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Posted by: | Posted on: October 1, 2012

Political History of Vietnam and Cambodia

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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Posted by: | Posted on: September 25, 2012

BERENICE MARLOHE ‘ S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD

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Posted by: | Posted on: September 25, 2012

សកម្មជន​សង្ឃ​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិ​លំនៅដ្ឋាន​ត្រូវ​ជ្រើសរើស​សម្រាប់​រង្វាន់ ​ Martin Ennals

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សកម្មជន​សង្ឃ​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិ​លំនៅដ្ឋាន​ត្រូវ​ជ្រើសរើស​សម្រាប់​រង្វាន់ ​ Martin Ennals
កាល​បរិច្ឆេទ​ផ្សាយ​ 25.09.2012
ព្រះ​តេជគុណ​លួន សាវ៉ាត​ ដែល​ជា​ព្រះសង្ឃ​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ ត្រូវ​ជ្រើសរើស​សម្រាប់​រង្វាន់ ​ Martin Ennals Awards ​ 2012 ​នៅក្រុង​ហ្សឺណែវ​ ប្រទេសស្វីស។ ​ព្រះអង្គ​ជា​សង្ឃ​មកពី​ខេត្ត​សៀមរាប​ប្រើ​ពហុ​បច្ចេកវិជ្ជា​ ហើយ​ព្រះអង្គ​ប្រើ​វីដេអូ ​កំណាព្យ ​ចម្រៀង​ដើម្បី​ការពារ​ប្រជាជន​ក្រីក្រ ដែល​ប្រឈម​មុខ​ការ​បណ្តេញ​ចេញពី​លំនៅដ្ឋាន​នៅ​ជាយ​ក្រុងភ្នំពេញ​ និង​នៅ​ជនបទ។​ សកម្មភាព​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស ​និង​សិទ្ធិ​លំនៅដ្ឋាន ​បាន​ប៉ះពាល់​ផល​ប្រយោជន៍​អ្នក​មាន​អំណាច​ ហើយ​ព្រះអង្គ​រង​ការ​គំរាម​កំហែង​ ផ្សឹក​ និង​កាត់​ទោស​ជាញឹកញាប់។

Original source: http://khmer.voanews.com/media/video/1514152.html?z=0&zp=1

Posted by: | Posted on: September 9, 2012

CAMBODIA: Khmer diplomat dubs Hun Sen a fabricator of Khmer history

FOR PUBLICATION
AHRC-ETC-026-2012
September 1, 2012

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission

CAMBODIA: Khmer diplomat dubs Hun Sen a fabricator of Khmer history

A Khmer proverb, Chaul stung tarm bawt, says if you travel a river you must follow its bend. In contemporary Cambodia, the behavior represented in the ancient proverb is cast aside in favor of conduct expressed through a saying, Thveu doch ke doch aeng, or “Do like others do.” If you don’t follow the bends in the river, you won’t get where you want to go, says the old proverb. But the current translation alters the meaning: If you don’t do as others do, you will look odd and be the subject of ridicule.

A classic psychological experiment found one in three persons would modify his or her own opinion to conform with that of others. Conformity is a human trait. But Cambodians are generally conformists by culture.

For two thousand years, Khmers have been taught to korup (respect), bamreur (serve), and karpier (defend) rulers and authorities. To deviate from this behavioral pattern raises a question of the transgressor’s smoh trang (loyalty). Such distrust, or min touk chet, is an opening toward an eventual charge of kbawt (treason).

Cambodia’s current autocratic Prime Minister Hun Sen is employing this culture to maintain his rule. Many Cambodians today, like most in the past, are directly or obliquely coerced to obey the regime – or at least not to oppose it. Not wanting to be charged with treason, kbawt, one wants to be seen doch ke doch aeng – to do like others do.

Changing such a culture — attitudes, norms, ways of doing things of a whole people — is difficult but is necessary if the country is to change its destiny. In the Khmer nation of conformists, a change of such culture may be accomplished by Khmer Buddhists (comprising more than 90 percent of the population) who apply what their Lord Buddha teaches: Buddhists do not mind what others do or not do, but value an individual’s action to create a future of his or her own choosing. Humans are responsible for their own destiny. In the words of Khmer writer Bouawat Sithi, “with a wholesome state of mind,” humans can create “a heaven” — peace — for themselves and others; “with an unwholesome state of mind,” humans can create “a hell.”

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