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President to Decide McChrystal's Future After Critical Comments

2010-06-23T13:12:00.002+07:00

President Barack Obama, joined by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at left, said he thinks Gen. Stanley McChrystal used "poor judgement" in magazine article, 22 Jun 2010President Barack Obama is deciding whether to fire his commander in Afghanistan after the officer, General Stanley McChrystal, and his staff made derogatory statements about the president and other senior administration officials

2010-06-19T11:56:00.006+07:00

Cambodia's anticorruption chief apologizes for Hun Sen statue planPHNOM PENH, Jun. 18, 2010 (Kyodo News International) -- The chief of Cambodia's anticorruption commission has apologized for planning to unveil a massive statue of Prime Minister Hun Sen at his commission's headquarters, a letter seen Friday showed. Om Yin Tieng, one of Hun Sen's personal advisors as well as anticorruption chief,

Cambodia may burn homes for Australian mine

2010-06-19T11:22:00.000+07:00

The Cambodian government is threatening to burn homes to move people who are living around the site of a gold deposit discovered by an Australian company.The threat affects around 95 families in Cambodia's Mondulkiri province.They are living on or around a site that is being explored by the Melbourne based company Ozminerals.In March, the company announced the discovery of gold in the area and it

Lakeside corruption claim

2010-06-19T10:58:00.003+07:00

Kep Chuktema accuses commune officials of fabricating ‘ghost families’COMMUNE officials in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak lake area are intentionally inflating the number of families affected by a massive development project in order to pocket compensation payments, Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema alleged Thursday.In a meeting with provincial governors addressing controversial guidelines on so-called

Cambodia Behind in Investment Improvement

2010-06-18T12:53:00.002+07:00

Ros Sothea, VOA Khmer | Phnom PenhPhoto: Courtesy of World Economic Forum World Economic Forum annual meeting held in Switzerland, in 2010.Cambodia has made less improvement in its trade environment than other countries that are competing for investors in the global marketplace, a new report has found. The World Economic Forum’s 2010 trade index report found that Cambodia

Sacravatoons no 1751 : " Surya Prasad Subedi "

2010-06-18T09:30:00.003+07:00

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Thai protesters seek U.N.-mediated talks

2010-05-16T18:54:00.000+07:00

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Anti-government protesters in Thailand say they are ready to resume negotiations if Thai authorities withdraw troops waging deadly street battles with demonstrators in the center of Bangkok. Natthawut Saikua, a leader in the opposition United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), said the protesters wanted U.N.-mediated talks aimed at resolving weeks of

Malaysian PM arrives in Cambodia for official visit

2010-05-10T15:21:00.000+07:00

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday (May 9) to begin his three-day official visit to Cambodia. The Prime Minister and his wife Rosmah Mansor were greeted upon arrival at the Phnom Penh International Airport at 6.50pm (7.50pm Malaysian time) by Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith. Malaysian foreign minister Anifah Aman and Malaysian Ambassador to

Slow justice for acid victims

2010-05-07T07:42:00.002+07:00

Photo by: Heng Chivoan Mean Sokreoun, 37, sitting at her home near Takhmao town on Wednesday, recounts a 1995 acid attack that left her with horrific scars. Her attacker was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to five years in prison, a punishment Mean Sokreoun has deemed woefully insufficient.Advocates praise the push for an acid law, but say enforcement is crucialTWO litres of a corrosive acid

Sacravatoons no 1698 : " Long live our Beloved King ! "

2010-05-07T07:35:00.002+07:00

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Argument between police and workers during May Day Report by Sek Bandith, RFA Video by Uon Chhin Click to Read More... AddThis Posted by Socheata

2010-05-04T15:29:00.003+07:00

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Publisher calls for arrests to stop

2010-05-04T15:24:00.002+07:00

Photo by: Sovan Philong Information MInister Khieu Kanharith speaks to reporters during an event marking World Press Freedom Day on Monday.AN opposition-aligned publisher who was recently released from prison after being convicted of disinformation was among those who marked World Press Freedom Day on Monday by calling for a moratorium on journalist arrests and condemning the government for a

Gordon Brown fails to make inroads in partisan debate

2010-04-30T09:09:00.005+07:00

(Jeff Overs/BBC/PA)David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown during the final live leaders' election debate, hosted by the BBC in the Great Hall of Birmingham UniversityGordon Brown failed to dent his rivals despite using a bruising final leaders’ debate to warn that neither David Cameron nor Nick Clegg could be trusted with the economic

Raising the youth

2010-04-28T08:29:00.004+07:00

Photo by: Sovan PhilongStudents vie to answer a question at the Prey Srolep school in Prey Veng province in February. In response to a global report on education released on Monday, experts and officials said attempts to bolster primary enrolment may have detracted from progress in other areas.Photo by: Sovan PhilongStudents attend morning class at Prey Srolep school in Prey Veng province in

Sacravatoons no 1686 : " Hanoi's Dilemma "

2010-04-27T08:14:00.001+07:00

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Thai provincial chiefs allowed to use state of emergency to deal with "red shirts"

2010-04-26T14:18:00.002+07:00

BANGKOK, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Provincial governors are authorized to impose a state of emergency in their provinces in order to deal with the "red-shirt" rally, Thailand's Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul said Monday. The governors can impose the emergency decree in their provinces prior to reporting it to the government's Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situations (CRES) since

Anti-graft unit seen as unprepared

2010-04-26T07:47:00.002+07:00

Friday, 23 April 2010Vong Sokheng and Brooke LewisTHE government’s Anticorruption Unit needs more training before it will be in a position to effectively combat graft, officials said at a ceremony marking the completion of a nine-week training programme Thursday.The Anticorruption Unit (ACU), which operates under the Council of Ministers and is expected to assume responsibility for the day-to-day

Vietnam Authority Denies a Khmer Krom Buddhist Monk to Visit His Family in His Ancestral Land

2010-04-18T17:15:00.003+07:00

According to Khmer Kampuchea -Krom Federation: On April 1, 2010, a Khmer-Krom Buddhist monk, Venerable Thach Vesna flying from Bangkok to Prey Nokor (renamed Ho Chi Minh) city was denied entry into the country. A student monk studying in Thailand and the holder of a Cambodian passport, Venerable Thach Vesna was planning to celebrate the Cambodian New Year with his family in Preah Trapeang (

Cambodia, Thai soldiers exchange gunfire at border

2010-04-18T16:24:00.001+07:00

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodian and Thai soldiers engaged in a brief gunbattle in a disputed border area Saturday, with Cambodia accusing its neighbor of instigating their latest clash. No injuries were immediately reported. Troops fired rifles, machine guns and rockets in the 15-minute gunbattle near the Ou Smach checkpoint in northern Cambodia, said Pech Sokhin, governor of

1962 World Court Identified Thai Border: Official

2010-04-18T16:15:00.002+07:00

By Sok Khemara, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Washington18 February 2010 Thai officials should seek clarification from the International Court of Justice if they believe a 1962 judgment does not explain the boundaries between the two countries, Cambodia’s top border negotiator said. Thai officials have been quoted in the media saying the 1962 judgment of the court awarded Preah Vihear temple

Ta Mok house at Anlong Veng on Khmer new year

2010-04-18T13:26:00.001+07:00

Candaransi Pagoda and Meak Bochea Celebration of Khmer Krom at Kampuchea Krom - 24th April 2010

2010-04-18T12:35:00.010+07:00

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Khmer Rouge and Its Evil Revolution

2010-04-17T17:52:00.002+07:00

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A short Khmer-History

2010-04-17T17:49:00.002+07:00

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Cambodian New Year Festival

2010-04-12T19:29:00.002+07:00

Khmer New Year (Tiger) B.C 2554celebrate on 14th April 2010 What is Cambodian New Year ? Khmer New Year is the greatest traditional festival and national holiday. Khmer New Year begins on April 13th or 14th, depending on the ancient horoscope, “MohaSangkran”. The majority of the Khmer populations are farmers. Farmers reap and harvest their crops from the rice fields all year long, except