A father’s wish fulfilled [Princess Norodom Soma's father's wish has been fulfilled]

 
By Princess Soma Norodom (pictured above)
Phnom Penh Post
31 December 2012




When a person moves closer towards death, he may experience a surge
of energy as he gets nearer. He may talk to loved ones, or ask for food
after days of no appetite.

This surge of energy may be unnoticed, but it is usually a dying person’s final physical expression before moving on.

The main fear of death in

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Abhisit’s time almost up

Abhisit and his wife prostrated before the portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

By Roger Mitton
Phnom Penh Post
 






It is the last day of the year and no one will be more glad to see
the back of 2012 than Abhisit Vejjajiva, the former Thai prime minister
and current leader of the opposition.

Last month, a committee appointed by the defence minister declared

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Thai-Cambodia buses open a new era with new land connections on public transport

By Luc Citrinot
http://www.traveldailynews.asia
31 December 2012, 

 


Thailand and Cambodia launched the first direct bus services linking Bangkok with Siem Reap and Phnom Penh during the week end.





BANGKOK- First bus services between the two Kingdoms of Cambodia and Thailand had their debut on December 29, said the Transport Co.,
a Thai state enterprise under the Transport Ministry.

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Hun Sen explains that the government has no ability to increase civil servants' salary [but he has the ability to make his family becomes millionaires into the next generations] សម្តេចនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ពន្យល់​ពី​ការ មិន​អាច​តម្លើង​ប្រាក់ខែ​មន្ត្រីរាជការ ឲ្យ​ខ្ពស់ តាម​ចិត្ត​ចង់

ម្នាលភ្នែកមួយសារភាពថា 
ខ្លួនគ្មាន​សមត្ថ​ភាពរកប្រាក់មកដំឡើងប្រាក់​ខែ  ជូន​មន្ត្រី​រាជាការ
និង​គ្រូបង្រៀនបានឡើយ តែរក​សំរាប់​ក្រុមគ្រួសារ​របស់នាយធ្វើមហាសេដ្ឋី​តពូជបាន..

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The opposition Sam Rainsy Party MPs joined the workers today (31/12/12) in protesting to demand a minimum wage increase from $61 to $150 per month.



(ថ្ងៃទី 30 ធ្នូ

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Hun Sen Encourages Cambodians to Emulate Chinese-Style Wealth [Yes, robbing from the poor to give to the rich to make the rich richer and the poor poorer]

Ly Yong Phat (holding the sugar) and Hun Sen (to his left) during the inauguration of the sugar refinery.


 

By Phorn Bopha 

The Cambodia Daily

December 30, 2012



Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged Cambodians to strive for
Chinese-style millionaire status as he inaugurated a sugar refinery located inside two controversial plantations belonging to CPP Senator Ly
Yong Phat

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Appeal Court Takes Over Bundith Case

                                                             
Picture of Chhouk Bandith.

By Saing Soenthrith and Dene-Hern Chen 

The Cambodia Daily

December 31, 2012



The prosecutor general of the Appeal Court has appealed against the
Svay Rieng Provincial Court’s decision to drop all charges against the
former Bavet City governor,

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Cambodia battles to save rare Mekong dolphins

By Michelle Fitzpatrick | AFP








Enlarge PhotoAFP/AFP
- This photo taken on December 6, 2012 shows Cambodians and foreign
tourists on boats to spot dolphins along the Mekong river. There is a
ban on hunting dolphins in the Mekong, but old habits die hard. Some 77 unarmed guards patrol the Cambodian stretch of the Mekong on the lookout for activities that could harm dolphins.


 

The

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Convictions of Cambodian activists illustrate dire state of justice

By agency reporter 
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk

29 Dec 2012










The fabricated charges used to convict two
housing rights activists in Phnom Penh’s Municipal Court confirms the
dire state of Cambodia’s justice system and rule of law in the country,
Amnesty International says.

On 27 December 2012 Yorm Bopha was sentenced to three years
imprisonment for ‘intentional violence’, while late

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1000 hotel rooms in Kep fully booked during the New Year holiday បន្ទប់សណ្ឋាគារ ផ្ទះសំណាក់ជាង ១.០០០បន្ទប់ ត្រូវបានកក់ទុក ទាំងអស់

Sunday, 30 December 2012
ដោយៈ ដើមអម្ពិល (DAP)-ID: 009







កែប៖ បន្ទប់សណ្ឋាគារ និងផ្ទះសំណាក់ ជាង១.០០០បន្ទប់
នៅតំបន់ឆ្នេរទេសចរណ៍ ខេត្តកែប ត្រូវបានភ្ញៀវកក់ ពេញទាំងអស់
ដើម្បីចូលរួមអបអរសាទរបុណ្យឆ្លងឆ្នាំថ្មី ឆ្នាំសាកល ២០១២-២០១៣។
នេះបើយោងតាមការ បញ្ជាក់របស់ប្រធានមន្ទីរទេសចរណ៍ខេត្តកែប។

ប្រធានមន្ទីរទេសចរណ៍ខេត្តកែប លោក សោម ចន្តា បានថ្លែងនៅថ្ងៃទី៣០ ខែធ្នូ

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Cambodian software developers have developed iPhone and iPad games called "Asva The Monkey" កូនខ្មែរបង្កើតហ្គេមជាលើកដំបូង

Cambodian software developers have developed iPphone and iPad games called "Asva The Monkey" .

http://youtu.be/kDn78YiNkkw

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The Arab Spring's first constitution

Larbi Sadiki 

Dr Larbi Sadiki is a Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter, and author of Arab Democratization: Elections without Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2009) and The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-Discourses (Columbia University Press, 2004).






The new Egyptian constitution eliminates omnipotent presidency - the president is

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Government Paid Cash to ‘Secession’ Leaders ["secession leaders" paid to frame Mam Sonando]

Supporters held posters of Mam Sonando outside the court where here sentenced to 20 years jail.

 

By Kuch Naren and Ben Woods 

The Cambodia Daily

December 30, 2012



Two men once accused of leading a so-called secessionist movement in
Kratie province in May, and who later testified in court that popular radio station owner Mam

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Chea Mony, younger brother of slain union leader Chea Vichea, announced that he withdrew all criminal complaints against the killers of his brother in order to ask the court to drop all charges against Sok Sam Oeun and Born Samnang who were believed to be scapegoats ប្អូន​ប្រុស​លោក ជា វិជ្ជា ឈប់​ស្វែង​រក​យុត្តិធម៌​ជា​ថ្នូរ​នឹង​ការ​ដោះ​លែង​ជន​ជាប់​ចោទ

Chea Mony, younger brother of slain union leader Chea Vichea, announced that he withdrew all criminal complaints against the killers of his brother in order to ask the court to drop all charges against Sok Sam Oeun and Born Samnang who were believed to be scapegoats.

ដោយ ម៉ម មុនីរតន៍

2012-12-30 RFA

ក្រុម​អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​​ថា
ការ​សម្រេច​​របស់​សាលាឧទ្ធរណ៍​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៧ ខែ​ធ្នូ ឲ្យ​លោក

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Civil society warned of social instability due to judicial injustice សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ព្រមាន​ពី​អស្ថិរភាព​សង្គម​ដោយសារ​តុលាការ​អយុត្តិធម៌

Civil society warned of social instability due to judicial injustice, like Yorm Bopha's case and Sok Sam Oeun's and Born Samnang's case. 


ដោយ វណ្ណ វិចារ

2012-12-30 RFA

ការ​កាត់​ទោស​សកម្មជន​តវ៉ា​ដីធ្លី​នៅ​តំបន់​បឹងកក់ គឺ​អ្នកស្រី យ៉ោម
បុប្ផា
ត្រូវ​បាន​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ដែល​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ដំណើរ​ការ​សវនាការ​ព្រមាន​រដ្ឋាភិបាល
​ឲ្យ​គិតគូរ​ពី​អស្ថិរភាព​សង្គម ព្រោះ​តែ​តុលាការ​អយុត្តិធម៌។

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Protests for pay increase and social justice ការតវ៉ាត្រូវតែបន្តដើម្បីយុត្តិធម៌សម្រាប់ខ្លួន និងសង្គម

សហភាពសហជីពកម្ពុជា
(CCU) និងនាំដោយលោក រ៉ុង ឈុន និង សម្ព័ន្ធសហជីពកម្ពុជា (CATU)
ដឹកនាំដោយលោកស្រី យ៉ាង សុភ័ណ្ឌ
បានដឹកនាំបងប្អូនកម្មករកម្មការិនីធ្វើបាតុកម្មអហិង្សា
ទាម​ទារ​ដំឡើងប្រាក់ខែគោលពី ៦១ដុល្លារ ទៅ ១៥០ដុល្លារក្នុងមួយខែ
នៅឆ្នាំ២០១៣ មានបងប្អូន​កម្មករ​កម្មការិនីចូលរួមជាង ៣០០នាក់
នៅសួនប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ។ តំណាងកម្មករចំនួន ២០នាក់ ដង្ហែរ
ញត្តិទៅជូនខុទ្ទកាល័យនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី និង ជូនប្រធានរដ្ឋសភាជាតិ

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More than 10 Funcinpec government officials defected to the ruling CPP [No surprise as they try to secure their lucrative positions within the government]

Note: Ou Bunlong, originally from America, was a capable senator and rising star in the Sam Rainsy Party, but defected to Funcinpec in 2003 and now defected to the ruling CPP. Courtesy of http://sokheounpang.wordpress.com/.

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Vox Populi: Why American investors did not invest in Cambodia?

The answer, according to the U.S Ambassador to Cambodia, is because of the lack of respect for human rights and the rule of law in Cambodia.


Re: U.S Ambassador: The reasons American investors did not invest in Cambodia is because of human rights and lawlessness issues in Cambodia


Economic sanction is the effective way to teach Cambodian ruler a lesson  

Anonymous said...



As long as the

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U.S. Support for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

By William E. Todd, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia 


As 2012 concludes, we should look back and celebrate
the achievements of this remarkable year.  Relations between the United
States and Cambodia continued to benefit from the dedicated work of
government leaders, civil society, and business people on both sides of
the Pacific.  In particular, as chair of

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The Thai government decided to issue work permits to 160,000 illegal Cambodia workers ថៃ​សម្រេច​ចេញ​ប័ណ្ណ​សម្គាល់​អត្តសញ្ញាណ​ដល់​ពលករ​កម្ពុជា​ជាង​១៦​ម៉ឺន​នាក់

The Thai government decided to issue work permits to 160,000 illegal Cambodia workers.

ដោយ ខែ សុណង
2012-12-29 RFA

ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា និង​ប្រទេស​ថៃ
បាន​សម្រេច​ចេញ​ប័ណ្ណ​សម្គាល់​អត្តសញ្ញាណ​ហៅ​កាត់​ជា​ភាសា​អង់គ្លេស​ថា
(ស៊ី.អាយ = CI) ដល់​ពលករ​កម្ពុជា ចំនួន​ជាង ១៦​ម៉ឺន​នាក់​នៅ​ប្រទេស​ថៃ
ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ជា​ពលករ​ស្រប​ច្បាប់។




RFA/Sok Serey

ពលករ​ខ្មែរ​ចំនួន ២៤​នាក់ មក​ដល់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា នា​អាកាសយានដ្ឋាន

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Cambodia-Vietnam trade, investment see marked rises in 2012

Xinhua | 2012-12-29
By Agencies


Bilateral
trade volume between Cambodia and Vietnam jumped to $3.3 billion in
2012, a 18 percent rise from $2.8 billion in 2011, according to a report
provided by the Association of Vietnam Investment in Cambodia on
Saturday.



Main products Vietnam exported to Cambodia included
petroleum, construction materials, information technology devices and

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A bloody year for Southeast Asia's environmentalists

Francis Wade Francis Wade is a Thailand-based freelance journalist and analyst covering Myanmar and Southeast Asia.













A murky "military-government nexus backed by powerful business forces is behind" silencing environmental movements.


The controversial Xayaburi Dam, the last of the Chinese cascade of seven dams and the first to be built on the Lower Mekong River, could

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2 million passengers come to Siem Reap International Airport

Q. What's the first
thing you do after stepping off the plane at an airport?



A.
Wrong answer! No, you don't collect your luggage . . .  you join
the dance class!

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Jungle Bound - Angkor Cambodia 1930s

http://youtu.be/7f4cuxQynvY

A tour of the ancient Cambodian temples of Angkor Wat and Bayon in the
1930s. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for
personal home use or educational use contact us at
questions@archivefarms.com. To license footage from this film for
commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
Classical Dance Regalia of Cambodia


http://youtu.be/

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Real video of Sinn Sisamuth & Sos Math singing classical song at Angkor Wat

a classical dance song they sang for a khmer classical dance documentation in the 1960's.

http://youtu.be/JG79miu8hEY

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China backs Cambodia's first oil refinery [Cambodia to build first oil refinery ]

File picture of an oil refinery. (AFP - Robert Sullivan)



Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Ann speaks to the media in Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012 (AFP/File, Hoang Dinh Nam)
Channel News Asia

 Posted: 28 December 2012





PHNOM PENH: Cambodia
on Friday gave the green light to construction of its first oil refinery, a multi-billion-dollar Chinese-backed project, as the kingdom
looks

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Cambodia: Sham Court Cases Undermine Rights

Sacravatoons no 2381 : ” The plastic Killers “




Hun Sen Using Justice System to Crack Down on Critics




Image: google



Born Samnang right and Sok Sam Oeun left facing lengthy prison term for a crime many rights observers believe they did not commit. The Hun Sen regime has displayed a well established pattern of selectively assassinating civil rights critics and political opponents as a

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Naguib Mahfouz: "The Cairo Trilogy"

Egyptian novelist and first Arab Nobel laureate who sprang to world attention with his depictions of life in Cairo's old city


Google image





Rare interview with Naguib Mahfouz 








"The square has had many scenes," he said. "It used to be more quiet. Now it is disturbing but more progressive, better for ordinary people - and therefore better for me also, as one who likes his fellow

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Few tourists visit Ta Moan Toch temple due to fears of conflict between Cambodian and Thai troops ភ្ញៀវ​ទេសចរ​ទៅ​ទស្សនា​ប្រាសាទ​តា​មាន់​មាន​ចំនួន​តិចតួច

ដោយ សុ ជីវី 2012-12-28 RFA

ប្រាសាទ​តា​មាន់ ដែល​ស្ថិត​នៅ​ជាប់​ព្រំដែន​ខ្មែរ-ថៃ
ត្រូវ​ចាត់​ទុក​ជា​តំបន់​ដែល​មាន​សក្ដានុពល​ទាក់​ទាញ​ភ្ញៀវ​ទេសចរ​សំខាន់​
មួយ​របស់​ខេត្ត​ឧត្តរមានជ័យ។




RFA/Hang Savyouth

១៧-មករា-២០១០: ទាហាន​ខ្មែរ​ដើរ​ពិនិត្យ​ក្នុង​បរិវេណ​ប្រាសាទ​តាមាន់​ធំ ក្នុង​ស្រុក​បន្ទាយអំពិល ខែត្រ​ឧត្ដរមានជ័យ។




ប៉ុន្តែ​មក​ដល់​ពេល​នេះ តំបន់​ប្រាសាទ​បុរាណ​ខ្មែរ​នៅ​តំបន់​ព្រំដែន
នៅ​តែ​ពុំ

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Cyber-Journey to Cambodia With St. Mary's Students

 
Trip to rural schools is a January term project at Moraga college.



By
Lance Howland

Email the author
http://lamorinda.patch.com


Would you like to cyber-journey to Cambodia?

Sixteen students and two professors from St. Mary's College in Moraga
are on their way for three weeks in Cambodia to learn about the culture
and the 1970s genocide that has shaped it. It is part of St. Mary's

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Amnesty International expresses concern over Cambodia’s justice system

Article |
December 28, 2012 

By Elena Ralli

 

Amnesty International has today expressed its concern over the latest
conviction of two housing rights activists based on fabricated charges
by Phnom Penh’s Municipal Court. The humanitarian organization has
stressed that these actions confirms the dire state of

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Golden memories . . .

Pkay Sneah - Chhoun Sreymao & Chin Wattana






Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is





Khmer-surin Song by Srifah Daranee 







The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

















ENDLESS LOVE Lionel Ritchie duet w Diana Ross w lyrics

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US Medical Professionals Preparing for Volunteer Trip to Cambodia

“We will include health awareness education on dental care and health care as well,” said Dr. Tan Song. “They have to exercise in order to have good health.”





The
team, which will include more than 150 medical personnel, will offer a
wide range of services, including eye and dental care, said Tan Song, a
doctor and director of the Cambodian Health Professionals Association of
America.

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CCHR Press Release - CCHR Mourns the Final Nail in the Coffin of Cambodia's Judicial System

CCHR PRESS
RELEASE – Phnom Penh, 28 December 2012





CCHR mourns the final nail in the coffin of Cambodia’s judicial system



Yesterday, 27 December 2012, the Court of Appeal confirmed that each
of Mr Born Samnang and Mr Sok Sam Oeun would serve out the remainder of their
20-year prison sentences – and pay a fine of 40 million riel in compensation to
be paid to the civil party, Mr Chea Mony

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Request from CNRP in Sydney (Australia)

Dear Compatriots and Friends,

I am pleased to inform you that the bank account for the Cambodia National Rescue Party in NSW (Australia) has been opened.

In view of the upcoming 2013 national election and the need for urgent change to save our country, we call on you for your financial donations to support this cause.

Please deposit into the below account:

Bank:                        

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Verdicts reflect 'dire' state of Cambodian courts

Justice






Date
28.12.2012

Author
Julia Wallace, Phnom Penh


Editor
Sarah Berning



Three people widely believed to be innocent have been jailed in highly
politicized cases in Cambodia, sparking a fresh outcry from campaigners
calling for judicial reform.



Human rights groups have denounced the Cambodian court system as "a
mockery of justice" after two key decisions seen as

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Reclaim Angkor Wat back from a Vietnamese is the highest priority for Khmer people

Moi?, a Royal Cambodian Government's development partner or a strategic mole of Hanoi? Sok Kong, a Vietnamese national and owner of Sokimex company which commands a portfolio of business interests in Cambodia, most notably in the tourism sector including a stake in the Angkor Archeological Park, currently a multimillion dollars industry, hotel chains and the Bokor Resort. Other strategic

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A Chinese company to build a $2.5 billion oil refinery in Preah Sihanouk-Kampot provinces [But who owned Cambodian Petroleum Chemical Co. Ltd, is it Sok An?] កម្ពុជា-ចិន ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា​សាងសង់​រោងចក្រ​ចម្រាញ់​ប្រេង​កាត

ដោយ សុខ សេរី

2012-12-28 RFA

មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​នៃ​អាជ្ញាធរ​ជាតិ​ប្រេង​កាត​កម្ពុជា
នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៨ ខែ​ធ្នូ បាន​ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា​ជាមួយ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ឯកជន​ចំនួន​ពីរ
ដើម្បី​សាង​សង់​រោងចក្រ​ដ៏​ធំ​មួយ និង​ទំនើប​បំផុត​នៅ​កម្ពុជា
ដើម្បី​ចម្រាញ់​ប្រេង​កាត​សម្រាប់​ប្រើប្រាស់​ក្នុង​ស្រុក
និង​នាំ​ចេញ​ទៅ​បរទេស​នៅ​ក្នុង​តំបន់។




RFA/Sok Serey

អគ្គនាយក​នៃ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ចិន ឈ្មោះ ស៊ីណូម៉ាច
ឆៃណា ផឺហ្វិច ម៉ាឆិនើរី

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Opposition MPs refused to receive medals from the parliament saying they should be given to those who deserved them តំណាងរាស្ត្របក្សប្រឆាំង​ថា ​មេដាយ​គួរ​តែត្រូវប្រគល់​ឲ្យ​អ្នកការពារផល​ប្រយោជន៏ជាតិ​ពិតប្រាកដ​

ដោយ មាស មុន្នី Friday 28 December 2012 - Free Press Magazine


ប្រធាន​​រដ្ឋសភា​នៃ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​លោក ហេង សំរិន នារសៀល​​ថ្ងៃទី​
២៨ ​ធ្នូ នេះ​បានយក​គ្រឿង​ឥស្សរយស​ទៅ​បំពាក់​ឲ្យ​​អ្នក​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ ​និង
មន្រ្តី​ចំណានៗ​​នៃ​អគ្គលេខាធិការដ្ឋាន​រដ្ឋសភា​​សរុប​១៦២​រូប ​។
​តែ​ក្រុម​អ្នក​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​ពី​គណបក្សបក្សប្រឆាំង​​គឺ​គណបក្ស​សម រង្ស៊ី
និង គណបក្ស​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​​ដែល​មាន​​ចំនួន​២៩​រូប​
​បាន​​បដិសេធ​​

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Cambodia: Sham Court Cases Undermine Rights, Says HRW

Phnom Penh, Cambodia




Written by Albany Tribune

December 27, 2012





Two
criminal cases decided in Phnom Penh on December 27, 2012, demonstrate
the Cambodian government’s flagrant misuse of the justice system to
undermine rights, Human Rights Watch said today.

Cambodia’s Court
of Appeals upheld 20-year-sentences against Born Samnang and Sok Sam
Oeun, convicted after a grossly

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Heng Samrin's memoir, Heng Samrin: A Man of the People, written by Peter Starr and published in three languages: Khmer, English and Vietnamese, is launched today រដ្ឋសភា ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ សៀវភៅ “ហេង សំរិន បុរស របស់ប្រជាជន”

Heng Samrin's memoir, Heng Samrin: A Man of the People, written by Peter Starr and published in three languages: Khmer, English and Vietnamese, is launched today.






Friday, 28 December 2012


ដោយ ៖ ដើមអម្ពិល(DAP): ID-014


Heng Samrin Book English Final

ភ្នំពេញ៖ រដ្ឋសភាកម្ពុជា បានផ្សព្វផ្សាយសៀវភៅមួយក្បាល មានចំណងជើងថា “ហេង សំរិន បុរសរបស់ប្រជាជន” ដែលពិពណ៌នាពីជីវិតតស៊ូ របស់លោកដើម្បី

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Land protestors pray for release of Yorm Bopha

Land protestors pray for release of Yorm Bopha



PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - About 50 Boeung Kok residents
gathered Friday in front of Yeay Penh statue near Wat Phnom Penh to pray
for the release of land activist Yorm Bopha, a source said. Phnom
Penh Municipal Court sentenced the activist Thursday to three years in
jail for attempted violence against two motorcycle taxi

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Protest against former Bavet governor set for January 27

PHNOM PENH, 28 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - Free Trade Union of Workers President
Chea Mony has announced plans to protest the dropping of charges
against former Bavet governor Chhouk Bandith. The former governor was accused of seriously injuring three women when he opened fire on striking workers in Bavet in February.In
a letter to Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema, Chea Mony said

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Train service relaunched between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville ផ្លូវរថភ្លើង ខ្សែទី១ នៅកម្ពុជា បានចាប់ផ្តើម ដំណើរការ សាកល្បង

PHNOM PENH, 28 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - The government was
to resume rail services between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville Friday in
collaboration with Toll Royal Co, Richz Electronic Services and the
Asian Development Bank, sources said



On September 19, Toll and Richz signed an agreement to to buy rolling stock for the 266-kilometer railway.



The
ADB financed $84 million

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Guilty verdicts upheld in Chea Vichea slaying [This is justice kangaroo court's style]

Last Updated on 28 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post 
By Kim Sarom, Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Abby Seiff









Born Samnang (C)
cries as he is led away by police after learning that he and another
man, Sok Sam Oeun, would be sent back to prison for the 2004 murder of
unionist Chea Vichea, outside the Appeal Court yesterday in Phnom Penh.
Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post




Almost

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Cambodian Courts Under Fire

2012-12-27 Radio Free Asia


Rights groups slam the verdicts on two court cases, saying 2012 is the worst year in a decade for rule of law in Cambodia.





RFA, A villager breaks down after hearing the verdict on Yorm Bopha's case outside the Phnom Penh municipal court, Dec. 27, 2012. 


The Cambodian judiciary came under fire Thursday after a land
rights activist was jailed for three

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Boeung Kak activist gets 3 years [for defending her land and her house]

Last Updated on 28 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By Khouth Sophak Chakrya









Land rights activist
Yorm Bopha speaks to reporters after being sentenced to three years in
prison yesterday at the municipal court in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Pha
Lina/Phnom Penh Post



Boeung Kak lake land activist Yorm Bopha was sentenced yesterday to
three years in prison on charges of intentional

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Phnom Penh Sugar Company inaugurated លី យ៉ុងផាត់ អូសក្បាល ហ៊ុន សែន ឲ្យទៅសម្ពោធ រោងចក្រស្ករសនៅកំពង់ស្ពឺ ដើម្បីបង្ហាញអ្នកតវ៉ារឿង រំលោភដីធ្លីថា សូម្បីតែ ហ៊ុន សែន ក៏ជួយប្លន់ដីយកឲ្យខ្លួនដែរ

Last Updated on 28 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By Rann Reuy









Workers fill bags
with sugar at Phnom Penh Sugar Company in Kampong Speu province,
Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post




The Phnom Penh Sugar Company, owned by Cambodian People Party’s senator Ly Yong Phat, officially began operations yesterday.

Yong Phat said during the inauguration

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Cambodian sugar plant leaves villagers bitter [Blood sugar, stealing from the poor to get richer]

Last Updated on 28 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By May Titthara and Stuart White









Kim Ponn, 55, is one
of thousands of villagers evicted from their land to make way for a
sugar company owned by CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat. Photograph: Heng
Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post



Though the mood was congratulatory yesterday at the inauguration of
ruling party Senator Ly Yong Phat’s sugar company

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Outcry as Cambodia jails pair over union boss murder លោក សុក សំអឿន និង​លោក ប៊ន សំណាង ត្រូវ​ជាប់​គុក​២០​ឆ្នាំ​ឡើង​វិញ

អ្នក​អាន​អនាមិក
:


ស្រុកខ្មែរឥឡូវនេះគេប្រើច្បាប់ ចោររួចខ្លួនម្ចាស់ជាប់គុក
ឧទាហរណ៍ ប៊ន សំណាង និង សុខ សំអឿនមិនបាន
សម្លាប់គេគឺត្រូវជាប់គុក ប៉ុន្តែអ្នកសម្លាប់គេដូច
ឈូក បណ្ឌិត ត្រូវតែរួចខ្លួន។ នេះជាច្បាប់ស្រុកខ្មែរចេញ
ជាធរមានក្នុងសតវត្សទី២០

Anonymous: In Cambodia nowadays they use the law of "the thief is free while the thief's victims go to jail". For example, Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun

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Cambodia court sends "scapegoats" [Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun] back to jail for unionist murder

Born Samnang cried after being re-arrested for the murder of union leader Chea Vichea.



By Prak Chan Thul

PHNOM PENH 

Thu Dec 27, 2012 

 

* Rights groups cry foul, say pair were framed

* Cambodia drawing flak for rights record, judiciary

PHNOM PENH, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A Cambodian court ordered the
return to prison on Thursday of two men seen by rights groups as

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U.S Ambassador: The reasons American investors did not invest in Cambodia is because of human rights and lawlessness issues in Cambodia អាមេរិក​មិន​មក​វិនិយោគ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ដោយសារ​បញ្ហា​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​និង​នីតិរដ្ឋ

ដោយ វណ្ណ វិចារ

2012-12-26  RFA



Supporting Cambodia’s Economic Development


Published: 23-Dec-12  By William E. Todd, U.S ambassador to Cambodia







William E. Todd

Thank you for the many interesting questions in
response to my “Ask the Ambassador” column.  Please continue to send me
your questions at AskAMBToddPP@state.gov.



Last week, I

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A breeze of change shakes up Cambodia’s political scene [Chea Sim is not dead: Long live the king]

Last Updated on 27 December 2012
Phnom Penh Post



By Abby Seiff









Senate President
Chea Sim offers rice to a Buddhist monk during a ceremony at his Phnom
Penh home in August 2012. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post




In August, Cambodian People Party (CPP) stalwart Chea Sim, who as
Senate president has long remained out of the limelight, made a rare
gesture toward the

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Dawkins on religion

Al
Jazeera - Dec 22, 2012

An
interview with renowned atheist Richard Dawkins on whether religion is a force
for good or evil.









“God has no religion.”



             ― Mahatma Gandhi





“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.”



             ― Albert Einstein, The World as I See It





“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's

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Son Chhay: The Cambodia National Rescue Party has clear policies that gives hope to the people សុន ឆ័យ ៖ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​បានដាក់​ចេញ​នូវ​គោលការណ៍​ច្បាស់លាស់​ដើម្បី​ផ្តល់​ក្តីសង្ឃឹម​ដល់​ពលរដ្ឋ​

December 27th, 2012 mo009



        
​កា​រ​រ​ស់​នៅ​​រ​ប​ស់​​ម​នុ​ស្ស​​ត្រូ​វ​តែ​​មា​នស​ង្ឃឹ​ម​​បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​​
យើ​ង​​ត្រូ​វ​​រ​ស់​​ក្រោ​ម​​កា​រ​ជិះ​ជា​ន់​​ គា​ប​ស​ង្ក​ត់​
​បំ​ភិ​​ត​បំ​ភ័​យ​​ដូ​ច​​ជា​ ​ស​ព្វ​ថ្ងៃ​​ក៏​ដោ​យ​
ព្រោះ​​ប្រ​វត្តិ​សា​ស្ត្រ​​បា​ន​ប​ង្ហា​ញ​
​និ​ង​ប​ញ្ជា​ក់​​ឲ្យ​​យើ​ង​បា​ន​ឃើ​ញ​ហើយ​ថា​
នៅពេលណា​ជាតិខ្មែរ​និង​ពលរដ្ឋ​ជួបនឹង​គ្រោះភ័យ
គឺ​តែងតែមាន​វត្តមាន​រប​ស់​

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Hundreds of Cambodian workers being trafficked and re-sold by Thai employers to Indonesian fishing boat owners កម្មករ​ខ្មែរ​រាប់​រយ​នាក់​ត្រូវ​បាន​ថៅកែ​ថៃ​លក់​បន្ត​ទៅ​ឲ្យ​ថៅកែ​ទូក​នេសាទ​ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី

ដោយ អ៊ុក សាវបូរី

2012-12-27 RFA

កម្មករ​ខ្មែរ​ច្រើន​រយ​នាក់ ដែល​ថៅកែ​ថៃ លក់​បន្ត​ទៅ​ឲ្យ​ថៅកែ
ទូក​នេសាទ​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី
ត្រូវ​បាន​ស្ថានទូត​ខ្មែរ​ប្រចាំ​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី
ជួយ​សង្គ្រោះ​ពី​ការ​ឃុំឃាំង​បង្ខំ​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​ការ​នេសាទ​បាន​មួយ​ចំនួន​ហើយ។




RFA/Sok Serey



ពលករ​ខ្មែរ​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ជួយ​សង្គ្រោះ​ពី
​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី មក​ដល់​អាកាសយានដ្ឋាន​អន្តរជាតិ​ភ្នំពេញ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​១២
ខែ​

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Amnesty International: Convictions of activists in Cambodia demonstrates dire state of justice

27 December 2012

 Amnesty International











 

ក្រុម​នគរ​បាល​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​លោក សុក សំអឿន
(អាវ​ស) និង​លោក ប៊ន សំណាង (អាវ​ផ្ទៃ​មេឃ) នៅ​សាលា​ឧទ្ធរណ៍
ក្រោយ​ប្រកាស​សាល​ដីកា នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៧ ខែ​ធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ​២០១២។Born Samnang (R) cried out injustice after he and Sok Sam Oeun (white shirt in the left) were being re-arrested and re-sentenced to 20 years jail for the murder of union

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[America's] Dartmouth resident Judge Phillip Rapoza named to UN-backed Cambodia war crimes tribunal

By Brian Fraga



Herald News Staff Reporter


Posted Dec 27, 2012









Purchase this photo






Dave Souza|Herald News





From left to right in this file
photo, Judge Elspeth Cypher, Chief Justice Phillip Rapoza and Judge Mark
Green holding hearing as U Mass School of Law in

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Cambodia’s Holiday Cheer

By Luke Hunt 

The Diplomat

December 28, 2012




KAMPOT, Cambodia–In the expensive (and cheap) bars and restaurants and in the haughty expat circles near Villa Vedici
in southern Cambodia, a common complaint is emerging: Too many
Cambodians are taking to Christmas. Even worse, there doing so with
greater passion each passing year and, as a result, are demanding more
time off to celebrate

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Thai-Cambodian single visa to commence Thursday

December 26, 2012 
The Nation


Starting Thursday, tourists from 35 countries could enter Thailand and Cambodia with single visa as foreign ministers of the two countries
agreed on Wednesday.

Under the Acmecs single visa, tourists from Australia up to United
States could apply entry visa at Thai or Cambodian embassies or
consulate offices for two destinations.

The single visa would

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CCHR Press Release - CCHR Questions the Logic in Boeng Kak and Borei Keila Sentences

CCCHR PRESS
RELEASE – Phnom Penh, 27 December 2012





CCHR Questions the Logic in Boeng Kak and Borei Keila Sentences



As one of the darkest years for Cambodian human rights
defenders in recent times draws to a close, the Cambodian Center for Human
Rights (“CCHR”) expresses its profound disappointment in the harsh sentences
handed down to Borei Keila activist, Ms Tim Sakmony, and Boeng

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Final Statement of Bopha and Sakmony

Joint Statement



Legal persecution of
land rights activists must end



Yorm Bopha should be
released immediately and unconditionally

On December 27, 2012 - The Phnom Penh
Municipal Court convicted Yorm Bopha on a trumped up charge and sentenced her
to three years’ imprisonment.  The
charges against her and three other defendants were purportedly in connection
with the beating of a suspected

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Study Finds No Radical Tendencies Among Cham

By Dene-Hern Chen 

The Cambodia Daily

December 27, 2012



Cambodia’s Cham Muslim population is unlikely to embrace a militant
form of Islam that pushes them toward radicalism because of their
experiences under the Khmer Rouge regime and their close ties to their
fellow Khmers.

That is the conclusion of new research conducted during the past four
years by Eng Kok-Thay, who this month

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Protestors clash with police after activist sentenced

Protestors
clashed with police Thursday after Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced
land activist Youm Bopha to three years for attempted violence against
two motorcycle taxi drivers




Tim Sakmoni, left and Yorm Bopha who has been sentenced to three years in jail

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Protestors clashed with police
Thursday after Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced land

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Garment workers ‘beaten unconscious’ [Hun Sen's Cambodia is a nation of gangsters]

Last Updated on 27 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By Mom Kunthear









Workers from the
Conpress Holdings factory protest, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in Phnom
Penh. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post



Four garment workers, three of them female, were injured yesterday
morning when company and police officials clashed with protesters, union
representatives said yesterday.

During

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Four years on, Chea Vichea accused back in prison

Last Updated on 27 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By Abby Seiff and Kim Sarom








Sok Sam Oeun (C)
cries at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012.
Photograph: Sreng Meng Srun/Phnom Penh Post


In a startling about-face, the Court of Appeal this morning upheld
the convictions of two men widely believed to have been wrongfully
accused of the 2004 slaying of unionist

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Regional single visa launched

Last Updated on 27 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By May Kunmakara









Tourists gather to watch the sun rise and take pictures at the Angkor Wat temple, in Siem Reap province. Photograph: Reuters



Cambodia and Thailand will launch their single visa today to
facilitate a flow in tourists and enable easier travel between the two
countries.

Thai newspaper The Nation reported that Thai

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Boeung Kak activist gets three years

Last Updated on 27 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By Khouth Sophak Chakrya








Yorm Bopha cries after being convicted at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court,

Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post


A day after Phnom Penh Municipal Court released Borei Keila grandmother Tim Sakmony, her fellow activist Yorm Bopha was sentenced to
three years in prison on charges of

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Vietnam to invest in hotels in Cambodia

Last Updated on 27 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By Rann Reuy









Vietnamese firms
plan to invest in the construction of hotels in Siem Reap, Kampong Cham
and Kampong Thom provinces. Photograph: Nina Loacker/Phnom Penh Post



VIETNAMESE investors are planning to invest more in accommodation
services and to build hotels in at least three provinces that 
Vietnamese visitors traveling

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Bank Accounts Rare in Cambodia, Even for Rich

By Simon Lewis 

The Cambodia Daily

December 27, 2012



Despite an expanding financial sector, increasing access to credit
and strong economic growth in recent years, fewer than 1 in 20
Cambodians has a bank account, according to a new policy working paper
by the World Bank.

According to the paper—released earlier this month and based

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The taste of a bitter past: How the Khmer Rouge influenced Cambodia’s exotic cuisine

CRISTINA TANTENGCO, 

The Philippines' GMA NEWS  

December 27, 2012 








From the years 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia.
But despite the Maoist revolutionary’s belief that the ideal citizens
were the peaceful country peasants, his regime led to an estimated 1.7 million deaths in a country whose population stood at 8 million.


 

‘Like a nightmare’
If Hitler

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Artist community in Cambodia revives sixties-style block building

By Luc Citrinot 
27 December 2012, 
http://www.traveldailynews.asia

 

An old appartment block built during the time of defunct King
Sihanouk in the sixties is turning into a centre for art and proves the
emergence of the art scene in Phnom Penh.







PHNOM PENH- Last November, Cambodian curator Vuth Lyno,
opened a public exhibition in the iconic White Building. It was all

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Two new ports for Cambodia

Last Updated on 26 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By May Kunmakara









A ship docks at the
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) in March 2012. The PPAP is scheduled
to open two new ports next month. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh
Post


The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) will officially open two new
ports in January in response to a rise in imports and exports of cargo.

The PPAP

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New book explores Cambodian government's relations with the opposition [Soy Sopheap is trying to claim credits for national reconciliation]

Last Updated on 26 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By Vong Sokheng
 





The owner and publisher of Deum Ampil newspaper, Soy Sopheap, has
self-published a book with copies of exchanges between opposition
leaders and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government over the years.

Sopheap,
who says he helped facilitate many of the requests and responses as a
kind of middleman, put out 30 copies of

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Borei Keila land activist Tim Sakmony released តុលាការ​ក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ​ដោះ​លែង​សកម្មជន​ការពារ​ដីធ្លី​បុរីកីឡា​ឲ្យ​មាន​សេរីភាព

Borei Keila land activist Tim Sakmony released.

ដោយ ម៉ម មុនីរតន៍

2012-12-26
RFA

សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ
សម្រេច​លើក​លែង​ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ទៅ​លើ​សកម្មជន​ការពារ​ដីធ្លី​ម្នាក់​នៅ​
បុរីកីឡា ឲ្យ​មាន​សេរីភាព​ឡើង​វិញ
ខណៈ​អ្នក​តស៊ូ​មតិ​ក្នុង​រឿង​ដីធ្លី​ដ៏​រ៉ាំរ៉ៃ​នៅ​តំបន់​បឹងកក់
ត្រូវ​តុលាការ​សម្រេច​លើក​ពេល​ប្រកាស​សាលក្រម​នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៧ ខែ​ធ្នូ
ឆ្នាំ​២០១២។




RFA/Uon Chhin

អ្នក​គាំទ្រ​

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KR Tribunal Errs in Release of Secret File

By Lauren Crothers
The Cambodia Daily
December 26, 2012




The Khmer Rouge tribunal on Monday released on its website, and then
quickly removed yesterday, a confidential court document outlining
crimes alleged to have been committed during the Pol Pot regime by
suspects Meas Muth and Sou Met.

The public dissemination of the confidential 36-page document—in
which the Office of the

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Cambodia’s “War” On Internet Cafes

By Mong Palatino 
The Diplomat
December 27, 2012




Internet cafes are seen as information hubs in most
countries, but in Cambodia the government seems terrorized by their
presence.  Last February, the government mandated
internet cafe owners to set up surveillance cameras in their shops and
register the names of all customers as a “crime deterrence measure.”
Then it issued a new circular

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Single-entry visa for Thailand, Cambodia

By Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Nation  

December 27, 2012 











Citizens from 35 nations qualify; seen paving the way for single Asean visa


From today, tourists from 35 countries need only apply for one visa to
visit both Thailand and Cambodia. This is part of Acmecs Single Visa -
the first step toward an Asean version of the

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'Spy' pair's return no closer [Cambodia won't let Thai spies to go home any time soon]

Veera, Ratree will have served 2 years this week

Published: 27/12/2012
Bangkok Post
Writer: Thanida Tansubhapol & Anucha Charoenpo




















The chances of two Thai activists being freed
early from Cambodia's Prey Sar Prison still look uncertain, two years
after they started serving jail terms for

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"Preserving Patrimony": Prince Ravivaddhana Sisowath on the Heritage of Cambodian Art

Photo by Urska Charney: Ravivaddhana Sisowath




by Noah Charney

The Art Info.

Published: December 26, 2012







As
a child, Prince Ravivaddhana Sisowath went into exile in Europe with
much of the Cambodian royal family when the Khmer Rouge assumed power in
the early 1970s. He returned to Cambodia for the first time in 2000.
Today he devotes his energy to advancing the

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Prince Norodom Vatvani, father of Princess Norodom Soma, dies at age 77

Last Updated on 25 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post


By Sen David









Mourners pray in
front of a shrine dedicated to the late Prince Norodom Vatvani, Monday,
Dec. 24, 2012. Photograph: Pha Lina /Phnom Penh Post


Prince Norodom Vatvani passed away peacefully at the age of 77 on
Sunday evening after a years-long battle with heart disease, members of
the royal family said yesterday.

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Protestors scuffle with police, motorcycle taxi drivers តុលាការក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ បន្ត​សវនាកា​រលើ​សំណុំរឿង​ក្តី​ស្ត្រី​បឹងកក់ និង​បុរី​កីឡា​

Police set up barricades to block protestors as Phnom Penh Municipal Court hears cases involving two land activists

 

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Protestors scuffled with police
Wednesday as Phnom Penh Municipal Court heard cases involving two land
activists from property development sites at Boeung Kok and Borei Keila.


The

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Thai-Cambodian single visa for 35 nationals gets underway

December 26, 2012

Bangkok Post 
 
Starting from Thursday, tourists from 35
countries will be able to enter Thailand and Cambodia with a single
visa, under an agreement reached by the foreign ministers of the two
countries on Wednesday. (Check list of 35 countries inside)


Under the the Ayeyawady -Chao Phraya Mekong Economic Cooperation
Strategy single visa, tourists from Australia to the

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Thai-Cambodian Joint Commission meet opens Tuesday

Saturday, 22 December 2012




By 
MCOT 





BANGKOK, Dec 21 – Thai and Cambodian
foreign ministers will meet in Bangkok on Tuesday and Wednesday to
discuss, among other topics, development of overland links between the
two countries.


Damrong Kraikruan, director general of the Thai Foreign Ministry's
East Asia Department, said the 8th Thai-Cambodian Joint

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VN inaugurates Cambodia’s largest fertilizer plant

Updated : Wed, December 26, 2012
Tuoitrenews  












Prime Minister
of Cambodia Hun Sen speaks during the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the
Nam Sao Cambodia international fertilizer plant in Cambodia, December
25,

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Phuket Books: The Cambodian book of the dead

By James Eckardt
Phuket Gazette 
Wednesday, December 26, 2012  







































CAMBODIAN CRUSADER: Tom Vater weaves a grizzly tale of worry and woe.





















PHUKET: A veteran journalist on the Asian beat, Tom Vater certainly knows Cambodia. In the crime novel The

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CCHR Open Letter to His Excellency Sar Kheng re the misconduct of a police officer in Koh Kong Province

His Excellency Sar Kheng
Deputy Prime MinisterMinister, Ministry of Interior25 December 2012 CCHR Requests immediate investigation into the misconduct of a police officer Your Excellency,On
14 December 2012 in Prek Chik Village, Chikhor Kroum Commune, Sre Ambel
District, Koh Kong Province, a police officer from Chikhor Le Communal
Administrative Police Post made threatening comments to a

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Hun Sen mocked Kem Sokha by accusing him of making false promises about paying old people $10 a month in pension លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ឡកឡឺយ​ដាក់​លោក កឹម សុខា ថា​ដើរ​ឃោសនា​បោក​ប្រាស់​ពលរដ្ឋ

Hun Sen said it's impossible to pay 2-3 million old age people $10 a month, but Kem Sokha said it can be done after cutting corruption which can earn the government $500 million a year, increase tourism revenue from Angkor Wat entry fee and other measures.

The opposition said there are four ways in which the government can increase the revenue that can use to fund a $10 a month pension to old

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Chef Gordon Ramsay in Cambodia

Duck Foetus in Cambodia - Gordon Ramsay













Stuffed frog in Cambodia - Gordon Ramsay













Honey hunting with Cambodian tribe - Gordon Ramsay






Cambodian Tribal Wedding - Gordon Ramsay





.............



Plus how to prepare spiced Christmas goose [roast duck]



Gordon Ramsay - Spiced christmas goose

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Court Releases Rights Worker; Charges Stay

By Kuch Naren and Ben Woods
The Cambodia Daily
December 25, 2012




The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned the long-serving
human rights investigator Chan Soveth, who has been charged with aiding a
perpetrator in a so-called secessionist movement in Kratie province in
May.



Adhoc
investigator Chan Soveth joins with supporters yesterday, after leaving
the Phnom Penh

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Mounds of Trash Grow in Borei Keila Complex

By Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
The Cambodia Daily
December 25, 2012




Towering piles of decomposing garbage are growing by the day inside
the Borei Keila apartment complex and threatening the health of more
than 100 families who were evicted from the area in January but have
steadily returned to live in makeshift tents around the buildings.



A
3-meter-high mountain of trash seen at

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Social Media Changing Cambodia’s Information Landscape

With the increased used of social media, consumers in this new generation can access media anywhere, any time, through laptops and smartphones.




Cambodian men are using internet at a coffee shop in Phnom Penh, file photo. 



By Sothearith Im

Voice of America

25 December 2012 



Washington--Changes in demography and technology have altered the
behavior of Cambodian media consumers, with

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Illegal Cambodian Workers in Thailand Could Be Deported

The Cambodian government has promoted migrant work abroad as one way to ease unemployment.

 

Migrant workers earn around $200 a month in
Thailand, working long hours in poor conditions on construction
projects, farms, fishing boats and other enterprises.

 

By Sok Khemara

Voice of America

25 December 2012 





Washington--Thailand is warning it will expel 1.5

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December Salary Delayed for Cambodian Tribunal Staff

The Cambodian side needs about $9.5 million to operate in 2013.

Cambodian
and foreigners judges and prosecutors sit during a press conference
inside the court hall of Khmer Rouge Tribunal headquarters in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Cambodian and international
judges announced guiding rules for a U.

 




By Men Kimseng
Voice of America

25 December 2012 


Washington

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Learning Fish Culture

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Carp farming in England

A Visit to VS Fisheries Pt 1 of 2



A Visit to VS Fisheries Pt 2 of 2

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The Art of Rice Planting in Japan

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Brunei in the South China Sea hot seat

All play and no constructive work makes a laughing stock of ASEAN? - School of Vice




“While some analysts and ASEAN states have blamed Cambodia's apparent decision to prioritize bilateral ties with China over ASEAN's multilateral interests, others have accused the Philippines and Vietnam of purposefully antagonizing China and drawing the United States into the situation.”


By Richard Javad

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Cambodian FM heads for Thailand for talks to boost ties លោក ហោ ណាំហុង ចូលរួមកិច្ចប្រជុំ គណៈកម្មការចម្រុះ លើកទី៨នៅ ទីក្រុងបាងកក

        Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and his delegation leaving Phnom Penh Airport for Bangkok.



25 December 2012 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian deputy Prime Minister and foreign
minister Hor Namhong left here on Tuesday morning for Bangkok for a
bilateral meeting with his Thai counterpart Surapong Tovichakchaikul.





Tuesday, 25 December 2012 11:43


ដោយៈដើមអម្ពិល ID:037

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Verdict in Chea Sim bodyguard appeal set for January 16 សាលាឧទ្ធរណ៍ នឹងប្រកាស សាលដីកា សំណុំរឿងលោក ឈឿន ចាន់ថន ហៅម៉ៅ នៅថ្ងៃទី១៦ ខែមករា

Chhoeun Chan Thorn


PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - The Court of Appeal on Tuesday set
January 16 for the verdict in a case involving Senate chairman Chea
Sim’s former bodyguard Chhoeun Chan Thorn.

General Chhoeun Chan
Thorn was sentenced in February to 26 years in jail on multiple charges
including damaging military equipment, swindling and selling weapons.

He
has also been

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An $80 million Vietnamese fertiliser factory opened in Kien Svay district, Kandal province by PM Hun Sen រោងចក្រ​ផលិត​ជី​កសិកម្ម​វៀតណាម​​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ត្រូវ​សម្ពោធ​ឲ្យ​ដំណើរ​ការ

ដោយ សុខ សេរី

2012-12-25 RFA

ក្រុមហ៊ុន​របស់​វៀតណាម​មួយ
បាន​មក​វិនិយោគ​សង់​​រោងចក្រ​ផលិត​ជី​នៅ​កម្ពុជា ក្នុង​ទឹក​ប្រាក់
៨០​លាន​ដុល្លារ ដែល​អាច​ផលិត​ជី​កសិកម្ម​បាន​ប្រហែល
៥០​ម៉ឺន​តោន​ក្នុង​មួយ​ឆ្នាំ​នៅ​ពេល​ខាង​មុខ។




RFA/Sok Serey

២៥-ធ្នូ-២០១២៖ រោងចក្រ​ផលិត​ជី​កសិកម្ម​អន្តរជាតិ​ផ្កាយ​៥ របស់​វៀតណាម នៅ​ស្រុក​កៀនស្វាយ ខេត្ត​កណ្ដាល។



លោក​នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន
ដែល​សម្ពោធ​​បើក​រោង​ចក្រ​

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Sam Rainsy's return to Cambodia still hang in the balance ការ​ត្រឡប់​ចូល​កម្ពុជា​វិញ​របស់​លោក​សម រង្ស៊ី​ មិន​ជាក់លាក់

មេដឹកនាំ​គណបក្ស​ជំទាស់​ធំ​ជាង​គេ​លោក សម រង្ស៊ី 

 

គង់ សុឋានរិទ្ធ 25 ធ្នូ 2012 VOA

 



ភ្នំពេញ៖
នៅ​មាន​ភាពមិនប្រាកដ​ប្រជា​នៅ​ឡើយ​ថា​មេដឹកនាំ​គណបក្ស​ជំទាស់​ធំ​ជាង​គេ​លោក
សម រង្ស៊ី
អាច​មាន​ឱកាស​និវត្តន៍​មក​ចូលរួម​ការបោះឆ្នោត​នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​ក្រោយនេះ​បាន​ឬ​
យ៉ាងណា។
ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ​ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​រូបនេះ​និង​មន្ដ្រី​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​
គិតថា​នៅមាន​សង្ឃឹម​ខ្លះ​នៅឡើយ​ថា​អាច​នឹងមាន​ដំណោះស្រាយ​នា

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Chan Soveth avoids detention but still faces charges

Last Updated on 25 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post

By May Titthara and Abby Seiff









Adhoc senior
investigator Chan Soveth (C) is surrounded by supporters outside Phnom
Penh Municipal Court, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Photograph: Heng
Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post


Senior Adhoc investigator Chan Soveth avoided detention yesterday
following questioning at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, but

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The court frees Chan Soveth but still put him under investigation for inciting a "secession" តុលាការ​សម្រេច​ឲ្យ​លោក ចាន់ សុវ៉េត ស្ថិត​ក្រោម​ការ​តាម​ដាន

The court frees Chan Soveth but still put him under investigation for inciting a "secession".

ដោយ វណ្ណ វិចារ

2012-12-24 
RFA

បន្ទាប់​ពី​សាកសួរ​អស់​រយៈពេល​ជាង ២​ម៉ោង​មក នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៤ ធ្នូ
សាលាដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ
មិន​ទាន់​ទម្លាក់​ចោល​ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​លើ​រូប​លោក ចាន់ សុវ៉េត
មន្ត្រី​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស អង្គការ​អាដហុក (Adhoc) នោះ​ទេ។




RFA/Uon Chhin

សកម្មជន​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​សមាគម​អាដហុក

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Monarchic manipulation in Cambodia

Monarchic manipulation in Cambodia




By Geoff Gunn







The King is dead; long live the King? Despite its enduring appeal to large sections of society, the Cambodian Monarchy has undergone radical and substantive transformation from historical absolutism to "ceremonialism" within comparatively short span of modern Cambodian history. The Monarchy is 'alive and well' to those who have the most

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CCHR Media Comment - Recent acid attack demonstrates lack of progress on the implementation of Acid Law

CCHR MEDIA COMMENT – Phnom Penh, 25 December 2012



Recent acid attack
demonstrates lack of progress on the implementation of Acid Law



According to a 24 December 2012 article in the Phnom Penh Post
Newspaper (“Acid death may test law”) a woman died after being the victim of a
cruel acid attack in Sihanoukville. The victim, Kruy Aing Chheng, was a
20-year-old card dealer in a casino in

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Hun Sen: Japan-donated bridges help Cambodia's economic growth សម្តេចតេជោ៖ ជំនួយស្ពានជប៉ុន ជួយឲ្យកម្ពុជាមានកំណើនសេដ្ឋកិច្ច

(ថ្ងៃទី 25 ធ្នូ 2012,) | ដោយ: រតនា 
CEN

ភ្នំពេញ:
​សម្តេច ហ៊ុន សែន នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​កម្ពុជា
បានអនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​តំណាង នៃ​អង្គការ JICA ជប៉ុន
ដែល​ចប់​អាណត្តិ​បំពេញបេសកកម្ម​នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា ចូល​សម្តែង​ការគួរសម
និង​ជម្រាបលា​សម្តេច នៅ​វិមាន​សន្តិភាព កាលពី​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃទី​២៤ ខែធ្នូ
ឆ្នាំ​២០១២​។​

​បន្ទាប់ពី​ចប់​ជំនួប​ពិភាក្សា លោក អ៊ាង សុផ្លែត
ជំនួយការ​ផ្ទាល់​សម្តេចនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី

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Union leader attacked with brass knuckles and cleaver [Hun Sen's Cambodia is a nation of gangsters]

Last Updated on 25 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By Mom Kunthear and Stephanie Ip









Workers from the
Xing Chang Xing garment factory dance and clap during a protest in Phnom
Penh’s Russey Keo district, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Photograph: Vireak
Mai/Phnom Penh Post




A union representative led a 1,000-strong protest at a garment
factory in the capital’s Russey Keo district

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Christmas in the land of Buddha

PHNOM PENH, 25 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - Like China, Japan, Laos, Taiwan and
Vietnam, Cambodia does not recognize Christmas as a public holiday.But
that doesn't stop young Cambodians celebrating the holiday in Phnom
Penh, where Christmas trees with lights are increasingly seen on the
streets in December.Phouy Ngim, a teacher of English at a private school, said she celebrates

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Golden memories . . .

Kolap Koh Keo - In Yeng





Chomreang Tum Teav










ស្ពានឈើអភ័ព្វ - S. Sisamouth

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19-Year-Old Woman Killed In Acid Attack

By Phorn Bopha and Simon Marks - December 24, 2012 - Cambodia Daily



A 19-year-old woman died Saturday night after highly corrosive acid was poured over her head and into her mouth by an attacker in Sihanoukville province, police and the victim’s family said yesterday.



The attack on Kruy Aing Chheng on Friday night is the seventh reported acid crime so far this year, and the second death

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State secrets revealed in Vietnam

Tran Dang Thanh



“To tell the truth, the US is implementing a two-faced policy. One face uses Vietnam as an advanced force to block China. The other face employs every means to destroy the long-standing solidarity between the people of Vietnam and the people of China. ... The Americans really want to set up a naval base at Cam Ranh Bay, one of the three best harbors in the world. ... The

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Your love is lifting me higher: World's tallest teen girl towers over boyfriend as they take trip to Brazilian beach

By SAM WEBB24 December 2012

The world's tallest teenage girl walks hands in hands with her boyfriend, the picture of young love despite a staggering 1ft 4in height difference.



Elisany da Cruz Silva, 17, measures an unbelievable 6ft 8in tall and has to bend down to plant a kiss on her 5ft 4in lover Francinaldo da Silva Carvalho, 22.



The youngster, from Salinopolis in Brazil, has a form of

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Christmas Brings Strong Message of Hope that Oppression of Empires Whether Yesterday or Today Do not Last Forever

22 December 2012


Thon Thoeun ,12, sleeps in a concrete pipe that serves as his family’s home near the former Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh. Meng Kimlong






Caesar [propped up local ruler] in his pomp?






“A second level of local rulers assisted Caesar’s court to oppress their own. In Jesus’ time these were the Herods and the Chief Priests. They had traded their integrity for the crumbs of

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Car sales sharply rise in Cambodia in 2012 due to strong economic growth

Souce:Xinhua

By Jane B. Hatcher 

Updated 25/12/2012 



PHNOM PENH, Dec. 24, 2012 — Demand for brand new cars in Cambodia has
remarkably increased in 2012 thanks to robust economic growth, enhanced
social security and political stability, major automobile dealers said
Monday. “We sold about 800 units this year, up from 500 units last year,
“Kong Nuon, president of

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Two 16th century-old guns found in Memot district, Kampong Cham province រកឃើញកាំភ្លើង សម័យបុរាណ ពីរដើម នៅស្រុកមេមត់

Two 16th century-old guns found in archaeological site Memot district, Kampong Cham province.
 


(ថ្ងៃទី 24 ធ្នូ 2012) | ដោយ: កងមាស  CEN





ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ
​ស្រុក​មេមត់ ប្រទះ​កាំភ្លើង​បុរាណ​ចំនួន ពីរ ដើម
ផលិត​នៅ​ចន្លោះ​សតវត្សរ៍​ទី​១៥-១៦ មាន​ទម្ងន់​សរុប​ជាង​មួយ​ហាប
ក្នុង​ចម្ការ​ក្បែរ​វត្ត​ឈូក ឃុំ​កំពាន់​។​ Two guns believed to be made from 15-16th century have been found in a farm near a

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A Phnom Penh Post reporter appeared before Military Court regarding his report about Gen. Kun Kim's land grabbing អ្នក​កាសែត​ចូល​បំភ្លឺ​នៅ​តុលាការ​ជុំ​វិញ​ព័ត៌មាន​ចោទ​លោក គន់ គីម លក់​ដី​ទាហាន

A Phnom Penh Post reporter appeared before Military Court regarding his report about Gen. Kun Kim's land grabbing.

ដោយ ឡេង ម៉ាលី

2012-12-24 RFA


http://youtu.be/NDX2VCKlywQ

អ្នក​យកព័ត៌មាន​ឱ្យ​កាសែត​ភ្នំពេញ ប៉ុស្តិ៍ ម្នាក់
បាន​ចូល​ទៅ​ឆ្លើយ​បំភ្លឺ​តាម​ការ​កោះ​ហៅ​របស់​តុលាការ​យោធា​ហើយ
នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៤ ខែ​ធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ នេះ
ទាក់ទង​នឹង​អត្ថបទ​របស់​លោក​ដែល​សរសេរ​អំពី​ការ​ឈូស​ឆាយ​យក​ដី​របប​យោធា​

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Garments, handicrafts employ 700,000 people

PHNOM PENH, 24 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - The garments and handicrafts sector
currently employs about 700,000 workers, a government official said.The
official said Cambodia now had about 890 factories and 40,000 small
businesses producing handicrafts with annual output of about $6 billion.

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Human rights worker appears in court លោក ចាន់ សុវ៉េត ត្រៀម​ខ្លួន​ចូល​បំភ្លឺ​តុលាការ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​២៤ ធ្នូ

Human rights activist Chan Soveth



PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Human rights worker Chan Soveth
appeared in court Monday to answer questions about his alleged role in a
secession attempt in Kratie province earlier this year.

Hundreds of supporters from two property development sites and other communities gathered at the court.

Chan
Soveth, who works for the Cambodian Human Rights

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Cambodia's turf war [The war between the rich and the poor]

Last Updated on 24 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post

By May Titthara and David Boyle







Cambodia's turf war








Youth volunteers
depart Phnom Penh to take part in a government-run land measurement
program in July 2012. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post


After 28 years in the capital, eating like “a king” and enjoying the
perks one receives as the son of high-ranking CPP

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Funcinpec lures away Mam Sonando supporters [These defectors are seeking fortunes from the government]

Last Updated on 22 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post

By Meas Sokchea









Supporters of Mam
Sonando gather in front of Royal Palace to pray for his release, July
23, 2012. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post


While embattled independent radio station owner Mam Sonando bides his
time in prison, serving out 20 years on an insurrection conviction
widely believed to be politically

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19-Year-Old Woman Killed In Acid Attack

By Phorn Bopha and Simon Marks
The Cambodia Daily
December 24, 2012




A 19-year-old woman died Saturday night after highly corrosive acid
was poured over her head and into her mouth by an attacker in
Sihanoukville province, police and the victim’s family said yesterday.

The attack on Kruy Aing Chheng on Friday night is the seventh
reported acid crime so far this year, and the second

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Unions to Protest Court Ruling in Triple Shooting

By Khy Sovuthy
The Cambodia Daily
December 24, 2012




Union leaders are planning a demonstration in January to protest the
Svay Rieng Provincial Court’s decision last week to drop charges against
the former Bavet City governor, Chhouk Bundith, who was the chief
suspect in the shooting of three garment factory workers during a
violent strike earlier this year.

Chea Mony, president of the

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[Tasmania's] Cambodian Christmas connections

By Rose Grant 
http://www.abc.net.au

Monday, 24 December  2012 





At this time of year when people link up across the miles and
generations, the Charlesworth family based around Devonport is
celebrating Cambodian links.

This Christmas, Philip Charlesworth and his family are back for a
holiday, after forging farming partnerships in Cambodia over the past
seven years.

In 2005, Philip

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Good Morning Cambodia : Sihanouk Ville Province & Workers

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A reporter for Phnom Penh Post summoned to Military Court for report about Gen. Kun Kim's land grabbing and sold it to two Vietnamese companies តុលាការ​យោធា​កោះ​ហៅ​អ្នក​យក​ព័ត៌មាន​កាសែត​ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍

Kun Kim standing next to Hun Sen (Photo: Global Witness, Taking a Cut)

ដោយ ឡេង ម៉ាលី

2012-12-23 RFA


A reporter for Phnom Penh Post, Bouth Reaksmey Kongkea, has been summoned to appear before the Military Court after he filed a reporter saying that Gen. Kun Kim, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Cambodian Army, had grabbed military land to sell for his own profit. The report, published on

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Annual Prahok Season Threatened by Poor Catch

By Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
The Cambodia Daily
December 23, 2012




There was something in the air last week along National Road 5 in
Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district, and it smelled like fermented fish.



Fishermen
shovel trey riel, the fish used to make prahok, into buckets to be
loaded onto boats on the Tonle Sap River. (Siv Channa)


Cambodia’s annual prahok season began Wednesday along

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[INTERVIEW] SHAY MITCHELL TALKS ABOUT FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITH SOMALY MAM

Photo: (Somaly Mam Foundation)



Shay Mitchell helps empower LGBT youth with her character Emily on “Pretty Little Liars,” and she’s also dedicated to stopping human trafficking with the Somaly Mam Foundation. Somaly Mam, the founder of SMF, was sold into slavery as a young girl in Cambodia, and Shay helps her mission to stop slavery in Cambodia and elsewhere.



Shay, who’s visited Cambodia,

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Archaeologists found three human remains and antics at a 2500 years old archaeological site near Banteay Chhmar temple in Thmor Puok district, Banteay Meanchey province រកឃើញផ្នូរ និងសពបុព្វបុរសខ្មែរ៣ និងវត្ថុបូរាណ ពេលកំណាយផ្លូវការ នៅគោកទ្រាស

រកឃើញ​ផ្នូរ និង​សព​បុព្វបុរស​ខ្មែរ​៣ និង​វត្ថុ​បូរាណ ពេល​កំណាយ​ផ្លូវការ នៅ​គោក​ទ្រាស​




រកឃើញ​ផ្នូរ និង​សព​បុព្វបុរស​ខ្មែរ​៣ និង​វត្ថុ​បូរាណ ពេល​កំណាយ​ផ្លូវការ នៅ​គោក​ទ្រាស​




រកឃើញ​ផ្នូរ និង​សព​បុព្វបុរស​ខ្មែរ​៣ និង​វត្ថុ​បូរាណ ពេល​កំណាយ​ផ្លូវការ នៅ​គោក​ទ្រាស​(ថ្ងៃទី 23 ធ្នូ 2012, ម៉ោង 12:36:PM) | ដោយ: សូផុន CEN

បន្ទាយមានជ័យ:
ក្រុមការងារ​វប្បធម៌ និង​ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រ

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Horror as singer dons Indian dress at Khmer wedding [Cambodia is supposed to be a free country, people can do whatever they want and government should not interfere with people's freedom of expression and Khat Sokhim had exercised that right!]

PHNOM PENH, 22 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - Singer Khat Sokim has​​​ apologized
for wearing an Indian outfit to her wedding reception earlier this
month.

"I wore such clothes hoping they'd be a surprise," the Hong Meas Production singer said. "I'm sorry if I disappointed you all."

Sources
said Khat Sokim and bridegroom In Sophano nevertheless wore traditional
Khmer clothes in

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President of the Sam Rainsy Party Youth Movement, Suong Sophorn, dropped criminal lawsuit against PM Hun Sen ប្រធាន​ក្រុម​យុវជន​បក្ស សម រង្ស៊ី លុប​ចោល​បណ្ដឹង​ប្ដឹង​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី

President of the Sam Rainsy Party Youth Movement, Suong Sophorn, dropped criminal lawsuit against PM Hun Sen. 


ដោយ សុខ សេរី

2012-12-22 RFA

ផែនការ​របស់​ក្រុម​យុវជន​ប្ដឹង​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន
ក្រោម​បទ​អំពើ​ឃាតកម្ម​គិត​ទុក​ជា​មុន ក្នុង​ហេតុការណ៍​ស្លាប់​មនុស្ស
៣៥៣​នាក់ នៅ​លើ​ស្ពាន​កោះ​ពេជ្រ កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០១០ នោះ
ត្រូវ​បាន​លុប​ចោល​ហើយ។




RFA/Khe Sonorng

ប្រធាន​ក្រុម​យុវជន​នៃ​

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Government spokesman Phay Siphan accused the National Rescue Party of campaigning before the official campaign date ផៃ ស៊ីផានៈ គណបក្ស សង្គ្រោះជាតិ ធ្វើយុទ្ធនាការ រកសំឡេង ឆ្នោតមុន ច្បាប់កំណត់

Sunday, 23 December 2012 



ដោយៈ ដើមអម្ពិល(DAP) Posted:ID-067 
 






ភ្នំពេញៈ មន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់នៃ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា
បានថ្លែងនៅថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ ទី២៣ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ ២០១២ ថាគណបក្ស សង្គ្រោះជាតិ
បានចាប់ផ្តើមឃោសនា រកសំឡេងឆ្នោត មុនច្បាប់កំណត់ សម្រាប់ដំណើរការ
បោះឆ្នោតថ្នាក់ជាតិ នាខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣ ។

លោកផៃ ស៊ីផាន អ្នកនាំពាក្យ និងជារដ្ឋលេខាធិការទីស្តី គណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី
បានថ្លែងប្រាប់

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Tim Rotha denies lover bought her flashy new car [Could Tim Rotha afford to buy an Audi and a Lexus with her meagre incrome? I don't think so]

Tim Rotha with her Audi X6 car



PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Super model Tim Rotha has denied
rumors that her lover bought her an Audi X6 worth more than $100,000,
according to the latest issue of Angkor Thom magazine."My
parents deposited some money in my own account. Nobody bought that car
for me," she reportedly said, stating that she's already had the car for
two months."

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Supporting Cambodia’s Economic Development

William E. Todd, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia 



Thank you for the many interesting questions in
response to my “Ask the Ambassador” column.  Please continue to send me
your questions at AskAMBToddPP@state.gov.




Last week, I traveled
to Singapore to promote U.S. investment in Cambodia.  Two weeks prior, I
was in Bangkok doing the same thing.  I plan

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Plight of the Pangolins: New Rehabilitation Center to Help Cambodia’s Endangered Pangolins

Published by surfbirds 

December 23, 2012  

courtesy of Conservation International

 



A new facility, the Pangolin Rehabilitation Center (PRC)
opened today to provide specialist care to the kingdom’s endangered
pangolins. The facility was established to rehabilitate injured
pangolins rescued from hunters throughout Cambodia – an increasing and
serious threat

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Was Gen. Ke Kimyan sacked because he secretly leaked secret documents about Cambodian-Vietnamese borders? កែរ គឹមយ៉ាន បាត់បង់តួនាទី ព្រោះតែបញ្ចេញឯក សារសម្ងាត់រឿង យួនយកដីខ្មែរ ?

Was Gen. Ke Kimyan sacked because he secretly leaked secret documents about Cambodian-Vietnamese borders?





Gen. Ke Kimyan ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ខ្សត់អំណាច កែរ គឹមយ៉ាន

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Hun Sen's report and text of Hun Sen's speech on Cambodian-Vietnamese border delivered on 9 August 2012

Hun Sen's report and text of Hun Sen's speech on Cambodian-Vietnamese border delivered on 9 August 2012.
CFC, Communiqué, Observations sur Rapport HS 09Août2012 sur Frontières KH-VN, 10dec2012, Kh.pdf

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Golden memories . . .

Stairway at Phnom Sontuk, Kampong Thom province, Cambodia - google image


Sinn Sisamouth - Kompong Thom Chomrom Jet





Sinn Sisamouth - Bondam  Sneah  Snorng 

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Outrage as British paedophile, 71, who travelled to Cambodia to abuse boys is jailed for just one year

Reginald Blakely charged with molesting five boys aged between 7 and 14


Sentenced to two years in prison but one year was suspended
Child victim groups said the sentence is too lenient and will do nothing to deter other abusers of children in Cambodia



By RICHARD SHEARS

PUBLISHED: 15:42, 21 December 2012 - Daily Mail




A British child molester who slipped through the hands of UK police

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Treaty on Territorial Waters signed between Vietnam's FM Nguyen Co Thach and Cambodia's FM Hun Sen on 7 July 1986 កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងស្តីពីតំបន់ទឹកប្រវតិ្តសាស្រ្តកម្ពុជា និងយួន បានចុះហត្ថលេខាដោយ លោក ហ៊ុន សែន និង ង្វៀង កូថាច់ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី ០៧ ខែ កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨៦

Treaty on Territorial Waters signed between Vietnam's FM Nguyen Co Thach and Cambodia's FM Hun Sen on 7 July 1986.

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UK lawyers help Cambodia with LGBT rights

Advocates for International Development helps UK lawyers to help a Cambodian human rights group improve LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender] rights.



22 December 2012 
The Gay Star News
By Anna Leach








UK lawyers are helping a Cambodian human rights center draft proposals
for law reform to protect LGBT people in the southeast Asian nation.
Lawyers from

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Two boys brutally beaten by their own father កុមារ​ពីរ​នាក់​បង​ប្អូន​នៅ​ខេត្ត​សៀមរាប​រង​ការ​ធ្វើ​បាប​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​ពី​ឪពុក​បង្កើត

ដោយ ហង្ស សាវយុត

2012-12-21 RFA

សេចក្តី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​របស់​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​កាល​ពី​ខែ​វិច្ឆិកា
ឆ្នាំ​១៩៨៩ ស្ដីពី​សិទ្ធិ​កុមារ​បាន​ចែង​ថា
កុមារ​ត្រូវ​ទទួល​បាន​នូវ​កិច្ច​គាំពារ​ឱ្យ​ជៀស​ផុត​ពី​អំពើ​ឃោរឃៅ
និង​ការ​ជិះ​ជាន់​គ្រប់​បែប​យ៉ាង។




RFA/Hang Savyouth, 20 December 2012: Kruoch Kroeuth sustained bruises all over his body because his father had beaten him with a belt and had used his

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Sam Rainsy had a videoconference with 1000 Khmer Muslim voters លោកសម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធានគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានផ្តើមកៀរគរសន្លឹកឆ្នោត ពីខ្មែរអ៊ិស្លាម

(ថ្ងៃទី 22 ធ្នូ 2012,) | ដោយ: រតនា CEN



ភ្នំពេញ:
ខ្មែរអ៊ិស្លាមនៅ​កម្ពុជា
បាន​ក្លាយជា​ចំណុច​ចាប់អារម្មណ៍​របស់​ក្រុម​មេដឹកនាំ​គណបក្សប្រឆាំង
សម្រាប់​ការធ្វើ​យុទ្ធនា​ការឃោសនា​នៅក្នុង​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣​ខាងមុខ​
នោះ​។​



​លោក​សម រង្ស៊ី ដែល​កំពុង​និរទេស​ខ្លួន​នៅក្រៅ​ប្រទេស
ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ និង​លោក​កឹម សុខា អនុប្រធាន
ដែល​កំពុង​ស្ថិតនៅ​ក្រៅប្រទេស​ដែរនោះ បានធ្វើ​

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Cambodia: Investigate Government Cover-Up

An unidentified garment worker lying on a hospital bed with multiple gunshot wounds to her back. Police identified the mayor of Bavet town Chhouk Bandit as the prime suspect. [VOA]





“Prosecuting innocent people for serious crimes perpetrated by people under government protection is now standard operating procedure for ensuring impunity in Hun Sen’s Cambodia,”
Establish Independent

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Cambodian PM asks $57 mn loan from India [Hun Sen goes around borrowing irresponsibly from foreign countries] ឥណ្ឌា យល់ព្រម ឲ្យកម្ពុជា នូវទឹកប្រាក់កម្ចី ៥៧លានដុល្លារ សម្រាប់ គម្រោង អភិវឌ្ឍន៍ពីរ

 
Hun Sen (L) shakes hand with Indian PM Manmohan Singh.

By F wire Dec 22, 2012 


Phnom Penh, Dec 22 (IANS) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
asked for $57 million concessional loan from India for two development
projects and urged India to consider direct flights to Cambodia.

The prime minister’s suggestion was made during a meeting with

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Indonesia's Killing Fields

Published on Dec 20, 2012


Executioners from Indonesia's dark past speak out for the first time to reveal a chilling and bloody truth the country now has to face. 101 East speaks exclusively to some of those who participated in the systematic murder of millions.



Al Jazeera

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Those who run away from Mam Sonando's The Democrats Association and defected to the government appointed as government advisors អ្នក​រត់​ចោល​ម៉ម សូណង់ដូ​ត្រូវ​តែង​តាំង​ជា​ទីប្រឹក្សា​រដ្ឋាភិបាល

Friday, 21 December 2012 មាស សុខ​ជា

www.postkhmer.com



The first to defect is Chea Bamrong, the Democrats Association's vice-president with 9 members of the association Permanent Committee and 33 provincial leaders.

 

ភ្នំពេញៈ មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​សមាគម​អ្នក​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​របស់​លោក​
ម៉ម សូណង់ដូ ៣ នាក់ ត្រូវ​បាន​តែង​តាំង និង ៨ នាក់​ផ្សេង​ទៀត
នឹង​ត្រូវ​តែង​តាំង​ជា​ទីប្រឹក្សា​របស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល នៅ​

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Thai soldiers shot 20 rounds near border post no. 30 causing panic among Khmer residents nearby ទាហានឈុតខ្មៅថៃ បាញ់ជាង២០គ្រាប់ ក្បែរបង្គោលព្រំដែន លេខ៣០ បង្កការភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល ដល់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ ទាំងព្រលឹម

Friday, 21 December 2012


ដោយៈ ដើមអម្ពិល (DAP)-ID: 010









ខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យ៖ ទាហានឈុតខ្មៅថៃ បាញ់ជាង២០គ្រាប់
នៅក្បែរបង្គោលព្រំដែនលេខ៣០ បង្កការភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលដល់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ
ទាំងព្រលឹម កាលពីវេលាម៉ោង៦និង៤៥នាទី ព្រឹក ថ្ងៃទី២១ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ២០១២។

លោក ប្រាក់ សាំ មេបញ្ជាការវរៈសេនាតូចនគរបាល ការពារព្រំដែនគោកលេខ៨០៧ បាន
ឲ្យដឹងថា ពិតជាមានករណីនេះកើតឡើងមែន តែយោធាថៃបាញ់

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Opposition parties criticised FM Hor Namhong's meeting with Thai FM because it won't gives Cambodia any benefits បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​រិះគន់​គម្រោង​ចូល​រួម​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​របស់​លោក ហោ ណាំហុង ជាមួយ​ថៃ

Opposition parties criticised FM Hor Namhong's meeting with Thai FM because it won't gives Cambodia any benefits.

ដោយ ម៉ម មុនីរតន៍

2012-12-21 RFA


លោក ហោ ណាំហុង រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​ការ​បរទេស​កម្ពុជា
គ្រោង​នឹង​ទៅ​ចូល​រួម​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​គណៈកម្មការ​ចម្រុះ​មួយ
តាម​ការ​អញ្ជើញ​របស់​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​ការ​បរទេស​ថៃ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ ទី២៥
ខែ​ធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ ខាង​មុខ​នេះ។




RFA/Sok Serey

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The Cambodia National Rescue Party urges the government to reform the judicial system បក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កែ​ទម្រង់​ប្រព័ន្ធ​យុត្តិធម៌​បច្ចុប្បន្ន

ដោយ ម៉ម មុនីរតន៍

2012-12-21 RFA

គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ត្រូវ​ធ្វើ​កំណែ​ទម្រង់​ប្រព័ន្ធ​តុលាការ​ដែល​មាន​នៅ​ក្នុង​ពេល​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​នេះ​ចេញ។

ការ​ទាម​ទារ​របស់​គណបក្ស​នេះ
ធ្វើ​ឡើង​បន្ទាប់​ពី​មាន​ដីកា​ដំណោះស្រាយ​មួយ​របស់​សាលា​ដំបូង​ខេត្ត​
ស្វាយរៀង ឲ្យ​អតីត​អភិបាល​ក្រុង​បាវិត លោក ឈូក បណ្ឌិត
រួច​ផុត​ពី​ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ក្នុង​ពេល​ថ្មីៗ​នេះ
ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការ​បាញ់​កម្មករ​ពេល​ធ្វើ​

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Good, bad and ugly year for Cambodia in 2012

PHNOM PENH, 21 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - Cambodia posted solid economic growth
in 2012 and witnessed the first significant inflow of investment from
leading donor Japan. But not everything was rosy. The death of
King Father Norodom Sihanouk in October plunged the nation into mourning
with at least a million people lining the streets of Phnom Penh when
his body returned from

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[Cambodia's] Exports to US rise by 0.2 per cent

Last Updated on 21 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By May Kunmakara and Anne Renzenbrink









A worker loads boxes
of clothing into a shipping container at Quantum Clothing Group Ltd’s
garment factory in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Bloomberg



Cambodia's total exports to the United States increased by 0.2 per
cent over the first 10 months of the year, a year-on-year analysis from
the US

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Diplomats Show Support For Charged Rights Worker

Adhoc head of monitoring Chan Soveth speaks at a press conference in Phnom Penh in 2012. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post


By Ben Woods and Kuch Naren 

The Cambodia Daily

December 21, 2012



Diplomats from four European Union countries and a representative of
the E.U. delegation to Cambodia met with staff of local human

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Cambodia: Getting to the root of corruption

By Clothilde Le Coz 

Asian Correspondent

Dec 21, 2012 





Transparency International published its 2012 Index on
December 5. Cambodia is ranked 157th among 176 countries, above Burma
and Laos in the region.  Unsurprisingly, the government has rejected the

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Group Condemns Cambodia’s 2009 Deportation of 20 Uighurs

By Lauren Crothers
The Cambodia Daily
December 21, 2012




On the third anniversary of Cambodia’s forcible deportation of 20
Uighur asylum seekers to China—where four were imprisoned for life and
another 13 remain in prison—an advocacy group said Cambodia had broken
international law in its treatment of members of the Turkic ethnic group
from Northwestern China.

The World Uyghur Congress

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Phnom Penh reaches also the two-million passengers’ mark

By Luc Citrinot 
traveldailynews.asia
21 December 2012, 
 


Phnom Penh International Airport hits the two million passengers’ mark on December 20, a first for the Cambodian air gateway. 






PHNOM PENH-  On December 20, Phnom Penh International Airport
achieved a new milestone by breaking the 2 million passenger mark a
year for the first time of its history. The figure is obtained by

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Cambodian Crackdown on Phnom Penh Internet Cafes

Written by Our Correspondent 
Asia Sentinel
Thursday, 20 December 2012





                                          Obama's not smiling



Under the guise of protecting children, government shuts off an avenue for critics

Cambodia's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has issued a
circular banning internet cafes within 500 meters of schools or
educational buildings, a move that is

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Human rights advocates keeping close eye on Cambodian courts

Updated 21 December 2012, 
Radio Australia


In Cambodia, human rights groups are claiming trumped up charges and legal bullying against two women.








Human rights advocates keeping close eye on Cambodian courts (Credit: ABC) 






Yorm Bopha and Tim Sakmony face between six months and five
years in jail if found guilty of charges relating to land disputes in
Phnom Penh.
Meanwhile, the

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CCHR Press Release - CCHR Calls for Japan to Speak Out More on Human Rights and Democracy in Cambodia

CCHR PRESS
RELEASE – Phnom Penh, 21 December 2012



CCHR congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Abe on his election victory and calls
for Japan to speak out more on human rights and democracy in Cambodia



The Cambodian
Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party on their landslide victory in Japan’s
general election on 16

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Chinese-Made Military Helicopters to Arrive in April 2013

By Saing Soenthrith
The Cambodia Daily
December 20, 2012




The Royal Cambodian Air Force will start to take delivery of 12
Chinese-made military helicopters from April next year to be used for
“humanitarian” purposes and defending Cambodian airspace, an official
said yesterday.



A Z-9 helicopter takes part in a rescue exercise in Hong Kong. (Reuters)


Air Force Commander Lieutenant

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Inside China's bizarre Bamboo Rat farms កសិដ្ឋានកណ្តុរដ៏ប្លែករបស់ប្រទេសចិន​

Shi Beidan has 2,000 bamboo rats that she plans to sell at market 


She is fattening them up with bamboo to be eaten or turned into fur coats 


Cash-strapped farmers in Guizhou Province are breeding rats for income 


They can grow up to 50 centimetres in length and four kilograms in weight 


Rat meat costs four times more than chicken or pork and twice that of beef 


It is also believed to

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East Turkestan: WUC Condemns Cambodia’s Deportation Of Uyghur Refugees

Cambodia’s
deportation of Uyghur refugees to China on 19 December 2009 remains a
severe violation of international law and human rights. 



Below is an article published by World Uyghur Congress:

Source: http://www.unpo.org



Three years ago today [19 December
2012], 20 Uyghur refugees were deported to the People's Republic of
China (PRC) from Cambodia amidst widespread condemnation

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ហ៊ុន សែន ក្រោយថ្ងៃ៧ មករា ១៩៧៩

 

 ដោយ. ឆាំ ឆានី ២០ ធ្នូ ២០១២ 
ហ៊ុន សែន កើតនៅថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ១៩៥១ នៅឃុំពាមកោះស្នា ស្រុកស្ទឹងត្រង់
ខេត្តំពង់ចាម  ឳពុកឈ្មោះ ហ៊ុន នាង ម្តាយឈ្មោះ ឌី ប៉ុក  មានបងប្អូន៦នាក់ ។
ហ៊ុន សែន ជាកូនទី៣ ក្នុង​គ្រួសារ​កសិករ  ហ៊ុន សែន រៀនបានត្រឹមតែថ្នាក់ទី៤
នៅវិទ្យាល័យឥន្ទ្រទេវី ក្រុងភ្នំពេញ ។ ក្រោយថ្ងៃ៧ មករា ឆ្នាំ១៩៧៩
យួនបានលើកបន្តុបឲ្យធ្វើជារដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ក្រសួងការបរទេស ដល់ថ្ងៃទី២ កក្កដា
១៩៨១ ។ ដោយ

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Quote, unquote

“A country without a memory is a country of madmen.”


George Santayana




“If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.”


Lord Acton


The phenomenon of anarchic settlements by illegal Vietnamese citizens across large swathes of the country's most important natural reservoir and fishing hub that is the Tonle Sap [Fresh Water

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Koh Rong, Cambodia

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S. Korea elects first woman president

South Korea's presidential candidate Park Geun-Hye of the ruling New
Frontier Party meets with supporters in Seoul on December, 19. 2012.
South Korea has elected its first female president, handing a slim but
historic victory



A South Korean election official count ballots for the presidential
election at a high school gymnasium in Seoul on December 19, 2012. South
Korea has elected

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Hun Sen employed 600 student volunteers at the Land Ministry សម្តេចតេជោ ផ្តល់ការងារ ៦០០ កន្លែង ដល់ក្រុមនិស្សិតស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត

វគ្គ
​បណ្តុះបណ្តាល​ជំហាន​ទី​២ ដល់​យុវជន​ស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត​ចំនួន​ជាង​២០០
នាក់​ស្តីពី​ការវាស់វែង​ដីធ្លី ផ្តល់​កម្មសិទ្ធិ​ជូន​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ
តាម​បទបញ្ជា​លេខ ០១ បប ចុះ​ថ្ងៃទី​៧ ខែឧសភា ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ របស់​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល  Hun Sen employed 600 student volunteers at the Land Ministry.

(ថ្ងៃទី 20 ធ្នូ 2012,) | ដោយ: កងមាស

 



កំពង់ចាម:
សម្តេច​អគ្គមហាសេនាបតី​តេ​ជោ ហ៊ុន សែន
បានសម្រេច​

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World Bank promised to continue to help evicted Boeung Kak residents ធនាគារ​ពិភពលោក​សន្យា​បន្ត​ជួយ​អ្នក​បឹង​កក់

http://youtu.be/0F-NtkpSArc 
ដោយ ទេព សុរ៉ាវី RFA


2012-12-20

តំណាង​ធនាគារ​ពិភពលោក​ប្រចាំ​កម្ពុជា (World Bank)
សន្យា​ជាមួយ​អ្នក​ភូមិ​បឹងកក់
ថា​នឹង​បន្ត​យក​ចិត្ត​ទុក​ដាក់​ជួយ​អ្នក​ភូមិ​បឹងកក់
និង​មិន​បោះបង់​ពួក​គាត់​ចោល​នោះ​ទេ
ដរាប​ណា​ពួកគាត់​នៅ​មិន​ទាន់​បាន​ដំណោះស្រាយ​សមរម្យ​ពី​អាជ្ញាធរ។




RFA/Tep Soravy

តំណាង​ធនាគារ​ពិភពលោក (World Bank)
ចេញ​មក​ទទួល​យក​ញត្តិ​ពី​អ្នក​ភូមិ​បឹងកក់

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China thanks Cambodia for supporting a one-China policy ចិនអរគុណកម្ពុជា ក្នុងការគាំទ្រគោល នយោបាយចិន តែមួយ

                                   A Chinese delegation meeting Cambodia officials and businessmen.



Thursday, 20 December 2012


ដោយ ៖ ដើមអម្ពិល(DAP): ID-078








ភ្នំពេញ៖ អនុប្រធាន សភាប្រឹក្សានយោបាយ ប្រជាជនចិន
និងជាអនុប្រធាន សមាគមចិន សម្រាប់ការយោគ យល់អន្តរជាតិ លោកស្រី វ៉ាង ជីជិន
(Wang Zhizhen) បានអរគុណចំពោះ កម្ពុជា ចំពោះការគាំទ្រចិនលើបញ្ហាតៃវ៉ាន់
ស៊ីជាំង

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Cambodian, Thai foreign ministers to meet in Bangkok

PHNOM PENH, 20 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will
meet with his Thai counterpart in Bangkok next week, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said Thursday.A
statement said Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul had
invited Cambodia to join a two-day Mixed Committee meeting starting on
Tuesday.The meeting will discuss

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Opposition parties deny losing members to Funcinpec

PHNOM PENH, 20 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - The opposition Sam Rainsy Party and
Human Rights Party have denied losing thousands of members to Funcinpec.The
denials came after Funcinpec President Nhiek Bun Chhay said at least
5,000 opposition party members had joined the royalist party.The
defections took place in Kampong Cham, Bantey Meanchey, Siem Reap,
Battambang, Kampot, Kandal,

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Cambodian medics complete US landmine course

PHNOM PENH, 20 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - The American Embassy announced a
ceremony Friday for 30 Cambodian medics who completed a US Pacific
Command course on providing care to landmine victims.A statement
said the ceremony, to be held at the headquarters of the Cambodian Mine
Action Center, would be presided over by Deputy Chief of Mission Jeff
Daigle and CMAC Director General

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Land activists meet World Bank official

Land activists protest outside World Bank's office


PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Nine land activists held a two-hour
meeting with a World Bank official Thursday after about 50 protested
outside the bank's office, an activist said.Heng Mom, a resident
of Boeung Kok, a property development site, said the activists
complained about not receiving any compensation after being evicted

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Court tosses suit targeting premier [This is because the court is controlled by Hun Sen]

Phnom Penh Post 
By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea









Sam Rainsy Party
youth wing leader Soung Sophorn speaks to reporters outside the
municipal court earlier this month. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh
Post



The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has dropped the lawsuit filed by a Sam
Rainsy Party activist holding Prime Minister Hun Sen accountable for
his alleged role in the 2010 Koh Pich

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Hazy drug report clarified [It does not add up against other reports because it is a made up report]]

By Vong Sokheng
Phnom Penh Post 









Police seize drums of safrole oil, which is used to produce the drug ecstasy, during a raid in Phnom Penh in May. Photo Supplied



A new nine-month report compiled by the National Auth-ority for
Combating Drugs answers questions raised by a similar report released in
September that contained staggeringly low figures, according to a copy
obtained by

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[Chinese] Choppers Cambodia-bound

By Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Shane Worrell
Phnom Penh Post 









A pair of Harbin Z-9 helicopters fly near Hong Kong earlier this year. Wikimedia Commons


Cambodia's air force will be strengthened by the arrival of 12
military helicopters, including four attack choppers, from China next
year, government officials said yesterday.

Prak Sokha, a spokesman for the Royal Cambodian Air Force,

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Temples enter digital age with new iPad app

Phnom Penh Post 
By Soo Jin Kim









Screengrab from the new Angkor Wat iPad app. Photo Supplied



Lara Croft could have used one of these.

A new interactive guide to Angkor Wat for iPads has been made available by the cultural protection NGO Heritage Watch.

An Interactive Guide to Angkor,” sold at Apple’s iTunes store, was
writtened by archaeologist and Heritage Watch director Dr

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World Bank Sees Strong Growth [in Cambodia] In Next 5 Years

By Simon Lewis
The Cambodia Daily
December 20, 2012




Cambodia’s economy will grow by an average of 7 percent in each of
the next five years, the World Bank said yesterday in a report on the
country’s economic outlook.

In its periodic update on economies in the region, the World Bank
predicted gross domestic product would grow 6.6 percent this year, a
slight dip from the 7.1 percent

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Cambodian senior legislator meets Chinese counterpart to advance ties

Xinhua | 2012-12-20 1
By Agencies



The first
vice-president of Cambodia's Senate Say Chhum met with Wang Zhizhen,
vice chairwoman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference, the top political advisory body, on
Thursday, and both sides pledged to promote bilateral ties and
cooperation for mutual interests.



"Your visit not only reflects
friendship

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Cambodian court sentences British sex offender to 2 years in jail

Xinhua | 2012-12-20
By Agencies 


Cambodia's
Siem Reap Provincial Court on Thursday convicted a 71-year-old British
man of child sex abuse and sentenced him to 2 years in jail from which 1
year was suspended, according to the court's verdict.



The
convict is identified as Reginald Blakeley. He was charged with Indecent
Acts against 5 minors under the age of 15, according to the verdict.

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Opinion: Mekong River dam threatens livelihoods and ecosystems

“Dams on the Lower Mekong will likely reduce the productivity of the region's agriculture and aquaculture industries, particularly in Cambodia and Laos.”


Tracy A. Farrell



From Tracy A. Farrell, for CNN

December 19, 2012



Editor's note: Tracy A. Farrell is the Senior Technical Director of the Greater Mekong Program and Director of the Freshwater Initiative for Conservation

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Locally Created Video Game Tops Apple’s Downloads in Cambodia

RFA/Vohar Cheath, Mr. Ear Uy, president of Oschar Studio shows how "Ah Sva" (The Monkey) game works on iPad.

 
By Mech Dara and Joshua Wilwohl
The Cambodia Daily
December 19, 2012




A group of 12 Cambodians has developed a new video game for the
iPhone that just two weeks after its release has become Cambodia’s
most-downloaded game in Apple Inc.’s online store.

Since it was

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China is top dam builder, going where others won't

This
Oct. 6, 2012 photo shows a construction site of a dam being built by
China National Heavy Machinery Corporation on the Tatay River in Koh
Kong province, some 210 kilometers (130 miles) west of Phnom Penh,
Cambodia. Up a sweeping, jungle valley in a remote corner of Cambodia,
Chinese engineers and workers are raising a 100-meter- (330-foot) high
dam over the protests of villagers

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Cambodia reports strong October travel

December 19, 2012
By Rapeepat Mantanarat


BANGKOK,
19 December 2012: International arrivals to Cambodia bounced back in
October with a growth of 20% after a below average performance in the
third quarter.

Cambodia’s Statistics and Tourist Information
Department, Ministry of Tourism, reported arrivals increased 24.8% to
290,959 during October. The percentage increase for 10 months lifted

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Cambodia Khmer Rouge court hit by fresh resignations

Published on Dec 19, 2012

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
war crimes court suffered a new setback on Wednesday with the
resignation of three international lawyers who have complained of
political interference.

It is the latest in a string of departures from the UN-backed
tribunal, which has long been dogged by allegations of government
meddling and has completed just one case.

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Amnesty International calls for Cambodia to free the two women campaigning against forced evictions

Yorm Bopha (pictured) and Tim Sakmony face trial in Phnom Penh on 26 December

© Jenny Holligan























Two women human rights defenders facing lengthy prison
sentences in Cambodia on trumped-up charges must be freed immediately,
Amnesty International said today.

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Car Donations Could Take Your Clunker to the Crusher or Cambodia

December 19, 2012, 
By MARCIA BIEDERMAN

The New York Times

 

Thinking of converting your clunker into an end-of-year tax deduction? Then hear the tale of my family’s 1997 Mercury Sable, which we donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in August, when the engine gave out at 107,000 miles.

Four
months after our car was towed away, my husband received a letter from
the charity

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Cambodia: Free two women campaigning against forced evictions

Amnesty International - 19 December 2012


Yorm Bopha (pictured) and Tim Sakmony face trial in Phnom Penh on 26 December

© Jenny Holligan





“We consider both women to be prisoners of conscience, and they should be released immediately and unconditionally.”


Two women human rights defenders facing lengthy prison sentences in Cambodia on trumped-up charges must be freed immediately, Amnesty

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Cambodia-Thailand agreed to redeploy troops away from the Preah Vihear temple precinct កម្ពុជា-ថៃ ព្រម​ព្រៀង​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​កែ​សម្រួល​កងទ័ព​ចេញ​ពី​តំបន់​ប្រាសាទ​ព្រះវិហារ

ដោយ វណ្ណ វិចារ

2012-12-19 RFA

បន្ទាប់​ពី​ជំនួប​គ្នា​ពេញ​មួយ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៨ ធ្នូ រួច​មក
មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​ក្រសួង​ការពារ​ជាតិ​កម្ពុជា ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា
អង្គភាព​ជំនាញ​ដោះ​មីន​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា និង​ថៃ
គ្រោង​នឹង​សម្អាត​មីន​ក្នុង​តំបន់​ប្រាសាទ​ព្រះវិហារ
ដើម្បី​បើក​ផ្លូវ​ឈាន​ទៅ​កែ​សម្រួល​កងទ័ព ប៉ុន្តែ​អ្នក​វិភាគ​យល់ថា កម្ពុជា
នៅ​តែ​បណ្តោយ​ឲ្យ​ថៃ ដើរ​ខ្សែ​លើ​ដដែល។




RFA/Vann Vicha, Gen. Neang Phat.

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Australia to require biometrics for Cambodian visa applicants [This is a result of the untrustworthiness of Cambodian documents]

Tuesday, December 18, 2012
http://www.thirdfactor.com



Beginning Dec. 17, Australia will require visa applicants in Cambodia to provide biometrics along with their applications. 



Cambodians wishing to travel to Australia will need to submit their
visa application in person at the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh and
provide two forms of biometrics: a facial image and a 10-digit

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Cambodian Air force to get 12 Chinese helicopters in 2013

Z-9 helicopter


PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Cambodia will soon take delivery of
12 helicopters from China as part of a defense upgrade, sources said.The sources said Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Commander in Chief Pol Saroeun made the announcement at a meeting on Tuesday.Air Force Commander General Sing Samnang said the Z-9 helicopters would be delivered between April and August.Six

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Court dismisses suit blaming Hun Sen for stampede [Suong Sophorn will become Hun Sen's victim like Mu Soschua and Mam Sonando] តុលាការក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ សម្រេច​តម្កល់​សំណុំរឿង មិន​ចាត់ការ លើ​បណ្តឹង​ប្រឆាំង​សម្តេច ហ៊ុន សែន​

PHNOM PENH, 19 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - Phnom Penh Municipal Court has
dismissed a lawsuit blaming Prime Minister Hun Sen for the deaths of
hundreds of people in a stampede two years ago, the plaintiff said
Wednesday.Sam Rainsy Party Youth Movement leader Soung Sophorn
said he received the ruling after it was signed by Deputy Prosecutor
Meas Chan Piseth on Wednesday.He said he

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Metfone operator forecasts $280 mln profit in 2012 [A Vietnamese phone company to earn $280 million from Cambodian customers]

Metfone operator forecasts $280 mln profit in 2012


PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Viettel (Cambodia) Co Ltd expects
earnings to rise almost 10 percent to about $280 million in 2012, deputy
chief Tran Le Phong said. The Vietnamese operator of the
Metfone network expects to pay $60 million in taxes this year, up from
$52 million last year when earnings were $255 million.Established

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Cremation cost inflated: PM [Who is telling the truth: Hun Sen or Prince Thomico who received the information from an official involving in the construction of the crematorium?]

The Phnom Penh Post 
By Vong Sokheng









The partly built
crematorium for the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk from in front of
the National Museum yesterday. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post





The cost of building a crematorium to incinerate the remains of King
Father Norodom Sihanouk would cost about $1 million, not the $5 million
quoted in a local media report, Prime

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Job losses ‘discrimination’ [this is an easy way to kill unionism in Cambodia]

By Mom Kunthear and Shane Worrell
Phnom Penh Post 









A strike at Kwei
Yang garment factory in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district in January.
The protesters were demanding the reinstatement of seven union leaders
they claim were unfairly sacked. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post



More than 60 union leaders lost their jobs at garment factories in the past nine months for trying

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Cambodian workers [in Thailand] to get passports

Published: 19/12/2012
Bangkok Post
Writer: Phnom Penh Post













The Cambodian government will start issuing passports to its citizens seeking to legalise their working status in
Thailand from its embassy in Bangkok next week, so they can avoid
deportation.

Cambodian Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said Phnom Penh
would send officials to provide passports to its

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CCHR Press Release - CCHR Calls For Puma To Pull Out Of Bandith Country

CCHR PRESS
RELEASE – Phnom Penh, 19 December 2012




CCHR calls for Puma to pull out of Bandith country



The Cambodian
Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is appalled at the Svay Rieng Provincial
Court’s decision to drop all charges against former Bavet City governor Chhouk
Bandith, yesterday, 18 December 2012. 
Chhouk Bandith is the prime suspect in connection with the shooting of
three

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CCHR Media Comment- CCHR expresses its concerns regarding journalists safety and press freedom in Cambodia

CCHR MEDIA COMMENT – Phnom Penh, 19 December 2012



CCHR expresses its
concerns regarding journalists’ safety and press freedom in Cambodia



According to a Radio Free Asia (“RFA”) report dated 9 December 2012
(“One reporter arrested after reporting about forest crime”), a journalist has been
arrested according to an order from the prosecutor of Kratie Court. Another report from RFA dated
11

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Late King Sihanouk’s Cremation Site Will Cost $5 Million ហ៊ុន សែន ថា ទ្រង់ធម្មិកោ ប្រមាថ​ព្រះរាជសព​​ទាក់​ទង​តម្លៃ​ធ្វើ​ព្រះមេរុ​​ [Prince Thomico said the funeral pyre will cost $5 million, Hun Sen said it will only cost $1.2 million and accused Prince Thomico of insulting Sihanouk's body and Prince Thomico has personally apologised to Hun Sen. Wow!]

By Colin Meyn and Mech Dara 

The Cambodia Daily

December 17, 2012



Construction of the site for the cremation of the late King Father
Norodom Sihanouk will cost a whopping $5 million, a member of the Royal
Cabinet said yesterday.



The
site where the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk will be cremated in
February begins to take shape in front of the National Museum in Phnom

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A Cambodian software company created a game for iPhone and iPad ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ខ្មែរ​បង្កើត​ហ្គេម​នៅ​លើ​ប្រព័ន្ធ​ទូរស័ព្ទ​ទំនើប​ដោយ​ខ្លួន​ឯង

ដោយ វោហារ ជាតិ

2012-12-18  RFA


កន្លង​មក​នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​តែងតែ​លេង​ហ្គេម
ដែល​បង្កើត​ឡើង​ដោយ​ស្នាដៃ​ជនជាតិ​បរទេស។
ប៉ុន្តែ​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​មាន​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ខ្មែរ​មួយ​ឈ្មោះ​ថា «អស្ចារ្យ​ស្ទូឌីយោ»
បង្កើត​បាន​ហ្គេម​មួយ​ដែល​ជា​ស្នាដៃ​កូន​ខ្មែរ​ផ្ទាល់
មាន​លក្ខណៈ​ជា​ខ្មែរ​ខ្លះ មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ថា «អា​ស្វា»។




RFA/Vohar Cheath, Mr. Ear Uy, president of Oschar Studio shows how "Ah Sva"

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Union leader Chea Mony threatened to hold a mass demonstration after the Svay Rineg Court exonerated Chhouk Bandith on all charges of shooting and wounding three garment workers លោក ជា មុន្នី គំរាមធ្វើ មហាបាតុកម្ម ក្រោយពីតុលាការ ខេត្តស្វាយរៀង លើកលែងការចោទ លោក ឈូក បណ្ឌិត

Union leader Chea Mony threatened to hold a mass demonstration after the Svay Rineg Court exonerated Chhouk Bandith on all charges of shooting and wounding three garment workers.

លោក ឈូក បណ្ឌិត អតីតអភិបាលក្រុងបាវិត Chhouk Bandith, Governor od Bavet Town.
Tuesday, 18 December 2012


ដោយ៖ ដើមអម្ពិល(DAP)-ID:030









ភ្នំពេញ៖ មេដឹកនាំសហជីពកម្មករ

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Hun Sen intervened to release Oknha Tan Seng Hak, an accused drug dealer? សម្តេច ហ៊ុន សែន បញ្ជាឲ្យពិនិត្យមើល ករណី ឧកញ៉ា តាន់ សេងហាក់

Hun Sen intervened to release Oknha Tan  Seng Hak, an accused drug dealer?
                                    Oknha Tan Tan Hak at the police station after his arrest.

Tuesday, 18 December 2012


ដោយ ៖ ដើមអម្ពិល(DAP): ID-078









ភ្នំពេញៈ នៅសម័យប្រជុំ ពេញអង្គនាគណៈរដ្ឋមន្រ្តី
កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ ទី១៤ ខែធ្នូ កន្លងទៅនេះ សម្តេចតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន
នាយក

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Cambodia moves to shut internet cafes

By Albeiro Rodas 

December 18, 2012 

The Asian Correspondent 





In a country with few computers, authorities want to limit children’s access to internet cafes

Imagine for a moment you have to check in at the internet cafés as you do in a hotel:

- Welcome

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President Obama endorses Prof Subedi's report on Cambodia

UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Surya Subedi speaks to villagers in Pursat, Dec 10, 2012 [RFA]



HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE

KATHMANDU: United Nations Human Rights Envoy to
Cambodia Professor Surya P Subedi has received widespread international support,
including from US President Barack Obama in his dealings with the Cambodian
government.




During his Cambodia visit in November to attend

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[U.S] Lawmakers’ trip to hit Thailand, Cambodia, China

By Emily Heil


Lawmakers might have time to to visit the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
(Heng Sinith - AP)
Itching for a post-holiday getaway? 



A codel (shorthand, of course, for a congressional delegation trip)
is leaving Jan. 5 for a week-plus jaunt to to exotic Southeast Asia. No
word if there’s still room on the military and commercial

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$500M Leaves Cambodia Illegally Each Year [$5 billion taken out of Cambodia in 10 years because it is corrupt money]

By Simon Lewis 

The Cambodia Daily

December 18, 2012


Almost $500 million a year was taken out of Cambodia in “illicit
financial flows” between 2001 and 2010, a report released yesterday in
the U.S. claims.

People in the Cambodian finance sector, however, expressed doubts
about the accuracy of the figure, which appears in a report by the
Washington-based research organization Global

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Cambodian military alumni gather in Ho Chi Minh City

Cambodian military alumni gather in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: VNA


PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Cambodian military alumni have held a
meeting with officials and soldiers from Vietnam's Military Zone 7 in
Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnam News Agency reported.The report
said Vietnam's Deputy Defence Minister, Lieutenant-General Nguyen Chi
Vinh, told Monday's meeting that Vietnam had

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Czechs cancel Cambodian debt of more than $3 mln

PHNOM PENH, 18 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - The Czech Republic has agreed to
cancel Cambodia's debt of more than $3 million, a senior official said
Tuesday.Ouch Borith, secretary of state at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said the agreement came
during a meeting with Vitezslav Gepl, the Czech ambassador to Cambodia
who is based in Bangkok.Gepl was

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Cambodia names new ambassador to Philippines

Published: 18-Dec-12









PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has appointed a former
undersecretary of state as Cambodia's new ambassador to the Philippines.
Spokesman Kuy Kuong said Tuesday that Tuot Panha

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Britain pledges another £600,000 to Khmer Rouge tribunal

PHNOM PENH, 18 December 2012 (The Cambodia Herald) - The Khmer Rouge tribunal said Tuesday
that Britain had pledged a further £600,000 to the UN-backed court.A
statement said Foreign Secretary William Hague made the announcement on
December 13, saying it would "help secure accountability for some of
the most horrific crimes against humanity in ... recent history."The
Extraordinary Chambers

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Mikasa’s Koh Kong factory sees it join Japanese influx

Last Updated on 18 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By May Kunmakara









Building sight:
Workers carry bricks at a construction project in the Koh Kong Special
Economic Zone earlier this year. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh
Post





MIKASA Corporation, a famous Japanese sports goods manufacturing
company, is to invest more than $5 million in building a ball production
factory in

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PM calls for more dialogue at border

Phnom Penh Post 
By Mom Kunthear









A Cambodian soldier
walks by the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple near the Thai-Cambodian
border earlier this year. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post



IN A year marked by a string of fatal shootings of Cambodian loggers
who illegally crossed into Thai territory, Prime Minister Hun Sen
yesterday appealed to officials on both sides of the

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Government offshore oil block deadline passes

Last Updated on 18 December 2012 
Phnom Penh Post
By Erika Mudie 









LAST week marked the arri-val and passing of 12/12/12, the Cambodian
government’s original date for the comm-encement of oil extraction from
the Block A oilfields in the Gulf of Thailand, with no activity on the
site.

Chevron currently holds a 30 per cent interest in the block,
according to a fact sheet on its

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Protesters Deliver ‘Gangnam Style’ Message

Video courtesy of Phnom Penh Post 


By Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter 

The Cambodia Daily

December 18, 2012



It was a scene South Korean pop star Psy would have been proud of. As
his ubiquitous hit song poured out of a tuk-tuk packed with
loudspeakers, dozens of Cambodians performed his now iconic horse dance
outside the National Assembly yesterday to draw the government’s
attention to

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ADB unveils $525 mln aid plan for Cambodia

Tuesday, 18 December 2012 


PHNOM PENH: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday
announced a $525 million aid plan for Cambodia over the next three years
to promote the country's economic growth.

The ADB said the money would be used to fund projects to promote rice
production and exports, improve transport links and irrigation systems,
and develop towns along economic "corridors"

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Cambodian PM to visit India for ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit

Souce:Xinhua By Thomas Whittle 



PHNOM PENH, Dec. 17, 2012 — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a
high delegation to attend the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-India dialogue
partnership and the 10th anniversary of ASEAN- India Summit level
partnership to be held on Dec. 20-21 in New Delhi, according to a press
release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.

The participation

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CCHR Press Release: NGO worker faces intimidation while documenting a land issue in Koh Kong Province

CCHR PRESS RELEASE -  Phnom Penh,
18 December 2012



NGO worker faces
intimidation while documenting a land issue in Koh Kong province

On the morning of
14 December 2012, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) Land Reform
Project (“LRP”) team arrived at Prek Chik village, Chikhor Krom commune, Sre
Ambel district, Koh Kong province, in order to collect data in respect of a
reported

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Moving to Cambodia

Posted on November 28, 2012 

By Marissa Carruthers

Courtesy of http://www.khmer440.com









Cambodia, The Kingdom of Wonder, stirred up a lot of wonder from
friends when Marissa Carruthers announced she was moving there three
weeks ago. Now she explains to K440 how she ended up living in this land
of opportunity.

You’d be forgiven for thinking I was moving to a remote tribal

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