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LETTER: Cambodia blog accurately depicts horrors

January 15, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To the editor: I have just finished reading [Publisher Assunta Ng’s] blog. I cannot tell you how sad it makes me feel. I appreciate every effort she puts into showing the world what Cambodia is — and its people and its history. Thank you so much for the beautiful pictures. They are haunting and beautiful […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2016, Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Seattle, Vannary Sea, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, blog

BLOG: The many faces of Cambodia (Part 3)

January 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dispelling safety myths
“Is Cambodia safe?” Many readers asked me this after reading my first two blogs about my recent trip with my husband last November.
It is surprising that many have this misconception. While some may have concerns traveling to Cambodia, its tourism has actually increased 17 percent in 2013 and 7 percent last year. Just in Angkor, there are more than one million visitors every year.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2013, 2016, Assunta Ng, Besides Killing Fields, Cambodia, Cambodia Part, Cambodian Chinese, Hong Kong, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields Museum, National Museum, Phnom Penh Restaurant, Publisher's Blog, Royal Palace, Siem Reap, Southeast Asia, Tuol Sleng Prison, USD, Vietnam, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, poverty

Essentials for a Phnom Penh visit — History, markets, culture

November 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kristi Eaton Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Bigger. Taller. Fancier. Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh is undergoing a staggering period of development 40 years after the communist Khmer Rouge regime took over the city and forced thousands to evacuate to rural Cambodia in its brutal campaign to create an agrarian-based society. […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, Aeon Mall, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Foreign Correspondents Club, Independence Monument, Khmer Rouge, King Norodom Sihamoni, Phnom Penh, Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot, Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Royal Palace, Russian Market, Silver Pagoda, Tonle Sap River, Tuol Sleng, Tuol Tom Poung Market, Vol 34 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, culture

Cambodian opposition senator on trial over Facebook comments

October 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian opposition senator was denied bail and went on trial Friday over comments he posted on Facebook criticizing a 36-year-old border agreement with Vietnam. Hong Sok Hour faces up to 17 years in prison. His arrest on Aug. 15 was one of a series […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Associated Press, Brad Adams, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Hong Sok Hour, Human Rights Watch, Khmer Rouge, Presiding Judge Ros Piseth, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, language

Plowing the Killing Fields — The need to discuss after 40 years

September 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Young Northwest Asian Weekly On August 29th, the Seattle-Sihanoukville Sister City Association held an event at North Seattle Community College, “Remembering the Past & Welcoming the Future: 40 Years Since the Killing Fields.” This year marks the 40th anniversary since the breakout of the Cambodian genocide conducted by the Khmer Rouge, a period […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Australia, Baxter Center, Councilmember Larry Gossett, Councilmember Tom Rassmussen, Hok Teng, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, North Seattle Community College, North Star, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Washington State, Sam Waterston, Skype American, USA, United States, Vol 34 No 37 | September 5 - September 11

Top woman leader of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge dies at 83

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Ieng Thirith, a Khmer Rouge leader who was the highest-ranking woman in the genocidal regime that oversaw the death of nearly 2 million Cambodians in the late 1970s, died Aug. 22, her family and U.N. officials said. She was 83 years old. Ieng Thirith was […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Associated Press, Cambodia, Documentation Center, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith, Ieng Vuth, Khieu Ponnary, Khieu Samphan, Khieu Thirith, Khmer Rouge, Nuon Chea, Paris, Phnom Penh, Pol Pot, United Nations-backed, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4

Widener speaks about “Tank Man”

May 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jeff Widener, Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer of “Tank Man” spoke at the International District/Chinatown Community Center May 2. He discussed his “Tank Man” photograph, known for its portrayal of a single figure that stops a lineup of tanks after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He had to elude Chinese security to take and send the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Chinese, Gulf War, Jeff Widener, Khmer Rouge, Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Tank Man, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22

“Tank Man” and more — A talk with renowned photographer Jeff Widener

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Jeff Widener, Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer of the infamous “Tank Man” will be speaking to the community Saturday, May 2, 2p.m. at the International District/Chinatown Community Center (719 8th Ave. S., Seattle). Widener will be discussing “Tank Man” known for its striking portrayal of a single figure that stops a lineup of tanks after the […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Chinese, Gulf War, International District Chinatown Community Center, Jeff Widener, Khmer Rouge, Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Tank Man, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 18 | April 25 - May 1

Learning in new languages — Dengue Fever: From Cambodia to the Triple Door

February 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Dengue Fever, a band well known for combining Cambodian pop with Western-style pop and rock, will be performing at Seattle’s Triple Door on Tuesday, Feb. 10th, They will be touring to support their new album “The Deepest Lake.”  Singer Chhom Nimol took some questions over e-mail.<!–more–> NWAW:  Where in Cambodia […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Apsara Awards, Brazil, Chhom Nimol Cambodian, Dengue Fever, Dragon House, Khmer Rouge, Korean, Long Beach Community College, Mexico, NWAW, Phnom Penh, Poland, Siem Reap, Singer Chhom Nimol, Slovakia, Thailand, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13

King Donut owners robbed, beaten — No arrests made, community outraged

January 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Heng Hey and Chea Pol, owners of King Donut, a Rainier Valley mainstay for almost 30 years were the victims of a brutal attack on January 2nd.  The suspect remains at large.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, 2015, Davie Hay, Jason Cruz, Khmer Rouge, King Donuts, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rainier Avenue, Rainier Valley, Rainier Valley Post, Seattle Police Department, Southeast Seattle, United States, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16

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