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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 4, 2010 16:19:42 GMT
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 5, 2010 2:48:45 GMT
The KI Media site is outside Cambodia, I think they might be in the US. Government critical, Vietnamphobic. Same goes for Khmerization. If the sites are obviously directed against the government and Vietnam they might well be affiliated with the Sam Rainsy Party. Sam Rainsy used to be finance minister in the CPP and got kicked out because of his anti- Vietnam rants. He got replaced by Keat Chhon who was SR's enemy in the CPP. And who's reputed to have been a death camp commander (similar to Duch, there were 4 or 5 of them in the country but only Tuol Sleng, S- 21 is well- known). I don't read it much. Have a look at the comments and you'll see what kind of people it appeals to Re the other website, I don't know it. It looks ok but with journalists in Cambodia, it's like with everybody else. They're poor, they need to make money. So they can be bought and they themselves can extort and blackmail. Check Reporters without Borders, they have a list of press freedom, one every year. Cambodia ain't doing too bad if you compare it with similar countries or even with its much more developed neighbours.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 5, 2010 3:33:04 GMT
Thanks, HW.
I'm always curious about alternative news outlets, but also just as leery of them as I can be of the mainstream media.
Thanks for reminding me of Reporters without Borders, too. I just looked up Mexico. No surprises in the report, but the accompanying article was thoughtful and in-depth.
Actually, by any realistic yardstick, Cambodia is doing quite well. Considering where they were in the recent past and what they've had to overcome, the country is kind of a miracle.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 7, 2010 9:14:38 GMT
Yes. For only having had 12 years of peace it's doing just fine.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2010 9:54:26 GMT
I agree that I would have never believed that I could have made several trips to Cambodia so quickly after the end of all of the Democratic Kampuchea business. While the infrastructure was not top notch (roads, electricity...), it was incredible that people who had suffered so much could smilingly be ready to welcome visitors to their country when their own lives were still miserable.
Of course, if the Khmer Rouge had destroyed the sites of interest to tourists, I believe that development would have been much slower.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 7, 2010 10:27:32 GMT
I think Angkor was actually something they treasured. I don't think they purposely destroyed anything from that time.
Did the Chinese destroy old stuff during their Cultural Revolution? Apart from monasteries?
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