The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 521
“Phnom Penh: Officials of the US Embassy in Cambodia stated on 14 August that the US Embassy in Phnom Penh will inaugurate its Khmer-language website on 16 August at the US Embassy Media Center, with Mr. Khieu Kanharith, the [Cambodian] Minister of Information, and Ms. Piper A. W. Campbell, the US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, chairing the meeting.
“According to the press release of the US Embassy in Cambodia that Koh Santepheap received on 14 August 2007, the US Embassy in Phnom Penh would like to invite the members of the media to participate in the inauguration of its Khmer-language website, which will be held on Thursday 16 August at 9 a.m.
“The press release added that the public can visit this new website, starting on the morning of the inauguration day, at http://www.cambodia.usembassy.gov/. This website contains approximately 800 pages of information about the bilateral relations between America and Cambodia, about cultural and social institutions of America, and about the process of applying for US visas.
“It has taken 18 months to prepare this website, and it can be read with Limon S1 fonts and also with Khmer Unicode. The press release continued that according to the author’s understanding, it is the first Khmer-language website of a foreign embassy for the public.” Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #6118, 15.8.2007
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Deum Ampil, Vol.2, #31, 15-21.8.2007
- Samdech Norodom Sirivudh Promises to Stay Silent, He Will Not Join the Sam Rainsy Party
- Singaporean Prime Minister Admires the Open Sky Policy of Cambodia
- UN Rejects Taiwan’s Request for Membership
Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.6, #1418, 15.8.2007
- Committee for Free and Fair Elections Holds Forum on Youth Voters
Khmer Mchas Srok, Vol.1, #3, 15.8.2007
- Mr. Son Chhay [SRP parliamentarian, Phnom Penh]: Government’s Actions in Ruling the Country Are Very Weak
- Sam Rainsy Party Plans to Hold National Congress Next Month to Prepare to Win the 2008 Election
- World Bank Provides Cambodia US$70 Million [grant] to Test Prime Minister’s Position [over action against corruption]
- Thach Ngoc Thach [President of Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation] Calls on All Embassies in Cambodia to Stop Granting Visas to Those Who Were Involved in Defrocking the Monk Tim Sakhan [who has recently been defrocked on accusation of perpetrating an offense against the Buddhist law, claiming that he destroyed the harmony between Vietnam and Cambodia]
Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #6118, 15.8.2007
- US Embassy Creates Khmer Language Website for Cambodian Citizens
- More Than 600 Funcinpec Members Join Cambodian People’s Party in Pursat; Today [Norodom] Ranariddh [Party] Defectors [number not stated] Join Funcinpec
- [South] Korea Wants Cambodia to Create Toilet Associations Countrywide [see yesterday’s Mirror headlines for more information]
- 1,340 Slaves Found [in brick kilns] in China [in June 2007 – they are freed]
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.15, #4363, 15.8.2007
- Germany Helps Strengthen Working Capacity of [Cambodian] Parliament
- World Bank Provides US$70 Million Grant Aid [to Cambodia]
- Kampuchea Krom Khmers Plan Meeting to Express Sorrow That Vietnamese Authorities Arrested Mr. Tim Sakhan
- Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Thaksin [Shinawatra, former Thai Prime Minister] and His Wife [after they ignored the summons to appear in court, investigating corruption charges]
Sralanh Khmer, Vol.3, #478, 15.8.2007
- Prince Thomico Is Appointed as Funcinpec Honorary President and Prime Ministerial Candidate
Apologies. The address of the Khmer web site of the US embassy in Phnom Penh given in the translation above is not correct. This Khmer web site can be accessed here:
http://khmer.cambodia.usembassy.gov