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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Cambodia Thanks US Officials for Returned Statues

22 June 2013

PHNOM PENH - New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned two massive Angkorian statues to Cambodia.

Officials here say they are grateful to the US government for their help in the return, and for pursuing an ongoing court case to have another statue, currently housed at the auction house Sotheby’s, returned.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Young Voters Want Transparency and Less Corruption

17 June 2013

Transparency International Cambodia recently organized a ceremony for parties to pledge to fight against corruption.
PHNOM PENH - With just over a month to go before Cambodians head to the polls, a group of young voters say they are going to support the political parties most interested in fighting corruption.

A group of high school and university students met in Phnom Penh recently to call for political candidates to provide more transparency in government and to work harder to end the country’s endemic corruption.

Politicians Pledged Transparency and Anti-Corruption

17 Jun 2013



Parties' Representatives Pledged Transparency and Anti-Corruption
With just over a month to go before Cambodians head to the polls, political parties promised to fight against corruption in ceremony organized by Transparency International Cambodia. Two parties, including the ruling Cambodian People's Party, declined to participate in the ceremony. (Say Mony, Phnom Penh)

Friday, June 14, 2013

Youth Can Mobilize for Change, Democracy Advocate Says

14 June 2013
Hoeun Sopheak, an advocate for the US-based International Republican Institute. Courtesy of Hoeun Sopheak.
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia’s young generation is now a majority of the population, giving them political clout, if only they use it, a youth advocate says.

The next generation can push their government to make changes that young people want to see, Hoeun Sopheak, an advocate for the US-based International Republican Institute, told “Hello VOA” on Monday.