Cambodian Artists To Share Peace-Building Efforts

An American playwright who focuses on Cambodia is set to take part in a symposium with other Cambodian artists that looks at the relationship between the arts and peace building. Catherine Filloux, a French-Algerian American who wrote the popular musical “Where Elephants Weep,” told VOA Khmer recently that Cambodian theatre artists Chhon Sina and Ieng Sithul will also travel to New York for the Theatre and Peace Building in Cambodia Symposium at Fordham University. The symposium will be held Sept. 20 and Sept. 21. Following that, the artists will take part in a conference held by Theater Without Borders, called Acting Together on the...

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Cambodia welclomes back bronze medalist at Youth Olympic Games in Singapore

Sam SotheaDate of Birth: 12 SEP 1994Height: 150 cmWeight: 43 kgSport: JudoPHNOM PENH, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has expressed its pride after it had won a bronze medal at the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.Nhan Sokvisal, Chef de Mission who led the Cambodian athletes to the Games said Saturday that upon arrival in Phnom Penh on Friday, the female medalist was cheerfully escorted back by many Cambodians including the Minister of Tourism who was head of Cambodia Olympic Committee.Nhan Sokvisal said "it was a big pride for Cambodia" to have won the medal.He said Som Sothea, 15, was one of the four Cambodian athletes who attended...

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Dane charged over sex tourism in Cambodia: official

Sunday, August 29, 2010AFPPHNOM PENH — A Cambodian provincial court has charged a Danish man with providing his young male guesthouse staff for sex with tourists in the country's northwest, an official said Saturday.Svend Erick Jonasson, 64, was arrested in Siem Reap for allegedly letting his guests have sex with his male Cambodian workers aged 15, 17 and 21, said Chea Heng, from the government's anti-human trafficking department.He said the victims charged 15 to 50 US dollars for sex with the suspect's customers, with Jonasson, whose was arrested Thursday, taking five US dollars of the fee."The victims have told us everything, but he has not confessed," said Chea Heng. "He could face up to 15 years in jail."Dozens of foreigners have been jailed for child-sex crimes or deported...

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Peal Si Peal case: Suy Sopheap of Phanimex vs Hun Xen's daughter-in-law Yim Chhay Lin

Suy Sophan, owner of the Phanimex development company, appears at an event last month for evicted families receiving new homes in Dangkor district’s Tuol Sambo village. (Photo by: Heng Chivoan)Phanimex owner summonedFriday, 27 August 2010May Titthara and Veng RachanaThe Phnom Penh PostPHNOM Penh Municipal Court has summoned the owner of a controversial local development company to appear next week over a land dispute pitting two of Cambodia’s elite against each other.Court deputy prosecutor Sok Roeun said Suy Sophan, owner of the Phanimex company, had been directed to appear in court on Monday over a land dispute in Meanchey district,...

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SRP visits detainees’ families

Chikreng villagers shot by the savage cops (Photo: Savyouth, RFA)SRP MP Ke Sovannaroth (Photo: Cambodge Soir Hebdo)Friday, 27 August 2010May Titthara and Will BaxterThe Phnom Penh PostNINE members of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party met yesterday with the families of 12 Siem Reap villagers jailed last week in relation to a local land dispute.Ke Sovannaroth, an SRP parliamentarian representing Siem Reap, said that the party organised the visit in order to offer its moral support to the families of those jailed.“The court did not provide justice for these people,” she said. “These villagers are the victims in this land dispute.”Last...

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Triet and Sihamoni applauded efforts by the 2 gov'ts to effectively implement previously signed agreements including the illegal ones? Bravo?!?!

President Triet meets Cambodia’s King Norodom in Phnom PenhSaturday, 28/08/2010VNS VietNamNet Bridge - President Nguyen Minh Triet and Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday agreed that the two countries should continue holding high-ranking meetings to further foster the expansion of multi-faceted co-operation.They also applauded efforts by the two Governments to effectively implement previously signed agreements. (sic!)The two leaders met in Phnom Penh during Triet's official visit to Cambodia which began on Thursday and ends today.Welcoming Triet and his wife to Cambodia, King Norodom Sihamoni said the visit was an important...

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Tribunal Defense Teams Wary of Joint Criminal Enterprise

Sok Khemara, VOA KhmerWashington, DC Friday, 27 August 2010 “The use of JCE at trial will be disorderly, because while there is a trial, [defendants] will be blaming each other.”A defense lawyer for one of the senior Khmer Rouge leaders preparing for trial says he does not want a trial under the principle of Joint Criminal Enterprise, which would seek to link four leaders now in detention in atrocity crimes under the regime.“My client was only the minister of social affairs,” said Phat Povseang, who represents Ieng Thirith, the wife of foreign minister Ieng Sary, at the tribunal. Ieng Thirith did not have power or authority under...

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Party Leader Urges US-Cambodian Political Participation

Human Rights Party President Kem Sokha (Photo: by Im Sothearith)Men Kimseng, VOA KhmerWashington, DC Friday, 27 August 2010“If we keep this greedy and violent leader in power, we believe that the resources will be depleted like in the past.”Politically wary Cambodians in the United States need to re-energize and give opposition parties another chance to come to power, a leading opposition figure told a group in the US on Wednesday.“I am here today to inform you that if you feel tired and lose hope, I, who am inside the country, have no chance and no ability to fight to save our country,” Human Rights Party President Kem Sokha told...

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"Yuon Mork Truot-tra Tha Toasnak-kech" a Poem in Khmer by Sam Vichea

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Opposition Lawmaker To Mark Tibet's Democracy Day

The Dalai LamaSRP MP Son ChhaySok Khemara, VOA KhmerWashington, DC Friday, 27 August 2010 "The Dalai Lama's non-violent protests are an example to world leaders."Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay is expected to join a major celebration for Tibet's government in exile, officials said.Tibet's exiled government, led by the Dalai Lama to seek genuine autonomy within the Chinese state framework in the mountainous province, will hold the 50th anniversary of Democracy Day Sept. 2 in India, marking the formation of the first elected Tibetan Parliament in India.Son Chhay told VOA Khmer he would give an address to the celebrants, “to applaud...

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Mu Sochua says her case shows judicial reform is needed: VOA Interview

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A MUST READ: PAD and Prasat Preah Vihear Khmer

Saturday, August 28, 2010Opinion by Pang SokhoeunOriginally posted at The Son of the Khmer Empire blogIt´s very interesting to know how the extremist PAD think about us Khmer people, Khmer legacies in Thailand and Prasat Preah Vihear Khmer. So we Khmer people don´t think it lightly with these thief-born people.Through my brief reading of their ideas posted in the extremist PAD website, I can sum up as the following:They accepted that they lost the case of Prasat Preah Vihear but accused the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as ignorance and bias for favoring Cambodia.They said if the ICJ accepted the Parent Treaty which recognizes...

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Diversity spotlight: Thida Kol’s had a real impact on the Cambodian community

Kol’s become the go-to person in all situations. (The Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo)Sunday, August 29, 2010By Steph McKennaProvidence Journal staff writer (Rhode Island, USA)Twenty-two years ago when Thida Kol, 56, began working as a secretary at the Socio Economic Development Center for Southeast Asians in Providence, she had no idea that she would have an enormous impact on the Cambodian community.But she became the go-to person, the community’s rock who can be counted on in a moment’s notice, in all situations.“She has a huge heart,” says Anthony Layton, associate director of SEDC. “She is an inspiration to all of us.”As...

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'Daughters of Cambodia' Leave Sex Trade for Christ

Friday, August 27, 2010By Stan JeterCBN News Senior ProducerIn Cambodia, 90 percent of prostitutes are sold into the sex industry by their parents. Many of the girls say they feel obligated to stay because their families depend on them for support.British missionary Ruth Elliott is determined to provide a way out for the victims of sex trafficking. For six years, Elliott has been working to set the girl's free through her "Daughters of Cambodia" ministry."They live in the pit of hell. It's the truth," she said, explaining the victims' situation. "And they experience horrendous trauma when they come out."Elliott said she feels God called her for this difficult work when she was only 14 years old."The Lord began to speak to me," she recalled. "He wanted me to go into the places that were worst...

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Will meet Triet, WON'T talk Khmer Krom: King of nowhere ruling over nobody

Cambodian King receives President Triet in Phnom Penh08/27/2010 VOV NewsKing Norodom Sihamoni has described President Nguyen Minh Triet’s current visit to Cambodia as an historical event, which he said will help bring fresh impetus to the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.At a reception in Phnom Penh on August 27, King Sihamoni thanked the Vietnamese leaders and people for providing heartfelt support and valuable assistance to Cambodia in the past as well as in its national development at present.He also thanked them for warmly receiving Father King Norodom Sihanouk and his wife Norodom...

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Indochinese Fedreation University Network?

Network of universities set up between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia08/27/2010 VOV NewsDirectors from 42 major universities in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia gathered in HCM City on August 27 to promote cooperation in tertiary education and scientific research.They agreed to establish a network of universities in the three countries and devise a mechanism of cooperation for the network.Representatives from 11 universities have signed memorandums of understanding on exchanges of students, lecturers, information and scientific research. Chairman of the Social and Cultural Committee of the Lao National Assembly, Douangdy Outhachak, said that the network will help Laos develop its economy, trade and services.He expressed his hope that Vietnamese universities will admit many Lao students...

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Indochinese Fedreation University Network?

Network of universities set up between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia08/27/2010 VOV NewsDirectors from 42 major universities in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia gathered in HCM City on August 27 to promote cooperation in tertiary education and scientific research.They agreed to establish a network of universities in the three countries and devise a mechanism of cooperation for the network.Representatives from 11 universities have signed memorandums of understanding on exchanges of students, lecturers, information and scientific research. Chairman of the Social and Cultural Committee of the Lao National Assembly, Douangdy Outhachak, said that the network will help Laos develop its economy, trade and services.He expressed his hope that Vietnamese universities will admit many Lao students...

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Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Nguyen Minh Triet

Click on the cartoon to zoom inCartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.c...

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The Yuon gov't always paid special attention to the Viet residents in Cambodia ... unlike the coward Xmer leaders who do not care about Khmer Krom

Special attention paid to Vietnamese residents in Cambodia08/27/2010VOV News (Hanoi)The Vietnamese community in Cambodia has a patriotic spirit and has positively contributed to the country’s two wars of resistance to gain national independence, said President Nguyen Minh Triet during his visit to the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on August 26.Meeting Vietnamese residents there, President Triet emphasised that the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia has grown stronger over recent years in different fields, political, economic, trade and investment.Mr Triet’s State-level visit to Cambodia is to...

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Cambodia: Asia’s mini-tiger

http://blogs.ft.com/via Khmer NZby Tim JohnstonCould frontier market Cambodia become a serious contender for Asian tiger status? The country certainly has a buzz about it: flights into the capital are filled with businessmen, the once rural outskirts of Phnom Penh are fast turning into one big construction site, and the roads of the city centre are gridlocked with Lexus four-wheel drives.According to a UBS note to its clients today, the country is starting to make a roar, albeit small. And when it comes to manufacturing, Cambodia is fast becoming a ‘mini tiger’.According to Jonathan Anderson at UBS in Hong Kong, Cambodia’s manufacturing...

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Emerald Deities of Fervor and Flux

via Khmer NZBy HOLLAND COTTERPublished: August 26, 2010WASHINGTON — “From whatever vantage point we look, if we are prepared to look historically, civilizations reveal themselves to be processes and not things.” These true words by Sheldon Pollock, a scholar of Sanskrit and Indian history at Columbia University, also apply to art. National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom PenhA figure (she probably once held a mirror) at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington.As fixed and solid as they seem, art objects never stay still. They are not the same from one century, or second, to the next. Not only do they change in meaning and value through...

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Surly neighbours should be ready to mend the fence

August 27, 2010The NationEDITORIALThailand and Cambodia can restore ties knowing they are Asean members and can share economic benefitsOne would not think that fence mending between Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen was possible considering the viciousness behind the Cambodian leader's attack on Abhisit last October.Nevertheless, here we are at a possible reconciliation, and it should be welcomed. It's kiss and make up time for both sides. One may end up wondering what all the fuss was about in the first place.Perhaps bygones don't matter anymore, now that the two countries have decided to move on from microphone diplomacy and restore bilateral ties at the highest level. The respective ambassadors have been reinstated. Essentially, this...

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Cambodia, the new friend of the axis of evil "Iran"

Iran sanctions: Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong speaks during a news conference in Phnom Penh August 6. 'To impose sanctions against Iran is not a solution,' Hor told reporters Aug. 16 in Phnom Penh, days after his meeting in Tehran with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Chor Sokunthea/ReutersAs Iran sanctions threaten, Iran sees new friend in CambodiaLeaders from Iran and Cambodia met this month in their most senior exchange to date. Some say it is a sign that Iran sanctions are pushing Tehran to develop new trade partners. August 26, 2010By Stephen Kurczy, Staff writerThe Christian Science MonitorIran seems to have...

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Triet to help the illegal Yuon immigrants in Cambodia, but the Xmer leaders wouldn't ever dare talk about Khmer Krom plight to the Viets: Shameful!

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet (R) is greeted upon his arrival at Phnom Penh international airport August 26, 2010. Triet arrived in Cambodia for a three-day visit on an invitation by Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni. REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaPresident to help reduce poverty among Vietnamese in Cambodia August, 27 2010VNSPHNOM PENH — The Party and State recognised their responsibility to reduce poverty and improve job security for the Vietnamese community in Cambodia, said President Nguyen Minh Triet yesterday."It is not only a matter for the Vietnamese community there alone," he said during a call at the Vietnamese Embassy...

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