Cambodian-Americans praise Mu Sochua

SRP MP Mu Sochua at her arrival at the Phnom Penh airport on 05 July 2010 (Photo: Yun Samean, RFA)10 July 2010By Taing SaradaRadio Free AsiaTranslated from Khmer by Heng SoyClick here to read the article in Khmer“Cambodia is lucky to have a brave...

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July 15th event in Phnom Penh: Buddhism, "The Opposite of Buddhism"

This isn't a "typical" announcement for Khmerization to post on the website, however, (1) you do run stories about the state of Buddhism in Cambodia, and (2) your website probably has at least a few regular readers who would be interested in attending...

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Cambodian population to reach 17.5 mln by 2025 - [How many are Khmers and how many are Xmers?]

As Hun Xen claimed, Cambodia's morality squad is spearheaded by Generalissimo Bun Rany Hun Xen (L), Hun Xen's wife (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)July 10, 2010XinhuaCambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that his country's population will reach...

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Long Beach nonprofit trying to help another young Cambodian heart patient

Doctors in Cambodia examine Bunlak Song, who was abandoned by his homeless birth mother at two days old.Bunlak Song, 2, needs heart surgery.07/09/2010By Greg Mellen, Staff WriterLong Beach Press Telegram"As we checked in at a small hotel," Chhun...

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Chhang Song sidelined with health problems in Long Beach

Chhang Song, ex-Lon Nol regime minister, ex-CPP senator, renominated as CPP advisor in 2007 (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)Cambodian diplomat sidelined with health problems in Long Beach07/09/2010By Greg Mellen, Staff WriterLong Beach Press TelegramLONG...

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Rendez-vous at No. 71 Sothearos Blvd in Phnom Penh on Thursday 15 July 2010 - Bring In Your Krama (BIYK)!

Please come out (in your kramas!)on Thursday, July 15 to No. 71 Sothearos Blvd. in support of outspoken parliamentarian andchampion of women's rightsMadam MU Sochuawhen the police come to arrest her.A visit with a hero (beautifully wrapped in...

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Cambodian Activist Chooses Jail in Standoff with Prime Minister

Cambodian opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua says she would rather go to jail than pay the prime minister for defamation. (Photo: Heng Sinith)Kate Woodsome, Voice of AmericaWashington 09 July 2010 “It is about the opposition party making all its efforts...

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“Shall Women Remain Silent?” A Roundtable Discussion

Press Release“Shall Women Remain Silent?”A Roundtable DiscussionWe, a group of university students, individual advocates, and Cambodian women groups share an urgent concern regarding women’s freedom of expression. We believe in the potential that...

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Video on the 61st Kampuchea Krom Loss by the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community

The 61st Kampuchea Krom Loss Memorial Buddhist Service to honor past heroic Khmer Buddhist leaders, clergies, heroes and fallen armed forces personnel and Commemorate June 4, 1949 France gives Khmer land, Kampuchea Krom, to authorities of colonial...

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‘Unprecedented’ Cambodia, US Ties

King Sihamoni of Cambodia diplomatic papers from newly appointed US Ambassador Carol Rodley, 2009. (Photo: VOA Khmer) Men Kimseng, VOA KhmerWashington, DC Friday, 09 July 2010 “It would be good if Cambodia could learn from a rich and democratic country,...

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Scandal at Wat Srah Chork Pagoda

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Here comes the Indochinese Triangle ... to serve Uncle Ho's dream, courtesy of Uncle Hoon from Cambodia

Uncle Hoon Xhen with his Yuon and Lao colleague (Photo: AP)Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam To Jointly Develop Triangle AreaPHNOM PENH, July 9 (Bernama) -- Parliaments of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam have signed an approval for the three countries to jointly...

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K.Rouge prison chief sacks his international lawyer

François Roux (L) with Duch (R), his client (Photo: AFP/Getty)Friday, July 09, 2010By Patrick FalbyAFPPHNOM PENH — Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch has sacked his international lawyer just weeks before a verdict in his war crimes trial, the UN-backed...

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Sam Rainsy summoned to court on 09 August 2010

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"Oh! Chivit Rohaam!" a Poem in Khmer by Sam Vichea

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Sacrava's Politiktoons No. 106: Down Under

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

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Dung's order to Hun Phany, the new Xmer ambassador to Hanoi: Complete border demarcation by 2012

Prime Minister meets Cambodian new ambassador07/09/2010VOV News (Hanoi)Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Cambodia’s newly-accredited Ambassador Hunn Phany in Hanoi on July 8.PM Dung praised Cambodia’s achievements over the recent past, which...

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Gates grant funds production of genetically engineered malaria drug

A Cambodian soldier offers blood for a malaria test near the Cambodian and Thai border, where efforts are underway to eliminate a drug-resistant strain of falciparum malaria (TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)July 8, 2010Posted by Kristi HeimSeattle...

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Cambodia: Decline of Monk Morality?

Keat Chan Thuch (L), the provincial chief monk who got drunk and beat a clergymen, he was allegedly the protégé of Cambodia's Supreme Patriarch, comrade Tep Vong (R), himself a former member of the communist politburoNeth Khay, the peeping tom monk...

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Cambodia questioned as peace exercise host

Under Hun Xen's regime, the army and the military police actively participate in inhumane forced evictionsNEW YORK, July 8 (UPI) -- A human rights group Thursday criticized the U.S. choice of a Cambodian military unit with a record of human rights...

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Cambodia Behind Region in Investment

Cambodians cross the Tonle Sap river by ferry along a Chinese-funded bridge under construction at Prek Kdam village. (Photo: AP)Kong Sothanarith, VOA KhmerPhnom Penh Thursday, 08 July 2010 Cambodia has improved its investment environment, “but...

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Group Returns After Fishing Boat Ordeal

Some of the repatriated men following their return (Photo: Ly Meng Huor, RFI)Kong Sothanarith, VOA KhmerPhnom Penh Thursday, 08 July 2010 “He said he spent a few years working as a fisherman and that he had enough money now to buy a car.”Eight fishermen...

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US, Cambodia Set To Mark 60 Years of Diplomacy

Men Kimseng, VOA KhmerWashington, DC Thursday, 08 July 2010 The embassy in Washington will mark 60 years of diplomatic relations with the US on Friday, with celebrations scheduled in Cambodia in weeks ahead.The Cambodian Embassy has invited 200 guests...

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Sacrava's Politikttons No. 105: US Sanctions

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

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More Khmer Krom arrested

Ven. Thach VannakDear President Thach Ngoc Thach, Bang and Friends:This is the sad information regarding to two innocents Khmer Krom who were accused and arrested by Cambodian authorities to imprison at Takeo province. Former Ven. Thach Vannak...

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FACTBOX: Land grabs and forced evictions in Cambodia

Dey Krahorm eviction (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)08 Jul 2010By Thin Lei WinBANGKOK (TrustLaw) - Tens of thousands of impoverished Cambodians have been forced off their land by foreign investors, powerful companies and individuals in the last...

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The dragon's gambling den

Gambling markets don’t come biggerMacau is only the start: all Asia is coming out to play Jul 8th 2010 The EconomistIn Bavet, Cambodia, south-east of Phnom Penh, the $100m Titan King Casino opened in February this year. It joins a number of other...

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Bombs away! Remember Cambodia

Jul 9, 2010By Ben Kiernan and Taylor OwenAsia Times OnlineThe United States war in Afghanistan is "going badly", according to the New York Times. Nine years after American forces invaded to oust the repressive Taliban regime and its al-Qaeda ally,...

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