Archive for December, 2007
Week 540 – 2007-12-30: Transiting from 2007 into the Future
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 540
Mirroring what is in the news – mirroring and reading what is going on in our society, among our neighbors, and in the world – calls us always to look back and to look into the future. To be aware of time means always to be aware of the [...]
Saturday, 29.12.2007: Samdech Dekchor Hun Sen Condemns Suicide Attack Which Killed Ms. Benazir Bhutto
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 540
“Phnom Penh: Samdech Akak Moha Senapadei Dekchor Hun Sen condemned the suicide attack which killed the former Pakistani Prime Minister Ms. Benazir Bhutto on the evening of 27 December at Liaqut Bagh park.
“In a short press conference in Phnom Penh on 28 December, after accompanying the King to inaugurate Kantha [...]
Friday, 28.12.2007: Ministry of Information Reminds, and Issues Regulations
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 540
“Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Information issued new regulations requiring newspapers, bulletins, and magazines to state the names of their publishers or the structure of their agencies in their publications, and to be cautious about the publication of some articles and pictures.
“The regulations issued on 25 December by Mr. Khieu [...]
Thursday, 27.12.2007: Twelve Tonnes of Gold Kept; Starting from Year Zero (1979), Cambodia Has International Reserves of Approximately $2 Billion
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 540
“On the occasion of awarding bachelor’s and doctor’s degree certificates to graduates of the Chamroeun University of Poly-Technology on the morning of 26 December at the National Institute of Education, Samdech Akak Moha Senapadei Dekchor Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, said that the international reserves [...]
Wednesday, 26.12.2007: Mr. Son Chhay Demands Release of Documents Related to a Spy
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 540
“By not revealing the name, speaking toward an unnamed person who had initiated ‘dying of color’ [hinting but not revealing] over an [also unnamed] spy, which shocked Khmer citizens in the past few weeks, yesterday Mr. Son Chhay demanded the release of related documents.
“Mr. Son Chhay, a Sam Rainsy Party [...]
Tuesday, 25.12.2007: Cambodian Prime Minister Welcomes Free and Fair Elections in Thailand
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 540
“Khsach Kandal [Kandal]: The Cambodian Prime Minister welcomed the success of the elections in Thailand on Sunday by saying that as a neighboring friend and as a partner in ASEAN, we congratulate free and fair elections which can be accepted by all.
“Samdech Akak Moha Senapadei Dekchor Hun Sen said at [...]
Monday, 24.12.2007: Kampot Stadium Site Exchanged after Hun Sen Had Threatened Kol Pheng and Nuth Sokhom Not to Sell or Exchange State Property of the Two Ministries
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 540
“Officials in the Kampot Department of Education, Youth, and Sports were utterly surprised and could not but express this saying: Now corrupt officials can sell all state property! Dekchor Hun Sen had shouted loudly – which is likely to be similar to shout to cattle and buffaloes to listen, but [...]
Week 539 – 2007-12-23: Exercising Public Duties – Subverting Justice by Private Interests
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 539
It is part of the task of the media not only to report and interpret current affairs, but also to remind the public about the wider context of current events – to put them into historical perspective, to remember similar events in the past, and to relate the present to [...]
Saturday, 22.12.2007: Khmer Press Freedom: Reporters Without Borders Ranks Cambodia Fourth among 128 Countries
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 539
Note:
According to our working principle to “mirror” sectors of the Khmer press which contribute to shaping public opinion, we “mirror” also the following article, though we were not able to verify or clarify statements attributed to Reporters without Borders, who have published, as every year, a Worldwide Press Freedom Index [...]
Friday, 21.12.2007: Detailed Reports on Theft from the Nation, Committed by Nhek Kosal Vithyea, to Hun Sen Get Stuck at Sok An, Ho Sothy, and Men Sam An
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 539
“Nhek Kosal Vithyea [Director of Telecom Cambodia], chief of the thieves who steal from the nation, whose brain is full of dishonest ideas to destroy the nation by using the ‘green light’ from the person handling government permissions, that is Sok An, once told his companions when some problems had [...]
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