mondolkiri

The Mirror, Vol. 12, No. 562

“Phnom Penh: Fourteen new Korean volunteers, among them seven women, were sent to work in Cambodia. Nine of the fourteen volunteers arrived Cambodia on 21 May 2008, and five more volunteers will arrive on 26 May 2008. They will actively function assisting in the fields of human resources development in different institutions of the Royal Government of Cambodia for a period of two years from 2008 to 2010.

“According to an announcement by the Korea International Cooperation Agency [KOICA] for the year 2008, the group of these fourteen volunteers is the first new group to be sent to Cambodia to fulfill duties in various fields – such as health, arts, Korean language, tourism, sports, electricity, and information technology. The institutions, which have asked for volunteers, are the Calmette Hospital and the Institute of Foreign Languages in Phnom Penh, primary schools in Kratie and Pursat, professional training centers in Kompong Cham and Siem Reap, the National University of Management in Battambang, the Kompong Chhnang Referral Hospital, and the National Institutes of Education of Kompong Cham and Siem Reap.

“The Korean Volunteer Program is a program of the Republic of Korea to send Korean volunteers for cooperation in other countries to share and exchange different experiences for social and economic development. Since the creation of the Korean Volunteer Program in Cambodia in 2003, the total number of Korean volunteers has been 144, and they have been sent to Cambodia to work in various fields, such as health education, rural development, and the development of information technology, arts, agriculture, and tourism. With their skills and their commitment, all the fourteen new volunteers, as well as other volunteers who are already actively working in Cambodia [click for an example from 2007], are playing very important roles in contributing in programs and in assistance from the Republic of Korea to develop the Cambodian economy and society through the exchange and the improvement of human resources and other assistance from the Republic of Korea. This will strengthens the relations between both countries.” Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.16, #4598, 25-26.5.2008

Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Monday, 26 May 2008

Chuoy Khmer, Vol.2, #106, 25.5.2008

• The Government, Students, and Civil Society React against Siem [Thailand] Which Wants to Take the Preah Vihear Temple [after the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on 23 May 2008 suggesting to jointly administer the Preah Vihear temple with Cambodia]
• Director of Human Rights Watch Mr. Brad Adams Considers the Confiscation of The Burma Daily by the Government to Be a Shame
• Dispute in the Center for Social Development [with Ms. Seng Theary as director] and the Corruption in the Cambodia Defenders Project [with Mr. Sok Samoeun as director] Is Like Giving a Sword to Officials of the Cambodians People’s Party to Use It as Their Tool

Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.7, #1650, 25-26.5.2008

• Burma Allows Foreign Relief Groups to Help the Tropical Cyclone Victims [on Friday]

Khmer Amatak, Vol.9, #583, 26.5.2008

• [Norodom Ranariddh Party president] Samdech Krom Preah Norodom Ranariddh: It Is Dishonest Politics that Hun Sen Uses 39 Radio Stations Alone to Attack Other Parties

Koh Santepheap, Vol.41, #6354, 26.5.2008

• Khiev Samphan [the former Khmer Rouge leader] Is in an Unclear Health Condition Which Doctors Monitor Carefully
• Guard [Mr. Van Vin, 43] of the ‘Land of the Disabled’ Was Attacked at Night with a Grenade in Veal Thom Village [wounding a man staying in his house – Phnom Sruoch, Kompong Speu]
• Details of the Construction of the Satellite City “Grand Phnom Penh” Show that Two Companies [the YLP Group of Cambodia and the Ciputra Group of Indonesia] Cooperate to Provide Luxury Living in Cambodia

Moneaksekar Khmer, Vol.15, #3469, 26.5.2008

• More Than 40,000 Minority Tribespeople Made Thumbprints to Ask for the Removal of Lay Sokha and Keo Horn from the Positions of Mondolkiri Governor and Deputy Governor

Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.16, #4598, 25-26.5.2008

• More Korean Volunteers Have Arrived in Cambodia
• [Former Thai prime minister] Thaksin Met Samdech Hun Sen and Suggested [on 23 May 2008] a New City Construction Project Worth Thousands of Millions of Dollars in Koh Kong [according to Mr. Hun Sen’s advisor Mr. Ieng Sophalet who informed Raksmei Kampuchea]
• The Documentation Center of Cambodia Cooperates [with the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center] to Create a New Website – http://www.cambodiatribunal.org – for Observing the Progress of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
• Children of a Chinese Man Are Not Very Happy, because the Director of the Department of Education, Youth, and Sport of Kompong Thom [Mr. Su Kimtry, who is now 59 years old – and teachers are required to normally retire at the age of 60] Postpones His Retirement for Five Years [on his own request]

Have a look at last week’s editorial: The oil price spiral – special investments – and a comparison of the activities in Myanmar and China

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