Cambodia News: Khmer

Cambodia opposition ends year-long boycott of parliament

Cambodia's main opposition party struck a deal on Tuesday with strongman premier Hun Sen to end its year-long boycott of parliament triggered by a disputed election. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said it had agreed to break the deadlock and take up its seats in the National Assembly in return for a promise of electoral reforms. It had refused to join parliament since elections in ...

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 22 Jul 2014 | 1:29 pm

Khmer Krom Protesters Blocked From Vietnamese Embassy - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

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Khmer Krom Protesters Blocked From Vietnamese Embassy
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Thousands of ethnic Khmer Krom monks and supporters marched through Phnom Penh on Monday, delivering petitions to six embassies with little interference before being met by barricades and riot police at their final destination —the Vietnamese Embassy.
Hundreds of ethnic Khmer Krom march to demand Vietnamese diplomat's ...Shanghai Daily (subscription)
Cambodians Protest Against Vietnam's Historical Integrity Around The Khmer ...Getty Images
Protesters Again Demand Vietnamese Apology Over Kampuchea KromVOA Khmer
The Phnom Penh Post
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Source: Khmer - Google News | 22 Jul 2014 | 3:32 am

Khmer Krom to Proceed With March Despite Harsh Warnings - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Khmer Krom to Proceed With March Despite Harsh Warnings
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Phnom Penh City Hall on Friday threatened jail terms of up to 15 years for those taking part in the banned protest, which is being organized by the Federation of Cambodian Intellectuals and Students (FCIS) and leaders of the Khmer Krom community.

Source: Khmer - Google News | 21 Jul 2014 | 1:10 am

On the right track from Thailand to Laos

Sarah Marshall harks back to a golden age of luxury train trips through South East Asia with a ride through northern Thailand and Laos.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 20 Jul 2014 | 11:03 pm

Khmer Communities Outraged by Recent Remarks made by Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia Regarding the History of Kampuchea ...

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a joint statement by Cambodia National Rescue Foundation (CNRF), Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF), Cambodian-American for Human Rights and Democracy (CAHRAD), Khmer People Network for Cambodia (KPNC), Cambodia National Rescue Party in USA (CRNP-USA), Cambodian-American Communities and Cambodian Communities Oversea:Cambodian ...

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 17 Jul 2014 | 9:50 pm

Cambodian community rallies after US fire kills 7

LOWELL, Massachusetts (AP) — The large Cambodian community in this Massachusetts city is coming together to help the survivors of a fire that killed seven people in an apartment building and displaced more than 40 others.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 11 Jul 2014 | 11:32 pm

Immigrant community rallies after fire kills 7

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Soben Pin wept as she tried to express her sorrow Friday over a fire that claimed the lives of five members of a Cambodian family and displaced dozens more in Massachusetts.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 11 Jul 2014 | 8:16 pm

Mekong Delta Should Return to Khmer Krom, Group Says - VOA Khmer

Mekong Delta Should Return to Khmer Krom, Group Says
VOA Khmer
He praised the policies of Thailand, which has accommodated the Khmer Surin people there. Both the Khmer Surin and the Khmer Krom are remnants of a once-dominant Khmer empire, which ultimately shrank between the growing power its neighbors.

Source: Khmer - Google News | 11 Jul 2014 | 4:13 pm

Lavish procession to enshrine Cambodian ex-king

Cambodians lined the streets of Phnom Penh Friday as the remains of former king Norodom Sihanouk were transported through the capital atop a golden float shaped like a mythological bird for his enshrinement. After chanting by 90 Buddhist monks and a 101-gun salute, two diamond-studded gold urns and one marble urn containing the remains were borne through the capital in an elaborate procession ...

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 11 Jul 2014 | 7:16 am

Online Khmer-English Audio Dictionary Launches - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Online Khmer-English Audio Dictionary Launches
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Foreigners seeking to learn the Khmer language have long been restricted by a dearth of resources beyond beginner's textbooks, often relying on conversation and the methods of individual teachers to advance their vocabulary and comprehension. Aiming to ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 11 Jul 2014 | 4:42 am

Memorial To Be 'Symbolic Compensation' for Victims of Khmer Rouge - VOA Khmer

Memorial To Be 'Symbolic Compensation' for Victims of Khmer Rouge
VOA Khmer
Victims of the regime have been calling for reparations for the suffering and loss caused by the Khmer Rouge, including memorials and mental health centers throughout the country. It remains to be seen whether more such memorials will be built, or ...
Memorial to be 'Symbolic Compensation' for Khmer Rouge VictimsBig News Network.com

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 10 Jul 2014 | 9:47 pm

Monks launch rites to enshrine Cambodian ex-king

Thousands of saffron-robed monks offered prayers outside Cambodia's royal palace Thursday to mark the start of ceremonies to enshrine the remains of revered former king Norodom Sihanouk. Government officials paid their respects at a statue of Sihanouk in a nearby park in the capital Phnom Penh. Sihanouk's widow Queen Monique, his son -- current King Norodom Sihamoni -- and Prime Minister Hun Sen ...

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 10 Jul 2014 | 6:02 pm

Cambodia to build memorial at genocide museum

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia will build a memorial at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum to remember at least 12,000 people tortured and killed there during the radical Khmer Rouge regime, officials said Thursday.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 10 Jul 2014 | 1:56 pm

Khmer Krom drop call for apology - The Phnom Penh Post

The Phnom Penh Post

Khmer Krom drop call for apology
The Phnom Penh Post
Khmer Krom youth and other activists backed down yesterday on their demand that a diplomat apologise for saying the former Kampuchea Krom provinces belonged to Vietnam long before France's official transfer of the land in 1949, but said they will keep ...
Vietnam dismisses Cambodian protest demanding Mekong DeltaThanh Nien Daily
District Guards Violently Disperse Protest at Vietnam EmbassyThe Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Vietnam asks Cambodia to "prevent wrongdoings" after anti-Vietnam protestGlobalPost

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 10 Jul 2014 | 1:28 am

Khmer Krom Monks Clash With Cambodian Police Over Hanoi Statement - Radio Free Asia

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Khmer Krom Monks Clash With Cambodian Police Over Hanoi Statement
Radio Free Asia
More than a hundred monks and students from Vietnam's Khmer Krom ethnic minority living in Cambodia clashed Tuesday with riot police and security guards in front of the Vietnamese embassy in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh as they marched to demand ...
Why ISIS violence in Iraq reminds of the Khmer Rouge tragedyRT (blog)
Vietnam slams ethnic minority Khmer Krom for anti-Vietnam rallyShanghai Daily (subscription)
Clash at Vietnam EmbassyThe Phnom Penh Post

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 8 Jul 2014 | 9:46 pm

Rest & Relax: French-Khmer hotel union - The Star Online

Rest & Relax: French-Khmer hotel union
The Star Online
The architecture of the hotel is a marriage of 1920's French colonial building style, and traditional Khmer art and design. I was greeted by high ceilings and leather chairs in the lobby, which blended perfectly with lovely carvings and statues. This ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 5 Jul 2014 | 7:28 am

Ieng Thirith, former Khmer Rouge Leader, Remains in Hospital, on Oxygen - VOA Khmer

Ieng Thirith, former Khmer Rouge Leader, Remains in Hospital, on Oxygen
VOA Khmer
The health of Ieng Thirith, the former social affairs minister for the Khmer Rouge, has improved, after three months in a Thai hospital, according to two sources close to her. Ieng Thirith, 82, was found unfit to stand trial amid three other aging ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 2 Jul 2014 | 4:04 pm

'The Missing Picture' (Kieta E: Khmer Rouge no Shinjitsu) - The Japan Times

'The Missing Picture' (Kieta E: Khmer Rouge no Shinjitsu)
The Japan Times
Cambodian director Rithy Panh has made a career out of documenting the brutal rule of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime, which murdered something like 2 million of its own people between 1975 and 1979. With good reason: His own family was lost to the ...

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 2 Jul 2014 | 10:24 am

Trek to 37 towers

The sun was rising over the horizon in Angkor Wat, Cambodia’s famed temple complex. Tourists from all over the world waited in silence as the sun cast its shining light over the five towers of the temple, said to symbolize the five peaks of the mythical Mount Meru, abode of the Gods. My guide, Saron Souen, a Cambodian, relates that over four million tourists visit Angkor Wat each year. Then ...

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 29 Jun 2014 | 12:08 am

Democrats Don't Debate; They Distort

Sen. Rand Paul blames the current disarray in Iraq on George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Were there weapons of mass destruction there? James Fallows of The Atlantic tweeted, "Working hypothesis: no one who stumped for original Iraq invasion gets to give 'advice' about disaster now. Or should get listened to." Sen. Barbara Boxer called Cheney's criticism of President Barack Obama "sick," adding ...

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 24 Jun 2014 | 7:00 am