July 27, 2010
The New York Times
Editorial
It is disturbing that the Cambodian prime minister, Hun Sen, has said the court will not prosecute more suspects than the ones in custody. One has to ask, whom is he trying to protect?
Thirty years later, Cambodia’s “killing fields” are still haunting. A Buddhist memorial [...]
By SOPHAL EAR
While my mother, four siblings and I escaped Pol Pot’s Cambodia in 1976, my father died of dysentery and malnutrition after a brief stay at a mite-infested Khmer Rouge “hospital.” Although I have harbored grave doubts about the ability of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal underway in Phnom Penh to punish the guilty, I [...]
Monk, Hoeurn Somnieng receives a degree in business management from St. Ambrose University in Iowa, USA. (Photo: Courtesy of Life and Hope Association)
Nuch Sarita, VOA Khmer
Washington, D.C Tuesday, 18 May 2010
“It was a very profound experience for me. In a period of great suffering, I was kind of not knowing what to do, and I [...]
Monday, 25 January 2010 15:01 Sophan Seng
Dear Editor,
Photo by: Rick Valenzuela
Economist and Nobel laureate Eric S Maskin speaks with the Post at the Hotel Cambodiana last week.
I agree with Professor Eric Maskin, who says that Cambodia has been at risk from a growing gap between rich and poor (“Nobel laureate to [...]
Thursday, 07 January 2010 15:01 Sophan Seng
Photo Supplied
A propoganda poster from the Khmer Rouge era calling for solidarity between the citizens of Cambodia and Vietnam.
Dear Editor,
Your article “PM blasts January 7 detractors” (January 5) didn’t demonstrate anything new for Cambodian politics. Leaders have always pronounced strong political rhetoric to create a clear dichotomy of pro- [...]
Wednesday, 06 January 2010 15:02 Sophan Seng
Dear Editor,
Reading your article “Three more sought in removal of post at Svay Rieng border” (January 4) broke my heart.
The villagers should be congratulated and taken care of by the government for their courage in publicly claiming their ownership of the rice paddies and denouncing the violation [...]
Corazon Aquino (1933 – 2009)
Corazon Aquino, the unassuming widow whose “people power” revolution toppled a dictator, restored Philippine democracy and inspired millions of people around the world, died Saturday morning (Friday afternoon Eastern time) after a battle with colon cancer. She was 76.
Friday, July 31, 2009
By William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Corazon Aquino, the unassuming widow [...]
Written by Sophan Seng
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Dear Editor,
I am surprisingly impressed by the different blessings during the Khmer New Year celebrations during the Year of the Ox, 2553 B.E. It is a very important opportunity for Cambodian people to give good wishes and blessings to each other. Political leaders have also used this day [...]
Written by Sophan Seng
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Dear Editor,
I was deeply impressed by Noam Chomsky’s perspectives on political dissent ["Tribunal ignoring US role, says Chomsky", The Phnom Penh Post, March 27, 2009]. In the US, Chomsky is well-known for his radical ideas about US foreign policy. He is a renowned linguist, but what made him [...]
POLS 703
CAMBODIA: MEMORY, ATROCITY AND AFFECT
by Alvin Lim
In 2005, just as America was reeling from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, I embarked on a line
of flight from a quotidian life in Singapore, arriving in Phnom Penh to begin a new career as a
philosophy lecturer at Pannasastra University. Several months earlier I had resigned from my
excruciating [...]
