Cambodia News: Khmer

Shepherd's Pie and KFC (that's Khmer Fried Crickets) on a Mekong cruise - Daily Mail

Shepherd's Pie and KFC (that's Khmer Fried Crickets) on a Mekong cruise
Daily Mail
First a Hindu temple (Wat means temple in the local Khmer language) then a Buddhist one, it dominated the forested landscape just a few minutes drive from our fine resort hotel. Protected by a moat and an outer wall two miles long, the building is on ...

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 12 May 2013 | 7:40 pm

As vote nears, Cambodia opposition urges sanction threat

Cambodia's opposition leader is calling on the United States to impose sanctions against strongman Hun Sen if upcoming elections are unfair, saying that Myanmar showed how foreign pressure can work.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 10 May 2013 | 4:51 pm

In Testimony, Historian Analyzes Khmer Rouge Downfall - Voa - VOA Khmer

In Testimony, Historian Analyzes Khmer Rouge Downfall - Voa
VOA Khmer
PHNOM PENH - British historian and Pol Pot biographer Philip Short continued his testimony at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal on Thursday, describing the downfall of the regime and some of the underlying causes of its brutality. Short is testifying ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 9 May 2013 | 6:03 pm

Historian Describes Vietnam's Relationship to Khmer Rouge at UN Tribunal - Voice of America

Voice of America

Historian Describes Vietnam's Relationship to Khmer Rouge at UN Tribunal
Voice of America
Short is testifying in the atrocity crimes trial of Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan. Much of his testimony on Tuesday was centered around the relationship between the regime and Vietnam, which would eventually become its enemy.
Author Says Starving the People Was Not Khmer Rouge PolicyThe Cambodia Daily (subscription)

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 8 May 2013 | 7:11 pm

Classes set up to teach Khmer - Bangkok Post

Classes set up to teach Khmer
Bangkok Post
SURIN : An informal Khmer-speaking school has been set up near the Chong Chom border checkpoint in Kap Choeng district to educate the children of Cambodian vendors. The makeshift school, called "Samakee", or unity, was set up by the vendors behind ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 8 May 2013 | 6:39 pm

Keeping Khmer Alive in Long Beach - Long Beach Post - Long Beach Post

Long Beach Post

Keeping Khmer Alive in Long Beach - Long Beach Post
Long Beach Post
Ben teaches Khmer language as part of a joint program between the library and the Long Beach Neighborhood Services Bureau. He started the program six years ago because he wanted Cambodian parents to utilize resources at the library—which holds the ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 7 May 2013 | 10:30 pm

Cambodian played flute to escape death in Khmer Rouge labour camp - BBC News

BBC News

Cambodian played flute to escape death in Khmer Rouge labour camp
BBC News
Arn Chorn-Pond was a child in Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge came to power in 1975. Born into a family of artists and musicians, he was sent to a children's labour camp where he escaped death by playing his flute for the camp guards. His brother and ...
New York museum to return Khmer sculptures to CambodiaRadio Australia (blog)
When Museums Decide to Return Looted ArtNew York Times
READER SUBMITTED: Effort To Restore Traditional Music To Cambodian ...Hartford Courant

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 7 May 2013 | 11:24 am

Where notorious criminals have been buried

Whether it's a genocidal dictator or a gunman behind a mass shooting, debate often flares over where the notorious should be laid to rest. Concerns about gravesite vandalism, possible backlash from the public and some sites becoming shrines often lead to burials cloaked in secrecy. In Massachusetts, controversy is surrounding where to bury Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 6 May 2013 | 10:29 pm

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Must Ensure Legacy, Observer Says - Voa - VOA Khmer

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Must Ensure Legacy, Observer Says - Voa
VOA Khmer
WASHINGTON DC - The Khmer Rouge tribunal must have a transparent, complete strategy for wrapping up when the time comes, a court monitor says, or it risks losing some of its achievements for victims of the regime. Long Panhavuth, a program officer at ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 3 May 2013 | 7:32 pm

K. Rouge cadres have little appetite for landmark trial

It has been hailed as a chance to heal a traumatised nation, but former foot soldiers of the brutal Khmer Rouge say Cambodia's genocide trial is a waste of money that will only re-open old wounds.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 1 May 2013 | 4:29 am

Gene clues point to Cambodia for resistant malaria

Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin, the frontline drug against the disease, scientists said on Sunday.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 28 Apr 2013 | 4:10 pm

Ieng Sary's Death Worries Khmer Rouge Victims - Voa - VOA Khmer

Ieng Sary's Death Worries Khmer Rouge Victims - Voa
VOA Khmer
“All the people are watching to see whether the court can judge the Khmer Rouge leaders, who killed millions of people,” Sum Rithy, who is participating as a civil party at the court, told “Hello VOA” Thursday. “If not, there is no justice for the ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 26 Apr 2013 | 3:25 pm

Cambodian opposition rally for leader's return

About 2,000 Cambodian opposition supporters rallied Wednesday to demand election reforms and guarantees their leader Sam Rainsy can return to the kingdom to contest polls this year without arrest.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 24 Apr 2013 | 10:33 am

Mass. woman sues over sex tape with Buddhist monk

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has filed a lawsuit against five people she alleges illegally distributed a video of her having a sexual encounter with a Buddhist monk.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 23 Apr 2013 | 4:38 pm

Time running out for Khmer Rouge tribunals - Aljazeera.com

Aljazeera.com

Time running out for Khmer Rouge tribunals
Aljazeera.com
The landmark trial's aim is to hold accountable the Khmer Rouge leadership for an estimated 1.7 million deaths - about 25 percent of Cambodia's population - between 1975 and 1979. Mass executions, slave-labour-like conditions, and widespread starvation ...
Race against time to bring Khmer Rouge's aging leaders to justiceExaminer.com
Hun Sen Warns of 'War' if He Loses Election - Radio Free AsiaRadio Free Asia
Cambodian PM Warns of Internal War If Opposition Wins July's PollsFars News Agency
Bangkok Post
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Source: Khmer - Google News | 20 Apr 2013 | 1:58 pm

Time running out for Khmer Rouge tribunals

After death of 'Brother No.3', calls are made to speed up trials of remaining leaders behind Cambodia's killing fields.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 20 Apr 2013 | 1:56 pm

Remote Lands Co-Sponsors Season of Cambodia in New York City

Remote Lands Inc., the world’s leading ultra-luxe Asia travel designer, has teamed up with Amanresorts and the Phnom Penh & US-based Cambodia Living Arts to support Season of Cambodia, a festival celebrating Cambodian arts & performance taking place in New York City throughout April & May 2013.New York (PRWEB) April 20, 2013 Remote Lands Inc. ...

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 20 Apr 2013 | 11:08 am

Google Translate Now Supports 66 Languages After Adding Khmer - The Next Web

Google Translate Now Supports 66 Languages After Adding Khmer
The Next Web
Google Translate now comes with its own Khmer virtual keyboard and support for phonetic text. The company said that adding the language had proved difficult because of a lack of Khmer resources on the Web and the fact that words aren't usually ...

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 19 Apr 2013 | 2:03 am

Cambodia, Thailand clash over temple at top UN court

Thailand and Cambodia took their dispute around a flashpoint ancient temple to the UN's highest court on Monday, in a case Phnom Penh warned could end friendly relations between the countries.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 15 Apr 2013 | 10:56 am

Cambodia, Thailand take temple dispute to top UN court

Thailand and Cambodia are to face off at the UN's highest court Monday in a dispute over land surrounding a flashpoint temple that has seen deadly clashes along their joint border.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo! News Search Results | 15 Apr 2013 | 2:06 am

Attorney silenced at Khmer Rouge tribunal - United Press International

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- An attorney for a former Khmer Rouge leader was repeatedly cut off at a Cambodian tribunal for questioning the government's complicity in thousands of deaths. The microphone of Andrew Ianuzzi, representing ...

Source: Khmer - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 12:41 pm

Khmer Rouge and learning lessons for better future of Cambodia - Jakarta Post

Khmer Rouge regime collapsed more than 30 yeas ago, however its bitter legacy remains deep in the heart of the Cambodian people. During its short reign from 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge ruled with a brutality that claimed the lives of more than ...

Source: Khmer - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 7:33 am

Khmer hip-hop label drops first all-star record - Phnom Penh Post

Cambodia's first and only independent hip-hop music label, Klap Ya Handz, is commemorating its seventh year with the release of Cream of the Krop, a full-length retrospective CD featuring some of its most popular artists. After years of depending primarily ...

Source: Khmer - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 4:56 am

Open letter to Cambodian PM and justice minister - Nation - Thailand

Sonando was at the International Criminal Court in the Hague to cover the presentation of a communication by the Khmer People Power Movement to the Office of the Prosecutor on alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Cambodian government.

Source: Khmer - Bing News | 31 Jul 2012 | 5:07 pm

Khmer Krom: Religious Freedom In Vietnam Severely Undermined - United Nations and Peoples Organisation

The Vietnam Buddhist Shanga has expelled a Khmer-Krom Buddhist monk from Tra Set Temple without an adequate reason. Below is an article published by Khmers Kapuchea-Krom Federation: The Buddhist monk officer of the Vietnam Buddhist Shanga (VBS ...

Source: Khmer - Bing News | 31 Jul 2012 | 1:47 pm

Do you want to learn khmer languege? - CNN

What do you think of this story? Select one of the options below. Your feedback will help tell CNN producers what to do with this iReport. If you'd like, you can explain your choice in the comments below.

Source: Khmer - Bing News | 30 Jul 2012 | 10:06 am

Clearing up some points regarding Cambodia - Bangkok Post

The building's construction was fully funded with the national budget of Cambodia and its internal adornments reflect quintessential Khmer ancient art forms. The building was designed and built by young Cambodian architects and engineers. China provided ...

Source: Khmer - Bing News | 29 Jul 2012 | 8:16 pm

Cambodian town with gruesome past lures tourists - YAHOO!

Want to see Pol Pot's grave or his broken toilet seat? How about a visit to the house of a feared Khmer Rouge commander known as "The Butcher"? Welcome to the town of Anlong Veng, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold which hopes to become the next must-see ...

Source: Khmer - Bing News | 27 Jul 2012 | 7:39 am