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Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk passes away

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 Beings eventually disappear from this earth, no one is exceptional. Three characteristics Buddha exposed “Anica = impermanence, Dhukkha=decaying and Anatta=non-substantial, are omnipresently existing and no one can resist these natural forces. I am sad to hear that our Somdach Ta Norodom Sihanouk passed away at Beijing on 15 October 2012 at 2:25 am today. Of course, there are different views from Cambodians and non-Cambodians regarding the political leadership of King Norodom Sihanouk, but for me who have closely followed all political movements in Cambodia, the post Cold War positioned King Norodom Sihanouk and other world leaders at a critical angle in governing their country. 

I am very sorry for one thing that our King Ta should not be undone is to be a witness at the current Khmer Rouge Tribunal.

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 15 Kyodo – Former King Norodom Sihanouk passed away in Beijing early Monday morning, government officials said. He was 89.
Nhiek Bunchhay, deputy prime minister and secretary general of royalist FUNCINPEC Party told Kyodo News that King Norodom Sihanouk who is in Beijing for medical check-up died of heart attack early Monday morning.
“I have just received information from Beijing and that I was told that His Majesty (the former King Sihanouk), he had heart problem and was sent to hospital where he passed away there,“ Nhiek Bunchhay said.
Prince Sisowath Thomico, personal assistant to Sihanouk told Kyodo News, “It is true that His Majesty passed away by heart attack in Beijing at 2:25 am (Beijing time),“ he said.
“Because of his heart is weak that is why His Majesty continued to stay in Beijing for treatment since January this year,“ he added.

Cambodia, Nepal Can Learn From Their Shared Experiences

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After following all news regarding to the debate between Cambodian Prime Minister and Special Rapporteur of the United Nations, Surya Subedi, and I try to avoid prejudice through my personal judgement, this current streamline is absolutely inspirational. First, I was inspired by the debate between PM and MP Son Chhay regarding the invitation of PM to give a speech at the National Assembly about his approach in dealing with Vietnam on border schemes. That time I was astonished by tense and dichotomy of both speeches. It was very different level in principle, intention and the conclusion. MP Son Chhay was educated in the West, his speech was open-minded and strongly attached to the principle (through my observation, not follow his own word of “my political career is to bring about collective interests of the nation, nothing is personal”). But our PM is in a way behind our the modern age of IT and globalization. But my prime puzzling question in my next research is “how Cambodian people and his supporters cheer his speech and rhetoric during that nearly 5 hours speech in the assembly?” For more info on the debate, please listen this interviewing by RFI.

At the present, I am closely following the debate and political interaction between PM Hun Sen and Subedi. Suriya Subedi is not different from many previous UN’s Special Rapporteurs who were publicly and personally lashed out by the PM. I read Subedi’s letter to the Cambodia Daily with close attention and balancing. The good intention of his work is not bad for Cambodian people and its nation. But a puzzling question for my next research as well come to my mind that “why our PM must come out to the public to lashing out to him like this?”

Everyone must join me to work out this mini project of “Research Questions”.

Op-Ed: Cambodia Daily

By Surya Subedi

First of all, I have a great deal of respect for the prime minister of Cambodia both as a person and as the leader of the country and the government. I recognize that he has achieved a great deal for Cambodia. But there is room for improvement in the governance of Cambodia and my job is to identify the shortcomings that exist in the system and offer my recommendations to address them.

I do not wish to descend into the personal level and do not wish to have a dialogue with him or anybody in the government through the media. I have had a good level of cooperation from the government of Cambodia and my dialogue with the prime minister has been productive in the past. I look forward to working with him. Our approach may differ on some issues, but they can be addressed in a mutually respectful manner and through dialogue.

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Political History of Vietnam and Cambodia

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Op-Ed from University f Huston 

Political History of Vietnam and Cambodia

* The following was a presentation given on November 8, 2008 for the World Affairs Council of Houston’s Global Issues in Depth – Portrait of Southeast Asia.

Immigration is as old as Southeast Asia’s history

  • Human movements and colonizations across land and sea in Southeast Asia
  • The early Homo populations settled in Southeast Asia and extended northwards and eastwards to China and Java by perhaps 1.5 million years ago.
  • The movement of the anatomically modern humans that crossed the sea gaps of eastern Indonesia to reach Australia, New Guina and possibly the Philippines around 35,000 to 40,000 years ago.
  • The Americans were reached more recently, perhaps about 14,000 years ago.

Source: A Cultural History of Southeast Asia: From Earliest Times to the Indic Civilizations, edited by P. Bellwood and I. Glover. Routledge Curzon Press, New York (2004)

Source: A Cultural History of Southeast Asia: From Earliest Times to the Indic Civilizations,edited by P. Bellwood and I. Glover. Routledge Curzon Press, New York (2004).

Southeast Asia from prehistory to history

  • Southeast Asia civilization was not a backwater stuck fast in the stone age
  • Southeast Asia civilization is not a loan civilization of India or China
  • But Southeast Asia is an imagined reality: Is Southeast Asia a jigsaw puzzle or a collage?
  • “Glocalization” in Southeast Asia

Source: A Cultural History of Southeast Asia: From Earliest Times to the Indic Civilizations, edited by P. Bellwood and I. Glover. Routledge Curzon Press, New York (2004)

Source: A Cultural History of Southeast Asia: From Earliest Times to the Indic Civilizations, edited by P. Bellwood and I. Glover. Routledge Curzon Press, New York (2004).

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BERENICE MARLOHE ‘ S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD

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BERENICE MARLOHE ‘ S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD :

BIGGEST GENOCIDE OF ALL TIMES , 2 MILLION INNOCENT BABIES , CHILDREN , WOMEN AND MEN , UNPUNISHED FOR 37 YEARS .

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD SAID GANDHI .

HELP THIS STRUGGELING AND HISTORICAL TRIAL BE A SUCCESS , SO THAT THE WORLD AND FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN KNOW THAT MURDERERS , MASS MURDERS , GENOCIDES , FOR THE ONLY WILL AND PLEASURE OF A HANDFUL OF INSANE PEOPLE DRIVEN BY THEIR ONLY EGOS , IS WRONG .

LET US HELP BRING AN EXAMPLE OF JUSTICE THROUGHT THE WORLD…

… A MESSAGE THAT , WE , HUMANITY CARE ABOUT THE UNSPEAKABLE VIOLENCE COMMITTED AGAINST INNOCENT PEOPLE , BABIES , CHILDREN , MEN , WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD AND TROUGHT HISTORY .

LET US GATHER , FOR A BETTER WORLD .

NOW , IS THE TIME .

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I BELEIVE DEEPLY IN MY HEART , CAN AND WILL CHANGE THE WORLD FOR A BETTER PLACE .

Thank you to all of you beautiful hearts and souls who care and understand the crucial stakes of this Historical trial .
An Historical turning point , you are the true modern Heros of today and tomorrow .

Berenice .