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Friday, April 26, 2013

Intimate Gathering Remembers Slain Environmental Activist

26 Apr 2013



On a road in Koh Kong province on Friday, Buddhist clergy and family members honored the environmentalist one year after his slaying. Chut Viuhy was shot dead at this remote location at a police check point during an NGO review of a forest area. VOA Khmer's Say Mony reports from Koh Kong province.

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Youth Will Determine State of Corruption, Advocate Says

13 April 2013
Social activists carry an anti-corruption banner during a rally in Phnom Penh, file photo.
PHNOM PENH - With a major election on the horizon, the time has come for Cambodian youths to decide whether they want to eliminate corruption in their country, a transparency advocate says.

Cambodia is ranked one of the most corrupt countries in the world, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars each year, but a great majority of the population is now under the age of 30.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Artists Want Cambodia Known for Its Work, Not Genocide


12 April 2013
The troupe will perform at the Abrons Arts Center in New York April 18 and April 19. Their performance, “Olden New Golden Blue,” explores the dancers’ relationship with their past.
PHNOM PENH - A group of performing artists in Cambodia say they are working to ensure that Cambodia is internationally known for more than a genocidal regime that ruled the country more than 30 years ago.

That includes the ongoing performances now underway in New York for the Season of Cambodia festival—where many works and performances are on display in April and May.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

As Dam Plan Goes Ahead, Villages Face Displacement

02 Apr 2013


Villagers living along the Sesan river in northeastern Cambodia protest the construction of the Sesan 2 dam in March 2013. The construction of the hydropower dam would force as many as 1,500 families to resettle.
PHNOM PENH — Along the lower Sesan River, villagers say they fear what a move will mean when a hydropower dam comes to Stung Treng province.


Last month, hundreds of them marched along the river, protesting the construction of the dam, which would force as many as 1,500 families to resettle.