Cambodia News: Sihanouk

There's no truth, There's only cinema - Bangkok Post

There's no truth, There's only cinema
Bangkok Post
Black-and-white footage, propaganda films, and even clips from King Norodom Sihanouk's movies are intertwined with the picture of 35mm film print left rotten out of neglect. Rithy Panh is suggesting that without image, there's no history. But at the ...

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 21 May 2013 | 7:50 pm

Kem Sokha Challenges Hun Sen to TV Debate - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Kem Sokha Challenges Hun Sen to TV Debate
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
We do not follow the Khmer Rouge,” Mr. Sokha said, flanked by CNRP lawmakers Mu Sochua and Prince Sisowath Thomico, who recently joined the opposition party after spending years as a spokesman for the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk, who died ...

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 21 May 2013 | 2:46 am

Cambodian court charges American, Cambodian men for child sex abuse - Global Times

Cambodian court charges American, Cambodian men for child sex abuse
Global Times
Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court charged a 66-year-old American man Charles W. Manning and a 24-year-old Cambodian San Veasna with indecent act against minors, which could face up to three years in jail, officials said Sunday. The two ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 19 May 2013 | 11:10 am

A snapshot of Cambodia - China.org.cn

A snapshot of Cambodia
China.org.cn
Also, it has a pristine coastline stretching in the length of 450 kilometers in four provinces of Koh Kong, Preah Sihanouk, Kampot and Kep. The coastline was officially recognized as one of the World's Most Beautiful Bays in May, 2011. [China.org.cn ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 17 May 2013 | 10:26 am

Views Differ on What to Do With Veal Mean - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Views Differ on What to Do With Veal Mean
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Shortly after Norodom Sihanouk was cremated on February 5, the government said the site would be preserved as a so-called “tourism site.” But since the elaborate ceremony took place in the presence of dignitaries from around the world, the site is ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 17 May 2013 | 8:37 am

Think Again: Lessons From Cambodia's Rebirth Through the Arts - Huffington Post

Think Again: Lessons From Cambodia's Rebirth Through the Arts
Huffington Post
America supported General Lon Nol over the more popular King Sihanouk, but it was the massive US bombing campaign, with more ordinance than the total dropped by the Allies in World War II, that led Cambodians to see the Khmer Rouge as their salvation ...

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 14 May 2013 | 6:58 pm

Notable Quotes - Namibian

Notable Quotes
Namibian
Born 14 May 1953, Norodom Sihamoni is the King of Cambodia since 29 October 2004. He was Cambodia's ambassador to Unesco and named by a nine-member throne council to become the next king after his father Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in 2004.

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 14 May 2013 | 6:39 am

British Author Paints Khieu Samphan as Central KR Figure - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

British Author Paints Khieu Samphan as Central KR Figure
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
With Phnom Penh's fall still on the horizon, Mr. Short recalled Khieu Samphan's trip to China to meet Mao Zedong and his tour of Asia and Africa with the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk, who had been deposed as head of state in a 1970 coup and ...

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 8 May 2013 | 2:35 am

Hun Sen Promises to Protect Sihanouk's Legacy of Prosperity - The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Hun Sen Promises to Protect Sihanouk's Legacy of Prosperity
The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
Speaking from the Preah Sihanouk Autonomous Port in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen promised that he would preserve the name of the seaside province and the legacy of its namesake while leading a return to the age of ...

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Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 2 May 2013 | 2:51 am

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

Assessing the Relevance of Southeast Asia's Monarchies - the Diplomat (blog)

Assessing the Relevance of Southeast Asia's Monarchies
the Diplomat (blog)
Meanwhile, Cambodia's past half century was dominated by one figure, Khmer King Norodom Sihanouk. He was King for two terms and abdicated twice. Throughout Cambodia's tumultuous modern history, he served as head of state, premier, and even ...

Source: Sihanouk - Google News | 23 Apr 2013 | 5:54 am

PPWSA surges on Cambodian Securities Exchange - Phnom Penh Post

Sim Sitha, former director of Sihanouk Water Supply, took control of the firm on July 1. Ek Sonn Chan was with PPWSA for 20 years. Several companies – state owned and private – have expressed interest in listing during the past four months. At least ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 30 Jul 2012 | 5:05 am

U.S. Navy hospital ship provides assistance to Cambodian communities - Xinhua News Agency

PREAH SIHANOUK, Cambodia, July 29 (Xinhua) -- The United States Navy Military Sealift Command's hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) docked at Cambodia's Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Sunday in order to provide free medical, dental, veterinary ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 29 Jul 2012 | 4:24 am

UN warns on rising anger of 7 billion - Arab Times

When Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihanouk was born on Oct 31, 1922, at the start of humanity’s great demographic expansion, the world’s population had still not reached two billion. Sihanouk turned 89 on Monday. Mounting concern over humanity ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 28 Jul 2012 | 8:43 am

Nghe An benefits from Pacific Partnership programme - NhanDan Online

“Without their helps and local knowledge we would not have been able to accomplish so much,” he said. The USNS Mercy is now headed to Sihanouk-ville, Cambodia, for its fourth and final mission port.

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 27 Jul 2012 | 10:17 am

North Korea IDs Mystery Woman as Kim Jong-Un’s Wife—But Who Is She, Really? - Daily Beast

When Kim Il-sung ruled, the “Great Leader” and his wife appeared publicly with the likes of Nicolae Ceausescu, the Romanian dictator, and Cambodia King Norodom Sihanouk. But when his son, the late Kim Jong-il, assumed the reins in the 1990s ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 26 Jul 2012 | 8:38 am

North Koreans Learn They Have First Lady - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Before that, for instance, state media carried reports when Kim Il-sung and his wife, Kim Song-ae, met Nicolae Ceausescu, the Romanian dictator, and King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Kim Song-ae was Kim Jong-il's stepmother. But after Kim Jong-il was ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 25 Jul 2012 | 4:53 pm

Cambodian King Departs for China for Routine Medical Check - CRIENGLISH.com

Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue also went to the airport. Besides medical check, the King will also visit his parents, the former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk and former Queen Norodom Monineath. Norodom Sihanouk has been receiving medical ...

Source: Sihanouk - Bing News | 22 Jul 2012 | 3:56 am