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Residents in the former Khmer Rouge stronghold of Pailin told a delegation from the UN-backed tribunal last week they do not want to see the prosecution of further cases at the court after the second one is completed.
Andrew Cayley, the international prosecutor for the court and head of the delegation, told the residents that no more than 10 people would be further prosecuted in cases No. 3 and No. 4. |
| No songs, no singers, no musician composers could yet replace oldies songs in 1960s and 1070s in the hearts of most Cambodians. At least three fans of those oldies songs were trying to collect them from big towns to small villages. They are recording them into modern equipment to preserve the original voices of Sin Sisamuth, Ruos Sereisothea, Pen Rorn, In Yeng, So Math, Huy Meas... |
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The Ministry of Information has ordered the closure of a popular soap opera, after it depicted a scene where rich men were bidding money for a woman on display.
In a letter to the Cambodian Television Network, the ministry said the show, “Strange, Predestined Couple,” had gone against Khmer tradition and hurt the image of Khmer women. |
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When it comes to information technology curriculum, high schools have a long way to go.
“The lack of electricity and computer sets in schools is a main obstacle for the implementation of the use of ICT in senior high school education,” Kheng Piseth, Khmer OS program manager at the Open Institute, told “Hello VOA” on Monday. |
| Cambodians have a long, trusted relationship with gold. Through shifting regimes, instability and war, many watched as their currency lost value, either replaced by subsequent governments, or—in the case of the Khmer Rouge—abolished completely. But that relationship is changing, as Pich Samnang reports from Phnom Penh. |
| In Phnom Penh, Tiny Toones uses the allure of hip hop and breakdancing to bring at-risk youth off the streets, into classrooms and hopefully on to brighter futures. |
| Cambodians love food from the markets. But a new study shows some of that food can contain dangerous chemicals. Anything from pesticides on vegetables and fruit and preservatives in pickled or dried goods can be dangerous for your health. And as Cambodia's brand new chemical society has found, those dangers are in more places than you think. VOA Khmer's Pich Samnang reports from Phnom Penh. |
