2013 ~ khmerization13

Saturday, 12 January 2013

People accused a village chief in Takeo province of forbidding them from listening to the radio [This is reminiscent of the Khmer Rouge period] មេភូមិនៅខេត្តតាកែវរងការចោទថារំលោភសិទ្ធិសេរីភាពពលរដ្ឋទទួលបានព័ត៌មាន

Posted on 14:33 by gaurav kumar

ដោយ អ៊ុក សាវបូរី

2013-01-12 RFA

អាជ្ញាធរភូមិមួយនៅស្រុកព្រៃកប្បាស ខេត្តតាកែវ
រងនូវការចោទពីប្រជាពលរដ្ឋថាបានរំលោភលើសេរីភាពនៃការទទួលបាន
ព័ត៌មាន តាមរយៈការបើកស្តាប់វិទ្យុនៅក្នុងផ្ទះ។ ប៉ុន្តែការចោទនេះ
ត្រូវអាជ្ញាធរភូមិបដិសេធថាជាការមិនពិត។

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅភូមិអង្គសង្កែ ឃុំពោរំចាក ស្រុកព្រៃកប្បាស
ខេត្តតាកែវ មួយរូប បានចោទថា
មេភូមិនោះឲ្យពលរដ្ឋផ្ដិត

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Authority in Pursat province order the removal of the opposition CNRP party logo saying it caused traffic congestion [Did it?] ស្លាកសញ្ញាបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិត្រូវមន្ត្រីសាធារណការខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់ស្នើឲ្យរុះរើ

Posted on 14:28 by gaurav kumar

ដោយ មណ្ឌល កែវ RFA

2013-01-11

ស្លាកសញ្ញាគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ
មួយផ្ទាំងដែលបានលើករួចហើយនៅជាប់ផ្លូវជាតិលេខ៥
ចំណុចគល់ស្ពានថ្មខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់
ត្រូវបានមន្ទីរសាធារណការខេត្តចេញលិខិតឲ្យរុះរើចេញពីទីតាំងនេះ
ដោយសំអាងហេតុថាស្លាកសញ្ញាគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ
មួយនេះធ្វើឲ្យបាំងស្លាកសញ្ញាចរាចរណ៍។

RFA/Mondul Keo, ១០-មករា-២០១៣៖
ស្លាកសញ្ញាគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ

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Polonsky wants to seek Cambodian citizenship [Mr. Polonsky, it won't help your case. You will only be released after you had kneeled before Hun Sen and beg for his pardon]

Posted on 14:20 by gaurav kumar

Jan 12, 2013 Moscow Time

Photo: RIA Novosti

Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky
intends to seek Cambodian citizenship after being released from the
Cambodian prison, Polonsky's former business partner on foreign projects
Sergei Vladi told Interfax on Saturday.

"Sergei Polonsky has sent a letter
to the king of Cambodia in

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Cambodia failing to stop acid attacks

Posted on 13:53 by gaurav kumar

Wikipedia

Saturday January 12, 2013

Daniel Otis - Special to the Star

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—On Dec. 26, Yi Aun and her 19-year-old son were roused in the night. Outside, a group of men said they wanted to buy groceries from Aun’s shuttered shop.

Aun, 40, opened the door and was doused with acid, receiving third-degree burns to 60 per cent of her body. Her son was only grazed. In an

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How long can the party last?

Posted on 13:19 by gaurav kumar

The Communists have relaxed everything except their grip on politics. Might that be next?

Apr 24th 2008 | The Economist – Special Report

Dreamt up by a Marxist-Leninist chartered accountant

“Vietnam's leaders have embraced the parlance of the market economy and the trendy development-speak of the UN agencies, but when they talk politics they revert to cold-war communist language

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Vietnam admits deploying bloggers to back ruling party [well, this much is true!]

Posted on 12:35 by gaurav kumar

Life is still very much a struggle for survival for most Vietnamese despite the much hyped dream of “Uncle Ho” for a prosperous Vietnam and the relentless disinformation and rhetoric of Vietnam’s Communist Party apparatus – School of Vice

“The bloggers also take part in online discussions, where they fiercely attack anybody who they see as critical of the regime.”

January 12, 2013

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Film reveals cost of Cambodian progress

Posted on 03:21 by gaurav kumar

The Cause of Progress Official Trailer 2012

Chris Kelly filming people demonstrating at their eviction.

Published on Saturday 12 January 2013
http://www.derryjournal.com

A Derry-born film-maker who
has spent more than three years documenting

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In Cambodia, Education is Essential to Success

Posted on 03:07 by gaurav kumar

Children at the SOS Hermann Gmeiner School in Phnom Penh. Photo courtesy of Mr. Axel Halbhuber.

1/11/2013: Sixteen-year-old Chin Heng lives with his grandmother in the suburbs of the Phnom Penh, .
Born in Thailand, where his parents worked as illegal immigrants at a
local sea-shrimp farm, Chin was sent to his grandmother in

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Friday, 11 January 2013

Soldiers protest against 'woman on period' criticism of Prayuth ទាហានថៃធ្វើបាតុកម្មនៅមុខស្នាក់ការសារព័ត៌មានក្រុមអាវលឿង

Posted on 23:26 by gaurav kumar

Writer: Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post

About 50soldiersfrom the FirstArmyRegion gather in front of the ASTV
Manager office on Phra Athit Road yesterday in protest against critical
remarks published by the newspaper about army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha.
PHOTO COURTESYOFASTV MANAGER

Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha, third right, visits Thai troops
stationed in the Khao Phra Viharn National Park

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A Strange Interlude in the Vietnam War

Posted on 22:46 by gaurav kumar

Lê Đức Thọ and Henry Kissinger were jointly awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts in negotiating the Paris Peace Accords.When Henry Kissinger was announced to be awarded the Peace Prize two of the Norwegian Nobel Committee members resigned in protest. However, Thọ declined to accept the award and the prize money, stating:

"There was never a peace deal with the U.S. We won

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'Cambodia Is A Place I Love,' Local Traveler Discovers

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January 12, 2013
http://www.greenevillesun.com

Marshall Harbison, center, makes friends with two Buddhist monks at the famed Ankgor Temples, in Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

Originally published: 2013-01-12

http://www.greenevillesun.com

BY MARSHALL HARBISON

CAMBODIA -- As much as I
hated to leave the home away from home that was Koh Chang, Thailand, I finally made

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Los Alamitos physician preparing for humanitarian visit to Cambodia

Posted on 21:48 by gaurav kumar

Written by: courtesy
http://www.oc-breeze.com

The following information was released by Rossmoor Predator Management Team (RPMT).

Dr. Chan (pictured), a Los Alamitos physician, and approximately 30 medical
(doctors, dentists, nurses -volunteers) will be compiling medical
supplies for their trip to Cambodia in February to administer free
medical care to the needy. This takes

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Brangelinas need not apply: A Cambodian orphanage is leading the march against 'voluntourism'

Posted on 17:51 by gaurav kumar

Benedicta being greeted by a child.

In Cambodia, 'orphanage tourism' has become the norm. Michael Bywater reports on his personal connection to a new approach which favours reuniting children with their families over foreign adoptions.

Michael Bywater

The Independent, UK
Saturday 12 January 2013

Before Christmas, a few weeks after being returned to the White

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World Organization Against Torture and International Federation for Human Rights call for the release of Yorm Bopha, Sok Sam Oeun, Born Samnang and Mam Sonando អង្គការអន្តរជាតិពីរ ស្នើឲ្យកម្ពុជាដោះលែងជនជាប់ចោទ ៤នាក់

Posted on 17:11 by gaurav kumar

World Organization Against Torture and International Federation for Human Rights call for the release of Yorm Bopha, Sok Sam Oeun, Born Samnang and Mam Sonando.

ដោយ ទេព សុរ៉ាវី

2013-01-10 RFA

អង្គការអន្តរជាតិចំនួន២
បានផ្ញើលិខិតទៅនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីកម្ពុជា
ស្នើសុំឲ្យដោះលែងជនជាប់ចោទចំនួន ៤នាក់
ដែលកំពុងជាប់ឃុំនៅក្នុងពន្ធនាគារ។ សេចក្តីស្នើនោះបានបង្ហាញថា
ការផ្ដន្ទាទោស

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[Canadian] School hosts hoops camp for Cambodia

Posted on 17:02 by gaurav kumar

By Staff Writer - Vernon Morning Star

Published: January 11, 2013

If basketball in itself was not already reason to celebrate, how about when paired with supporting a great cause?

On Jan. 18 and 19 there will be a basketball camp at
the Vernon Christian School gym for students in Grades 4-7. The camp
will consist of skill learning, drills, games, a

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New Cambodia Angkor Air aircraft could eventually be deployed to India

Posted on 16:54 by gaurav kumar

By Luc Citrinot
http://www.traveldailynews.asia
11 January 2013, 07:25

Local carrier Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) is considering launching
direct flights to main cities in India following the delivery of a new
Airbus A321.

PHNOM PENH- About two weeks after Prime Minister Hun Sen made an appeal for direct flights to the Indian prime minister, Cambodia Angkor Air, Cambodia’s national

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UN human rights office concerned over convictions of 14 activists in Vietnam

Posted on 16:19 by gaurav kumar

11 January 2013 – The United Nations human rights office has expressed serious concern over the convictions and sentencing of 14 political activists in Vietnam for subversive activities.

In a news briefing in Geneva, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville, said that the 14 activists were convicted on 9 January in Vietnam's Supreme

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Golden memories . . .

Posted on 13:30 by gaurav kumar

CHMREING REASTREI-HUOY MEAS

បងពិតជាស្មោះ - Samouth

SDAP PLAIN CHREING BOMPEY

ស្រីតូចសស្ដើង - Saveoun & Sothea

Kandal Doung Jet

San sdai tphal sdam [right cheek]

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GLOBAL: Lessons in urbanizing from BRICs?

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Urban victims of forced eviction in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, aiming their brickbats at eviction enforcement authorities - School of Vice [Image google]

"The overarching lesson is that the failure to plan for predictable urbanization causes serious problems."

Photo: Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN

Alexandra, one of the oldest black townships created by the aparthid regime in South Africa

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Sam Rainsy and Mam Sonando not among the 500 prisoners to be pardoned during the funeral of King Father Sihanouk [but two suspected Thai spies will be released or have their sentence reduced] លោក សមរង្ស៊ី និងលោក សូណង់ដូ ពុំមានក្នុងបញ្ជីបន្ធូរបន្ថយនិងលើកលែងទោស

Posted on 02:51 by gaurav kumar

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and director of Beehive Radio Mam Sonando not among the 500 prisoners to be pardoned during the funeral of King Father Sihanouk.

ដោយ សុខ សេរី

2013-01-11 RFA

រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌ លោក អង្គ វង្សវឌ្ឍនា
និងជាប្រធានគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិបន្ធូរបន្ថយទោស និងលើកលែងទោស
បានបញ្ជាក់នៅថ្ងៃទី១១ ខែមករា ថា លោកបានស្នើសុំឲ្យក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ
ដោះលែងទណ្ឌិតចំនួន

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Cambodia to free, reduce jail terms for 500 prisoners on King Father’s cremation day

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Souce:Xinhua

Publish By Thomas Whittle

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 11 — Cambodia will release and grant
prison-term reductions to about 500 prisoners to mark the cremation of
its late King Father Norodom Sihanouk on Feb. 4, Justice Minister Ang
Vong Vathana said Friday.

“In total, some 500 prisoners will be either granted royal pardons or
have their jail terms reduced,” he told reporters. ”

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Thai FM: [Suspected Thai spy] Ratree to be pardoned Feb 1

Posted on 02:35 by gaurav kumar

Published: 11/01/2013
Bangkok Post

BANGKOK - The Cambodian government has informed
the Thai foreign minister that a royal pardon for Ratree
Pipattanapaiboon, one of two Thais jailed in Cambodia for espionage and
illegal entry, will take effect on Feb 1, 2013.

Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, left, shakes hands with
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom

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Cambodia puts off Polonsky’s release on bail

Posted on 02:32 by gaurav kumar

Jan 11, 2013 Moscow Time

Photo: EPA

A Cambodian court is not going to
consider a release on bail of Russian tycoon Sergei Polonsky and two
other Russian nationals yet, their defense attorney told reporters in a
phone interview from the Cambodian city of Sihanoukville on Friday.

“The magistrate is still probing
the case.

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[Thai Army chief] Prayuth shrugs off PAD temple gripes

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Lawyer says govt can reject ICJ border ruling

Published: 11/01/2013
Bangkok Post

Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha yesterday shrugged
off the People's Alliance for Democracy's (PAD) latest move objecting
to the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) pending ruling on the
Thai-Cambodian border dispute.

Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha, third right, visits Thai troops

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Thursday, 10 January 2013

News Analysis: Ruling Puea Thai party faces dilemma over Preah Vihear dispute

Posted on 23:43 by gaurav kumar

By Surasak Tumcharoen

BANGKOK, Jan. 7, 2013 (Xinhua) -- The unresolved territorial dispute with
neighboring Cambodia, currently troubling the Puea Thai (For Thais)-led
government, has picked up momentum in the Thai mainstream media after it
found its way to the World Court where Cambodia has filed a petition
seeking a final ruling on the contested territory.

The disputed area covers

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Motodops protest at CCHR [This guy, E Sophors, is a CPP mercenary]]

Posted on 23:38 by gaurav kumar

11 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By May Titthara and Shane Worrell

E Sophors, president
of Cambodia for Confederation Development Association, speaks to
reporters yesterday in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Photo Supplied/Phnom Penh
Post

About 100 motodops converged on the office of the Cambodian Center
for Human Rights yesterday, demanding president Ou Virak retract
comments accusing

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Mam Sonando to shave head as King Father cremated

Posted on 23:33 by gaurav kumar

Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Jailed Beehive Radio owner Mam
Sonando plans to shave his head as the late King Father is cremated next
month, according to a supporter."Mam Sonando will shave his
head in Prey Sar prison on February 4," Democrats Association Deputy
Secretary General Houn Phanary said Thursday."Mam Sonando regrets so much that he cannot

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Factory workers want holidays for royal funeral

Posted on 23:31 by gaurav kumar

PHNOM PENH, 11 January 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - The Cambodian Alliance of Trade
Unions called Friday for factory workers to be allowed to take two days
off for the royal funeral next month.In a letter to Labor
Minister Vong Soth, alliance president Yang Sophorn said the workers
wanted holidays on February 1 and 4, the same as civil servants.

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Group announces postcard campaign for Mam Sonando

Posted on 23:29 by gaurav kumar

PHNOM PENH, 10 January 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - The Cambodian Center for Human Rights
announced Thursday a campaign to support jailed radio station owner Mam
Sonando.Ou Virak, the center's president, said the campaign
involved a postcard competition to mark Mam Sonando's detention for six
months."People can write messages of encouragement on postcards
to Mr Mam Sonando and then send

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Opposition MPs request PM Hun Sen to sack Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh for failing to find markets for rice producers មន្ត្រីបក្សប្រឆាំងស្នើឲ្យនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីដកលោក ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ ចេញពីតំណែង

Posted on 21:41 by gaurav kumar

Opposition MPs request PM Hun Sen to sack Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh for failing to find markets for rice producers.

Opposition calls for removal of commerce minister

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Four lawmakers from the opposition
Sam Rainsy Party called Thursday for the removal of Commerce Minister
Cham Prasidh for failing to find markets for domestic agriculture
products.

"

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North Korea drops $10m on museum near Cambodia's Angkor Wat កូរ៉េខាងជើង ចំណាយទឹកប្រាក់ ១០លានដុល្លារ សង់សារមន្ទីរ នៅសៀមរាប

Posted on 21:27 by gaurav kumar

The new museum in Cambodia will reportedly begin its operations in April of this year.

By Talia Ralph
January 10, 2013
http://www.globalpost.com

North Korea has built a $10 million museum near Cambodia's ancient
Angkor Wat temple, which is scheduled to begin operations in April
2013.

The museum is being built by the North Korean artists' group Mansudae Art Studio, with investments from

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Two more Cambodia govt sites hacked and defaced

Posted on 21:24 by gaurav kumar

Summary: The
Kingdom's National Military Police and Supreme Court Web sites were
breached and defaced by hacker and hacker group, the latest in series of
cyberattacks against the authorities.

By Ellyne Phneah | January 10, 2013

http://www.zdnet.com

The Web sites of Cambodia's National Military Police and the
Supreme Court had been breached by

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French PM, Chinese senior official to attend Cambodian King Father's cremation

Posted on 21:20 by gaurav kumar

A convoy transporting the coffin of late former king Norodom Sihanouk passes by the monument of independence in Phnom Penh Photo: AFP

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 10, 2013 (Xinhua) -- French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Jia Qinglin, President of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, will visit

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Broker boss handed award by Cambodian PM

Posted on 21:14 by gaurav kumar

By Tarquin Taylor | 11/01/2013
http://www.insurancebusinessonline.com.au

The chairman of one of Australia’s leading insurance brokerages
has been recognised internationally and been given a Special Medal for
Services to the Cambodian Community by the country’s prime minister.

MGA Insurance Brokers’ chairman, John George, won the award for his
efforts with the Australian Cambodia

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Lawyer persuading Cambodian sailors to accept Polonsky's apologies

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Cambodian Authorities Launch Investigation In Polonsky Affair

January 10, 2013
Interfax

Russia Beyond the Headlines

The defense of Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, who was arrested in Cambodia, will appeal for modifying the criminal charge and
releasing the Russian suspects, Polonsky's former partner for foreign
projects Sergei Vladi told Interfax by

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Cambodian village prays against company

Posted on 21:06 by gaurav kumar

LORPEANG, Cambodia, Jan. 10, 2013 (UPI) -- More than 100 residents of a Cambodian village gathered to pray for misfortune to befall a company embroiled in a land dispute.

The Lorpeang village residents gathered Wednesday to pray misfortune
on KDC International, which is owned by Chea Kheng, wife of the minister
of industry, mines and energy, The Phnom Penh Post reported Thursday.

The

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For your endorsement: Open letter to Lao govt on Sombath's disappearance

Posted on 21:03 by gaurav kumar

Dear friends,

The disappearance of Lao educator and development worker Sombath Somphone is running into its 4th week now.

The
continued inaction and denial of the Lao government is clearly
unacceptable. We have drafted an open letter to the Lao Prime Minister
to step up efforts and also to let them know the spotlight and attention
continues to be focused on them. In this regard, we

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Legal Officer @ Equitable Cambodia (EC)

Posted on 20:58 by gaurav kumar

File No: 0001/VA/HRD

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Legal Officer
Equitable
Cambodia (EC) is an international solidarity organization working to
support people’s action for social justice, inclusive development and
human rights in Cambodia. The Development Watch program aims to promote
a human rights approach to development by conducting monitoring,
research, analysis and advocacy on the

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Open Letter Regarding Comments Made in Relation to the Rape of a Disabled Woman in Kandal Province

Posted on 20:57 by gaurav kumar

His
Excellency Sar Kheng

Deputy Minister, Minister of Interior

Ministry of Interior,

Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia

10 January 2013

Your Excellency Sar Kheng,

I write to you regarding comments made by District
police chief Pam Sam Eth regarding the gang rape of a 19-year-old disabled
woman in Kien Svay district, Kandal Province. According to a 3 January 2013

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VIETNAM INVASION OF KAMPUCHEA [excerpts]

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“It all appears very confused when communists start fighting communists, but I think it’s fairly simple here really: the border fighting merely provided an excuse for something that was bound to occur sooner or later; if there had not been border fighting it might have had to be achieved through a coup d’état in Phnom Penh, or an infiltration of Pol Pot’s Communist Party, but

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This week in history: Khmer Rouge overthrown in Cambodia

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Khmer Rouge soldiers await orders from their commanding officer during the Democratic Kampuchea period.
(Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia)

“It's estimated that somewhere between 1.5 million and 2 million Cambodians were killed during this period. If the higher number is correct, that represented more than 20 percent of the population of Cambodia in 1975.”

By Cody Carlson

For

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Destination: Siem Reap

Posted on 09:51 by gaurav kumar

Lina Goldberg

foodandwine@scmp.com

I'm careering around the dusty roads of Siem Reap in the back of a tuk-tuk. At the wheel is Joannes Riviere, the chef from Cuisine Wat Damnak. As we slow down to make a turn, I notice a group of Cambodians standing around a street-side food stall, watching us and giggling.

It's not clear whether they're laughing because they've never seen a

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Cambodian PM asks Justice Minister to release Thai activist [Hun Sen order the release of a suspected Thai spy, but order the jailing of an innocent Mam Sonando]

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File photo : Veera Somkwamkid (left)

Souce:Xinhua Publish By Thomas Whittle

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 10 — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday
asked Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana to consider granting amnesty to a
Thai “yellow-shirt” activist and reducing jail term for the other,
according to a statement of the Ministry of

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Angkor Car Reintroduced Without Defects

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By Phok Dorn
The Cambodia Daily
January 9, 2013
More pictures here.

After delaying mass production of the Angkor Car because of technical
difficulties with starting the engine and opening the doors, Heng
Development Co. Ltd. on Monday unveiled a new model and said it had
severed ties with the Hong Kong-based firm responsible for the original
car’s defects.

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Forestry Officials Investigate Vietnamese Firm [because the firm is logging illegally and clearing land outside of its concession]

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By Aun Pheap and Ben Woods
The Cambodia Daily
January 8, 2013

Amid mounting calls for government intervention to stop the
destruction of indigenous land by a Vietnamese rubber company in
Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, the Forestry Administration has
begun investigating claims that the firm is logging illegally and
clearing land outside of its concession, officials said

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[Thai] Army chief to inspect Cambodian border

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Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha
salutes during a hand over of duty ceremony Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 in
Bangkok, Thailand. Pic: AP.

The Nation
January 10, 2013

Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha is today
scheduled to inspect border areas in Si Sa Ket, opposite Cambodia's
Preah Vihear Temple.

The inspection is intended to boost troops' morale,

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Government officials accused Anti-Corruption Unit of corruption មន្ត្រីរាជការខេត្តកំពតប្រតិកម្មចំពោះការទារលុយថ្លៃក្រដាសប្រកាសទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិ

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ដោយ អ៊ុក សាវបូរី

2013-01-10 RFA

មន្ត្រីរាជការថ្នាក់មូលដ្ឋានគ្រប់គណបក្សនយោបាយ
ត្រូវអង្គភាពប្រឆាំងអំពើពុករលួយតម្រូវឲ្យប្រកាសទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិនៅ
ក្នុងពេលកាន់តំណែង ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣ នេះ។
ប៉ុន្តែក្រដាសពាក្យសុំបំពេញលិខិតស្នើសុំ
ដើម្បីប្រកាសទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិនោះ
ត្រូវមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋបាលសាលាស្រុកមួយចំនួនក្នុងខេត្តកំពត
ទារប្រាក់ក្នុងមួយច្បាប់ថ្លៃ ១ម៉ឺនរៀល។

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[Thai] Senator urges Govt to show clear stance on Thai-Cambodian conflict

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Thursday, 10 January 2013

By
NNT

BANGKOK,
8 January 2013 - Senator Somchai Sawangkarn has urged the Prime Minister
to consider a move toward resolving the tension over the Thai-Cambodian
border as 80 armed Cambodian soldiers have been reportedly deployed to
areas near Surin province.

Speaking
to the senate meeting today,Mr Somchai, in his capacity

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Opposition MPs request PM Hun Sen to sack Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh for failing to find markets for rice producers and allowing traders to force them to sell very cheap which caused them into more indebtedness អ្នកតំណាងរាស្រ្ត ស្នើលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីពិចារណាក្នុងការដកលោក ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ ចេញពីតំណែង

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Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Government Websites a Haven for Hackers

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By Denise Hruby and Neou Vannarin
The Cambodia Daily
January 10, 2013

Greeting visitors to the website of the National Military Police on
Tuesday morning was a picture of a masked man wearing a red cape. Above
his head appeared one word printed in capitals: “Hacked.”

Those surfing the website of the Supreme Court would also have seen a
simple message in the top left corner stating “

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[Thai] Ultra-nationalists charge government with 'lying' about Cambodian temple

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Tuesday, 08 January 2013

By
MCOT

BANGKOK, Jan 7 – Beginning next Monday a
Thai nationalist group will protest the Foreign Ministry’s handling of
the Phra Viharn (Preah Vihear) temple dispute between Thailand and
Cambodia.

Chaiwat Sinsuwong, an activist of the so-called United Front of Thai
Nationalists and Saviours of Thai Territory, said the group will take

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[Thailand's] Political bickering 'risks negative ICJ ruling'

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Published: 10/01/2013
Bangkok Post

Internal political bickering could put Thailand
at a disadvantage ahead of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ)
upcoming ruling on the Thai-Cambodian border dispute.

Tourists visit Ta Kwai temple located at the Thailand-Cambodia border
in Surin province. Thailand andCambodiaaredue to attend a hearing at
the International Court of Justice in

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Cambodian Authorities Launch Investigation In Polonsky Affair

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Cambodian Authorities Launch Investigation In Polonsky Affair

BANGKOK, January 9 (RIA Novosti) – Cambodian authorities launched on Wednesday an investigation into allegations that Russian real estate
magnate Sergei Polonsky, together with two other Russians, attacked a
group of sailors off the Cambodian coast in late December, a Russian
Embassy official in Cambodia told RIA Novosti.

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CCHR Invitation_CCHR Press Conference to launch the Mam Sonado Justice Calendar campaign and corresponding postcard design competition

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CCHR INVITATION – Phnom Penh, 10 January 2013

CCHR Press Conference to launch the Mam Sonando Justice Calendar
campaign and corresponding postcard design competition

On 15 January 2013, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) will
organize a press conference to launch the campaign, Mam Sonando Justice
Calendar, and a corresponding postcard design competition, in order to mark six

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Cambodia launches a home-grown electric car

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Locally made electric car 'Angkor EV 2013' sits on display at a
showroom in Phnom Penh on January 8, 2013. Cambodia's Heng Development
Company has unveiled its first electric-powered car branded 'Angkor',
named after the country's famed ancient Angkor temples, which has a top
speed of 60 kilometers per hour and was designed by local innovator
Nhean Phaloek.

The Angkor EV 2013

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Moscow demands that Cambodia should thoroughly probe circumstances of Polonsky's arrest

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Sergey Polonsky, co-owner of Russian developer Mirax (Reuters / Sergey Karpukhin)

January 9, 2013
Interfax

Russia Beyond The Headlines

Russia insists on conducting an objective investigation of the
situation that led to the detention of businessman Sergei Polonsky and
two other Russian citizens in Cambodia.
"Considering the gravity of the charges, we believe

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Activists Convicted in Vietnam Crackdown on Dissent

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Nguyen Van Nhat/Vietnam News Agency, via Reuters

Democracy activists convicted of plotting to overthrow the Vietnamese government were sentenced to jail terms on Wednesday at a court in Nghe An province.

"These people are bloggers, land activists, have attended or tried to attend dissident trials, have been involved in dissident activities including supporting poor people and people with

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Suong Sophorn: Mr. Hun Sen dare not counter-sue សួង សុភណ្ឌ៖ សម្តេច ហ៊ុន សែន មិនហ៊ាន ប្តឹងបកមក លោកវិញទេ

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Suong Sophorn (pictured) sued Prime MInister Hun Sen for the deaths of 353 during the stampede on Koh Pich Bridge two years ago. Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened to counter-sue but so far failed to do so. The Phnom Penh Court has dismissed Suong Sophorn's lawsuit and the Anti-Corruption Unit has said it will not act on Suong Sophorn's lawsuit because it is politically motivated. Suong

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A pong to paddle past [in Cambodia]

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BY ANDREW TAYLOR
10th January 2012
www.stuff.co.nz

prweb, A floating market stall offers fresh fruit that distracts
from the fetid aroma of shrimp paste that "smells like hell but tastes
like heaven".

There's something rotten in the state of Cambodia. We're drifting
past houseboats neatly arranged in rows to form the floating villages of
Kampong Chhnang on the Tonle Sap

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Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary [dealing with a legacy of destruction]

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[Thai] Activist group seeks government rejection of ICJ ruling on border dispute

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Wednesday, 09 January 2013

By
MCOT

BANGKOK, Jan 8 – The anti-government
People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) petitioned Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra today, calling on her administration to defy the pending
ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the contested land
surrounding Phra Viharn (Preah Vihear) temple over Thai and Cambodian

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Sam Rainsy Confident of Return

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2013-01-08
Radio Free Asia

The Cambodian opposition chief believes the government will allow
him to contest upcoming polls in order to safeguard the vote's
legitimacy.

RFA, Sam Rainsy speaks at RFA in Washington, Nov. 2, 2012.

Cambodia's exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday he is
still confident of returning to Cambodia to participate in national
elections

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[Thai] Army Chief says the army is not doing any party a political favor

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Prayuth Chan-ocha

Wednesday, 09 January 2013

By
NNT

BANGKOK, 7 January 2013 - Army Chief General
Prayuth Chan-ocha is urging political activists not to view the
military duty on the overlapping territory between Thailand and Cambodia
as politically motivated.

General Prayuth said the government and the military have taken
separate roles in dealing

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First week of February designated for second round of mourning

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PHNOM PENH, 9 January 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - The government has designated the
week from February 1 as a second round of mourning for the late King
Father Norodom Sihanouk whose body is to be cremated on February 4.In
a letter dated Tuesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said ministries as well
as state and private institutions must fly the flag at half mast during
the period. Portraits

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Union calls for $10 bonuses for public holiday work

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PHNOM PENH, 9 January 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel
Workers Democratic Union has asked for $10 bonuses for employees working
on public holidays.

In a letter to Labor Minister Vong Soth
Tuesday, union president Ath Thon also requested a day off for those
working on public holidays falling on a Sunday.

The request
follows calls by the Cambodian

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Swede found dead after being hospitalized with stomach ache ម្ចាស់ផ្ទះសំណាក់ ជារិទ្ធីហេង២ លួចដឹក សពបុរសជនជាតិ ស៊ុយអែត ទៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យ មិនឱ្យអាជ្ញាធរដឹង

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Top: Chea Rithy
Heng Guesthouse and (bottom) Lars Goran Tornblom

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - A 65-year-old Swedish man was found
dead Wednesday after being hospitalized with a stomach ache, police
said.Police said the man, identified as Lars Goran Tornblom,
had been living in Cambodia since 2009 and had a room at the Chea Rithy
Heng Guesthouse in

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Boeung Kok residents lobby World Bank, Hun Manith

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Boeung
Kok residents march to the Office of Council of Ministers to present
petition to the World Bank director and Prime Minister Hun Sen's son Hun
Manith

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - About 50 residents from property
development site Boeung Kok marched Wednesday to the Office of the
Council of Ministers.The protestors carried a petition to the
World Bank and Prime Minister

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Lifting maid ban proving a challenge

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09 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Chhay Channyda and Abby Seiff

Women return to Cambodia after working in dire conditions as maids in Malaysia in 2012. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post

A lack of legal protections, insufficient commitment from the
Malaysian government and an overworked, understaffed embassy are among
the major obstacles to lifting the maid ban, according to

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Cambodia launches electric car ក្រុមហ៊ុនហេងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍បង្ហាញម៉ូដរថយន្ដអង្គរឆ្នាំ២០១៣ជាស្នាដៃរបស់កូនខ្មែរ

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08 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Rann Reuy

Seang Chan Heng,
general director of Heng Development company, speaks during the launch
of the locally produced Angkor Car, Monday, Jan. 07, 2012, in Phnom
Penh. Photograph: Rann Reuy/Phnom Penh Post

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After crash, bus drivers run in fear of mob violence

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09 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear

People stand near the wreckage of a bus following an accident in Pursat province in 2012. Photograph: John Macgregor

The day a motorcyclist turned in front of his bus without looking is seared into Samnang’s mind.

Samnang, who was driving from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh for a
well-known bus company, had no time to

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Tensions escalate over Preah Vihear [What would Thai people feel if Cambodia rejects the ICJ ruling if it loses?]

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09 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Joe Freeman

Cambodian soldiers
mill about at the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple near the
Thai-Cambodian border in 2012. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post

Tensions are escalating in Thailand over the Preah Vihear territorial
dispute with Cambodia, as opposition leaders are calling for the
government to reject an International Court of

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Cambodia prepares to conserve disappearing cyclos

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Souce:Xinhua Publish
By Thomas Whittle

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 9 — Cambodia is preparing to conserve the
capital’s disappearing cyclos or rickshaws, which used to be a popular
means of transport during the French colonial rule about 80 years ago.

Cyclo is a three-wheeled bicycle with the driver perched on high
above the rear wheel, and the passengers in a

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Cambodia to Hold 2nd Official Mourning for King-Father សារាចរ ស្តីពីព្រះរាជពិធី ដង្ហែនិងថ្វាយ ព្រះភ្លើង ព្រះបរមសព ព្រះករុណា ព្រះបាទសម្តេចព្រះ នរោត្តម សីហនុ

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2013-01-09
Xinhua
Web Editor:
Wang Wei

Cambodia will hold the second time of a week-long mourning
for the most revered King Father Norodom Sihanouk from Feb. 1-7 during
which the King Father's body will be cremated, according to a
government's circular released to the media on Wednesday.

Sihanouk died of illness at the age of 90 in Beijing on Oct. 15, last
year and his

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How to learn Khmer the ‘natural way’: keep quiet

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09 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Bennett Murray

Instructors teaching Khmer at Language Institute of Natural Khmer. Photograph: Photograph supplied

Learning Khmer can be a frustrating experience that leaves foreigners
stuck for words, but one method actually forbids students from speaking
the language.

“We offer a method based on listening first, rather than speaking straight

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Cambodia unveils 1st home-made cars

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Cambodian mechanic Nhean Phaloek (centre R) shows a feature of a locally made electric car 'Angkor EV 2013' to people at a showroom in Phnom Penh on January 8, 2013. Cambodia's Heng Development Company has unvveilled its first electric-powered car branded 'Angkor', named after the country's famed ancient Angkor temples, which has a top speed of 60 kilometres per hour and was designed by

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Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Golden memories . . .

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The Moon Love dance (Khmer dance)

Princess Buppha Davi Perform Apsara Dance

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[Thai] PAD issues 7-point demand for govt to reject ICJ ruling ក្រុមអាវលឿង ស្នើសុំរដ្ឋាភិបាលកុំដកទ័ពនិងបណ្តេញជនកម្ពុជាចេញពីតំបន់ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ

Posted on 22:22 by gaurav kumar

Published: 9/01/2013
Bangkok Post

The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has
submitted a seven-point proposal to the government, demanding it reject
any unfavourable ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on
the Thai-Cambodian border dispute.

The proposal was handed to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Tuesday by PAD member Panthep Puapongpan.

Mr Panthep said the PAD

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Members of the royal family will shave their head in repect to the lat King Father Sihanouk during his funenral in February សែរាជវង្សគ្រោងកោរព្រះកេសាបួសមុខភ្លើងថ្វាយព្រះបរមសព

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ដោយ សេក បណ្ឌិត

2013-01-08 RFA

សែរាជវង្សគ្រោងនឹងកោរព្រះកេសា ឬកោរសក់ បួសមុខភ្លើង
និងបួសនាគ ថ្វាយព្រះបរមសពព្រះមហាវីរក្សត្រនៅដើមខែកុម្ភៈ
ខាងមុខនេះ។

RFA/Mom Sophon

ព្រះបរមសពត្រូវបានដង្ហែតាមព្រះទីន័ង
ចេញពីអាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិភ្នំពេញ ឆ្ពោះមកព្រះបរមរាជវាំង
នៅថ្ងៃទី១៧ តុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១២។

ក្រៅពីសែរាជវង្ស
ក៏មានប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្លះគ្រោងកោរ

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Rong Chhun's Cambodia Watch Council urges the government to re-examine the presence of illgal migrants in Cambodia អ្នកឃ្លាំមើលជំរុញឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរបង្ហាញចំនួនជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍ខុសច្បាប់និងស្របច្បាប់

Posted on 21:28 by gaurav kumar

Mr. Rong Chhun, president of Cambodia Watch Council

ដោយ វណ្ណ វិចារ

2013-01-08 RFA

ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាឃ្លាំមើលកម្ពុជា
ដាក់លិខិតស្នើសុំឲ្យរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ
បង្ហាញពីចំនួនពិតប្រាកដជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍បរទេសខុសច្បាប់
និងស្របច្បាប់ ដែលកំពុងរស់នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។

តំណាងក្រុមប្រឹក្សាឃ្លាំមើលកម្ពុជា ពន្យល់ថា
ការបង្ហាញពីតួលេខ

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Anti-Corruption Unit ignores stampede suit [ACU is Hun Sen's political tool so it won't investigate Hun Sen's crimes]

Posted on 21:22 by gaurav kumar

PHNOM PENH, 8 January 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - The Anti-Corruption Unit says it has
ignored a lawsuit blaming Prime Minister Hun Sen for the deaths of
hundreds of people in a stampede in 2010.

Om Yingtieng (pictured), the head
of the unit, said the suit by Soung Sophorn, head of the youth wing of
the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, was politically motivated.

Speaking to reporters Monday

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Cambodia to re-examine protest shooting ruling [Chhouk Bandith is being protected by Deputy PM Men Sam An, that's why he is above the law]

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Chhouk Banith (R) and his protector Men Sam An (L).

PHNOM PENH, 8 January 2-13 (AFP) - Cambodia on Tuesday said authorities will
reinvestigate the role of a former governor in the shooting of three
female garment workers last year after charges against him were
controversially dropped.The justice ministry said the government
intervened following a court

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‘Guards are more than farmers in uniform’

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08 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Sarah Thust

Located in a humble, barrack-like building with small offices that
are still under construction, Global Security Solutions enjoys the
proximity to its biggest customer: Toll Royal Railways.

John Muller, managing director of Global Security Solutions, pictured in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Sarah Thust/Phnom Penh Post

However, pictures

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China's Guangxi donates 100 tons milled rice to Cambodia

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Xinhua | 2013-1-8 By Agencies

China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday donated 100 tons of milled rice to Cambodia as humanitarian aid.Zhang
Mingpei, director-general of Department of Agriculture of Guangxi, made
the donation during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at
the Peace Palace in Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.Hun Sen
expressed gratitude to China's Guangxi

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Cambodia: Open Letter to Prime Minister Mr. Hun Sen: Concern over the end of year crackdown against human rights defenders

Posted on 20:50 by gaurav kumar

OPEN LETTER - THE
OBSERVATORY

CAMBODIA:
OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MR. HUN SEN

Geneva-Paris, January 8, 2013

Re:
Concern over the end of year crackdown against human rights defenders

Your
Excellency,

The
Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of
the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation

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Cambodia risks overheating as credit booms: IMF

Posted on 20:46 by gaurav kumar

Tue Jan 8, 2013

In past year, private credit rose by nearly a third

National income expanded by 6.5 percent last year

Jan 8, 2013 (Reuters) - Cambodia's financial system
could be overheating, posing a risk to the country's strong
economic growth, International Monetary Fund staff reported
after their annual health check on the economy.

In the past year, private credit expanded by nearly

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Cambodian economy predicted to grow 6.7 percent in 2013: IMF

Posted on 20:43 by gaurav kumar

Updated: 2013-01-09

WASHINGTON, January 8 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia is expected to register an
economic growth rate of more than 6.5 percent this year, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday.

Despite the
global slowdown, Cambodia's economic performance has been holding up
driven by resilient exports, robust tourism and construction, the
Washington-based global lender said in

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“History should be told the way it had happened, not twisted and turned.”

Posted on 15:06 by gaurav kumar

Six wooden border marker stakes illegally planted on Khmer farmers' land in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia - [image reproduced]

Reference: Vietnam was not the invader, but the saviour of Cambodians

Dear readers,

Thank you for having taken the time to comment on an article by an unnamed author and for your lively, thought-provoking views and insights which I feel offer robust and

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Police start rehearsing royal funeral procession

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PHNOM PENH, 8th January 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - Some 135 policemen started rehearsing
next month's funeral procession for the late King Father Norodom
Sihanouk at the Olympic Stadium Tuesday.During the procession on
February 1, the King Father's coffin will be carried from the Royal
Palace to a funeral pyre in a nearby park.Some 100,000 mourners
are expected to line the streets for the

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CPP president does not deliver keynote address on Victory Day [because he is too sick]

Posted on 03:20 by gaurav kumar

08 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Vong Sokheng

Senate president
Chea Sim (C) is helped as he leaves a Victory Day celebration at the
Cambodian People’s Party headquarters in Phnom Penh, Monday, Jan. 07,
2012. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post

Cheering the anniversary of the fall of the Khmer Rouge, more than
10,000 members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party gathered at

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Cambodia’s low wages lure manufacturers away from China, other countries

Posted on 03:18 by gaurav kumar

By Rahul Jacob,

Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Washington Post

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Inside a
gleaming white-and-blue garment factory in Cambodia stand rows of
second-hand Singers — weathered sewing machines transported from a plant
in China that closed last year.

The Hong Kong-headquartered Top Form, which has 700 workers at

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[Thai] Senators press govt to defy ICJ over Preah Vihear plot

Posted on 03:18 by gaurav kumar

By Khanittha Thepphajorn
The Nation January 7, 2013

A photo dated 19 October 2008 shows a Cambodian
soldier stands guard at Preah Vihear temple near Cambodian-Thai border
in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia.//EPA

A group of senators Monday urged the government
to reject the authority of the World Court in the dispute over the plot
of land surrounding the

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Foreign Ministers ready to rumble over Preah Vihear

Posted on 03:15 by gaurav kumar

08 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Joe Freeman and Vong Sokheng

Thailand’s Foreign
Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul (L) and Cambodia’s Foreign Minister
Hor Namhong attend ASEAN meetings in Phnom Penh in 2012. Photograph:
Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post

Cambodian and Thai officials are trading barbs ahead of International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on the disputed territory

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Thai government asked not to accept ICJ's ruling [This shows how ridiculous and extremist the Thai people are] ក្រុមអាវលឿង សម្រុកចូលជួប យីងឡាក់ ដាក់លិខិតជំទាស់ សាលដីកា ICJ

Posted on 03:13 by gaurav kumar

The Yellow Shirt demonstrators pushed in to hand in a petition to PM Yingluck Shinawatra.

Published: 8/01/2013

Bangkok Post

The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has
formally submitted a seven-point proposal for the government not to
accept the International Court of Justice (ICJ)'s pending ruling over
the Thai-Cambodian border dispute.

The proposal was

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Jailed Russian Businessman Goes Online to Protest Innocence

Posted on 03:02 by gaurav kumar

By Simon Lewis
The Cambodia Daily
January 8, 2013

Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, who is currently being held in
pretrial detention in Preah Sihanouk province, took to social media
yesterday to protest his innocence over charges of intentional violence.

Russian ex-billionaire Sergei Polonksy in a picture posted on his Facebook page from Cambodia. (Facebook)

Mr. Polonsky, 40,

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Heng Samrin Defends Rights Record [while Son Chhay called 7th January as the Invasion Day]

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Senate and CPP President Chea Sim, 80, is greeted by scouts as he is
helped to his car following January 7 celebrations in Phnom Penh
yesterday. Honourary President Heng Samrin made the speech on his behalf (Lauren Crothers/The Cambodia Daily)

By Neou Vannarin
The Cambodia Daily
January 8, 2013

National Assembly President Heng Samrin yesterday defended the
government from its

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Cambodia is a new magnet for investment [Cambodia benefits from rising China wages]

Posted on 02:39 by gaurav kumar

It
is impossible for Cambodia to take all the orders shifting out of
China. Orders shifting out of China are tens of billions. No single
country in southeast Asia could take that on its own - Ken Loo, secretary-general of the national garment manufacturers association

Khmerization's Note: So this means that Cambodia has been used as an exporting point for Chinese products to avoid import

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Cambodian woman dies after acid attack

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Jan 8 2013
The New Age
South Africa

A Cambodian woman has died after being doused with acid around two weeks ago, a charity worker and local media said Tuesday.

Yi Aun, 40, died from her injuries Monday after being attacked at home
in the north-western province of Siem Reap on December 26.

"Approximately 50 per cent of her body had received third-degree burns,"
said Ziad Samman, project

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Hun Sen Fetes Student Volunteers [Hun Sen has wasted state money for his own political gains]

Posted on 02:23 by gaurav kumar

By Phorn Bopha

Phnom Penh Post

January 7, 2013

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday promised almost half a million
dollars in cash rewards to student volunteers and officials, whom he
congratulated on reaching a milestone in his nationwide land-titling
program during an extravagant party on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island.

Student
volunteers from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s

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Polonsky to stay in Cambodian jail till late Jan

Posted on 02:21 by gaurav kumar

Jan 8, 2013 Moscow Time

Sergei Polonsky

Photo: RIA Novosti

Three Russians, includin
g businessman
Sergei Polonsky, could be released from a Cambodian jail no earlier than
the end of January, their lawyer told ITAR-TASS on the phone on
Tuesday.

Mr. Polonsky was arrested on Monday along with two other Russian in the town of Sihanoukville and
charged

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[Australia's] Camden Rugby Club come to the rescue for Cambodian children in need

Posted on 02:15 by gaurav kumar

8 January 2013

By EVIN PRIEST

MEMBERS of Camden Rugby Club will use teamwork to build a classroom for underprivileged children in Cambodia later this month.

The club adopted Ride Aid as their official charity, which was
co-founded by Werombi resident Bruce Fitch to support Cambodian

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Over 2100 garment workers fainted in 2012: Cambodian union

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January 08, 2013 (Cambodia)

Courtesy of Fibre2fashion.

More than 2,100 people
working in Cambodian garment factories fainted in 2012, according to a
workers union, The Phnom Penh Post reported.

The
Free Trade Union (FTU) President Chea Mony said bad fumes, combined
with other factors like poor work

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Monday, 7 January 2013

Situation on Thai-Cambodian border remains calm [Thai FM: Thailand will not win the Preah Vihear temple dispute]

Posted on 15:28 by gaurav kumar

Monday, 07 January 2013

By
MCOT

SI SA KET, Jan 7 - The situation along the
Thai-Cambodian border in this northeastern Thai province remains calm
today amid renewed tension due to the Thai Foreign Ministry’s handling
of the Phra Viharn (Preah Vihear) temple dispute.

Residents in Si Sa Ket lead their lives normally but closely
monitoring news after Deputy

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Yellow-shirt [Thai extremist] group will rally to press govt to reject any negative temple ruling

Posted on 15:23 by gaurav kumar

The Nation January 7, 2013

A yellow-shirt group will rally later this month
to pressure the government to reject any negative ruling by the
international court against Thailand on sovereignty of land around Preah
Vihear Temple.

Chaiwat Sinsuwong said the Thai Patriots would hold a mass
demonstration on January 21, but the group had yet to select a venue.

Chaiwat claimed his group had

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Pope pays homage to Cambodia's 'martyr church'

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Catholic Church Siem Reap

Posted: Monday, January 7, 2013
http://www.indcatholicnews.com

In a message to the national congress on the Church in Cambodia which
began in Phnom Penh on Saturday, 5 January, the Holy Father praised
"the faith, courage, and perseverance of your pastors and of your
Christian brothers and sisters" during the years of the Khmer Rouge when
many

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Weymouth couple thank people for helping needy children in Cambodia

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Monday 7th January 2013
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk
By Samantha Harman

HARD WORK: Angie and Alan Briggs in Cambodia

A WEYMOUTH couple are thanking all those who have helped them to raise money for needy children thousands of miles away.

Angie and Alan Briggs collected almost £3,000 for youngsters in

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Chinese firms sign HK$85b Cambodian deal

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Friday, 04 January, 2013,
Associated Press, Phnom Penh

Zhang Chuan You, front right,
general manager of Cambodia Iron and Steel Mining Industry Group, shakes
hands with Liu Ziming.

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How One Bike Can Put A Rural Village On The Path To Success [Good on you, Bill and Nancy]

Posted on 15:00 by gaurav kumar

Written by: Glenn Croston

http://www.fastcoexist.com

The
Cambodian Village Fund began as a simple gift of a bicycle to a village
that had no transportation. But that bicycle ended up turning into much
more.

When Bill and Nancy Bamberger from San Diego first visited
Cambodia as tourists in 2002, they were struck by its long history, the
warmth of its people, and the

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Respect key as ICJ date nears [The Bangkok Post: Thailand can support, defend and respect the rule of law _ or there will be war]

Posted on 14:49 by gaurav kumar

Published: 7/01/2013
Bangkok Post

The early call for Thailand to prepare for new
hearings on the Preah Vihear temple is shrewd. Foreign Minister Surapong
Tovichakchaikul, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha and other senior
officials are rational about the issue. In about 100 days, Cambodia and
Thailand will make

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'Patriots' [Thai extremists] to sue over temple row

Posted on 14:45 by gaurav kumar

Published: 6/01/2013
Bangkok Post

A civic group affiliated with the yellow-shirt
People's Alliance for Democracy will file a petition in the Criminal
Court accusing the Foreign Ministry of providing false information to
the public in the Thai-Cambodian Preah Vihear Temple dispute.

The

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[Thai Foreign Minister] Surapong wary of temple ruling

Posted on 14:42 by gaurav kumar

Published: 4/01/2013
Bangkok Post

Thailand has a larger stake to consider if it
opts to defy a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the
Preah Vihear Temple, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Despite the tensions in the surrounding border area, Preah Vihear
temple in the first nine months of last year attracted 13,140
foreigners, up 77% from a

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[Thai] Democrats urge govt to clarify temple stance

Posted on 14:39 by gaurav kumar

Published: 7/01/2013
Bangkok Post

The opposition Democrat Party is pressing the
government to clarify its stance on the country's court battle with
Cambodia over the ownership of the land around Preah Vihear temple.

Somsak Kosaisuk, a former yellow-shirt co-leader, left, and former

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Thai premier warns against politicising Thai-Cambodian dispute

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Monday, 07 January 2013

By
MCOT

BANGKOK, Jan 7 – Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra today called on nationalist groups to refrain from
politicising the Thai-Cambodian dispute on the Phra Viharn (Preah
Vihear) temple, currently pending a ruling of the International Court of
Justice (ICJ).

She stood firm that the government will defend Thailand’s sovereignty

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Inquiry Finds Abuse of Migrants in Malaysia

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Gelia,
a maid works in a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday,
June 17, 2009. At least two women have died in the custody of
recruitment firms prior to scheduled departures for Malaysia.

By Theara Khoun, VOA Khmer

08 January 2013

PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian investigative committee has found widespread
exploitation and rights violations of

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Expatriate Man Violently Bricked in the Face in Phnom Penh [The son of a high-ranking government official was believed to have been behind the attacks]

Posted on 14:28 by gaurav kumar

By Lauren Crothers

The Cambodia Daily

January 5, 2013

When 32-year-old Jason Wootton moved to Cambodia with the intent of
settling down for a few years, he could never have imagined experiencing
something so horrifying that his family would plead with him to leave
after only four months.

But on Wednesday, the Welshman was the

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Vietnam was not the invader, but the saviour of Cambodians

Posted on 04:44 by gaurav kumar

Re: Look at the way Hun Sen behaves towards his Vietnamese masters -so submissive, but his behaviour towards Khmers are so arrogant!

In response to: A Reader's New Year Challenge: You should brush up your history lessons, Mr. School Of Vice

Anonymous said...

To Khmerization...

As I have said before, the issue of the
island is not debatable, it belongs to Vietnam, and Vietnam

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Will the history of Thai-Khmer enmity repeat itself?

Posted on 04:42 by gaurav kumar

By Kavi Chongkittavorn
The Nation January 7, 2013

FOREIGN MINISTER Surapong Towichukchaikul sought
to convey two succinct messages in his latest comments on Thailand's
chances of seeing a favourable outcome when the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) rules later this year on the disputed areas around the
Temple of Khao Phra Wihan/Preah Vihear. The first message was quite

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Cambodian ruling party reaffirms support for Hun Sen as PM candidate [Heng Samrin made the speech, so where is Chea Sim now, being sidelined by Hun Sen?] គណបក្ស ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា គាំទ្រ សម្តេចតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន ជានាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី អាណត្តិទី៥

Posted on 04:23 by gaurav kumar

Top: Heng Samrin making a speech during the celebrate the 7th January Day.

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 7, 2013 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Cambodian People's Party
(CPP) reaffirmed on Monday its support for incumbent Prime Minister Hun
Sen to keep his post for another term as Cambodia will hold general
elections on July 28.

"On behalf of the CPP, I'd like to solemnly

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Lawmaker's son to wed daughter of former Thai premier

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Sieng Nam's son Sieng Lynal and her girlfriend Chayapa

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Lawmaker Sieng Nam has confirmed a Thai newspaper report that his son will marry a daughter of former Thai
prime minister Somchai Wongsawat in Bangkok on May 18.Speaking with Cambodia Express News, an affiliate of The Cambodia Herald, Sieng Nam said the report was true.The
Nation reported last week

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Detained Russian’s Company Under Investigation for Fraud

Posted on 03:46 by gaurav kumar

Sergey Polonsky, co-owner of Russian developer Mirax (Reuters / Sergey Karpukhin)

By Simon Lewis and Aun Pheap
The Cambodia Daily
January 7, 2013

The company of Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, who is currently
being detained by Cambodian authorities after a maritime incident off
the coast of Preah Sihanouk province last week, is being investigated by
the

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Wanted man from Somerset [UK] arrested at gunpoint in Cambodia

Posted on 02:56 by gaurav kumar

Western Daily Press

A Briton convicted of human trafficking has been arrested at gunpoint in Cambodia after absconding while on bail.
Andrew Wallace, 38, from Puriton, near Bridgwater in Somerset,
was captured by police at a hotel in the capital Phnom Penh at the
request of Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency.
He will be deported to the UK, where he faces a two-year jail term.
Wallace

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Look at the way Hun Sen behaves towards his Vietnamese masters -so submissive, but his behaviour towards Khmers are so arrogant!

Posted on 02:22 by gaurav kumar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rucDF7LzNM

Hun Xen paying tribute to his saviors' flag

Hun Xen bending down to his saviors' flag

Viet general falling asleep while listening to Hun Xen's speech

Hun Xen: Thank you, Father!

Hun Xen: Thank you, Father!

Hun Xen: Thank you, Father!

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Sunday, 6 January 2013

Heng Samrin says liberation gave birth to rights, democracy in Cambodia

Posted on 22:58 by gaurav kumar

Heng Samrin, Cambodian People's Party Honorary Chairman, speaks at 34th anniversary of the January 7 victory over Pol Pot regime

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Cambodian People’s Party Honorary
Chairman Heng Samrin said Monday that the liberation of the capital in
1979 gave birth to human rights and democracy in Cambodia.Speaking
at the 34th anniversary of the January 7 victory

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Phone scam busted [77 Chinese arrested for internet scam]

Posted on 22:56 by gaurav kumar

Last Updated on 07 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

A group of foreign
nationals alleged to be involved in an online phone scam are detained
following a raid in Phnom Penh. Photo Supplied

In the latest major crackdown on an international extortion ring,
police in Phnom Penh on Saturday arrested 77 Chinese and Taiwanese
nationals and one Vietnamese national accused of

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US ‘disappointed’ by NEC’s decision to block Rainsy

Posted on 22:48 by gaurav kumar

Last Updated on 07 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By May Titthara and Abby Seiff

The US has once again censured Cambodia for its refusal to allow
opposition leader Sam Rainsy (pictured) to run in the upcoming elections, saying it
delegitimised the Kingdom’s claims of democracy.

The subject was raised in Friday’s US State Department press
briefing, and came just hours after the

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Russian tycoon still sits in Sihanoukville jail

Posted on 22:45 by gaurav kumar

Last Updated on 07 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Cheang Sokha and Shane Worrell

Russian real-estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky (centre) was among three men arrested on Sunday in Sihanoukville. Photo Supplied

Russian tycoon Sergei Polonsky, accused last week of threatening
boatmen with a knife and ordering them overboard, remained locked in
jail in Sihanoukville yesterday, despite

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Ly Hour Group starts second project

Posted on 22:41 by gaurav kumar

Last Updated on 02 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Seun Son

Ly Hour Group
construction site called Vimean Phnom Penh The Commercial Zone along
Phnom Penh’s Chea Sophara road. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post

Housing development company the Ly Hour Group said it has begun work
on its second major project, called Vimean Phnom Penh The Commercial
Zone, after its first

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Russian tycoon may face prison time

Posted on 22:35 by gaurav kumar

Sergei Polonsky (centre) is led away by Cambodian officials

Published: Jan. 6, 2013

BANGKOK, Cambodia, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Officials
said Russian tycoon Sergei Polonsky and his two friends may face one to three years in prison following an incident near a Cambodian resort
town.

An official from the Russian Embassy in Cambodia told ITAR-Tass that
Polonsky, Konstantin Baglai and

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Casual remark leads to plans for trip to Cambodia

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submitted

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Golden memories . . .

Posted on 18:50 by gaurav kumar

Komnom mapey chnam

Division-Sos Math

Veacha Yutthachon Phoom Koki Thom by Sinn Sismouth

" SRAHNOS KAE KADAK " by Sos Math

Sos Math - Snarm Chevit

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7th January 1979: Was it a liberation Day or an invasion day? បទចម្រៀងថ្ងៃ៧ មករា បង្កប់ទៅដោយអត្ថន័យនយោបាយ

Posted on 15:04 by gaurav kumar

7th January 1979: Was it a Liberation Day or an Invasion Day?

2013-01-06
RFA

This was how the 7th January Day was celebrated by the ruling CPP in 2009.

7th January has been a controversial day for the last 34 years. While the ruling CPP, who was installed by the invading Vietnamese forces in 1979, celebrated it as a liberation day, the oppositions and opponents of the

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People warned that they will not vote for the ruling CPP because it allowed a private ferry company to charge extortionate fare for crossing river in Kampong Chhnang ពលរដ្ឋគំរាមលែងបោះឆ្នោតឲ្យបក្សកាន់អំណាចដោយសារបញ្ហាកំពង់ចម្លង

Posted on 14:43 by gaurav kumar

ដោយ មណ្ឌល កែវ

2013-01-06 RFA

អាជ្ញាធរភូមិ ឃុំ
និងប្រជាពលរដ្ឋបានសំដែងប្រតិកម្មមិនពេញចិត្តចំពោះក្រសួង
សេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ព្រមទាំងអាជ្ញាធរខេត្ត
ដែលបានអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យក្រុមហ៊ុនឯកជនម៉ៅការផ្ដាច់មុខកំពង់ចម្លងដទទឹង
ក្នុងឃុំសែប និងឃុំតាជេស ស្រុកកំពង់ត្រឡាច ទៅកាន់ឃុំកោះថ្កូវ
ក្នុងស្រុកជលគីរី ក្នុងខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង។

RFA/Mondulkeo

៥-មករា-២០១៣៖
ទូកដ

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Blaming Rape Victims in Cambodia

Posted on 14:25 by gaurav kumar

Posted 6 January 2013

Written by Sopheap Chak

Global Voices

If there is widespread outrage and protest in India as a reaction to the death of a young woman who was a victim of gang rape, the contrast is the situation in Cambodia where there seems to be little public outcry over rape cases.

Rape cases are given low profile despite the report of the Cambodian Human Rights and

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ស្នាដៃ ៧ មករា

Posted on 05:49 by gaurav kumar

នេះហើយ៧មករា បាត់កោះមួយមានទំហំ ប៉ុនប្រទេសសិង្ហបូរី ដែលតាមពិតវាស្ថិតនៅក្នុង«ខ្សែទឹកក្នុង» របស់ប្រទេសសោះ។ មិនដែលមានករណីយបែបនេះកើតឡើងទេ លើលោកនេះ។ មានតែក្នុងរបប ហ៊ុន សែន ទេ។ បញ្ជាក់៖ខ្ញុំនឹងធ្វើការពន្យល់បន្ថែមទាក់ទងរឿងកោះត្រល់និង ច្បាប់សមុទ្រអន្តរជាតិ នេះ។

អ្នកមានគុណ ហ៊ុន សែន មកអបអរបុណ្យ ៧ មករា ម៉ឺនៗណាំ

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The wife who breastfeeds MONKEYS: China's top primate trainer reveals the shocking secret behind his success ករណីមនុស្សឱ្យសត្វបៅដោះដ៏ចម្លែកបំផុត

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Jiao Xinzhen says she breastfeeds animals for husband Huang Aiqing
She described monkeys as 'like my children' and even adopted one to play with her son

By
Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 4 December 2012

http://www.dailymail.co.uk

A monkey expert's wife has revealed
the secret to her husband's success as one of China's top trainers - she
breastfeeds his simian students.

Jiao

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Th U.S criticise Cambodian government for barring opposition leader Sam Rainsy from participating in the election អាមេរិករិះគន់កម្ពុជា រារាំងលោក សម រង្ស៊ី មិនឲ្យចូលរួមការបោះឆ្នោត

Posted on 03:51 by gaurav kumar

Th U.S criticise Cambodian government for barring opposition leader Sam Rainsy from participating in the election.

ដោយ យន់ សាមៀន និង ម៉ៅ សុធានី RFA

2013-01-06

នៅមុនពេលនៃការរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោតសកលឆ្នាំ២០១៣
ដែលនឹងចូលមកដល់ក្នុងរយៈពេល ៧ខែខាងមុខទៀតនោះ សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក
សហភាពអឺរ៉ុប អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ និងប្រទេសមួយចំនួននៅក្នុងតំបន់
បានបង្ហាញជំហរគាំទ្រឲ្យមានវត្តមាន

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Russian tycoon seeks to resolve 'misunderstanding'

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Russian tycoon seeks to resolve 'misunderstanding'

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Russian
real-estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky is seeking to resolve a
"misunderstanding" that led to his detention in Sihanoukville, a
spokesman said.A military source in

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Sok Somavatey to abandon showbiz for husband

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Bayon Television presenter Sok Somavatey

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Bayon Television presenter Sok Somavatey says she's abandoning her career after her recent wedding to
the son of a high-ranking official."I have to quit the
entertainment industry and other activities related to the arts," she
told the latest issue of Angkor Thom magazine."It's my husband’s
demand," said the Top

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Lay In denies getting back with Soda Nita [she also dumped a handsome Cambodian man in Australia]

Posted on 03:30 by gaurav kumar

Soda Nita

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - CTN presenter Lay In has denied plans to get back together with actress Soda Nita. Their romance ended a few years ago when Lay In decided to get married and Soda Nita got engaged. Rumors
that the relationship was back on surfaced with their joint appearance
in hosting the CTN program "Chherng Ak Ler Ptey Sakor."In an

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Sok Chumno reveals details of break-up with Sokun Nisa [It is because Sokun Nisa had found another lover in America]

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Sokun Nisa and her former boyfriend Sok Chumno

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - Hong Meas Production composer Sok
Chumno has revealed details of his break-up with Sokun Nisa.According
to the latest issue of Angkor Thom magazine, Sokun Nisa may have found a
new lover while performing in America in February 2011."She
started changing in April," he reportedly said. "When she returned

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The Year Ahead [The new year message from the U.S Ambassador]

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

Happy New Year everyone! I am very excited about
what 2013 will bring and hope that you are also looking forward to a
great year ahead. I especially look forward to the United States and
Cambodia expanding our positive and productive relationship, and I hope
this column will continue to help us find ways

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[Thai Foreign Minister] Surapong takes lead in court case against Cambodia

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The Nation

Sunday January 6, 2013

Surapong: Accused of going easy on Cambodia, minister now says he'll be in The Hague to look Hor Namhong squarely in the eye

Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul made an about-turn yesterday,
saying he would lead the Thai legal team to a World Court hearing on
the Thai-Cambodian border dispute in April.

Surapong

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Couple's 16,000km bike ride from Scotland to Cambodia

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Chris Calcino
The Toowoomba Chronicle, Queensland, Australia
5th Jan 2013

We
made it all the way from Scotland! Marty Gordon and Alex Hotchin
celebrate the end of their 18-country bicycle trek in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia.
THOUGHT riding to work was tough? Think again.

Marty Gordon and Alex Hotchin have just returned to Toowoomba after a
life-changing 16-month bicycle ride from

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CCHR Media Comment – CCHR Highlights Concerns with Working Conditions of Cambodian Garment Workers

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CCHR MEDIA COMMENT – Phnom Penh, 6 January 2013

CCHR highlights concerns with working conditions
of Cambodian garment workers

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) remains
concerned with the working conditions in Cambodian garment factories, which are
clearly not yet safe and healthy for workers, and which are in breach of workers’
basic labor rights. CCHR’s concerns have been

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Saturday, 5 January 2013

Cambodia ... for a whiff of adventure

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Sydney Morning Herald
January 6, 2013

Andrew Taylor

There's something rotten in the state of Cambodia.

Enterprising ... vendors selling from a boat in a floating village near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Photo: Alamy

There's something rotten in the state of Cambodia. We're
drifting past houseboats neatly arranged in rows to form the floating

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Deminers hard at work in Cambodia – at least until the money runs out

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Yi Am planted mines as a soldier
and then lost much of a leg when he stepped on one. Now, he supports
his family by making farmers’ fields safe again, a job he says he wants
to do ‘forever.’(samjam
For The Globe and Mail)

By Daniel Otis

http://www.theglobeandmail.com

Published
Saturday, Jan. 05 2013,

Sek Sak, Cambodia — Special to The Globe and Mail --- Towering

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Former Thai PM Somchai backs referendum plan [He also said his daughter's wedding to son of tycoon Sieng Nam is not politically motivated]

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Somchai Wongsawat (front right), his wife (front left) and former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra (second right) during a photo opportunity with Hun Sen's family in Cambodia on 10 November 2009 .

The Nation
January 4, 2013

Former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat said
yesterday that he supported the government's plan to hold a public
referendum over the charter amendment impasse. He cited

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Borei Keila residents commemorate first anniversary of their evictions អ្នកបុរីកីឡារំឭកខួបនៃការបណ្ដេញចេញ

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7zbTxCNk0c

អ្នកបឹងកក់ដាក់បណ្ដាសាតុលាការ&អ្នកបឹងកក់ដាក់បណ្ដាសាតុលាការ

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[Thai] Firms hire Cambodian workers under MoU

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The Nation
Sunday January 6, 2013

Thai factories have opted to hire Cambodian
workers under a memorandum of understanding between Cambodia and
Thailand after the Bt300 minimum wage policy came into effect for Thai
workers across the country.
A total of 154 Cambodians - 118 men and 36 women - with work permit
documents crossed the border in Sa Kaew's Aranyaprathet district on
Monday.

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Activities of MP Sam Rainsy And MP Kem Sokha In Finland On January 04-05, 2013

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សកម្មភាពបេសកកម្មរបស់លោក សម រង្ស៊ី និងលោក កឹម សុខា
ជួបប្រជុំជាមួយរដ្ឋមន្រ្តីក្រសួងការបរទេស និងតំណាងក្រសួង
អភិវឌ្ឍន៍អន្តរជាតិនៃរដ្ខាភិបាលប្រទេសហ្វាំងឡង់ ព្រមទាំង សហគមន៍ខ្មែរ នៅ
ប្រទេសនេះ នាថ្ងៃទី០៤-០៥ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣។

MP Sam Rainsy and MP Kem Sokha at the meeting with the officers of the Ministry of International Development in Finland

Ir Channa (left), MP Sam Rainsy and MP

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One Year After Borei Keila Eviction, 'No Solution' (Cambodia news in Khmer)

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Thai ultra-nationalists PAD urges panel to ignore court ruling [Is Khmerization an ultra-nationalist or these Thais are ultra-nationalists?] ក្រុមអាវលឿងថៃ អំពាវនាវកុំឲ្យទទួលស្គាល់ការសម្រេចអំពីប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ

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Published: 5/01/2013
Bangkok Post

The government should refuse to accept the
jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the
Thai-Cambodia border dispute, says the People's Alliance for Democracy.

People’s Alliance for Democracy leaders call on the government not to
accept the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction over the
border dispute

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Khmerization is an ultra-racist and ultra-nationalist

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Re: Phnom Penh-Bangkok become sister city

Khmerization's Note: I have been called a revanchist, a retarded gorilla, an ultra-nationalist and now, not surprisingly, an ultra-racist. Well, I get used to being abused by belligerent readers for too often that I don't pay any attention to the abuses anymore. May god bless your soul for those who hated me.

"I want to say that Khmerizationan is

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[Thai] Govt warns against defying ICJ ruling

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Surapong denies giving up Preah Vihear fight

Published: 5/01/2013
Bangkok Post

Thais should be wary of the consequences if
they want to defy the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the
Preah Vihear temple, the Foreign Ministry warned Friday.

Army commander Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha: "We are neighbours, we must live together peacefully. Nobody wants fighting."

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Cambodian police, in cooperation with Interpol from China, arrested 80 Chinese nationals for online scams, extortions and kidnapping ប៉ូលិស ចាប់ចិន ៨០ នាក់ ក្នុងរឿងជម្រិតទារប្រាក់ ឆ្លងដែន តាមអ៊ីនធឺណេត

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(ថ្ងៃទី 5 មករា 2013,) | ដោយ: CEN

ប៉ូលិស ចុះចាប់ជនជាតិចិន ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងករណីជម្រិតទារប្រាក់ឆ្លងដែន តាមអ៊ិនធឺណេត នាព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី៥ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣

- See more at:
http://www.cen.com.kh/localnews/show_detail/22?token=NzRkZTE0YTAxMDFjZDk4ZTU4ODdlMDIxMGJjMjI4#sthash.7GretGoQ.dpuf

ប៉ូលិស ចុះចាប់ជនជាតិចិន ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងករណីជម្រិតទារប្រាក់ឆ្លងដែន តាមអ៊ិនធឺណេត នាព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី៥ ខែមករា

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A Reader's New Year Challenge: You should brush up your history lessons, Mr. School Of Vice

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google image

Note by School of Vice

Reference: Vietnam puts up supermarket on occupied Pugad Island

The facts or features contained in this article are
reproduced in entirety from other sources which are clearly stated, and not the
work or imagination of School of Vice.

However, if I feel the necessity to "brush up my
history lessons" I would be most ill advised to do so on

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US says exclusion of opposition leader from election calls into question Cambodian democracy សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក រិះគន់កម្ពុជា ក្នុងរឿងលោក សម រង្ស៊ី មិនបានឈរឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត

Posted on 04:17 by gaurav kumar

Cambodian
opposition leader and France-based exile Sam Rainsy, attends political
discussions, San Juan, Philippines, Sept. 10, 2012.

Article by:

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Sam Rainsy Will Remain Ineligible for Election

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Sam Rainsy faces 12 year in prison on the charges if he returns to Cambodia.Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer

04 January 2013

Radio Free Asia

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia’s National Election Committee on Friday
reaffirmed its position that exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy will
not be allowed to register among the candidates for the July elections.

The announcement was a setback to the

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[British teenage] Jake raises cash for trip to help out in Cambodia

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FUNDRAISER Student Jake Campbell plans to work in a Cambodian village. Picture: Steve Reid (124122-476)

By Ruth

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Meas Somphors dumps Korean lover [She was also rumoured to be romantically linked to Deputy PM Sok An]

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PHNOM PENH, 5 January 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - Actress Meas Somphors says she has
dumped her Korean lover and vows that any future romance will be driven
by her heart and not money.

According to the latest issue of Prochea Prey magazine, she wants an honest man.

"I
was lovesick before and don’t want to walk down that path again," she
said. "I promise I won’t choose a rich

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សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក រិះគន់កម្ពុជា ក្នុងរឿងលោក សម រង្ស៊ី មិនបានឈរឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត

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លោកស្រី
វ៉ិចធ័រៀល ណូឡេន បានថ្លែងប្រាប់ទីភ្នាក់ ងារ កាសែត The Associated Press
ថា "ក្រុមអ្នកសង្កេតការណ៍ ដែលគួរឲ្យជឿជាក់បាន ចាត់ទុកថា
សាលក្រមផ្តន្ទា ទោសលើលោកសមរង្ស៊ី គឺពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងរឿងនយោបាយសុទ្ធសាធ"។លោកស្រី
ណូឡេន បានបញ្ជាក់ថា ការបង្ខំឲ្យលោក សម រង្ស៊ី ចេញទៅរស់នៅក្រៅ ប្រ ទេស នាំឲ្យ
មាន ការចោទជាសំណួរអំពីភាពស្របច្បាប់ នៃដំណើរការលទ្ធិប្រជាធិប តេយ្យ
នៅក្នុងប្រទេស កម្ពុជា។

Source: CEN

ភ្នំពេញ:

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Cambodia’s cultural heritage is still at risk

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By Rud Hubbard

5th January 2013

(DC-Cam) - At first glance, there is little left of
the once glorious ancient Royal Palace at Koh Ker. Jungle has overtaken
the ancient stones expertly tiled roofs. Yet, buried under the jungle
floor, the palace remains. With a bit of effort and a good guide, the
outline of this monumental building slowly emerges from in between the
trees

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Russian tycoon ‘forced sailors into sea’ in Cambodia

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By Shaun Walker

The Independent, Moscow

Friday 04 January 2013

Sergei Polonsky (centre) is led away by Cambodian officials

A controversial Russian property tycoon has been arrested in Cambodia
after an incident in which he and friends apparently imprisoned several
local sailors and then forced them to jump into the sea at knifepoint.

The former billionaire

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[Thai Foreign Minister] Surapong wary of temple ruling

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Published: 4/01/2013
Bangkok Post

Writer: Achara Ashayagachat

Thailand has a larger stake to consider if it
opts to defy a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the
Preah Vihear Temple, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Despite the tensions in the surrounding border area, Preah Vihear

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Friday, 4 January 2013

The detained Russian businessman issued a press release

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Spokesperson for Sergei Polonsky Responds to Cambodian Detainment

LONDON, January 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Explaining
the circumstances that led to Mr Polonsky's detainment on Sunday, a
spokesperson for the Russian businessman commented:

"Mr
Polonsky and a group of friends were enjoying a private party on a
small uninhabited island when their fireworks attracted attention from a
nearby

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Russian real estate tycoon arrested in Cambodia for taking boatmen hostage

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Published: 04 January, 2013,

Sergey Polonsky, co-owner of Russian developer Mirax (Reuters / Sergey Karpukhin)

Russia’s quarrelsome businessman Sergey Polonsky, involved in a
court case for brawling at home, has been arrested in Cambodia while on
vacation for holding six sailors hostage and physical violence.

According to local police Polonsky, a real estate developer, who is

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Khmer Krom: UNHCR Cambodia Office Downsizes When Minorities Need It Most

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The
UN High Commissioner for Refugees has downsized its Cambodia office in
Phnom Penh, leaving asylum decisions in the hands of much-criticized
Cambodian authorities.

Below is an article published by Voice of America:

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees
has reduced staffing in its Phnom Penh office in favor of support for
the Cambodian office tasked with aiding refugees, a UN

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Cambodia Detains Russian Businessman After Scuffle

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January 4, 2013,
The Wall Street Journal
By JAMES MARSON AND CHUN HAN WONG

MOSCOW—Cambodian authorities have detained Russian
tycoon Sergei Polonsky over an alleged assault on local boatmen in a
disputed case that a lawyer for the businessman described as "a
misunderstanding."

Mr. Polonsky, a colorful real-estate developer who was once one of
Russia's richest men, and two others were

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Vietnam puts up supermarket on occupied Pugad Island

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[Google]

“A story goes that Pugad Island just 1.7 miles away from Philippine occupied Parola Island was lost by the country to the Vietnamese in the early 80s when the latter brought Vietnamese prostitutes to Parola as a gift to the Pinoy commanding officer who was celebrating his birthday. To the last man, the Pinoy soldiers left to attend the rare spectacle and allowed the cunning

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2013 to become testing year for opposition leader Sam Rainsy

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Opposition Sam Rainsy Party leader

By: Nguon Serath

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - As he started his
political career in France, will the self-exiled opposition leader Sam
Rainsy end his political life there since his party has so far failed to
find a way out for his return to be actively involved in Cambodia’s
politics ahead of 2013 national elections?

Sam Rainsy is now

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Phnom Penh-Bangkok become sister city [knowing that Thailand cannot defeat Cambodia over Preah Vihear militarily and through the international court of justice, Thailand changed tact and is now using soft diplomacy to hypnotise Cambodia] រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ និង ក្រុងបាងកក ចងសម្ព័ន្ធភាពគ្នា

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Friday, 04 January 2013 ដោយ៖ ដើមអម្ពិល : (DAP) : ID-004

Cambodia's Phnom Penh, Thailand's Bangkok become "sister cities"
Xinhua | 2013-1-4By Agencies

Cambodia and Thailand entered into an agreement on Friday to establish a
"sister cities" relationship between Phnom Penh and Bangkok in a bid to
promote broader relations and cooperation.The agreement was signed by Phnom Penh

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Court to question relatives over death of Frenchman [I long believed that the relatives must have something to do with their deaths in order to get their properties]

Posted on 04:46 by gaurav kumar

Last Updated on 04 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post

By May Titthara

A boy watches on as
police inspect the vehicle of French national Laurent Vallier, which was
pulled from a pond in Kampong Speu province in 2012. Vallier and his
four children were found dead inside. Photograph: Derek Stout/Phnom Penh
Post

Five people, including relatives, will be summonsed for questioning

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Hun Sen urges government officials to answer lawmakers’ questions [Will Hun Sen instruct his ministers to speak for 5 hours like he did on border issues?] សម្ដេចតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន ជំរុញឱ្យសមាជិក រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ឆ្លើយសំណួរ នៅក្នុងរដ្ឋសភា

Posted on 04:46 by gaurav kumar

PHNOM PENH, 4 January 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - Prime Minister Hun Sen urged government officials Friday to answer lawmakers’ questions.

Information Minister Khieu Kanharith quoted Hun Sen as saying that more debate should be encouraged at the National Assembly.

At the same time, Hun Sen said government officials should be responsive to questions by members of parliament.

In
late

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Hun Sen ordered MInistry of Finace to raise civil servants's salary [If the oppositions didn't campaign for a wage increase, Hun Sen would never care] សម្តេច ហ៊ុន សែន បញ្ជាឲ្យរៀបចំតម្លើងប្រាក់ខែមន្ត្រីរាជការ កុំឲ្យមានគម្លាតគ្នា ឆ្ងាយពេក

Posted on 04:42 by gaurav kumar

(ថ្ងៃទី 4 មករា 2013,) | ដោយ: លី សិលា
CEN

ភ្នំពេញ:
ក្នុងអង្គប្រជុំពេញអង្គគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី
និងអាជ្ញាធរដែនដីខេត្ត-រាជធានី កម្លាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធ
កាលពីព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ២០១២ សម្តេចនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន
បានណែនាំឲ្យក្រុមប្រឹក្សាកំណែទម្រង់រដ្ឋបាល និងក្រសួងសេដ្ឋកិច្ច
និងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ពិភាក្សាកែសម្រួលតម្លើងបៀវត្ស ជូនមន្ត្រីរាជការ
ដែលស្ថិតក្នុង

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Cambodian workers escaped back to Cambodia after realising they have been tricked [This is a case of human trafficking] ពលករខ្មែរធ្វើការសំណង់នៅថៃនាំគ្នារត់គេចមកស្រុកកំណើតវិញ

Posted on 04:31 by gaurav kumar

Cambodian migrant workers escaped back to Cambodia after their Thai employers told them that they have to work 10 months to repay the debt, saying that their employment agencies had took 20,000 Baht $666) from them for each employee. The 4 workers were recruited by KLM Manpower and sent to work for a Thai construction company in October 2012. They said that the Thai employers forced them to work

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NEC says election to cost $21 mln

Posted on 04:12 by gaurav kumar

National Election Committee Secretary General Tep Nitha, left, speaks at news conference

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) - The National Election Committee said
Friday that parliamentary elections in July would cost $21 million, or
about $2 for each registered voter. Speaking at a news
conference, NEC Secretary General Tep Nitha said the cost per voter was
the same as 2008, when it

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Children as young as 7 toil in sugarcane fields [First, Ly Yong Phat was involved in stealing people's land and now he is committing another crime by using his victims' children as child labourers]

Posted on 03:55 by gaurav kumar

Last Updated on 04 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By May Titthara and Stuart White

Sok Mey, a
13-year-old child labourer, cuts sugarcane on land owned by the Phnom
Penh Sugar Company in Kampong Speu province on Wednesday, Jan. 02, 2012.
Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post

Hoeun Danei stays busy seven days a week. From 7am to 4pm she cuts
sugarcane, lumping the six-foot-long

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Visitor shares personal knowledge about Cambodia

Posted on 03:39 by gaurav kumar

Friday, January 4, 2013

BY
LAURA HERZOG

STAFF WRITER

The Ridgewood News

For children in the Ridgewood School District’s Cambodia Rural School Project clubs, the world is no longer such a big place.

LAURA HERZOG/THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

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More Officials Say ‘Secession’ Leaders Were Given ‘Donations’ [After successfully jailing Mam Sonando, all other so-called "secessionists" are relased. This is justice Hun Sen-style]

Posted on 03:34 by gaurav kumar

By Kuch Naren

The Cambodia Daily

January 4, 2013

Local officials yesterday provided more information on how two men
once accused of leading a so-called secessionist movement in Kratie
province’s Broma village received land and construction materials from
the government prior to testifying that popular radio station owner Mam
Sonando

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Investors Speculating on Phnom Penh Condos [due to the influx of Japabese investors?]

Posted on 03:30 by gaurav kumar

By Simon Lewis

The Cambodia Daily

January 4, 2013

While the scores of new condominium properties appearing in Phnom
Penh are selling well, their buyers are mainly speculators hoping to
make quick profits, a leading property firm has said.

A report by international realty group CB Richard Ellis (CBRE),
distributed Wednesday, says

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Angkor cashes in on Cambodian project generation

Posted on 03:24 by gaurav kumar

DAILY NEWS

http://www.northernminer.com
Jan 3, 2013

VANCOUVER — It has been just over a year since Vancouver-based Angkor Gold
(ANK-V) went public with its stable of Cambodian exploration projects,
and it is looking like the company's early-mover strategy in the
developing Southeast Asian nation might be poised to take off.

On Jan. 3 Angkor announced it had

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Thai Army chief ready to pull out troops [Thailand has already prepared for a defeat at the International Court of Justice] ប្រាយុទ្ធៈ កងទ័ព និង រដ្ឋាភិបាល សហការគ្នាដោះស្រាយ បញ្ហាប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ

Posted on 03:21 by gaurav kumar

THE NATION January 4, 2013

Foreign Ministry wants govt to comply with all of ICJ's measures

The military has no conflict with the Foreign Ministry when it comes to
complying with the International Court of Justice's injunction to
withdraw troops from disputed areas near the Preah Vihear temple, Army
chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha said yesterday.

The Thailand-Cambodia

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Cambodia Angkor flies to Bangkok

Posted on 03:19 by gaurav kumar

January 4, 2013
By Rapeepat Mantanarat

BANGKOK,
4 January 2013: Cambodia Angkor Air will start a daily service between
Phnom Penh and Bangkok, 1 February. The airline launched its first
service to Thailand, 30 November from Siem Reap and is scheduled to
start a service to Hanoi 7 January.

The Bangkok-bound flight will
depart Phnom Penh at 1215 and return at 1420. Flight time is just

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Cambodian transport minister: what billion-dollar railway deal?

Posted on 03:17 by gaurav kumar

Questions surround Cambodia's largest-ever project

By Patrick Winn
January 4, 2013

Cambodians sitting along
railroad tracks outside their shanty homes in the Boeng Kak slum area
of Phnom Penh in 2009. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

Cambodia's latest approved mega-project is a doozy: an $11.2 billion China-funded endeavor to build a steel mine in the country's north

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Thursday, 3 January 2013

Chief monks in Kampong Cham tried to intervene to exonerate an abbot on charges of the murder of another monk residing in his pagoda [This is justice in the Kingdom of Wonder] មេធាវីដើមបណ្ដឹងសាមណេរបាត់ខ្លួនទាមទារផ្សឹកចៅអធិការវត្តប៉ើស២

Posted on 20:46 by gaurav kumar

ដោយ ម៉ម មុនីរតន៍

2013-01-03 RFA

រឿងរ៉ាវប្ដឹងផ្ដល់ទៅតុលាការ ចោទប្រកាន់ថាចៅអធិការព្រះនាម
ស្រួយ គីមហ៊ង នៅវត្តប៉ើស២ ក្នុងស្រុកក្រូចឆ្មារ ខេត្តកំពង់ចាម
ថាបានធ្វើទារុណកម្មព្រះសង្ឃក្នុងវត្តមួយអង្គព្រះនាម ម៉ាន់ សុខហេង
រហូតដល់សុគតនោះ នៅស្មុកស្មាញនៅឡើយ។

ប្រភពបានអះអាងថា មកទល់ពេលនេះ
ឥទ្ធិពលតុលាការដែលបានចោទនោះមិនអាចយកឈ្នះលើឥទ្ធិពលជំនឿសាសនា
អ្នកគោរព

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More than 7,000 defections to CPP in Prey Veng [Are these real defectors of ghost defectors?]

Posted on 20:37 by gaurav kumar

PHNOM PENH, 4 January 2013 (The Cambodia Herald) - More than 7,000 members of the
opposition Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties have recently defected to
the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, a senior CPP lawmaker says.Cheam Yeap, a member of the CPP Politburo, said the defections included more than 1,000 in Peam Ro and Peam Chor districts.Speaking earlier this week, he said the CPP followed

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Cambodia lures ex-Adamus executives [from Australia]

Posted on 20:23 by gaurav kumar

By Nick Evans,

The West Australian

January 4, 2013,

Former Adamus Resources executives Milan Bojanjac and Ron
Heeks are plotting a return to the Australian bourse, through a deal
with the Charlie Bass-backed Geopacific Resources.

In a deal it
said would give it access to a substantial land- holding in Cambodia,
Geopacific

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Cambodian opposition leaders visiting Finland

Posted on 20:18 by gaurav kumar

Sam Rainsy (L) and Kem Sokha (R).

January 4, 2012

CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS VISITING FINLAND

Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem
Sokha arrived yesterday in Helsinki for a two-day visit to Finland. They
will be received today by Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja and
other high-ranking

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UN Refugee Cambodia Office Downsizes

Posted on 20:14 by gaurav kumar

Ethnic
Montagnards look from behind the gates of their temporary UNHCR (United
Nations High Commission for Refugees) and IOM (International
Organization for Migration) administered quarters in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, after the first group of fifty departed for resettlement in
the United States, Monday, June 3, 2002. This group of 50 is the first
of more than 900 ethnic hill tribe refugees

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Hun Sen urges cooperation with Thailand លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ព្រមានប៉ូលិសថៃ ចំពោះការបិទច្រកព្រំដែនកម្ពុជា-ថៃ [Hun Sen warned Thai police not to close border crossings]

Posted on 16:47 by gaurav kumar

RFA/Sok Serey

១០-ធ្នូ-២០១២៖ លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន
ថ្លែងក្នុងពិធីបើកការដ្ឋានសាងសង់ផ្សារទំនើបរបស់ជប៉ុន
នៅក្បែរមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលកម្សាន្តកោះពេជ្រ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ។

ហ៊ុន សែន៖ «កុំអាដែងនែផ្នែកព្រំដែនអាសា
បិទអាសាបើកដូចអាដែងវ៉ាល់ដូចអាដែងអាសាបិទកុងតាក់ភ្លើងណា។
ជួនកាលដឹកទំនិញទៅដល់ទល់ដែន ខាងណោះបិទ
ជួនកាលដឹកទំនិញមកដល់ទល់ដែន ខាង

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Thai gov't appoints spokesmen on disputed border issue with Cambodia

Posted on 16:40 by gaurav kumar

Xinhua | 2013-1-3
By Agencies

Thai government has decided to set up a team of spokesmen to handle disputed Thai-Cambodia border issue.

ACM
Prajin Jantong, air force commander, said on Wednesday that Prime
Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has agreed to set up a new spokesman team
to handle the disputed area around the ancient Hindu Preah Vihear
temple.

Cambodia has submitted a request to

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Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court detained three Russian nationals for forcing 6 Cambodian crews to jump ship into the sea and abandoning them in the middle of the sea តុលាការ ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ ឃុំខ្លួនជនជាតិរុស្ស៊ី៣នាក់ ពីបទគំរាមកម្មករខ្មែរ ឲ្យលោតចូលសមុទ្រ

Posted on 15:31 by gaurav kumar

(ថ្ងៃទី 3 មករា 2013) | ដោយ: សមុទ្រ
CEN

Two of the accused Russians តុលាការ ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ ឃុំខ្លួនជនជាតិរុស្ស៊ី៣នាក់ ពីបទគំរាមកម្មករខ្មែរ ឲ្យលោតចូលសមុទ្រ

Three Russians detained for attacking boatmen

SIHANOUKVILLE (The Cambodia Herald) - The provincial court has detained
three Russian men for attacking six boatmen, sources said.

Va Chanthorn, military officer responsible for

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Face of Defense: Cambodian-born Army Captain Recalls Journey from Cambodia កូនខ្មែរ ដួង ក្លាយជា ទាហានអាមេរិក

Posted on 15:08 by gaurav kumar

By Army 1st Lt. Will Martin
http://www.defense.gov
49th Military Police Brigade

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 31, 2012 – Army Capt. Thoeuth Duong’s
life story is a study in contrasts. Parts tragedy and providence, it is
torn from the annals of history and speaks to the authenticity of the
American dream.

Army
Capt. Thoeuth Duong, a California National Guardsman serving with the
49th

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US Congressional Budget Compromise a Good Lesson for Cambodia, Observers Say

Posted on 14:59 by gaurav kumar

Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer

04 January 2013

WASHINGTON DC - The US Congress has averted the “fiscal cliff” by
passing a number of budget agreements, and Cambodian politicians and
observers say the experience is a good example of compromise between two
sides.

Related

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US Seeks Stronger Ties After Obama Visit

Posted on 14:53 by gaurav kumar

U.S.
President Barack Obama, left, toasts with Cambodia's Prime Minister
Hun Sen at the East Asia Summit Dinner during the East Asia Summit at
the Diamond Island Convention Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday,
Nov. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By Reasey Poch, VOA Khmer

04 January 2013

WASHINGTON DC - The United States is looking forward to

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Minister of Transport Says He Knows Little About Railway Project [Is he a know-nothing minister who watched over the signing ceremony and then said he knew very little about the deal?]

Posted on 14:26 by gaurav kumar

By Phorn Bopha and Simon Lewis
The Cambodia Daily
January 3, 2013

The minister of transport, who on Monday watched over the signing of a
deal between two Chinese companies to build a 400-km railway, yesterday
said the government has minimal knowledge of the project.

An
illustration shows the Chinese company Cambodia Iron and Steel Mining
Industry Group’s plans for a

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Greasy Palms: The Impact of Indonesia's Palm Oil Plantations

Posted on 14:25 by gaurav kumar

Paradigm Shift Project:

Indonesia is a country of incredible beauty. As one of the more biodiverse regions on our planets, its role in the environmental future of our globe is paramount.

With the increasing demand for cheap biofuels to lessen the global north's dependency on foreign petroleum, palm oil plantations have taken precedence over much of Indonesia's last remaining rainforests-

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Brilliant Comet, Brighter Than Full Moon, Making Debut In 2013

Posted on 13:02 by gaurav kumar

December 27, 2012

Image Credit: Giovanni Benintende / Shutterstock

NB: The appearance of a major comet in the night sky
had traditionally been taken to be an omen of impending end to political reigns
and the beginning of a new era. The last time the Khmer people had witnessed
this cosmic harbinger of sea changing event was just prior to the fall of the
hated Pol Pot regime in 1979 - School

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Former Thai PM's daughter to wed Cambodian boyfriend, son of tycoon Sieng Nam

Posted on 04:16 by gaurav kumar

January 3, 2013
The Nation

Chayapa and Nam Lynal (photo from Chayapa's Facebook)

Former Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat said
Thursday that his daughter; Chayapa, will marry her boyfriend Nam Lynal,
a son of Cambodian MP and tycoon Sieng Nam, on May 18 at a Bangkok
hotel.

The wedding party will be held again on May 25 at a hotel in Phnom
Penh. He said the

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Cambodian PM calls for border of peace with Thailand នាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី ប្រាប់ថៃកុំឲ្យបិទទ្វារ ព្រំដែនញឹកញាប់ពេក

Posted on 04:12 by gaurav kumar

Xinhua | 2013-1-3
By Agencies

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (pictured) on Thursday appealed to both Cambodians
and Thais along the border to get on with each other to build a border
of peace, friendship, cooperation and development.

"All
authorities along the two countries' border provinces should try to
build up good relations for the two peoples in order to honor the two

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Agents stress challenges in sourcing maids from Cambodia to work in Singapore

Posted on 03:02 by gaurav kumar

By: Maryam Mokhtar

Singapore (The Straits Times/ANN) - Cambodian maids
need to be trained and must learn simple English so that they can adjust
to working life in Singapore, maid agents said.They were
weighing in on the plans by the Association of Employment Agencies
(Singapore) to make Cambodia an approved source for maids to help ease
the shortage here.Most of the

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Factory worker wages to be re-examined [Cambodia's minimum wage is $61 while Vietnam's and Thailand's minimum wage is between $170-$200 per month]

Posted on 02:59 by gaurav kumar

Last Updated on 02 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Mom Kunthear and Shane Worrell

Rong Chhun,
president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, speaks to garment
workers during a protest calling for higher wages at Freedom Park in
Phnom Penh, January 2013. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post

Amid threats of another mass strike in the thriving garment sector,
the Ministry

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Inside the North Korean museum in Siem Reap

Posted on 02:54 by gaurav kumar

Last Updated on 02 January 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Thik Kaliyann and Joe Freeman

The new $10 million
Grand Panorama Museum outside Siem Reap town is being built with funding
from North Korea. Photograph: Thik Kaliyann

For more than a year, mystery has shrouded a museum in Siem Reap. The
facts have been few and the details sparse. What’s known is that a
North Korean company

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Extortion at the border [Corrupt immigration officials prey on foreign and Khmer travellers]

Posted on 02:48 by gaurav kumar

Last Updated on 31 December 2012
Phnom Penh Post
By Matt Jacobson

Dear Editor,

The boys in brown are still at it at the Cham Yeam, Koh Kong border crossing.

Possibly the most notorious bunch at any of the Thailand-Cambodia
border crossings, these immigration officials will lock a foreign
traveller in their visa-on-arrival office if he or she doesn’t agree
quickly enough to their

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CAMBODIA: New Year 2013: Opportunities for another 365 days to make a difference

Posted on 02:40 by gaurav kumar

Contributors:
Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth
Asian Human Rights Commission

Happy New Year 2013!

The New Year brings each of
us a new beginning. What has happened in the past year is behind us;
neither the good nor the bad can be erased. Instead, we confront 365
days of opportunity to demonstrate that we have learned from the
successes and challenges of the year -- of the years -- through

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Cambodia’s tourism on a roll

Posted on 02:35 by gaurav kumar

January 3, 2013
By Rapeepat Mantanarat

BANGKOK,
3 January 2013: International arrivals to Cambodia reached 3,200,000 by
the end of November and officials project 3.5 million for the entire
year.

Phnom Penh Post reported Tourism Minister, Thing Kon, as
saying Cambodia should receive an additional 300,000 tourists in
December.

“The number of tourists in 2012 is at least 200,000 higher

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Cambodia-Thailand joint visa gets off the ground

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Phnom Penh, January 3, 2013

http://ttgasia.com

ALMOST a full year after it was first announced (TTG Asia e-Daily, January 16, 2012),
a joint visa allowing non-ASEAN nationals to travel freely between
Cambodia and Thailand was finally implemented on December 27, 2012.

A press release issued by Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
announced that

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TOP PICKS: Exotic fare in Cambodia

Posted on 02:29 by gaurav kumar

Pong Tia Koon (boiled duck embryos)

Fried Critters [fried tarantulas/black spiders]

The New Straits Times
By Punitha Kumar

More pictures here.

What do the Khmer people eat? Their top 10 favourites, writes Punitha Kumar, include fried insects and boiled duck embryos

1. Boiled Duck Embryos

Also known locally as pong tia koon,

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Geopacific Resources makes bid for World Wide Mining Projects; eyes Cambodian copper project

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Thursday, January 03, 2013
by Proactive Investors

Geopacific Resources (ASX:GPR) has made an off-market all-scrip bid for unlisted World Wide Mining Projects, that could potentially give Geopacific the option to take an 85% interest in the Kou Sa Copper Project in Cambodia.

As part of the deal, Geopacific will issue up to 53.7 million shares
on a 1:1 basis to the existing

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Thai foreign minister anxious about Cambodian border temple conflict

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Thursday, 03 January 2013

The Pattaya Mail
By
MCOT

BANGKOK, Jan 2 – Thailand’s Deputy Prime
Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul has expressed concern on a decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the Thai-Cambodian
dispute on area around the Phra Viharn (Preah Vihear) temple.

Mr Surapong, who is also foreign minister, said the government

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CCHR Media Comment - CCHR commends Appeal Court for overturning guilty verdict for Phlong Srey Rann

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CCHR MEDIA COMMENT – 3 January 2013

CCHR commends Appeal Court for overturning guilty verdict for Phlong
Srey Rann

The Cambodian Center for Human
Rights (“CCHR”) commends the decision by the Appeal Court on 31 December 2012 to
overturn the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s 2011 guilty verdict for Phlong SreyRann. Srey Rann, a lesbian, was accused of illegal detention and human
trafficking by

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CCHR Press Release - CCHR Releases its New LGBT Report - 31 December 2012

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CCHR
PRESS RELEASE – 31 December 2012, Phnom Penh

CCHR
releases its follow-up report which provides a wealth of positive
recommendations for Cambodia to address discrimination against lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people

Today, 31 December 2012, the Cambodian Center for
Human Rights’ (“CCHR”) Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (“SOGI”) project releases
a report entitled “

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Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Golden memories . . .

Posted on 17:46 by gaurav kumar

"SARYKA KEO VORNG" by Sinn Si Samouth & Pen Ran

Chom Chaot Pisey - Sinn Sisamouth & Ros Sereysothea

ចិត្តមួយថ្លើមមួយ samouth & sothea

Soben Suakea - Sinn Sisamouth & Ros Sereysothea

“If only a spark of divine love touches the heart, the joy felt will be so great that it is almost uncontainable”

- Guru

Wishing all readers peace, happiness and

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