Cambodia has reduced the number of maternal deaths, meeting a 2015 goal early, health officials told VOA Khmer. “This is because the government has a clear a…
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Maternal Health Improvements Meet 2015 Target (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on April 9th, 2013
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No Comments »In Lowell, Plans for a $10 Million Pagoda (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on March 10th, 2013
A campaign in Lowell hopes to raise $10 million for a new pagoda in the city. The fundraising officially began over the Cambodian New Year last month. The pagoda, Wat Khmer Lowell, would also act as a cultural and community center, organizers say. (Pin Sisovann in Lowell, Mass.)
International Court To Rule on Land Next to Preah Vihear Temple (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on February 8th, 2013
The International Court of Justice in the Hague is prepared to release a decision over the controversial Preah Vihear temple, which has been at the heart of a military and diplomatic dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. The court is expected to announce a decision Tuesday over ownership of the temple and adjacent lands. Both sides [...]
Posted in Khmer news Tags: Cambodia, court, International, Khmer, Land, News, Next, Preah, Rule, temple, Vihear 9 Comments »International Court To Rule on Land Next to Preah Vihear Temple (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on February 8th, 2013
The International Court of Justice in the Hague is prepared to release a decision over the controversial Preah Vihear temple, which has been at the heart of a military and diplomatic dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. The court is expected to announce a decision Tuesday over ownership of the temple and adjacent lands. Both sides [...]
Posted in Khmer news Tags: Cambodia, court, International, Khmer, Land, News, Next, Preah, Rule, temple, Vihear 9 Comments »Cambodian Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy Makes Case in Washington — part II (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on December 10th, 2012
The former finance minister says he’s optimistic that a political solution will be found to overcome legal obstacles to him participating in Cambodia’s 2013 national parliamentary elections. He sat down Feb 25 in Washington with VOA Khmer’s Men Kimseng.
Posted in Khmer news Tags: Cambodia, Cambodian, case, Khmer, Leader, Makes, News, Opposition, Part, Rainsy, Washington 8 Comments »UNHRC Hosted Refugee Congress on 60 Anniversary of Refugee Convention (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on November 10th, 2012
UNHCR hosted first ever Refugee Congress on 60 Anniversary of 1951 Convention on refugee. The delegation of former refugees and refugees in the US met 103 US senators and congressmen to discuss their declaration in Washington DC.
Posted in Khmer news Tags: Anniversary, Cambodia, Congress, Convention, Hosted, Khmer, News, Refugee, UNHRC No Comments »Many NGOs Contribute to Cycle of Corruption: Filmmaker (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on October 11th, 2012
Cambodia is facing a cycle of continued aid dependency and corruption, an American filmmaker says. Tim Sorel, who produced the short documentary, “The Trap of Saving Cambodia,” told VOA Khmer that local and international NGOs are complicit in the nation’s corruption because they allow it or abet it. However, some NGOs are starting to stand [...]
Posted in Khmer news Tags: Cambodia, Contribute, Corruption, Cycle, Filmmaker, Khmer, Many, News, NGOs 4 Comments »Mu Sochua Talks Politics with VOA Khmer (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on September 11th, 2012
Cambodia is preparing for the third commune council election scheduled for June 3, 2012. Ten political parties have registered to compete for the country’s 1633 communes. VOA interviewed Mu Sochua, a member of parliament from the Sam Rainsy Party, last Saturday, about her party platform VOA Khmer’s Men Kimseng reports. Stay connected with VOA Khmer: [...]
Buddhist Monk ‘Robes’ Trees to Save Them (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on August 12th, 2012
Bun Saluot says that logging and hunting of wildlife has decreased in a forested area in northwestern Cambodia since he and his associates began more than 10 years ago draping ancient and large trees with orange and saffron cloth. He is the director of a Buddhist forestry association in Banteay Meanchey province. He said that [...]
Migrant Labor: Cambodia’s Daughters to Malaysia – Part 2 (Cambodia news in Khmer)
Posted by admin on July 13th, 2012
Sokhea, who is 17 and still in high school, convinced her illiterate mother to sign the paperwork that would fake her age and allow her to go to Malaysia. She got as far as the Phnom Penh recruiting center before prison-like conditions and the warnings of another village girl convinced her to flee and return [...]
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