The Mirrored Mirror – Wednesday, 1.9.2010

The Mirror, Vol. 14, No. 680

This is a special text: the first in the third phase in the history of The Mirror. The first started in 1997 and lasted into 2006 with weekly editions on paper, also available for subscription over the Internet in the form of PDF files; the second with daily editions from 2007 until the end of August 2010, and now the third phase.

As described in the file accessible above – About The Mirror – we will not have regular translations from the Khmer language press. But the goal remains the same: to regularly provide an overview of major dynamics in Cambodian society, and by doing so to facilitate dialogue between different opinions and positions. The Mirror will continue to reflect a wide variety of sources of information, including some from outside of the country, with links to background information. There will be references to events and issues and observations as they come up – but I will probably not write every day.

One effort of past publications was not only to make available through translations information from the Khmer language press – as those who have followed The Mirror for some time have seen, we tried to add background information in addition to what was in the translations, mainly by adding links to resources on the Internet, and by doing so, also extending the coverage into areas not much, or not covered directly in the Khmer language press.

I am happy to share that this has obviously been appreciated by the Southeast Asia GLOBE [a monthly regional publication, on the newsstands in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, and on the Internet accessible at http://sea-globe.com ]

Its September 2010 edition dedicated a major article to the “Stones of contention – Preah Vihear lies at the heart of a longstanding territorial dispute – who or what is fueling this never-ending conflict?”

The Editorial of the GLOBE carries the title “Cross border tit for that spats fly in the face of diplomacy.” And it observes:

If the public had full and easy access to agreements and documents, perhaps it’d be easier to quit the cry of mis-informed nationalists or encourage the media to set sensationalism aside and instead ask their governments to be accountable for promises they have made. Failure to do so risks the saga dragging out for longer than it already has.

That The Mirror tried to help in this respect, is stated at the end of the article on the Preah Vihear conflicts in the GLOBE:

All official documents and maps relating to the Preah Vihear conflict can be found on:
http://Cambodiamirror.wordpress.com

The Google search engine helps to find them, and other articles where The Mirror was mirrored further by others. You may try using Google in the Advanced Search function:

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Find web pages that have…
this exact wording or phrase: preah vihear

Search within a site or domain: cambodiamirror.org

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It produces surprisingly more than 5,000 references.

Some of the more important ones were these:

• 30.06.2007 – UNESCO Delays Listing of Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage Site
• 22.06.2008 – Preah Vihear in the Headlines
• 29.06.2008 – Preah Vihear Still In The Headlines
• 03.08.2008 – The Preah Vihear Temple Listing is to Be Reviewed in 2010
• 21.08.2008 – Hun Sen Government Is Weak, It Conducts Diplomatic Politics by Kneeling Down to Beg Siam to Withdraw Invading Troops from Cambodia
• 22.11.2008 – Noppadon Pattama Discloses Internal Affairs in Negotiations about the Preah Vihear Temple Leading to Border Disputes
• 04.07.2010 – Borders Link and Borders Separate
• 05.07.2009 – “Lost in Translation?” – or Why Is there Not More Timely and Clear Information?
• 01.08.2010 – Preah Vihear – Who Said What and Why
• 08.08.2010 – Preah Vihear – Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Solution: “Dialogue, No Winning or Losing”
• 22.08.2010 – Disregarding or Facing Agreements in the Press?
• 25.08.2010 – Vietnam Said within Six Months This Year There Were Nearly 120,000 Cambodian Tourist Arrivals in Vietnam

Have a look at the last editorial – you can access it directly from the main page of the Mirror.
And please recommend The Mirror also to your colleagues and friends.

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