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Tainted wine kills 14 people at Cambodian ceremony

2010-10-18T12:09:00.000-07:00

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Fourteen people have died from drinking wine tainted with weed killer at a ceremony where the Cambodian villagers were appealing to spirits to protect children.Twenty people still were hospitalized Monday.Police in the eastern province of Kampong Cham said the victims drank locally produced rice wine from a bottle that had previously contained toxic herbicide. They are

Festival To Celebrate Local Cambodian Artists, Culture

2009-12-03T13:01:00.000-08:00

This Sunday, an arts and crafts festival will feature demonstrations of traditional Cambodian techniques,by Ryan ZumMallen Long Beach News This Sunday, the Cambodian population of Long Beach will be on full display as an arts and crafts festival will feature dancers, local artists, traditional cooking demonstrations and much more in a celebration of this ancient culture.The event will run from

ASIA Singaporean students serve less well-off in Cambodia

2009-12-03T06:27:00.000-08:00

KOMPONG CHAM, Cambodia (UCAN) -- An exchange program which saw Singaporeans teaching English to Cambodian youths and feeding poor children at dumpsites was an eye-opener for all, say organizers and participants.Sixteen students from Hwa Chong Institution, an independent school in Singapore, were in Kompong Cham Nov. 19-29 for a program organized by the institution, the Young Men's Christian

Royal Group of Cambodia Hires Two Banks for $421 Million Loan

2009-12-02T17:41:00.000-08:00

By Katrina Nicholas and Shelley SmithThe Royal Group is the premier investment and development company in Cambodia. The company is focused on bringing quality investment to the country and providing investors with the platform to run successful and profitable operations.Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Group of Cambodia Ltd., owner of the country’s biggest mobile-phone company, hired Standard Bank

Passports with Purpose - Help build a school in Cambodia and win great prizes

2009-12-02T17:28:00.000-08:00

Here is your chance to win some great travel prizes and contribute to building a school in Cambodia - through the Passports with Purpose contestTravel Writer Beth Whitman, author of the Wanderlust and Lipstick series of guidebooks, has put together this terrific initiative that raises money for a different nonprofit cause each year. Together with a group of great travel bloggers who have donated

Collections of HDR Artie | Photograophy's

2009-12-02T07:18:00.001-08:00

This is the only 2nd shot which i've processed from my Angkor Wat trip. Yesterday, I showed u a small exterior section of this majestic temple. Tonight, do allow me to bring u a fraction back into the interior of this amazing place. This is just one of many exits in this fortress & honestly it takes quite a bit of effort to walk around, up & down, in & out of the place. Maybe this temple shines

Science Film Festival lights up the night

2009-12-02T06:59:00.000-08:00

Offerings enrich student’s appreciation and understanding of biology, space travel and biofuelsby Sarah OuthwaitePhnom Penh PostThe Khmer Science Film Festival included feature films on topics such as climate change and global warming, endangered species, natural disasters, pollution and environmental destruction.Photo by: Sarah Outhwaite Amid the crowds at Wat Botum Park last weekend, attendees

Aids killed their parents but these sisters in Cambodia fight on

2009-12-02T06:50:00.000-08:00

On World Aids Day, Chief Reporter Aidan Radnedge speaks to four young sisters in Cambodia about their brave struggle to recover from double tragedy.Keeping it together: (l-r) Chan Sok-Chea, Chan Sreyleak, Chan Sopheap and Chan LeaKanaSisters are doing it for themselves – in defiance of double tragedy, neighbours’ sneers and the burden of having to grow up far too quickly.These four girls – the

Motorcycle sales gain traction in Cambodia after slow year

2009-12-02T06:48:00.001-08:00

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Motorcycle dealers in the capital Phnom Penh say sales have finally started to pick up following this year's downturn prompted by the global economic crisis, as buyers spend money generated in the provinces on upgrading to new models that have recently entered the market for 2010, local media reported on Monday.Kim Chhay, one of the many dealers who operate on

Cambodian kids painting with hope

2009-12-02T06:22:00.000-08:00

BY ILIANA STILLITANOFairfax MediaReaching out: Debbie Tuckey and civic centre co-ordinator Ashley Hoffman with some of the paintings to be exhibited. Picture: Elliott Housego MOST POPULAR1. Cambodian kids painting with hope2. Concerns sex shops `could pop up ...3. Week left to enter Christmas lights contest4. Camden's Alex Biffin wins Manhunt ...5. Teen triumphs over tragedy6. Rudd ministers go

'Telepathic' car symbolises Cambodian car industry hopes

2009-12-02T06:17:00.000-08:00

by Chan Sovannara Cambodian mechanic Nhean Phaloek sits in his self-designed home-made Angkor 333-2010 car at his house in Phnom Penh. The gold-coloured convertible turns heads on impoverished Cambodia's roads -- not least because of creator Nhean Phaloek's outlandish claim that it can be operated telepathically.(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)PHNOM PENH (AFP) – The gold-coloured convertible turns heads on

SNC-Lavalin to build energy management system for Cambodia

2009-12-02T06:14:00.001-08:00

Montreal-based engineering giant SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. said Tuesday it will design and build a $5 million energy management system for Cambodia's National Control Centre.The high-tech system will manage all of Cambodia's electric transmission network and help to provide power to much of the country's rural population. It will come on stream in mid-2011.The project will have strong local input,

Cambodia Warming to Idea of Foreign Ownership

2009-12-01T10:14:00.001-08:00

By SIMON MARKSThe New York Times Just three decades after the downfall of the Khmer Rouge, a deadly regime that left behind little notion of private property, a law that would allow foreigners to buy some kinds of real estate here appears to be nearing approval.And while the proposed law is focused on the property market, experts agree it also would be a general boost for the country, which has

Trip update from World Vision's "Spirit of Christmas" tour team

2009-12-01T10:08:00.001-08:00

By World Vision staff We've just arrived in Cambodia, and I thought I'd take a minute to take stock of where we've been and what we've seen.New York was a reminder that poverty and desperation exist right in our own backyard. Ines and her family are just some of the 15 people who share a one-bedroom apartment. They have little income and struggle just to provide the basics, and Christmas is

Lucy Liu film highlights child trafficking

2009-12-01T10:04:00.000-08:00

By SARAH EL DEEB (AP)American actress Lucy Liu speaks at a press conference to promote the film "Red Light" which she co-produced and narrated and which concerns children abused in the sex trade in Cambodia, at a hotel in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Lucy Liu is in Cairo for the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival, and visited UNICEF-funded anti-human

Assumption students to visit 'their' school in Cambodia

2009-11-25T11:11:00.000-08:00

By Martha Elson • melson@courier-journal.comAssumption High students Marie Clements, left, and Ariel Gariepy discuss their plans to visit Cambodia. (By Martha Elson, The Courier-Journal)The Global Issues Club at Assumption High School does a lot more than take an interest in world affairs from afar.Over the past three years, the members confronted a problem in Cambodia — girls their age more than

Jamie Chung’s Hot Complex Shoot

2009-11-25T08:49:00.000-08:00

Watch sexy Sorority Row actress Jamie Chung in action as she poses for Complex Magazine’s October/November 2009 issue. The Korean-American bombshell is clearly on her way to stardom!var VideoID = "4830"; var Width = 425; var Height = 344;

New Students on Campus, New Countries in Colby's Fold

2009-11-25T06:37:00.000-08:00

By Stephen CollinsColby Magazine Jean-Jacques Ndayisenga '13, Vichetrath Meas '13, and Mugyenzi Innocent '13 walk across the quad.Born when his mother was traveling, he was named “Mugyenzi,” or traveler. So far Mugyenzi Innocent ’13 is fulfilling the promise of his moniker beyond anyone’s expectations.As a boy he fled Rwanda in 1994, and his family lived in refugee settlements in Uganda. Selected

Microsoft launches new OS locally

2009-11-25T06:17:00.000-08:00

Windows 7 will run more smoothly than much-derided Vista, but Microsoft’s country head anticipates that counterfeiting will eat into potential revenues from launch of operating systemJeremy Mullins The Phnom Penh Post American software giant Microsoft Corporation launched its new computer operating system, Windows 7, in the Kingdom on Saturday, but was cautious about the release’s potential

Kbach Kun Boran Khmer - L'BOKATAO

2009-11-24T13:58:00.000-08:00

Khmer Warrior legendary of Nak Ta Dambang Dek statue in Battambang provinceKbach Kun Boran Khmer originate name is "L’Bokatao" or "L’Bokator" is a complete art and already a powerful art. At first the founder, Lok Kru Sakikori named the art as Lokusskor about 257 A.D. About the 537 A.D. Lok Kru Yaksakri name is Twin Shield Sticks and Lok Kru Kamakyutparak also found the Twin swords in the same

Long journey to a new life

2009-11-24T13:19:00.001-08:00

Manawatu Standard HAPPY: Cambodian refugee Sam Put with his partner Nicky and daughter Madison.War, extreme poverty and starvation are not issues Manawatu residents face every day, but for migrants and refugees, these problems have often been part of life. Adjusting to a new homeland may not be easy, but when JONATHON HOWE spoke to 29-year-old Cambodian refugee Sam Put, he discovered that success

Monk lauded for volunteerism

2009-11-24T13:00:00.000-08:00

Wholesome deeds lead to a better future and peace within self, Nil Choeun saysBy Eric StoberNil Choeun is a monk, a full-time volunteer and a representative of the Khmer Buddhist Temple of Ontario.He recently gained attention from the city for his work as a religious and social leader to Vaughan’s Cambodian community.The 29-year-old became a monk in 1997 in his home country of Cambodia. In 2004,

Mobitel to bring the BlackBerry to Cambodia

2009-11-24T12:36:00.001-08:00

Mobitel HQ in CambodiaCamGSM, which offers wireless services under the Mobitel banner, has announced plans to launch BackBerry services in Cambodia by the end of the year. Mark Hanna, CFO of the Royal Group, which holds a 38.5% share in the company, said that handset manufacturer RIM requires that service providers pay a subscription fee for each handset on the network, a cost which would

Cambodian DTV are spreading through out Villages of Cambodia

2009-11-24T12:10:00.000-08:00

Cambodian DTV Network Limited is the wireless TV. It use satellite to downlink channel to the DTV equipment. If you buy this products you no need to have cable. You buy one time watch hold life. The satellite dish and antenna cost $75. Villagers would be able to access news and information on local television channels through satellite TV network (DTV), which was launched last year, with

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Donate $6.4 Million to Charity

2009-11-23T10:00:00.000-08:00

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated big bucks to charity in 2008.According to a 2008 tax return for their Jolie-Pitt foundation (obtained by The Hollywood Reporter), the couple gave $6.4 million away -- more than double what they gave in 2007 (but less than 2006's $8 million).See photos from Brad and Angelina's recent romantic date The biggest recipients were Global Health with $2 million, the

A 60-year-old Cambodian man is facing OUI in Lowell accident

2009-11-23T09:51:00.000-08:00

LOWELL -- A 60-year-old Lowell man is facing second-offense drunken-driving charges after police say he plowed into a mother and the stroller she was using to push her 2- and 4-year-old children across Fletcher Street yesterday afternoon.Officers Niels Christiansen and Jason McGrail witnessed the accident as they sat in traffic on Fletcher Street at 5:33 p.m., and Christiansen immediately

Scene from Psa Thmey (New Central Market) Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2009-11-22T08:08:00.000-08:00

Recent sex arrest log in Cambodia

2009-11-22T07:47:00.000-08:00

Sex in the RestaurantIn Battambang, Cambodia, 18 women were freed from a restaurant that required its employees to sleep with the customers if the customers so desired.Police claim the restaurant has private rooms where the customers could buy sex from the employees.Police arrested the restaurant owner and manager and the 18 women have been sent to the provincial Department of Social Affairs for

The Sea Wall

2009-11-22T07:20:00.000-08:00

Isabelle Huppert in The Sea Wall.Directed by the Paris-based Cambodian movie maker Rithy Panh, this is a second adaptation of Marguerite Duras's novel Un barrage contre le Pacifique about a French widow trying unsuccessfully to make a go of running a coastal rice farm in Indo-China in the early 1930s and seeing her self-centred son and daughter toy with incest and go to the dogs in the corrupt

Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia

2009-11-21T14:35:00.000-08:00

Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight — at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.DNA taken from 69 crocodiles housed in the moats of the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center showed nearly 50 percent were Siamese crocodiles, which until recently were believed to have become extinct in the

Coming in off the streets

2009-11-21T14:18:00.000-08:00

Poverty and the legacy of civil war has had a corrosive effect on family life in Cambodia, leaving many children homeless and vulnerable. But children's support projects offer hope of a better futureCynara VetchThe GuardianCambodian children study in a classroom at one of the M’Lop Tapang organisation’s schools in Sihanoukville. Photography by: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFPSrey Mom recalls: "My father

At 39, Loung Ung enters a new phase of writing and storytelling

2009-11-20T13:24:00.000-08:00

By Karen R. Long, The Plain Dealer Loung Ung has broken bread with Queen Noor of Jordan, lunched with Paul McCartney and opened her own restaurant, Bar Cento, in Ohio City. At 39, she is a world away from the childhood starvation that distended her belly and drove her to swallow rotten leaves. Born into an upper-middle-class family, Ung was 10 when she fled Cambodia with an older brother.

Le Meridien Angkor Voted World Travel Awards 2009 Asia as Cambodia’s Leading Hotel and Spa

2009-11-20T11:13:00.000-08:00

Le Meridien Angkor has been voted as a winner of World Travel Awards 2009 in the categories of Cambodia’s Leading Hotel and Cambodia’s Leading Spa Resort, for the third year consecutive.Le Meridien Angkor - Khmer inspired poolsPRLog (Press Release) – Nov 09, 2009 – Le Meridien Angkor has been voted as a winner of World Travel Awards 2009 in the categories of Cambodia’s Leading Hotel and Cambodia’

Finder’s Keepers: Souvenirs on the Road

2009-11-19T14:02:00.000-08:00

By MATT GROSS I picked up this rubber-tree seed from a rubber plantation in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.This Frugal Traveler is not big on souvenirs. Too often, the postcards, T-shirts and other tchotchkes hawked to tourists are kitschy and overpriced — the kind of junk that takes up space in your suitcase and gets filed away when you return home. Rarely do those things fulfill the French root of the

NGO students share life experiences in touching new book

2009-11-18T11:53:00.000-08:00

The cover of This Life Cambodia’s new book. Donors are needed now to get the fundraising book printed.Siem Reap’s grassroots education NGO, This Life Cambodia, founded by Australian conservationist Billy Gorter, is about to publish an intriguing book detailing the stories and lives of 21 scholarship students.The book is set to be printed in Phnom Penh next week with 1,000 copies to be distributed

Nuon Soriya storms Europe

2009-11-17T10:19:00.001-08:00

by Virginie Noel The Phnom Penh Post Cambodian Nuon Soriya (left) registered a decision victory over Moroccan Yassim Lamidi in Frameries, Belgium, on Saturday in his European boxing debut.NUON Soriya prepared for his fight Saturday against Morrocan Yassim Lamidi in Frameries, near Mons, Belgium, with a zen-like calm. Arriving from Cambodia two days previously, he was excited by the prospect of

A gallery covering three decades of Cambodian history

2009-11-11T05:59:00.000-08:00

A gallery covering three decades of Cambodian history, haunted by the legacy of the Khmer RougeIt's been almost 30 years since the Khmer Rouge was overthrown and forced to retreat into the jungle after killing more than a million Cambodians. Bill Burke has been visiting the country ever since, interviewing and photographing both Khmer Rouge leaders and victims, rebels and refugees. As his work

Movie star Jackie Chan to give lecture in Cambodia

2009-11-10T06:13:00.000-08:00

http://www.chinaview.cn/Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan (R) greets students during his visit to the Mercy Centre in Bangkok November 9, 2009. Chan is on a mission to promote peace as part of the third ASEAN event series of "Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace", facilitated by the International Peace Foundation.PHNOM PENH, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan arrived here on

Textbook sheds light on Khmer Rouge era

2009-11-10T05:53:00.000-08:00

By Guy De LauneyBBC News, Phnom PenhA former Khmer Rouge prison guard helped distribute the new textbookStudents can rarely have seemed so enthusiastic about receiving a textbook.Even though it was not a school day, dozens of them made their way in to Sisowath High School in the centre of Phnom Penh for a presentation ceremony. School and government officials were formally handing out the new

New crocodile hopes in Cambodia

2009-11-10T05:48:00.000-08:00

By Guy De LauneyBBC News, Phnom PenhThe discovery in Cambodia of rare Siamese crocodiles has excited conservationists Conservationists say there is fresh hope for one of the world's rarest reptiles. DNA tests have found 35 pure-bred Siamese crocodiles at a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia. There are fewer then 250 of the species left in the wild, but the crocodiles at the sanctuary could now form

Remembering Melody Ross

2009-11-04T06:17:00.000-08:00

By Greg Mellen, Press-TelegramPhoto Galleries: Ceremony at Wilson ; Family mourns ; Family PhotosRIP Melody Ross Facebook group LONG BEACH - How do you measure a life well lived and well loved?In the case of Melody Ross, the effervescent 16-year-old bystander killed after Friday night's Wilson High football game by a still unidentified gunman, we're still learning.Maybe her life can be measured

Cambodian Mobile Customer Base Will Grow To Almost 6.23mn At The End Of 2009

2009-11-04T05:54:00.000-08:00

Companiesandmarkets.com and OfficialWireLONDON, ENGLANDThe latest update on the telecoms markets in Cambodia and Laos includes new regulatory and operator data on the size of these two countries’ mobile subscriber, fixed-line and internet access markets at the end of March 2009. Based on the available data, we have made several revisions to our five-year growth forecasts for these markets.Based

Local man makes good on vow to help rid Cambodia of mines

2009-11-04T05:41:00.000-08:00

A world traveler, Morse has moved to Southeast Asia on a mission to help his new neighborsBill Morse of Palm Springs has joined with well-known ex-Cambodian child soldier Aki Ra on his campaign to rid Cambodia of the deadly landmines that pock the country's beautiful landscape. (Omar Ornelas The Desert Sun)The scene is bucolic. Swollen clouds hang in a technicolor blue sky. Schoolchildren, on

130 golfers set to compete Cambodian Open

2009-11-03T07:40:00.000-08:00

by Rann ReuySports officials and dignitaries shake hands during a press conference Monday in front of the Angkor Wat Temple, Siem Reap. From left to right: Mey Marady, deputy director general of Apsara Authority; Samuel A Fischer, Johnnie Walker Southeast Asia general manager; Sou Phirin, Siem Reap governor; Thong Khon, minister of tourism; Supachai Verapuchong, managing director of Phokeethra

New paint and old prayers in preparation for big race

2009-11-03T07:30:00.000-08:00

Prek Takong residents hope their work on a former championship-winning boat will pay off when race time comes around at this weekend’s Water Festival.Uch Bonly repaints the championship boat at Prek Takong with colourful motifs.Like a thoroughbred horse, a winning Water Festival boat is a prized possession.Mangkal Sanchey Serey Mean Rith, the boat that will represent Russey Keo’s Prek Takong

Cambodia 'Jungle woman' wants to return to the wild

2009-11-02T07:53:00.001-08:00

A Cambodian woman who spent 18 years living in a forest after going missing as a child has struggled to reintegrate in village life and wants to return to the wild.Rochom P'ngieng, dubbed "jungle woman" when she emerged in Feb 2007, has still has not learnt to speak and refuses to wear clothes.Her father said she had been admitted to hospital after refusing to eat for a month and had made several

Ladies Magazine: Sensonita “Tota” Mark

2009-11-02T06:26:00.000-08:00

Mark Sensonita is a an actress and model. She known for a lead actress from the CTN hit drama "Pka Knong Pka". Sensonita Mark often goes by Tota as a nickname is a beautiful 16-year-old girl originated from Phnom Penh.Photographs by Chem Vuth SovinArtworks by Chem Vuth Sovin & Alex-TPhotographer’s assistant Kung SophatStyled by Som VansakCourtesy of Ladies Magazine. Used by permission.©2009

Small loans give villagers a big leg-up

2009-11-02T06:08:00.000-08:00

By Kimberly SpykermanCAMBODIAN villager Reun Rim was selling noodles on the street and earning 75 cents a day, until she heard she could get a loan of US$100 (S$139) to start a farm.The money is a loan from VisionFund, a World Vision initiative which offers the poor in developing countries a leg-up, not a handout.With the sum of money, the 29-year-old and her husband began rearing pigs in Samrith

In Cambodia, a Cry for Small-Scale Subsidies

2009-11-02T05:57:00.001-08:00

In Cambodia, a Cry for Small-Scale SubsidiesBy Simon MarksA $20 solar-powered lamp could benefit millions of rural Cambodian residents, but most still can’t afford it. Subsidies, its makers say, are sorely needed.Generous subsidies for businesses and tax incentives for consumers are needed if developing countries like Cambodia are to promote renewable energy alternatives — particularly in rural

Trying to get Cambodia Town off the ground

2009-11-02T05:41:00.001-08:00

Long Beach provided the designation but left financial support up to businesses in the area. Many have been reluctant to sign on, but backers of the district are working hard to persuade them.Shops cater to the estimated 50,000 Cambodian Americans in Long Beach. Activists want businesses, through an improvement district, to pay for signs, increased security, street cleaning and landscaping in a

Construction of Cambodian bourse to begin in Dec

2009-11-02T05:26:00.000-08:00

By Ek MadraPHNOM PENH, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Cambodia expects to begin construction in December on its first stock exchange, a government official said, giving momentum to a long-delayed joint venture with South Korean investors.'We expect to have the ground-breaking ceremony in December,' Mey Vann, director of the financial industry department at Cambodia's Ministry of Economy and Finance, told

Filmmaker Hopes to Bring Justice in Acid Attack

2009-10-30T12:22:00.000-07:00

Finding Face details the controversial case of Tat Marina, who was attacked with acid in Cambodia in 1999. At 16, Marina was a rising star in Phnom Penh’s karaoke music scene. She was coerced into an abusive relationship with Cambodia’s Undersecretary of State, Svay Sitha, and subsequently doused with a liter of nitric acid—allegedly by his wife—that disfigured her face. A decade later, despite

Faith sprouts in floating Cambodian village

2009-10-29T06:18:00.000-07:00

by Tess Rivers, Baptist PressYoung boys visit on top of a boat while the sun sets in the background on Tonle Sap Lake, near Siem Reap, Cambodia. All of these boys are recent believers.A Christian worker teaches basic English to children following morning worship services in the floating village of Kampong Chhnang on Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia. This village is home to nearly 1,000 Vietnamese

A Khmer Rouge survivor's message: It's OK to talk about it

2009-10-28T06:01:00.000-07:00

Flung like a rag doll by a Khmer Rouge soldier, Brandon Eang was 10 and ready to die.He screamed for his mother before landing for the third time with a splash in the watery trench, and sank briefly into the murk. The tendrils from a bed of lotus flowers brought him back to the surface.His name was Wathana then.Now 39 and a multimedia/desktop-production teacher at Westford Academy, Eang was born

A younger generation of Cambodians confronts what parents endured

2009-10-28T05:44:00.000-07:00

By David Perry, dperry@lowellsun.com"My parents never really told me about the war," says Kanya Hak, 29, a paralegal with Merrimack Valley-North Shore Legal Services. Hak and her Cambodian classmates in Long Beach, Calif., learned about their history from Erin Gruwell, a high-school teacher. She holds a book, The Freedom Writers, that tells their story. SUN / DAVID H. BROWSocheath Uch told his

Young Cambodians salute golden era of 1960s filmmaking

2009-10-27T11:32:00.000-07:00

Phnom Penh - At 26, Davy Chou is too young to have first-hand experience of the golden age of Cambodian filmmaking, which flourished in the 1960s and early '70s. But the curator of a nine-day event celebrating this neglected part of Cambodia's cultural history has a powerful personal link: his grandfather who disappeared in Cambodia in 1969 was one of the leading film producers of the time.The '

Khmer Rouge victim from San Jose was saved by her children

2009-10-27T11:05:00.000-07:00

By Joe Rodriguez, Mercury News ColumnistSophany Bay at a Cambodian temple in San Jose Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009. Bay is a refugee of the Khmer Rouge killing fields so long ago in Cambodia. After losing almost her entire family, she's rebuilt her life in San Jose, but the recovery wasn't easy and she's still tormented by occasional nightmares. Dozens of local survivors like her will tell their

Lowell Cambodian leaders say more need to stand up and be counted

2009-10-27T10:32:00.001-07:00

By David Perry, dperry@lowellsun.comRithy Uong, shown in the halls of Lowell High, was the first Cambodian to be elected to public office in the country when he won a Lowell City Council seat in 1999, finishing sixth. SUN/David BrowMore than two dozen people have filed into the basement of the Coalition for a Better Acre building on Merrimack Street on a Wednesday afternoon in July.They gather

In 30 years, Cambodian immigrants have redefined city's mosaic

2009-10-27T10:23:00.000-07:00

By David Perry, dperry@lowellsun.comRobin and Wendy Ley at own four Top Donut shops. Robin's family was the first to immigrate from Cambodia to Lowell 30 years ago. SUN/DAVID H. BROWSocheath Uch remembers a frigid welcome to his new country."Cold!" says Uch, 67, smiling. "So cold. Snow everywhere. But they gave us jackets."On Jan. 16, 1981, Uch and his wife, Lily, now 59, landed at Boston's Logan

What do you know about Cambodia?

2009-10-27T08:28:00.000-07:00

By Bridget McNultyI didn’t know much before I got here, to be honest. We’ve been in South-East Asia for six weeks now — a month in Thailand, and just two weeks in Cambodia, and the country has me totally flummoxed.We started off in Siem Reap, the town famous for the extraordinary temple ruins of Angkor Wat, and infamous for its border-crossing scams, where nicely dressed men and women speaking

Cambodian ferry capsizes killing 17: official

2009-10-23T10:51:00.000-07:00

An overloaded river ferry capsized in northeastern Cambodia killing 17 passengers, an official said Sunday.(AFP) – Oct 10, 2009PHNOM PENH — An overloaded river ferry capsized in northeastern Cambodia killing 17 passengers, including two young boys, an official said Sunday.The ferry, travelling to a ceremony at a Buddhist temple, was crammed with 30 people on board when the accident happened in

Cambodian-American rapper praCh Ly

2009-10-22T07:25:00.000-07:00

Rapper praCh (rhymes with “batch”) 23, a Cambodian-American rapper from Long Beach, California, Ly cut his first CD on a karaoke machine in his parents garage in Long Beach, California. The real story, though, is how he got to Long Beach in the first place. When he was small, his family managed to escape from Pol Pot’s Cambodia. Now, praCh’s got a new album, and his own record label. It’s clear

From Killing Fields to Fields of Dreams

2009-10-22T06:26:00.000-07:00

Cambodian baseball players.Cambodia is an unlikely place for baseball. There is chronic poverty, lingering post-war trauma, and rampant human trafficking. Children are more likely to work or rummage through the fetid muck of the Steung Meanchey dump than go to school or play.But for the last seven years, Joe Cook, a Cambodian refugee, has been teaching the game in his homeland, building

Women Are Diamonds: A Brilliant Future for Cambodia Means Creating Female Employment Now

2009-10-22T06:17:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 20 October 2009by: Anne Elizabeth Moore, t r u t h o u t Op-EdWomen, according to the Cambodian maxim, are rice. Men, however, are diamonds. In a country in which 75 percent of residents farm rice for subsistence, this would seem a positive sign. Rice is central to Cambodian culture - and the Khmer language. The staple is consumed in such quantities, it forms the root syllable in the term

Typhoon kills 35, destroys $41 mln in properties in Cambodia

2009-10-20T05:50:00.000-07:00

Typhoon Ketsana kills dozens in Cambodia and Vietnam after creating massive flooding in the Phillipines. Typhoon Ketsana has killed at least 11 people in northeastern and central Cambodia, police and government officials said Wednesday, after the storm left another 38 dead in Vietnam.Nine were killed and 35 injured in central Cambodia while two died in the northeast overnight as the country was

2009-09-23T06:52:00.000-07:00

World Air Guitar Competition

2009-08-25T10:41:00.000-07:00

August 21, 2009 the world's "air guitar" contest was held in Finland, players are relying on their own imagination, toggle with the virtual guitar strings. As long as the audience can be recognized, we can win the championship.

Conrad gastronomy restaurants: destination-inspired dining

2009-08-20T11:08:00.000-07:00

Can you conceive of a better way of experiencing local authenticity than through local food? This rhetorical questions demands for a solid “well, no”, and that is why Conrad Hotels & Resorts offers outstanding gastronomy at destinations across the world and presents its guests with a vast array of locally inspired choices to cater to every taste.Sample sushi that excites the palate at the Conrad

Burning Through the Clouds – Angkor Wat in the Morning

2009-08-20T10:44:00.000-07:00

Morning at Angkor Wat was a very cool experience. It was very muggy — the kind of muggy that makes you just give up and give in to being covered in sweat. I wasn’t going to any dinner parties, so I figured it was okay. Moving around the complex to get photos from many perspectives was a lot of fun… this place was a treat to compose.In vaguely related news, a friend of mine in Shanghai just opened

8th World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2009-08-20T07:27:00.000-07:00

About 5 000 athletes from 90 countries took part in the «World Games», which took place from 16 to 26 July in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Athletes competed in 31 sport not included in the program of Olympic Games, such as korfbol and the tug. Games last 11 days, held every four years, one year after the Olympics.Estonian Natalia Nazarenko-Kiivikas to fitness bodybuilding competition for women

United States Skydiving World Record

2009-08-20T07:21:00.000-07:00

According to British media reported on August 2, the United States over 108 parachute from 18,000 feet (about 5.48 kilometers) at high speed of 180 mph to jump, and a variety of graphical components in the air, people wishing to break world records.(click to enlarge)

Cambodia: A land up for sale?

2009-08-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

Ramon Fil says he was tricked into signing away more landRomam Fil is moving rapidly through a dense patch of forest. Every few metres he pauses and points to edible plants and roots that the Jarai people of north eastern Cambodia have relied on for generations.By Robert Walker BBC World Service Then suddenly the trees come to an end. In front of us is a vast clearing, the red earth churned up

An elephant's tale

2009-08-20T06:42:00.000-07:00

By Nigel WildThe story behind how Chhouk the baby elephant gained his artificial foot is one of hope and salvation following the desperate years of his troubled homeland.It is also a story of how Cambodian medical students found themselves using techniques developed to create prosthetic limbs for mine victims to help a wild animal.Cambodia is now politically stable and tourism a major growth

Rejected US Cambodian brings hip hop home

2009-08-20T06:33:00.000-07:00

By Kounila Keo (AFP)PHNOM PENH — A slim boy with curly hair spins on his head to hip hop music at a house down a crowded and dusty road in the Cambodian capital.A local boy spins on his head to hip hop music at a club in Phnom PenhThe dancer, 11-year-old Soeurn Nhanh, says he had a hopeless existence as a shoeshine boy until he discovered Cambodia's first and only breakdancing and hip hop school.

Breaking the Faith: USA

2009-08-20T06:11:00.000-07:00

See Photostream>Ya Chhan weeps and prays as she explains why her son shouldn't be deported from the United States. Her 31 year old son, Chhoeuth Chhan, escaped with his family from Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge in 1979 after 3 of his siblings had died from starvation, one of whom the 4 year old Chhoeuth was forced to bury himself under leaves in the jungle. By the time Chhoeuth arrived in the US

Danville woman heads to Cambodia to serve in the Peace Corps

2009-08-04T06:20:00.000-07:00

by Geoff GilletteJaNise Porter, 22, a recent graduate of Howard University, has embarked on her two-year commitment to the Peace Corps in Cambodia. To learn more about the Peace Corps and its mission, meet returned volunteers at the Danville Library this evening from 7-8:30 p.m. who will share pictures and stories from their time abroad.The concept of "Giving Back" isn't really a new one. People

Robot Suits Deployed on the Streets of Japan

2009-08-03T12:41:00.000-07:00

By Jeremy Hsuvia NECNToday, Japanese scientists went for a leisurely stroll in their robotic suits to display the power of the HAL suit. Such hybrid suits can assist recovering patients or other weakened people get around, and can even boost users' strength to help lift heavy objects.The battery-powered suit can also adjust to help wearers move in the direction they want to go, based on sensors

Discovery Channel launches adventure tours

2009-08-03T11:39:00.000-07:00

The Associated PressSILVER SPRING, Md.—Discovery Channel is launching a new brand of tours and trips called Discovery Adventures.The brand will offer trips to destinations including Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, the Amazon, the Galapagos, India, Thailand, Cambodia, China, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Alaska and the U.S. Southwest. Itineraries will range from cruises and safaris to exploring the

Cambodia cancels landmine pageant

2009-08-03T11:34:00.000-07:00

A beauty pageant for landmine victims has been cancelled by the Cambodian government, which branded it an insult to disabled people.BBC NewsAuthorities said the contest, due to launch on Friday, would damage "the dignity and honour" of participants.Twenty women were to have competed for the title of Miss Landmine and the prize of a high-tech prosthetic limb.Norwegian organiser Morten Traavik

Plague kills 2nd man; China seals off entire town

2009-08-03T08:20:00.000-07:00

By Associated Press BEIJING (AP) - A second man has died of pneumonic plague in northwest China, in an outbreak that prompted authorities to lock down a town where about a dozen people were infected with the highly contagious deadly lung disease, a state news agency said.The World Health Organization office in China said it was in close contact with Chinese health authorities and that measures

You can click and drag video

2009-07-31T13:33:00.000-07:00

This is pretty amazing video technology.“By using a Google Streetview-like camera, a system with six lenses, not as a photo but as a video camera, an all-encompassing picture is captured. […]From the point where the images were recorded, the viewer can look in any direction, let his eyes wander through the

Reverse Role: Cambodian man singing with women voice and Cambodian women singing with a man voice

2009-07-31T06:40:00.000-07:00

Only in Cambodia......

Europe's Most Expensive Hotel "Mardan Palace"

2009-07-31T06:16:00.000-07:00

The Mardan Palace Hotel one of the most luxurious hotels in the Mediterranean region, was opened in the popular Turkish resort town of Antalya costing nearly 1.5 billion USD.The most expensive hotels in Europe Mardan Palace includes a total 560 rooms, cost from $ 475 up to $ 19,000 per night. The most expensive rooms have a pool, a concert grand piano, huge TV and a toilet with a remote

UCSD physician proves that no dream is impossible

2009-07-31T06:00:00.001-07:00

By Maria ConnorLa Jolla LightSopheap Ly has no photos of her childhood, but her memories of that time are vivid. Born in Phnom Penh, her early years were idyllic. She and her sister lived with their parents in an affluent suburb of the Cambodian capital and spent time with affectionate, well-educated, accomplished extended family members.When Ly was 5 years old, Khmer Rouge soldiers invaded her

Power plan offers light relief to Cambodia

2009-07-30T07:32:00.000-07:00

Phnom Penh comes alive in the early evening. The sweltering heat of daytime dies down a little, giving people a chance to venture outside without immediately becoming drenched in sweat.By Guy DelauneyBBC News, Phnom PenhFrequent blackouts force households to eat by candlelightIt is a time to enjoy the streetside restaurants, and browse through the shops and markets. But all too often this

Cambodian art show casts light on Khmer Rouge horrors

2009-07-30T07:24:00.000-07:00

Artist Vann Nath, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge's notorious Tuol Sleng prison, explains a painting to villagers during an art workshop and exhibition project titled "The Art of Survival", in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, July 25, 2009.REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaKOMPOT, Cambodia (Reuters Life!) - Cambodian artist Vann Nath only survived the Khmer Rouge's most brutal prison

Learn to make Cambodian-Style Fish Amok Step-by-Step

2009-07-30T07:10:00.000-07:00

Cambodian-Style Amok Fish features fresh seafood with a lush coconut milk custard steamed in a natural container. It's easy to make at home with our step-by-step instructions. By Deborah S. Hartz-SeeleySouth Florida Sun-SentinelCambodia Style Fish Amok at Fort Lauderdale's Origin Pan Asian & Sushi restaurant. (Michael Laughlin, Sun Sentinel / July 30, 2009)Fish amok is a traditional Khmer or

Phnom Penh: City of extremes

2009-07-30T06:28:00.000-07:00

By Kerri JacksonThe New Zealand HeraldFollow the history of the Khmer people at the National Museum. Photo / Herald on SundayHigh on the hilltop at Wat Phnom is a good place to start any visit to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.Granted, at 27m high, it is by New Zealand's mountainous standards more of a grassy knoll than a hill, but it's the only one in the city and the temple atop it is the

Scientists alarmed by drug-resistant malaria

2009-07-30T06:15:00.000-07:00

Treatment that was hailed as wonder cure proves less effective in CambodiaBy Steve Connor, Science EditorIndependent News & Media plc.More than 100 of the 460 mosquito species may transmit malaria to humansWestern Cambodia has become a hotspot for a new form of drug-resistant malaria that threatens to overrun the world's front-line defences against the disease.Scientists in the region have

Southeast Asian Water Festival is looking for volunteers for this year's event

2009-07-30T01:53:00.000-07:00

Lowell, MA. - The 13th annual Lowell Southeast Asian Water Festival will be taking place during the third weekend in August. With significant support from the Lowell National Historical Park, the ever-popular Candle Floating Ceremony will be held in downtown Lowell this year to help kick-off the Festival on Friday, August 14.Join Lowell's Khmer, Thai, Vietnamese and Laotian communities in this

Motorcyclist rides over children's hands at school event

2009-07-30T01:46:00.000-07:00

A government elementary school in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, India recently organized an event in which a motorcyclist rode over the outstretched hands of students lying on the ground and a plank placed over a girl exposing the children to serious harm.The celebrations marked the birth centenary of the late chief minister K Kamaraj. It was meant to be a 'bravery show', but it resulted in

Norwegian organizes Cambodian Miss Landmine contest

2009-07-29T19:19:00.000-07:00

Organisers of the beauty pageant claim it will raise public awareness of the challenges facing land mine victims, but doubts persist about the long-term effects on participants and society.by Sam RithPhnom Penh PostMiss Landmine contestant So Yeu, 35, is from Kampong Cham province’s Chhoeung Prey district. Photo by: Courtesy of Gorm K GaareTHE second annual Miss Landmine beauty pageant, a

Cambodian fish sauce to be exported to US

2009-07-29T19:15:00.000-07:00

by May KunmakaraPhnom Penh PostTHE nation's top brand of fish sauce is expected to be exported to the United States at the end of the year. Two containers of Kampot fish sauce will soon appear in stores in Los Angeles and San Francisco, said Chan Sitha, owner of Ngov Heng Kampot Fish Sauce factory.Chan Sitha visited the US last month in a bid to find local distribution partners for fish sauce."I

We Can Hear You

2009-07-28T12:39:00.000-07:00

by Sarah Grime• TTA offer health services and respite to HIV-positive Cambodians. Photograph by Pushpa Iyer. •“Can you hear me? Can you hear me, through the dark night, far away?” The voices of the children resonated in the one room schoolhouse on the outskirts of Battambang, Cambodia. Two young boys shared a lyrics sheet with me, and as I sang along to Rod Stewart, I could not help but smile

The next big thing

2009-07-28T12:22:00.000-07:00

Want to get off the beaten track but don't know where to go? Then this topic is for you. STA Travel's team of experts share their knowledge of the world less travelled, alongside freelance travel writer Helen OchyraCould Cambodia be the next big thing? Photograph: AlamyWe all want to go somewhere new, exotic and exciting but with the increasing ease and decreasing cost of travel, it can feel like

Portsmouth school is going all out for Cambodian children

2009-07-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

By Sion DonovanEducation reporterSchoolchildren and teachers have been swimming, running and throwing wet sponges at staff to help build a school in Asia. Portsmouth Grammar School has started a drive to raise £10,000 to build and run a school in Cambodia.The new school is planned for the deprived region of Ratanakiri and will be constructed in conjunction with United World Schools, a charity

Area girls soccer players taking ‘a trip of hope‘ to Cambodia

2009-07-28T12:15:00.000-07:00

By Rich MyhreHerald WriterA group of local youth girls soccer players are heading to Cambodia to help victims of human trafficking transition into new lives through playing organized soccer.BOTHELL — Communicating in a foreign country can be difficult, but a group of area athletes has a special plan to reduce the language barrier on a forthcoming trip to Cambodia.They’ll use soccer balls and

Golden moments of solitude

2009-07-28T06:03:00.001-07:00

Sasha Bates visits peaceful Isan, only to find herself caught up in a throng of fanatical pilgrims.Unspoilt charm ... Buddhist carvings abound. Photo: AFP The irony was inescapable. My elbows were out and primed, my teeth gritted and my eyes locked single-mindedly on my target. The heaving masses surrounding me would be no match for my determination to get my precious bit of gold leaf stuck to

Exclusive Interview: Scott O'Donnel - Cambodia's Australian Coach Aiming High

2009-07-28T05:59:00.000-07:00

One of Australia's football pioneers talks to Goal.com...As you would expect from a nation ranked 176th in the world, Cambodia are not one of south-east Asia’s giants, never mind the continent as a whole.It could have been different, however. The nation was one of the region’s top dogs four decades ago, but the Khmer Rouge period of rule in the mid-1970s not only devastated the country, it also

Cambodian cops despair as road deaths rise

2009-07-27T07:28:00.001-07:00

CASUALTIES ARE CLOSE TO TEN TIMES HIGHERBy Kounila KeoMotoring & Independent Online (Pty) Ltd. Cambodian student Chhin Sothea found out the hard way that it's not enough just to take care when crossing the street in Phnom Penh - a motorcycle hit him from behind as he strolled down the pavement.He said: "Now I keep an eye on street traffic all the time and when I get on a fast motorbike, my