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Cambodia: 'Killing Fields' producer heaps praise on Hun Sen - Asian Correspondent

Cambodia: 'Killing Fields' producer heaps praise on Hun Sen
Asian Correspondent
David Puttnam, the once-brilliant film-maker who is best known for producing the amazing movie of Khmer Rouge terror, “The Killing Fields” has stunned journalists, diplomats and others, by praising the current Khmer government and its leader Hun Sen, ...
Stay alive for the New Year: PMThe Phnom Penh Post

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 10 Mar 2014 | 8:10 am

Cambodian Americans Relive Khmer Rouge Horrors Through Oscar-Nominated ... - Voice of America

Cambodian Americans Relive Khmer Rouge Horrors Through Oscar-Nominated ...
Voice of America
Almost 40 years after the communist Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and embarked on a four-year reign of terror and genocide, many of those who survived are finally able to talk about it. That includes a film director whose documentary about the Khmer ...
Without More Indictments, Tribunal Lawyers Face DifficultiesVOA Khmer

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 5 Mar 2014 | 11:37 pm

Only 85 of These Rare Dolphins Exist—So Why Is Laos Doing Something That Could Kill Them All?

Only around 85 Irrawaddy dolphins, an unusual-looking cetacean with a blunt-shaped head, remain in the Mekong Delta, despite international efforts to save the critically endangered species. Now a plan by government officials in Laos to construct a dam on the river threatens to wipe out these dolphins altogether, conservationists say. Time reported Monday that the small nation wants to construct ...

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 5 Mar 2014 | 6:13 pm

Vacation in luxury tents near Khmer temples - The Malay Mail Online

The Malay Mail Online

Vacation in luxury tents near Khmer temples
The Malay Mail Online
The two tents are pitched just next to Khmer temple ruins. — AFP-Relaxnews picSIEM REAP, March 4 — Khiri Travel, a travel company specialising in Southeast Asian tours, is offering travellers a chance to stay in a luxury tent near the Khmer temples ...

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 4 Mar 2014 | 2:52 am

Vacation in luxury tents near Khmer temples

Khiri Travel, a travel company specializing in Southeast Asian tours, is offering travelers a chance to stay in a luxury tent near the Khmer temples of Banteay Chhmar, located in Northwestern Cambodia, three and a half hours from Siem Rap or Angkor Vat.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 3 Mar 2014 | 2:50 pm

Khmer Rouge tribunal failing expectations

Tribunal comes up short of its promise to be an example for the domestic courts of Cambodia.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 3 Mar 2014 | 8:27 am

Oscar-nominated film on Khmer Rouge hits home for Cambodian Americans - Los Angeles Times

Oscar-nominated film on Khmer Rouge hits home for Cambodian Americans
Los Angeles Times
... theater, gripped by the emotionally wrenching scenes unfolding on the screen. There were scenes depicting executions, starvation and forced labor — a haunting reminder of Neth's own life under Cambodia's Khmer Rouge and its notorious leader, Pol Pot.

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 2 Mar 2014 | 5:24 am

Director taking figurine star to Oscar festivities

BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) — The star of one Oscar-nominated foreign film won't be taking a limo to the ceremony. He'll be arriving inside his director's pocket.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 2 Mar 2014 | 3:11 am

Q&A: Meeting Cambodia's Oscar nominee

Rithy Panh's work tells the story of life under the Khmer Rouge in a dark journey of loss and survival.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 1 Mar 2014 | 7:53 pm

Agent pitches tents at Khmer ruins - TTR Weekly

TTR Weekly

Agent pitches tents at Khmer ruins
TTR Weekly
BANGKOK, 28 February 2014: Khiri Travel has introduced up-scale tented accommodation right alongside the Banteay Chhmar temples in a remote corner of Cambodia. The initiative has the cooperation of the local community. Villagers were involved in the ...
Khiri Travel launches lux tent stays at Khmer TemplesTravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 28 Feb 2014 | 6:13 am

Cambodia vies for 1st Oscar with 'Missing Picture'

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The office of Cambodia's most celebrated filmmaker is filled with books on the Khmer Rouge. On his desk, on the walls, in the filing cabinets and in every corner of Rithy Panh's dimly lit office are memories of his country's greatest tragedy.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 27 Feb 2014 | 12:54 pm

Cambodian filmmaker's haunted memories and search for catharsis lead him to the Oscars

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The office of Cambodia's most celebrated filmmaker is filled with books on the Khmer Rouge. On his desk, on the walls, in the filing cabinets and in every corner of Rithy Panh's dimly lit office are memories of his country's greatest tragedy. His latest, "The Missing Picture," is the first time he has focused on his own story of loss and tormented survival.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 27 Feb 2014 | 9:29 am

Cambodian opposition leader accused of touting anti-Vietnamese racism

As violent anti-government protests raged in the Cambodian capital, cafe owner Sok Minh hoped concentrating on his small business would keep him sheltered from the violence.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 24 Feb 2014 | 7:18 pm

Cambodian Opp. Leader accused of touting anti-Vietnamese racism

As violent anti-government protests raged in the Cambodian capital, cafe owner Sok Minh hoped concentrating on his small business would keep him sheltered from the violence.

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 24 Feb 2014 | 6:12 pm

Canadian Journalist and Filmmaker Dave Walker, Tracking Khmer Rouge ... - International Business Times, India Edition

International Business Times, India Edition

Canadian Journalist and Filmmaker Dave Walker, Tracking Khmer Rouge ...
International Business Times, India Edition
Dave Walker, a Canadian journalist and filmmaker, who was trying to track down the Khmer Rouge for a documentary, has been declared missing since 14 February. Walker, 58, was last seen leaving his guesthouse in Siem Reap to allow a housekeeper to ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 23 Feb 2014 | 11:45 am

Khmer Rose on a mission to enforce gender equality in France - The Australian

Khmer Rose on a mission to enforce gender equality in France
The Australian
Le Figaro magazine picked up the theme by labelling her “the Khmer Rose”, whose angelic smile masked a chilling determination to “re-educate” France, challenging gender stereotypes and promoting sexual equality. Looking more like a student in dark ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 16 Feb 2014 | 2:27 pm

Vietnam anti-China activists mark 1979 border war

Vietnamese activists on Sunday marked the 35th anniversary of a bloody border war with China, chanting slogans, singing patriotic songs and laying flowers at a temple in central Hanoi. The two communist countries are locked in long-standing territorial disputes over the Paracel and Spratly islands in the South China Sea, and often trade diplomatic barbs over oil exploration and fishing rights in ...

Source: Khmer - Yahoo News Search Results | 16 Feb 2014 | 7:43 am

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Trials Are a Shocking Failure - TIME

The Phnom Penh Post

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Trials Are a Shocking Failure
TIME
Former Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea is seen on a television screen (R) as people (L) line up to attend the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders at the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom ...
The China connection: new book reveals Khmer Rouge relationshipThe Phnom Penh Post
Study Finds Deficient Textbooks as Major Education ImpedimentVOA Khmer

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Source: Khmer - Google News | 13 Feb 2014 | 10:06 am

In Pictures: The Khmer warrior-artists - Aljazeera.com

Aljazeera.com

In Pictures: The Khmer warrior-artists
Aljazeera.com
Banned during the Pol Pot regime, many Khmer fighters were exterminated in the Cambodian genocide, in which approximately two million people perished. Some fighters who were able to flee the country, such as San Kim San, have since brought Bokator ...

Source: Khmer - Google News | 12 Feb 2014 | 8:33 am