tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99365242024-03-12T21:18:37.380-07:00Proleung KhmerKhmer Soul.
In Cambodia the rich are richer. The poor are poorer. Wake up!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-9794014420750457542007-02-23T00:44:00.000-08:002007-02-23T00:48:13.941-08:00Khmer Leaders take noteThe Khmer politicians should take lesson from Deth Im, a Cambodian-American, who is running for the Kansas City council 4th district at-large. The election will be held on February 27, 2007. He is endorsed by the main local newspaper the Kansas City Star.Watch his video.We need our Khmer leaders to have energy like him.Check out his Website www.vote4deth.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-20658369062957967662007-01-21T22:59:00.000-08:002007-01-21T23:05:33.257-08:00700000 Hungry KhmersThe Khmer people die on a daily basis because the rich are richer and the poor are poorer.============Release: United NationsFood Aid Cut-Off Looms for 700,000HUNGRY CAMBODIANS DUE TO FUNDINGSHORTFALL - UNNew York, Jan 19 2007 11:00AMMore than 700,000 hungry Cambodians, mostly young children and HIV/AIDSand TB patients, will start going without essential food next month,and the situation is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-46848317744833090002007-01-10T01:02:00.000-08:002007-01-10T01:10:23.221-08:00Ready for elections?Kem Sokha, human rights activist and former Deputy and Senator, is going to form his own party. He has been critical of the government and has a good support from Khmers overseas. Unfortunately, as the director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) he is entangled in a lawsuit by his former employees who accused him of embezzlement. Will he overcome this scandal?The main parties Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-76415511153524522372007-01-02T13:57:00.000-08:002007-01-07T01:16:34.414-08:00Cambodia: Sex destinationCambodia is a very beautiful country. With Angkor Wat, the soon to be voted as one of the 7 Wonders of the World, Cambodia can easily bring in tourists from all over the world if the leaders care more about the country than about their own pockets.It's very unfortunate that sex predators and pedophiles like to go to Cambodia to satisfy their needs. This is wrong and the Cambodian government Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-16349868141452305122007-01-01T18:31:00.000-08:002007-01-01T18:39:26.911-08:00New Year's Only ResolutionHappy New Year 2007.We need only one resolution for 2007. There must be free and fair elections. The pundits already predicted the victory of the communal election on April 1, 2007 by the CPP. For sure the CPP is going to win because it controls everything. If there's no pressure and intimidation from the CPP, the people of Cambodia would have a freer choice.The international community must put Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1167426068307755642006-12-29T12:58:00.000-08:002006-12-29T13:01:08.320-08:00CorruptionCambodia was ranked 130 in the 2005 Corruption Perception Index published by Transparency International, where a list of 158 countries was outlined and the least corrupt one was placed first.Cambodia established the Anti-Corruption Authority (ACA) earlier this year, but so far corruption is still rampant.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1167422746465357902006-12-29T11:40:00.000-08:002007-01-01T18:27:08.506-08:00Deja VuPrince Ranariddh was removed from the presidency of FUNCINPEC, kicked out of the party and stripped of his parliamentary seat and immunity. It's a deja vu. He should remember well when he did exactly the same thing to Sam Rainsy. He filed a lawsuit against the new FUNCINPEC for kicking him out. When Sam Rainsy was kicked out from FUNCINPEC by Ranariddh, the latter said that it was the right way Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1115129912513557522005-05-03T07:18:00.000-07:002005-05-03T07:18:32.513-07:00Hungry PeopleA seven month-long drought has scorched Cambodia's rice crops and left thousands of people hungry. The dry spell underscores the potential for an even greater water crisis.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114783786925023932005-04-29T07:08:00.000-07:002005-04-29T07:09:46.926-07:00Combat terrorism?Cambodia agreed to make its borders more secure against terrorism with the help of the UN and Britain.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114783405511299022005-04-29T07:00:00.000-07:002005-04-29T07:03:25.510-07:00KR Tribunal soon?The EU agreed to help $1.3 million toward the cost of $56 million for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Will we see the trial taken place some day? The Khmer people need closure.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114783070141715112005-04-29T06:55:00.000-07:002005-04-29T06:57:50.143-07:00Back to normal?Hun Sen called on Sam Rainsy to return to Cambodia. The latter won't be arrested? Is it because he's under international pressure?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114619268455851782005-04-27T09:26:00.000-07:002005-04-27T09:27:48.456-07:00People Power?The ruling party has a firm grip on power in Cambodia. Is the opposition dreaming about the people power?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114618997504910632005-04-27T09:21:00.000-07:002005-04-27T09:23:17.503-07:00Who has guns?The Cambodian National Assembly passed a law to limit the use and export of stockpiled guns and ammunition. The question is who has guns? Only the rich and powerful.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114618544636222452005-04-27T09:11:00.000-07:002005-04-27T09:15:44.636-07:00Defamation suitStrongman Hun Sen of Cambodia filed a defamation lawsuit against the King-Father's official biographer Ambassador Julio Jeldres. If the justice system is fair, it's quite normal to settle differences in court. People can sue each other with any problem. In Cambodia, there are cases of corrupt judges and unfairness in the judiciary.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114532432666769682005-04-26T09:10:00.000-07:002005-04-29T07:00:06.493-07:00Cambodian Territorial IntegrityOn March 31, 2005, King-Father Samdech Euv Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia wrote an open letter to the governments of Vietnam, Thailand and Laos for an honest talk on respecting the borders of Cambodia from 1963 to 1969.http://www.norodomsihanouk.info/mes%202005/avril/textes/0104txt1.htmIt's very sad that Cambodia has been seeing its territory reduced smaller and smaller by its aggressive neighbors.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114530087680812392005-04-25T08:39:00.000-07:002005-04-26T08:47:37.093-07:00Corruption at World Food ProgramCorruption is so ingrained in Cambodia that even staff at the World Food Program in Cambodia got caught in the food scandal.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114528799670878152005-04-25T08:15:00.000-07:002005-04-26T08:48:54.636-07:00New Year Parade in Long BeachOn April 24, 2005, the Khmer in Long Beach celebrated the Khmer New Year for the first time with a parade. It was a controversy when the organizing committee selected April 17, 2005, the darkest day of Khmer history with the take over of Cambodia by the radical Khmer Rouge that led to the killings of 1.7 million Khmers. After a public outcry, the parade was rescheduled.Please click on COMMENTS Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114529600826318522005-04-22T08:26:00.000-07:002005-04-26T09:23:55.560-07:00Justice in CambodiaWhere is justice in Cambodia when the judges are corrupt? By suspending them or transfer them to other jobs, will the problem be solved? What are their salaries? How can they live with their salaries? This is the source of the problem.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114530597784059342005-04-21T08:49:00.000-07:002005-04-26T08:51:13.393-07:00Khmer Rouge AnniversaryPress Statement (Revised)Adam Ereli, Deputy SpokesmanWashington, DCApril 21, 2005The Khmer Rouge AnniversaryThis week marks the 30th anniversary of the seizure of power by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. It is estimated that up to 3 million Cambodians died in the killing fields. The United States joins the millions of Cambodians, Cambodian-Americans, and others in remembering the victims of this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1114531332927698142005-04-11T09:00:00.000-07:002005-04-26T09:02:12.926-07:00Are we a Buddhist?The Khmer living in Oakland, CA fought for the temple.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1108398713072430632005-02-14T08:12:00.000-08:002005-02-14T11:31:38.766-08:00List of 98 MPsThe rubber stamp NA voted to strip 3 SRP MPs of immunity so that the court can ask them questions and prosecute them. MP Cheam Channy is already in the military prison. If Sam Rainsy and Chea Poch return to Cambodia, they'll surely be escorted to jail awaiting their sentences. As we all know there's no independent judiciary in Cambodia. The following MPs voted with their own conscience (?) and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1108232303215998692005-02-12T10:16:00.000-08:002005-02-12T11:24:39.743-08:00World Report 2005Authorities continue to ban or disperse most public demonstrations. Politicians and journalists critical of the government face violence and intimidation and are barred from equal access to the broadcast media. In addition, the judiciary remains weak and subject to political influence. Trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation through networks protected or backed by police or Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1108231902679307522005-02-12T10:11:00.000-08:002005-02-12T11:35:04.003-08:00Hope rises from squalorPHNOM PENH - A foul, muddy track - with garbage piled up high on either side - is the only access to the Phnom Penh Thmei squatter community, built on a swamp on the fringe of the Cambodian capital.Read more by clicking on COMMENTS below.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1108231793933503732005-02-12T10:07:00.000-08:002005-02-12T11:36:47.000-08:00The Quiet KingThe first difference one notices on entering the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh for an audience with King Norodom Sihamoni, the shy diplomat who is the new monarch of Cambodia, is the absence of granite-faced North Korean bodyguards who for years protected his recently retired father, Norodom Sihanouk.Read more by clicking on COMMENTS below.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9936524.post-1108231612926813022005-02-12T10:05:00.000-08:002005-02-14T07:51:22.803-08:00New BooksTitle: Reconciliation in Cambodia (274 pages)Author: Suzannah LintonPublisher: Documentation Series No. 5, Documentation Center of Cambodia,P.O. Box 1110, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tel: (855) 23 211 875, Fax: (855) 23 210 358========Title: Stilled Lives - Photographs from the Cambodian Genocide (127 pages)Authors: Wynne Cougill, with Pivoine Pang, Chhayan Ra, and Sopheak SimPublisher: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2