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Life at War — Book recommendations

February 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Cress By Marissa Meyer Feiwel and Friends, 2014 The Lunar Chronicles continue in this third installment right where the previous one ended. New Beijing cyborg mechanic Cinder and Captain Carswell Thorne are now fugitives on the run from the law — both on Earth and on the moon. And […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 2014, Cambodian New Year, East West Discovery Press, Eastern Commonwealth, France, Hong Kong, Khmer Rouge, Lunar Queen Levana, New Beijing, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pearl Harbor, Phnom Penh, Samantha Pak, Simon Schuster, Three Years, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7

Seattle couple brings medicine, self defense to sex abuse victims in Vietnam

January 9, 2014 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly On Dec. 15, Seattle natives Thuy Do and her husband, Jesse Robbins, met Linh Doan, director of One Body Village (OBV) in Cambodia. They had a long day ahead. They would visit two villages, where Do, a doctor, would be examining 30 patients. The villages stand in stark contrast […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2014, Father Martino Nguyen Ba Thong, Jesse Robbins, John Nguyen, Krav Maga Renton, Laos, Linh Doan, Malaysia, Mount St, OBV, One Body Village Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Saigon Ho Chi Minh City, South Asia, Stacy Nguyen, UNICEF, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 3 | January 11 - January 17, poverty

Cambodia opposition pressures with rally

September 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang and Justine Dreannan The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s main opposition leader kicked off a new wave of demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government Sept. 15, warning the protests would not stop until the nation’s post-election deadlock is resolved. The mass rally comes one day after Cambodia’s king […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Human Rights, King Norodom Sihamoni, National Assembly, Ou Virak, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

Cambodia’s election trouble leads to poll investigation

August 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The two rival parties claiming victory in Cambodia’s general election reached an agreement on August 3 with the state National Election Committee to investigate polling irregularities, a move that could pave the way to ending the country’s political deadlock. However, in the latest example […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, CNRP, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Cambodian People, Foreign Ministry, NEC, National Assembly, National Election Committee, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Tep Nytha, United Nations, United States, Vol 32 No 33 | August 10 - August 16

Cambodian opposition makes gains at polls

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s opposition appeared to make impressive gains in July 28’s general election, though the ruling party claimed a victory that would extend the mandate of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen. The results, if confirmed, lend support to opposition contentions that the vote could usher […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, CNRP, CPP, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Cambodian People, France, Khieu Kanharith, Khmer Rouge, National Election Committee, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy, Tioulong Saumura, United Nations, United States, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, social media

Cambodia passes bill against genocide denial

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a bill on June 7 making it a crime to deny that atrocities were committed by the country’s genocidal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime, a law that critics allege will be used as a weapon against the political opposition.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Brad Adams, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Cambodian People, Cheam Yeap, Documentation Center, Human Rights Watch, Kem Sokha, Khmer Rouge, National Assembly, Ou Virak, Phnom Penh, Sam Rainsy, Tuol Sleng, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, Youk Chhang

SE Asia asks China to start Island talks

November 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders decided Sunday, Nov. 18 to ask China to start formal talks “as soon as possible” on crafting a legally binding accord aimed at preventing an outbreak of violence in disputed South China Sea territories, a top diplomat said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, AEC, ASEAN, Asia, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cold War, Grant Peck, Philippines, Phnom Penh, South China Sea, Taiwan, Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 48 | November 24 - November 30, Wen Jiabao

Strength in Youth — NWAW’s monthly must-reads

November 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Saraswati’s Way By Monika Schroder Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 Akash, a 12-year-old boy living in a small village in the Indian desert, is not like the other kids. First of all, he loves school and would rather spend his days in a classroom absorbing knowledge than playing cricket […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2010, 2012, China, Cultural Revolution, Ji-li Jiang, Khmer Rouge, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Red Scarf Girl, Samantha Pak, United States, Vol 31 No 45 | November 3 - November 9

Ex-leader in court says Khmer Rouge not ‘bad people,’ blames Vietnam

December 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A former leader of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime told a court that he and his comrades were not “bad people,” denying responsibility last Monday, Dec. 5, for the deaths of 1.7 million people during their 1970s rule and blaming Vietnam for any atrocities.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Cambodia, Chum Mey, Ieng Sary, Kaing Guek Eav, Khieu Samphan, Khmer Rouge, Lars Olsen, Nuon Chea, Phnom Penh, Pol Pot, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 50 | December 10 - December 16

‘Killing fields’ victims await Khmer Rouge trial

November 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) _ Survivors of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime held a remembrance ceremony in an infamous “killing field” Sunday, a day before a U.N.-backed tribunal begins a trial for three of the accused architects of some of the 20th century’s worst atrocities. Relatives of the victims wept as they chanted and burned incense […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Cambodia, Huy Vannak, Ieng Sary, Kaing Guek Eav, Khieu Samphan, Khmer Rouges, Nuon Chea, Phnom Penh, Pol Pot, Vietnam War

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