street.
From the room: no high-rise buildings, no lights, no spectacular view. It’s just a small, quiet town. It’s quite nice.
Say cheese: The multitude of smiling faces at the temple of Bayon
11:30 p.m. — We head out to Pub Street to grab late dinner. We settle
for a restaurant called Cambodian Soup Kitchen. We have our first taste
of Khmer (Cambodian) food and we are in love. Fresh spring rolls, green
chicken curry, Cambodian soup and the native amok, which is a delicious, steamed curried fish.
Khmer food is simple, delicate, but makes use of a complex fusion of
spices that deliver full taste. It’s similar to Thai food but not
overpowering at all.
We decide we want to have Khmer food every day for the rest of the trip. Friday
8:30 a.m. — We told the tour guide we would meet him at 8 a.m. It’s 8:30. He tells us that we cannot wear our Tomb Raider
short shorts to the temples. I’m thinking, holy cow, I didn’t bring
anything past the knee. I pretend this scarf is a real skirt.
If you want to visit a school and orphanage, go to Savong’s School (savong.com),
a genuine success story; even if you don’t go, then at least read about it.
If you’re arriving in Siem Reap by air, make sure you have your camera ready.
The small airport affords an excellent photo opportunity on the short walk
from the plane to the terminal. Pub Street may sound a bit brash by name but
it has several good bars and restaurants.
Michael Johnson, Somerset BIKE IT
Cycling is a great way to feel part of a country – you’re hailed by every
child – and being on a bike among locals is great. We cycled to the Landmine
Museum on the way to temple visits. Our holiday, courtesy of Exodus (0845
863 9600; exodus.co.uk),
was superbly organised and included rural north Thailand as well as Ho Chi
Minh City. Highly recommended.
Vic Green, online comment BOOK IT
As Burma loosens its grip on the media, Cambodia has begun to rank
high among the countries repressing internet and telephone freedom in
the name of national security, safety and social order. It is still not
comparable to China or Vietnam, but Cambodia is moving in the wrong
direction.
Last February, the Kingdom of Wonders adopted an “inter-ministerial circular”, according
to which every Internet cafe in the country has to set up surveillance
cameras and any phone shop has to register callers using its services.
According to an unofficial translation obtained by the Asian Correspondent, the circular is meant to “promote protection of national security, safety and social order for the country”. Even though nothing has been implemented thus far, the circular is a threat to every phone and Internet user in the country.
“This is not a law. The authorities simply decided to do whatever
they want to regulate online content in the country only because it
could violate khmer culture,” stated Norbert Klein, the “founding
father” of the Internet in Cambodia and now the head of the Cambodia
chapter of the Internet Society. To him, the circular is a “means of intimidation for Internet users more than a means to protect their safety “.
Police in Svay Rieng province said yesterday a Bavet town police officer
had been under court-ordered supervision since last week on suspicion
of being involved in the February shooting at a garment factory protest
in the Special Economic Zone there.
Provincial police chief Prach
Rim said Sar Chantha, the chief of penal police in Bavet town, had been
put under court supervision by Judge Pech Chhoeut in relation to the
ongoing case.
Former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith (pictured) was
charged in April with “unintentional injury” for allegedly firing his
gun at random into a crowd of 6,000 workers at the Kaoway Sports Factory
in February, injuring three female garment workers.
Former Khmer Rouge stronghold might be next academic hub
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
May Titthara and Stuart White
Phnom Penh Post
ទីតាំងផ្ទះតា ម៉ុក នៅខេត្តតាកែវ កំពុងសង់ជាសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ។People stand outside Ta Mok’s house in Takeo. Photograph: Alan Parkhouse/Phnom Penh Post
A road leading to Ta Mok´s residence
A gate to Ta Mok's house
In an ironic twist of fate, the former home of one of the top officials
of the Khmer Rouge regime — a government notorious for its purges of
intellectuals — may be converted to an institution of higher learning by
Build Bright University.
An administrator, who did not wish to
be named because he was not authorised to discuss the matter, said on
Monday the one-time residence of the Khmer Rouge’s final leader, Chhit
Chhoeun — better known by his nom de guerre Ta Mok — was being
“reconstructed” to serve as a campus in Takeo province as early as the
2012-2013 school year.
BBU’s upper management, however, would confirm only that the university was looking to expand.
University
president Virak Chey said that expected enrolments for the coming year
would necessitate more space, but for the time being, expanding onto the
Ta Mok property was “just a rumour”.
The place to be at noontime in Newcastle, Wyo., is a gas station called Mavericks.
A
local sitting in his ATV outside Decker's -- the grocery store I was
fleeing after seeing the only sandwich options were prepackaged egg
salad or roast beef -- recommended I drive there for the best lunch in
town.
I'm traveling through the Great Plains this week, missing
food in the Cruz and reflecting on how fortunate we are to have healthy,
flavorful and local options every few hundred feet.
My last meal
before driving into the salad-barren sunset was at Jia Tella's, the
Cambodian place in Scotts Valley. I sat on the patio and ordered amok
[emphasis on the second syllable], a traditional Cambodian dish of
catfish wrapped in a banana leaf. Amok is unlike anything I've had
locally, and a good introduction to Khmer cuisine -- simple and filling,
clean and comforting.
Cambodia, 30 August 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - Civil society groups spend about $500 million a year on Cambodia's
national development, according to a two-day conference on good
governance and cooperation.
The conference, which started
Wednesday, released a statement saying that civil society was important
for efficiency and evaluating social and political processes.
The statement also said that civil groups were ready to work with the government to improve development and human rights.
It makes me cry to read this article. What is happening here is the
case of pleasing the boss using national's land to repay the dept owed
by a politician who has no conscience as a person. Heng Samrin would be better off
if he was not be born at all. He was born to commit treason to destroy his
people/country.What's a coward man!
------------------------- From King Chey Chettha II to Hun Sen
Anonymous said...
It makes me cry in sorrow. These CPP leaders have no shame at all,
even exchanging their ancestors's land for a chance to stay in power for
wealth.
I do feel sorrow that Khmers had lost land, but this is old
news. We have been losing land in every regime that governed Cambodia, from King Chey Chetha II to Hun Sen. Now we see it in real life. What are we going to do about this when our
people in Cambodia don't even give a damn and they still overwhelmingly vote
for the Viet puppet, the CPP. The Fake UN doesn't give a damn Cambodia losing a small
border land either. We are powerless, so please STOP showing us this kind of
news because we can't do a damn thing about it. One day if we were lucky enough
we can get these traitors ( IF THEY DIDN'T DIE OF OLD AGE YET) and put
them on trial and give them capital punishment.
------------------------- Hun Sen is the second Chey Chettha II
Kmenhwatt said...
I only learned from history or by words of mouth from generations
of story told by those whose care enough to preach history of King Chey Chatha II. Now history repeats itself under Hun
Sen, the Viet puppet.
A woman votes during nationwide commune elections at a polling station in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district in June. Photograph: Hong
Menea/Phnom Penh Post
Cambodian citizens living abroad
should be entitled to vote in national elections, UN special rapporteur
Surya Subedi emphasised in his 2012 report on electoral reform.
Allowing
Cambodian citizens abroad to vote, “at least in the countries where it
has diplomatic and/or consular representation”, was one of 18 recommendations Subedi made on Monday
The sentiment was echoed by election monitor Comfrel’s director Koul Panha yesterday.
“Cambodians
living abroad contribute in a big way to the economy in Cambodia and
they should be able to be connected to Cambodian politics and encouraged
to vote,” Panha said. “They sacrifice a lot to live abroad and we
should be connecting them with the contribution they make to the economy
through democracy.”
The old resort city of Kep wants to revive its days of glory. Known
as an equivalent to the French Riviera for Cambodian high society in
the sixties, Kep is now organizing an exhibition in Phnom Penh, Paris
and Kep to highlight the importance of the seaside resort in Cambodia’s
history.
PHNOM PENH - Kep is located 152 km South from Phnom
Penh, 24 km from the Vietnamese border, on the coast of Cambodia and
bordering the Gulf of Siam. The resort has an interesting story. Well
known from the French during colonial times as a get-away destination
from the heat and dust of Phnom Penh, Kep really took off when Prince Norodom Sihanouk
dreamed of turning the small seaside resort into the "Saint-Tropez of
South-East Asia" following the independence. For a brief period, from
the mid-fifties to the late sixties, Kep enjoyed a mini boom in
construction with seaside villas built in a typical modern-tropical
style inspired by French architect Le Corbusier.
However, the
existence of this chic seaside spot did not exceed twenty years. Kep’s
development came to a full stop with the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge
regime. Turning into a ghost city, abandoned villas felt apart due to
humidity and lack of preservation.
With
Cambodia becoming more prosperous, Kep now looks to its future. Some
chic boutique hotels start to be built in Kep and around. The Knai Bang Chatt is now installed into three former villas and offer a sleek stylish atmosphere. Or the Vanna Bungalow,
a mid-priced three star hotel also located in a typical late fifties
villa. In 2011, the total number of visitors to Kep province doubled,
reaching almost 750,000 arrivals with foreign travellers having only a
1.2 % market share.
SIEM REAP,Cambodia
(Xinhua)- Consultations between the ASEAN Economic
Ministers and the United States Trade Representative concluded on
Thursday and the two sides agreed to further deepen trade and investment
ties.
The dialogue was co-chaired by Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham
Prasidh and Ambassador Ron Kirt, the United States Trade Representative.
"They underscored the opportunities for deepening economic ties and
reiterated their commitment to further building the trade and investment
relationship between ASEAN and the United States," said a joint
statement after the meeting.
Chhoeun Chanthan (C), former head of Senate president Chea Sim’s
bodyguard unit, smiles as leaves the military court in Phnom Penh in
February. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post
The
former head of Senate President Chea Sim’s bodyguard unit will appear in
court next month to appeal against military court convictions and a
26-year prison sentence for possessing illegal weapons, forgery and
other crimes, his defence lawyer said yesterday.
Lieutenant
General Chhoeun Chanthan, also known as Mao, 41, was sentenced in a
military court in February, a week after the Phnom Penh Municipal Court
jailed him for 10 years for separate offences that included breach of
trust, intentionally destroying and embezzling state property and
illegally distributing weapons.
Rong Chhun (C), president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions,
speaks to reporters during a protest by Tai Yang Enterprises workers in
Phnom Penh last month. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post
Global brands Levi’s and Gap had continued slashing orders at the Tai
Yang and Camwell factories in Kandal province, costing the company that
owns them about US$6 million, its manager claimed yesterday.
Tai
Yang Enterprises manager Wu Minghuor said the brands had reduced their
orders from the factories by 80 per cent as a result of the strike over
seniority bonuses, which began on June 25.
“We have found we have
lost about $6 million in revenue and 80 per cent of orders from [Gap
and Levi’s],” he said – less than a week after telling the Post the
brands had cut orders by 20 per cent.
The above photographs, of two unidentified men, were found with a cache
of recently donated photographs of S-21 prison victims. Photograph:
Documentation Center of Cambodia
As part of an ongoing
search to confirm the identities of two Westerners whose faces emerged
in a recent anonymous donation of photos featuring inmates from the
notorious S-21 prison, researchers yesterday turned to a man they
believed might have special insight into the duo’s fate – their jailer.
Sitting
in a small room outside his detention cell at the Khmer Rouge tribunal,
where he is currently serving a life sentence for his crimes as the
former chairman of the Phnom Penh detention and interrogation centre, Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, briefly studied the faces of the men, put them aside and began to talk.
A
group of five fishermen who had endured more than a year in forced
labour on a Thai fishing vessel returned to an emotional reunion with
their families in Phnom Penh last night.
In a scene that has
become all too familiar over the past year, a group of five fishermen
who had endured more than a year in forced labour on a Thai fishing
vessel returned to an emotional reunion with their families in Phnom
Penh last night.
The men flew into the capital’s international airport from Indonesia, where the boat they worked on was found illegally fishing.
Sim
Yeng, 32, from Kandal province, said he had gone to Thailand believing
that a broker in his village had found him work at a high salary for one
year.
The 26-year-old model Kouy Chandanich on the catwalk in Cambodia. Photograph supplied
A small step for a woman, a giant step for the modelling industry in Cambodia.
One of Cambodia’s top models, Kouy Chandanich, will take off for Australia to take part in the International Fashion Week.
To
help her raise the funds for her trip, Sapors Modelling Agency will
host a cocktail party tomorrow at Raffles Hotel Le Royal.
Kouy
Chandanich, a model with Sapors Modeling Agency, will represent
Cambodia alongside hundreds of other international models in Brisbane,
Australia, in early September.
After a tough consideration of
International Fashion Week committees, she was proud to be selected to
take part as a cat-walk model. Her participation is judged to be a sign
that the Kingdom’s modelling industry is gaining international
recognition.
After being rumoured to be dating a big spender, Chhet Sovan Panha is said to be about to marry him.
The
24-year-old singer, who works for Hang Meas Entertainment Company that
also owns a TV station, is notorious for her private life, rather than
her career as a singer.
Previously, she was rumoured to be in a
relationship with a Cambodian-Canadian man who spent thousands of
dollars throwing a birthday party for her.
Recently, a source close to her revealed that she is going to marry the man soon.
The singer would not respond to the rumour.
“I cannot say anything. You have to ask my agency first,” she said.
Singer
Chan Sophany is looking for a new job at a TV station after her career
as a host at SEATV came to an end and her hairdressing business closed
down.
The 35-year-old and her singer boyfriend Zono shocked the entertainment industry when they eloped eight years ago.
The couple had been living in an apartment near the stadium where they opened a hair dressing business.
Now the love birds are living separately.
“I
decided to move to my mother’s,” she said. “Now I’m looking for a job
at a new TV station because I don’t want me and my child to depend
solely on husband’s income."
Mariam Arthur, head of COSC (C), poses with the film package that will be sent to the Academy. Photograph supplied
It's been nearly two decades since the last submission Cambodia made to the Oscars.
Now
the country has finally made another, and entered the film Lost Loves
to the Best Foreign Language category – an historic event for Cambodia’s
resurgent film industry.
After the Cambodian Oscar Selection
Committee (COSC) voted unanimously to submit the historical drama Lost
Loves, the story of a woman’s survival of the genocide was shipped to
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on August 18.
Chhay
Bora, the director of Lost Loves, and his wife, who was the main actor
in the film, used 15 years of personal savings to produce the film. The
tale of a woman who lost many family members to the Pol Pot regime was
inspired by Leave Sila, Bora’s mother-in-law.
SIEM REAP,30 August 2012(Cambodia Herald) - Trade ministers from China, Japan and
South Korea have welcome progress towards a free-trade agreement between
the three countries.
At a meeting with ASEAN trade ministers
Wednesday, the ministers "exchanged views on the global economic
situation and recent economic development in ASEAN and in the Northeast
Asian countries," a statement said.
They also noted that ASEAN
trade with China, Japan and South Korea remains "robust even in the
context of the uncertainties of the global economy."
SIHANOUKVILLE, 30 August 2012(Cambodia Herald) – Authorities were repairing Pich Nil
Bridge on National Road Number 4 on Thursday morning after a bomb
exploded overnight, sources said.
The sources said the explosion,
which took place two kilometers from Yeay Mao shrine, did not cause any
serious damage and that traffic was moving as normal.
Authorities from Kampong Speu and Sihanoukville provinces are investigating the incident.
WASHINGTON, Wed Aug 29, 2012 (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative
Ron Kirk will discuss how the United States can deepen trade ties with
fast-growing nations in Southeast Asia in talks this week in Cambodia,
U.S. trade officials said.
Kirk will join trade ministers
from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) at their
annual meeting on Thursday and take part in the inaugural ASEAN-U.S.
Business Summit focusing on innovation and the digital economy.
His trip is also likely to include a stopover in Vietnam.
TAMPA, Fla. – Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand
Paul said Wednesday the fading American Dream will not be restored
unless the country elects a new president, then directed his sharpest
criticism at President Obama’s health care law, saying “the whole damn
thing is unconstitutional.”
The first-term senator made his remarks at the Republican national
convention, using working-class Americans and immigrant families like
his to make his point.
In an open message to Obama, Paul said telling small-business owners
that “You didn’t build that” insults "the dishwasher, the cook, the
waitress. You insult anyone who has ever dragged themselves out of bed
to strive for something better for themselves or their children.”
Paul said such a comment also insults a Cambodian family that owns a donut shop that he and his family like to frequent.
“Their family fled war-torn Cambodia to come to this country,” he
said. “Mrs. Taing told us that the family works through the night to
make donuts. The Taing children have become valedictorians and National
Merit Scholars. The Taings from Cambodia are an American success story,
so Mr. President don’t you go telling the Taings: 'You didn’t build
that.' "