"Hun Sen Chhmuonh Luork Dei" Poems in Khmer by a Group of Poets

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Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Political Repression

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.c...

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Royal Pawns Between The Tiger and The Crocodile

Then-Prince Sihanouk and then-Princess MoniqueThursday, August 05, 2010Op-Ed by MPTHOSE of us who have been keen observers of Cambodian politics within recent decades are more or less used to idiosyncratic reminiscences emanating from N. Sihanouk's camp. There's no real cause for doubting KI Media's sincerity in rendering this kind of anecdotes, which has been profusely produced by the former monarch himself and accumulated in abundance, no doubt, in his Royal Library.What should interest any independent, fair-minded observer is to what extent and how much of an influence had our Royal Princess Monique who formed the other Half...

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"Damban Akphivatt Treikorn (The Triangle Zone)" a Poem in Khmer by Sam Vichea

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Scholarship for Asia Leaders Programme at the University For Peace

KI-Media Note: Dear Readers, should you need additional information about this scholarship, please contact Mr. Sovannarith Keo (email: skeo@student.upeace.org) who was a former alumni there.Asia Leaders Programme(MA Dual Campus with Ateneo de Manila University)The Asia Leaders Programme, a Dual Campus Master Programme, is a shared initiative between The Nippon Foundation, the University for Peace, and Ateneo de Manila University. The objective of the programme is to train Asians to become practitioners who will work in the field for peace building. Take special note that the programme is not designed to train and develop academics.This modality offers the support for individuals who do not have a proficient command of English to work in this increasingly common international...

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My young and beautiful Monique earned the lust of two Soviet bears: Sihanouk

Kruschev and Brezhnev: The two Soviet bears (bores?)Then-Princess MoniqueNow-Queen-Mother MonineathTranslated from French by Prince Lusty de LustHistory1960 – N. Sihanouk, Head of State of the kingdom of Cambodia on official visit to the Soviet UnionH.E. Kruschev, fell very very much in love with my wife, Monique, then young and more beautiful than ever.Day of the Soviet-Khmer negotiations: Mr. Kruschev, the master of Kremlin, let me know through a French-speaking Soviet diplomat, that Princess Monique should be present to these negotiations (!?)As the negotiations time arrived, H.E. Kruschev placed himself in front of Monique and...

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Revisiting the Killing Fields

August 04, 2010By Luke HuntThe Diplomat (Japan/Australia)The trial of the first Khmer Rouge leader by the Cambodia Tribunal leaves Cambodians with a mix of relief and frustration.Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, stood as Judge Nil Nonn read the charge sheet. Around him, Muslim Chams and Buddhist monks sat patiently with ordinary Cambodians, diplomats, aid workers and journalists. Among them were hundreds of victims—survivors of the Khmer Rouge—who along with millions more across the country waited anxiously for the verdict.Late last month, a freshly-built courthouse on the outskirts of Phnom Penh became the focus of justice in a nation craving admonishment of the Khmer Rouge and international recognition that atrocities committed here between April 1975 and January 1979...

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Caritas Australia slams Khmer Rouge sentence

Wednesday, 04 August 2010The Record (Australia)THE 30 July announcement that former Khmer Rouge official and prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, better known as “Duch”, has had his sentence for murder, torture and crimes against humanity reduced from 35 years to just 19 has been greeted with outrage by Caritas Australia’s coordinator in Phnom Penh.Contacting head office in Sydney, CA’s Lay Sothy, said the survivors and other victims of the Khmer Rouge regime have waited more than 30 years for justice but the reduced sentence has left his country depressed and disappointed.“If we consider more than 14,000 lives were lost at his command, and that he will spend just 19 years in prison, it amounts to less than two days behind bars for every life he took,” Lay Sothy said.Sothy, who was...

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Hun Xen: "The government has no right to interfere or to put any pressure on the court" (sic! sic! sic!)

Cambodia 'respects' KRouge jailer's conviction: PMWednesday, August 04, 2010AFPPHNOM PENH — Cambodia's premier said Wednesday his government respected the landmark conviction of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief and would not interfere in the UN-backed war crimes court.Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, was sentenced to 30 years in jail last month for war crimes and crimes against humanity over his role in overseeing the mass murder of 15,000 men, women and children at the Tuol Sleng prison."The government respects the court's decision because the court is independent," Prime Minister Hun Sen said during a university graduation ceremony, in his first public reaction to the tribunal verdict."The government has no right to interfere or to put any pressure on the court."Human...

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Cambodia bans imports of pigs, fearing spread of disease

August 04, 2010XinhuaCambodia authorities on Wednesday imposed ban on import of pigs from neighboring countries, fearing the spread of disease.Srun Pov, president of Association of Pigs Raising in Cambodia, said Wednesday that he had raised the fear of the pig disease spread to Cambodia through the import from Vietnam to the authorities several weeks ago.According to Srun Pov, Cambodia needs a total of more than 4, 000 pigs for daily consumption, and in Phnom Penh alone it needs between 1,200 to 1,300 pigs.Cambodia is reported to have imported about one million pigs per year from Thailand alo...

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Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Patriotic Games

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"Terrible Fate": Inpromptu performance by Cambodian factory workers demanding salary raise

Report and Video by Uon Chhin, Radio Free Asiahttp://www.rfa.org/khmer/ http://www.rfakhmerplus.c...

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Dan Krahorm - "Red Print": New fiction on the KR era by Kho Dararith

Translated from Khmer by SocheataRed Print is a short novel about an interview between a reporter and Mao, a former KR solider. Mao described about his life from the beginning until now, a sad life filled with poverty that he shares with his two children in Pailin after the war ended. The disabled former soldier faces sadness, hardship and constant fear both during the war and during peace time. This is a testimony of the hard life faced by disabled veterans in general after the end of the war.The author provides a vivid account that is easy to understand and grasp.What is of the current fate of the former KR soldiers or that of...

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[Thai] Minister Suwit denies signing legally binding document on Preah Vihear

BANGKOK, Aug 5 (MCOT online news) - Thailand's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Suwit Khunkitti on Wednesday denied he had signed any legally binding document on Preah Vihear, asserting that the document he signed at the World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting in Brazil was a non-binding draft and Thailand consequently is not at a disadvantage against Cambodia.Mr Suwit, who led the Thai delegation to the just ended the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Commission (WHC) meeting in Brazil, was interviewed by telephone on a Modernine TV news programme saying that the five-point document he signed was a general document including the result of the WHC meeting, the documentation report and the meeting resolution...

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Hun Xen's regime helps the Yuon regime to break down Khmer Krom in Kampuchea Krom

Tran Dai QuangVietnam applauds Cambodia's help in combating 'plots' Wed, 04 Aug 2010DPAPhnom Penh - A senior Vietnamese government official has welcomed efforts by the Cambodian government to combat "plots" by ethnic Cambodians in southern Vietnam, local media reported Wednesday.Tran Dai Quang, Vietnam's deputy minister of public security, made the comments to 200 government officials during a meeting in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, the Phnom Penh Post newspaper reported."With the cooperation and positive assistance of the Cambodian armed forces, Vietnam's police force has struggled to disable plots and operations of hostile forces ...

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Cambodia prepares reserve soldiers

August 02, 2010XinhuaCambodia is preparing to have reserve soldiers in a move to reform and perform better military affairs, a military official said Monday.Gen. Chhum Socheat, spokesman of Cambodia's Ministry of National Defense said the draft decree on recruiting reserve soldiers was approved by the Council of Ministers last Friday and is now awaiting final approval by His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni.He said the reserve soldiers are practiced in many other countries around the world and it has nothing related to the border conflict with Thailand.Chhum Socheat said the main purpose of having reserve soldiers is to apply to military reform and to better perform in military affairs for a long-time vision, and that has nothing behind the border conflict with Thailand.He said...

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Cambodia in clasp of cluster bombs - Al Jazeera video

At least 26 million cluster bombs were dropped on Cambodia by the United States during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 70s.And decades after the bombs stopped falling, millions of undetonated bombs lying in fields across the country continue to maim thousands of people who are unfortunate enough to step on them.However, the Cambodian government has yet to agree to a global treaty on cluster munitions, which came into force on Monday.The convention mandates signatory countries to find and clear their land of all the bomblets.Al Jazeera Stephanie Scawen reports from the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, on why the government has not signed the treaty to clear their land of the mines. Click to Read More... checkFull("post-199348764763496347"); addthis_url='http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2010/08/cambodia-in-clasp-of-cluster-bombs-al.html';...

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Cambodia’s Struggle With Globalization [-Corruption, Corruption, Corruption!!!]

Monday, August 02, 2010Hal Hill, Jayant Menon & Chan SophaEast Asia ForumThe Jakarta Globe (Indonesia)Legal judgements are routinely for saleMinisters receive about $500 per month, but some seem to live quite lavishlyThe country’s tax effort (its tax revenue as a percentage of GDP) is a paltry 11 percentThe charming riverside capital of Phnom Penh, home to about 1.5 million inhabitants, has seen a lot in its turbulent history. But arguably nothing is on the scale of its first skyscraper, the 42-floor Gold Tower now nearing completion, not to mention the university and bank complexes mushrooming throughout this ancient city.This changing physical landscape reflects broader developments across the country, which has been experiencing rapid economic growth — the sixth fastest...

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After politicizing Preah Vihear temple issue, now Thailand claims that it will depoliticize border problem with Cambodia, can you believe that?

Thailand to depoliticize border problem with CambodiaAugust 02, 2010XinhuaThailand will try to depoliticize the ongoing border conflict with Cambodia and to solve the problem through negotiation, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said on Monday."We don't want to have any political problem with the neighboring country. The border is still open now. And, all agreements we have had with Cambodia are still in place," Kasit told a press conference.Kasit's remark was made after the World Heritage Committee ( WHC) decided on July 29 to reschedule its discussion on Cambodia's management plan for the Hindu Preah Vihear Temple to its annual meeting in Bahrain in 2011.Prior to the WHC decision to postpone its discussion, Thailand threatened to walk out of the WHC meeting if the panel considered...

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War of words over heritage meeting

The 1908 map of what Cambodia insists is the legitimate boundary (with Cambodia south of the red border line), is shown alongside a Thai map that was rejected by the International Court of Justice in 1962. (Photo Supplied)Monday, 02 August 2010Cheang SokhaThe Phnom Penh PostCAMBODIAN officials have declared victory in a standoff with Thailand after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s World Heritage Committee noted the submission of the government’s conservation management plan for Preah Vihear temple and scheduled it for consideration next year.On Thursday, the Cambodian and Thai delegations to...

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Justice Denied for Cambodians

August 2, 2010By KUONG LYLetter to The International Herald TribuneLast week, a U.N.-backed tribunal convicted Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, for war crimes in what was the first trial of a major Khmer Rouge figure. Many media reports portrayed the verdict in a positive light, but for survivors, victims and their families, there was nothing positive in this outcome.An editorial in the International Herald Tribune (“Forgotten victims?” July 29) stated that while the sentence handed down by the tribunal may be disappointing, at least Duch was held to account for his war crimes. Unfortunately, “at least” isn’t good enough for me and for those who suffered from the murderous actions of the Khmer Rouge, especially after waiting 30 years for this verdict.My mother and my late father...

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Closure for Cambodia [-Sorry, not for all Cambodians!]

Monday, August 02, 2010Katherine MarshallGeorgetown/On FaithThe Washington Post (USA)Phnom Penh was hot, noisy, and bustling last week. Cars, motorcycles, and the ubiquitous tuk tuks (motorcycle taxis) raced through the city with perpetual near collisions. Markets were full. Children were everywhere. There were clouds gathering, but the coming storms of the rainy season held off.The talk of the town was the long-awaited verdict in the international trial of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Commandant Duch, announced on July 26 by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, a joint United Nations-Cambodian Government tribunal set up to try some of the leaders responsible for the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. Thirty years have passed, so it's high time to bring the...

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Bilateral talk with Cambodia may be held to resolve border conflict: Thai minister

August 02, 2010XinhuaA bilateral talk with Cambodia may be held in a bid to seek solution to the ongoing conflict over the Preah Vihear Temple, Thailand's Natural and Environment Minister Suvit Khunkitti said on Monday.The Thai News Agency (TNA) reported that the natural and environment minister was speaking in Thailand's capital Bangkok shortly after he returned from Brazil, where he attended the annual 34th meeting of the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC).It is expected that next month the WHC panel will present Cambodia's management plan for the 11th century Preah Vihear Temple to Thailand, Suvit said.After obtaining the Cambodian management plan for Preah Vihear Temple, Thailand will look into details of the plan in a bid to protect the country's sovereignty, he...

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[Thai] Minister Suwit: Thailand may receive Cambodia's temple management plan in September

BANGKOK, Aug 2 (MCOT online news) - Thailand's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Suwit Khunkitti on Monday said Cambodia will send its management plan for the ancient Preah Vihear temple to Thailand in September and concerned agencies will have to study it thoroughly.Mr Suwit commented as he and the Thai delegation returned from Brazil and the 34th annual meeting of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Commission (WHC) which ends Tuesday. They were in Brasilia to oppose Cambodia's unilaterally proposed management plan for the historic Hindu temple and its environs.The World Heritage Commission on Thursday agreed to postpone reviewing the Cambodian plan until next year when the WHC meets in Bahrain after Thailand,...

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Thomico's Open letter to Thai PM ... But, Prince, where is your open letter to the Viet leaders on Viet encroachments?

Click on the letters in English and French to zoom inCliquez sur les letters en anglais et français pour aggrandirBeijingAugust 2, 2010His Excellency Mr. Abhisit VejjajivaPrime Minister of the Kingdom of ThailandCare of the Royal Thai EmbassyPhnom PenhKingdom of CambodiaDear Mr. Prime Minister:Please convey to His Majesty the King of Thailand my very respectful homages and my wishes for a long life, good health and a long and prosperous reign.I present to Your Excellency and to the eminent members of the Royal Thai Government as well my compliments.I feel great admiration for the impressive economic, social and cultural development...

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