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In Long Beach, a Health Fair in Khmer
The Khmer Parents Association in Long Beach, Calif., organized its 7 th annual health fair for Cambodian-Americans over the weekend, providing health workshops, vaccinations and tips for better living. “Cambodian-Americans are facing complex health issues resulting from the Khmer Rouge regime, which badly tortured us, and we never had or didn’t know how or where to find the doctors,” said Chan Hopson, executive director of the association Continue reading
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Fortune Brings a Family Together, 36 Years Later
Never in her life did Chhea Vat imagine she would have such an occasion: meeting her husband again after 36 years. The 73-year-old Cambodian-Canadian had always thought her husband, Peou Nam, was killed when soldiers of the regime took him away, so many years ago Continue reading
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Tagged buddha, Cambodia, chhea, children, children-decide, family, father, khmer, khmer-rouge, life, news, regime
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Displaced Families Continue To Face Hardship
Thousands of families have been displaced from their homes in Phnom Penh and are living in sites they say provide poor living conditions. Thousands more will face a similar problem as the city moves to develop more areas Continue reading
Tribunal Suspect Finds Court’s Role ‘Limited’
[Editor’s note: Meas Muth, the former commander of the Khmer Rouge navy, is among five suspects in two cases before the UN-backed tribunal. International prosecutors maintain he was in the upper echelon of the regime, was responsible for purges in areas under his command and that he sent hundreds of people to the Tuol Sleng torture center, known to the regime as S-21. Continue reading
Parents Say Poor Education Aiding Illiteracy
Van La is a rice farmer in Kampong Speu province’s Udong district. Like many Cambodians, she is illiterate Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural, children, country, difficulties, human-resources, lives, news, Phnom Penh, santosh-khatri, studies, teachers
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City Moves To Begin Titling at Boeung Kak Lake
Phnom Penh officials met with representatives from the Beoung Kak lake area on Thursday, the first move toward dispensing land to some 800 families who had refused to make way for a massive development project. The city will provide around 12 hectares of land to the families to build houses, but they must build them to code and pay property taxes, Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema said. The titling came at the order of Prime Minister Hun Sen, following a threat by the World Bank that it would suspend funding if the impasse between villagers, the city and the developer were not resolved Continue reading
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