Journalists, Tech-Savvy Students Train in Social Media

Say Mony, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
Thursday, 25 August 2011

Cambodia accounts for more than 200,000 Facebook users, mostly to connect with friends and professional networking. “Social media such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have the potential to gather people to voice their opinions in a more effective manner..." Journalists, would-be reporters and other students were taught to better use social media last week, as an increasing number of Cambodians become tech savvy. “Social media such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have the potential to gather people to voice their opinions in a more effective manner,

Not Enough Cambodians Pitching In for Development: Volunteers

Say Mony, VOA Khmer
Thursday, 15 September 2011

Diep Sovannaroth, left, a program assistant for UN Volunteers, and Chhuon Thavrith,  right, a former volunteer at UN Volunteers who now works for UNDP, were our guests on 'Hello VOA' on Monday.

If more Cambodians do not start pitching in and volunteering, the country risks missing key development goals in coming years, a youth advocate said Monday. Cambodia is trying to meet a series of UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015, but it is lagging behind in key sectors. And while there are a number of foreign volunteers working in the country, there is not enough local help, Diep Sovannaroth, a program assistant for UN Volunteers, told “Hello VOA.”

Lenient Treatment of Tribunal Suspects Upsetting for Some

Say Mony, VOA Khmer
Saturday, 10 September 2011

When Khmer Rouge prison survivor Vann Nath died earlier this week in a quiet Phnom Penh clinic, family members had been scrambling for cash to pay for his treatment. Staff at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal pooled $500 to offset costs, as Vann Nath lay in a coma after a heart attack Aug. 26. Friends scrambled to collect money online. Meanwhile, the four former Khmer Rouge leaders accused of widespread atrocity crimes and responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people are getting free health care with good doctors under the UN-backed court.

Top Healthcare of Tribunal Suspects Upsetting for Some

Say Mony, Kong Sothanarith,VOA Khmer

Saturday, 09 September 2011

When Khmer Rouge prison survivor Vann Nath died earlier this week in a quiet Phnom Penh clinic, family members had been scrambling for cash to pay for his treatment.

Staff at the Khmer Rouge tribunal pooled $500 to offset costs, as Vann Nath lay in a coma after a heart attack Aug. 26. Friends scrambled to collect money online. He died on Monday.

Meanwhile, the former Khmer Rouge leaders accused of widespread atrocity crimes and responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people are getting free health care with good doctors under the UN-backed tribunal. Vann Nath’s family members and other regime victims did not fail to notice.

In Ratanakkiri Land Dispute, Long Wait for a Judge

Say Mony, VOA khmer | Ratanakkiri province, Cambodia
Tuesday, 06 September 2011 

Minority villagers who are caught up in a land dispute with the sister of Cambodia’s Finance Minister say they have waited years for the courts to look at their complaints. But in this remote part of the country, they say, they have had little luck getting a judge willing to take on the case. The land dispute is centered around Kong Yu village in Ratanakkiri province. Villagers here say they have waited four years to have a hearing for their complaints against Keat Kolney, the sister of Keat Chhon, who is the Finance Minister and holds the position of Deputy Prime Minister.