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According to court documents obtained by VOA Khmer, the judge, Mark Harmon, named one Cambodian and one international defense attorney for Ta An, a Khmer Rouge commander who has not yet been indicted or arrested for atrocity crimes.

Lawyers Named for Suspect in Controversial Tribunal Case

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Video Social Media Changing Cambodia’s Information Landscape

Washington--Changes in demography and technology have altered the behavior of Cambodian media consumers, with youth increasingly using social media platforms to share news and information. Pen Sophal, a graduate student in media management at Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, told Im Sothearith of VOA Khmer that print and electronic media outlets in Cambodia must now find new ways to deliver content.
Social Media Changing Cambodia’s Information Landscape Local Developers Add to Mobile App Popularity Factory Kitchen Falls, Cambodian Workers Injured Opposition Holds Demonstration for Election Reform Soprano Singer Looks To Elevate Khmer Music Burma's President Opens US Visit with VOA Town Hall Meeting Worker Killed in Factory Collapse Survived By Newborn Shoe Factory Collapse Kills Two Minister: Roof Collapse At Cambodian Shoe Plant Killed Two Workers At Least After Royal Ballet Performance, Pride for Many Cambodians Opposition Leader Warns Against Destructive Foreign Investment A “Season of Cambodia” in NYC Showcases Classical, New Arts U.S. Burma and Thailand Launch Anti-Malaria Cooperation Agreement Research Continues into Drug-Resistant Malaria ‘Woman of Angkor’ Imagines Historic Era Chinese Hydrodam Remains a Concern, Mystery to Locals Cambodia Confident as It Awaits Decision on Preah Vihear Temple, Analyst Says International Community Must Help Cambodian Democracy, Opposition Leader Says CTN Host Talks About VOA Khmer Garment Workers Gather To Demand More Wages, Better Conditions In Business, Cambodian-Americans Need To Think Bigger, Entrepreneur Says Cultural Festival Brings Cambodia to Virginia Workers Demand Arrest of Chhouk Bandith Spiritual Dance Troupe Prepares for US Tour In Long Beach, New Opposition Seeks Support
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen spoke to the lower house of parliament in a nationally televised speech Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, that was mandatory viewing for civil servants.

Hun Sen Accused of Political Threats Ahead of Elections

Hun Sen said in a recent speech that anti-government forces have been training militarily in Thailand and are hiding within the opposition’s ranks.
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Traditional miners pan for gold at a mine in Hampalit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

No Victims Reached as Rescue Efforts at Gold Mine Continue

Local authorities said late Tuesday they had not reached the villagers or unearthed any dead bodies, but the digging efforts must be undertaken slowly and carefully.
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Rescue workers and soldiers search through a site of the accident in a shoe factory in the Kong Pisei district of Kampong Speu province, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital, Phnom Penh, May 16, 2013.

Stampede at Shoe Factory, Site of Last Week’s Deadly Collapse

Factory management said there was not a serious problem but that a rumor of an electrical malfunction was enough to scare workers.
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A man rides a motorcycle past a signboard for the Cambodia Iron Group at the Rovieng District in Preah Vihear province, February 10, 2013.

Seven Feared Trapped in Gold Mine Collapse

Police said late Monday they are trying to rescue the trapped miners, near Romtum village, Rovieng district, but the shaft is very deep and old, making rescue efforts difficult.
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Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People

As Foreign Aid Increases, Questions About Conditions

Total aid from 1993 to 2012 amounts to around $10 billion, with the percentage of aid coming as loans steadily increasing.
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Officially Approved for Election, Opposition Focuses on Campaign

So far only six of eight registered parties have been officially approved by the NEC.
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Video ‘Lucky’ Survivors Describe Harrowing Factory Collapse

In interviews with VOA Khmer, several of them recounted the event, when a storage mezzanine loaded with manufacturing equipment fell.
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The Angkor Sentinel exercises, held at the National Training Center for Multinational Peacekeeping Forces in Kampong Speu province, is the fourth to be held since 2010.

Military Exercises Begin Between US, Cambodian Forces

More than 300 Cambodian troops will take part in the training, which aims at improving their capability to take part in UN peacekeeping operations.
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Cambodian rescuers work at the site of a factory collapse in Kai Ruong village, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The ceiling of the factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident to spotlight lax safety conditions in the global garment industry. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Shoe Factory Collapse Kills Two

Officials have so far blamed the collapse on shoddy construction of a storage mezzanine at the Wing Star Shoes factory, 50 kilometers south of Phnom Penh.
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Youth Still Lack Political Engagement, Advocate Says

Cambodia’s growing population is increasingly dominated by a younger generation, with more than half of the 9 million registered voters under the age of 30, according to Cheang Sokha.
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The Cambodia National Rescue Party registered last week along with seven other parties.

Opposition Party Completes Corrections for Registration Documents

The NEC said it is examining the documents to determine whether it will accept the party’s registration for the July 28 elections.
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Ministry of Interior officials will meet with a delegation of opposition leaders this week to discuss complaints of political bias at the National Election Committee, file photo.

Two Parties Ordered to Correct Election Registration

The eight registrant parties mark a downturn from the 2008 election, which had 11 parties participating, the NEC said Monday.
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A screenshot of the Global Witness website on May 13, 2013, shows the release of the new report "Rubber Barons."

Report Finds Vietnamese Rubber Companies Behind Land Grabs

Representatives from both companies denied the report’s findings, Global Witness said.
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The cover of the "A Woman of Angkor"

‘A Woman of Angkor’ Imagines Historic Era

The novel tells the story of a beautiful woman with a secret, who witnesses the building of Angkor Wat, its rise and internal violence there.
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Video Chinese Hydrodam Remains a Concern, Mystery to Locals

Villagers in the coastal province of Koh Kong say they are being kept in the dark on a hydroelectric dam planned to be built by a Chinese company in the remote Areng River valley.
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