Meditation Touted for Cambodian Victims
By Nuch Sarita, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
15 September 2009
A Cambodian Buddhist monk in the US has applied meditation to help reduce stress disorders for Cambodian-Americans traumatized by the Khmer Rouge.
At his Khemara Rangsey temple, Thach Berong, of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation’s Theravada Buddhist Community, in San Jose, Calif., says he wants to help reduce the stress and illness that can come from prolonged trauma.
KK groups ask Hanoi to address land concerns
Posted by The Phnom Penh Post
Thursday, 17 September 2009 15:01 Vong Sokheng
A COALITION of local Khmer Krom advocacy groups has appealed to the Vietnamese government to intervene on behalf of an ethnic Khmer community that they said has lost farmland to a state construction project in the country’s An Giang province.
Vietnamese authority deployed troops to crack down on Khmer Krom farmers
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0 Sept 2009
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated in English by Khmerization
The Vietnamese authority has deployed nearly 600 troops and police to crack down on 40 Khmer Krom farmers in Tinh Bienh [Krobao in Khmer] district of An Giang [Motr Chrouk in Khmer] province who planned to stage a protest against the digging of a canal cutting through their rice-fields.
Officials explore Kampuchea Krom
By The Phnom Penh Post
Tuesday, 08 September 2009 15:02 Vong Sokheng
Cambodian leaders visit Khmer Krom pagodas, but residents say they face government restrictions in practicing their culture.
Tra Vinh province, Vietnam
MINISTER of Information Khieu Kanharith led a delegation of government officials on a visit this past weekend to Vietnam's Tra Vinh province, home to large numbers of ethnic Khmer residents, to celebrate the start of the Pchum Ben festival.
Cambodians ‘Regret’ Loss of Ted Kennedy
By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
28 August 2009
Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died Tuesday at the age of 77, is being remembered around the world for his accomplishments.
In Cambodia, officials said they regretted the loss of a man with so many achievements, but whose deeds would not be forgotten.
Over 60 Khmer Krom families prevent the Viet authority from digging a canal across their rice fields
30 August 2009
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata of KI Media
Click here to read the article in Khmer
On 30 August 2009, over 60 Khmer Krom families living in Ang commune, Krobao district (renamed Tinh Bien by colonial Vietnam), Motr Chrouk province (renamed An Giang by the Hanoi regime), the former territory of Cambodia that is currently occupied by the Vietnamese authority, have gathered in their rice fields to defend their lands and to prevent the Viet authority from digging a canal through their rice fields as this action will lead to a loss of their farm lands without any compensation provided by Vietnam.
More than 400 Khmer Krom families to demonstrate against canal construction plan
Source: http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-than-400-khmer-krom-families-t...
A source indicated that more than 400 Khmer Krom families living in Krobao district (renamed Tinh Bien by the occupying Vietnamese regime), Motr Chourk province (renamed An Giang by neo-colonialist Vietnam) plan to hold a peaceful demonstration to protest against the plan to built a canal that would lead to the destruction and loss of several hundreds of hectares of their farmlands without any compensation.
Urge Vietnamese Authority to Stop Digging Canal on Khmer-Krom Farmlands
As previous times, the Vietnamese Authority uses the same tactic to push Khmer-Krom farmers to be landless by digging canals on their farmlands without paying any compensation. This time, the Vietnamese authority plans to dig a canal from Vinh Te canal to Pothy (An Cu) village, Kra-bao (Tinh Bien) District, Moth Chrouk (An Giang) province. The canal is planned to be 30 meters width and 6 Kilometers long.
