By Corinne Callebaut
Ka-set
In 2008, KI-Media posted an article reporting about Chak Sopheap. To this article, an anonymous reader posted the following "warning/threat": "Would you like to lengthen your life expectancy? Stay away from politics. Would you like to shorten your life span? Keep practicing politics." Nevertheless, we are very glad to see Sopheap's blog thriving and that she did not back down from any intimidation. Thank you Sopheap for continuing to share your opinion! - KI-Media teamTwenty-four years old and born in the Kampong Cham province, Chak Sopheap was awarded a scholarship program to pursue a Master’s degree in International Relations, specialising in Peace relations, at the International University of Japan. Live from the land of the rising sun, she runs a blog on which she shares, without any taboo or waffling, her committed impressions on the new environment that surrounds her, and her homeland, Cambodia. Unabashed and free, she is now among the most popular “cloggers” on the Web and in the Cambodian media. Interview with Chak Sopheap... via the Internet, of course.
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25 comments:
You mean Freedom of speech on this anonymous line ?
KI, stop being playing dumb. You like to take things out of context, don't you? That so called warning could just be a statement in general for politics around the world. Look at how many people get killed in Columbia with the Cartel and in Italy with the Mafia. You are the king manipulating, ain't you? For all the truth is, that guy's comment is a general statement of how dangerous politics can become.
Now show us the whole commend that guy made and it'll probably take away this sadistic nature of the out of context manipulating you're trying to pull here. I usually support and encourage critics but when critics become a manipulating cynics, I'll damn you to hell. KI is very good at playing the drama queen. Now take off that make up and wipe off that lipsticks, and take the dress off, ladies at KI.
FUck YOU, the people at KI. You become so low now taking shit out of context and manipulate your readers very unethically. One thing you accountants and bankers that run KI should learn is Ethics. Don't you have to take that in your core business requirement class? I guess a fucking cynic won't change his nature no matter how much education he seems to have received.
These fucking Hun's supporters are pissed, guy. These fuckers cannot handle the truth. Fuck all Ah lop Hun's supporters.
5:50 PM
Looks like someone is actually more pissed off than your so called Hun Sen supporters. You don't have to be Hun Sen people to see that KI is a manipulating machine. I live in the US and have no political affiliation but I learn media study and criticism and KI is a text book example of what an unethical political machine is.
KI tries to look like an independent neutral source so its credibility is perceived more than if it represents itself as a one-sided site, which it is? essentially, this site's principle is broken by the people that run it at the core. Look at the upper left side, they preach all these virtuous ethical civilized way of commenting but they don't practice what they preach. It is kinda hard to get people to listen to you when you say one thing and do another. KI is known to be critics of the Hun Sen's government but I thought the site says it brings "sensitive news from Cambodia" so where is the scoops on other political parties like Sam Rainsy? Is Sam Rainsy that godly that he is perfect and has no bad things about him. Or is KI a Sam Rainsy sympathizer that turns blind eyes on its puppet master? KI is in so many ways essentially what they criticize Hun Sen's government for. It is no surprise really since it takes a hypocritical cynical bunch of people to do what the guys at KI do.
This comes from a guy that learns media study and criticism in college not Hun Sen's supporter like that guy above me can think about. I repeat once again. It doesn't take a Hun Sen's supporter to see that this site is nothing more than another politically agenda-based site. Just be a real independent person and knows a thing or two about unethical behaviors in journalism, you see that KI is one.
Look like we got excessive freedom of speech in Cambodia.
Look like there is alway idiots and evil out there. Where
ever it is online or in srokhmer. But there should alway be good and individual who know right and wrong, class and character! This type people refuses to back down and decided to do better and be better than the idiots and those who are evil!.
Thank you Chak Sopheap.
God Bless you
As long you don't deceived people for your own gain, you should be okay.
At any rate, Cambodia is one of the most free nations in SEA, no shit.
Well, there is just one simple thing to do really - and that is for you Viet leech, big time suckers to leave KI-Media and don't ever come back for more like you Viet leech have been doing, understood?
And you Viet leech can guess who I am...
this my new blog I am happy that I can create my blog and I will update more usful document about cambodia and please Link my blog too... I hope you link my poor blog.
thanks in advance
My beloved 6:34PM!
If ye have watched CTN or TVK, ye are barely hearing anything about the opposition parties, but when ye hear, only the bad thing about them, especially SamRainsy is the most trouble maker.
Psychologically and poliSickally speaking, only the Mighty CPP and Samdech Doctoral Hun SenVarman are patriotically helping the poor, miserable, defendless Khmers. Are that true?
Hun Sen regime sucks. Sure those people have money and they can say whatever they want but the bottom line is no one cares, because they already knew CPP memmers are criminals for most part. How we can beat them little by little?
International Relationship degrees cannot help to defeat them, because there are no jobs are available for these no good degrees. If you have a degree can hack others or make airplane you will get a job.
i think sometime, paranoid people read too much into some blog someone wrote or something. it could have a break for her mental well-being as it is less stressful not to get involved in politics. but again, who to say, it's people's choice if they are interested in politics of the country. it is good to have diversity, even with occupation and career, too, you know! god bless.
politics is such a headache, and people can lose hair and get stressed out from debate in politics, too, you know!
So, what's your suggestion 3:30AM? just eat, sleep, and fucking?
Yeah, but don't forget to work also. Otherwise, you can only sleep, no eat, no fucking.
3 29AM. Most everyone is paranoid this day including the rich and powerful in any country. Her degree can only help her to make money at ECCC the world corrupt trial of the century.
Or only work for CPP if she wants to earn a living as a politician. or go to Africa. Now don't blame the government why no jobs available for her.
6:34PM.
KI has its right to side with any party, don't get pissed off for just that.
I just don't like red lipstck all over on every articles.
Yes, you can side with any party as a party, but not as a media. In democracy society, media supposed to be impartial.
3 37 PM. Who said that Media are not biased in a democratic society? You are kidding? Watch Meet the Press (US TV), and tell me what you see.
They cannot be biased, only under an absolute monarchy like in Thailand and or Communist like Vietnam or under tyrannical dicttaors.
Besides KI is an internet and it is not subjected to Cambodia.
6:44 PM,
What an insecure thought!! Calling other critics as they are Evils? You must be really weird. Some criticism can shed us light, though, some don't. You will find faultfinders everywhere including in your own family members, so learn how to live with it.
Congratulation Sopheap.
Hope you can find a job with your uselesss discipline. If I were you I would choose to go to Medical school, or dental school.
What Cambodia needs now is those disciplines not social science discipline. May be these disciplines are too difficult for you to pass, but what good does it do with the useless discipline while our ountry is poor and so corrupt, unless you think it is OK to stay corrupt, then join the club.
Haha..LOL LOL... 11:22AM.
First I thought you were joking but I think you are sincere and concerned about our homeland. Yes I concur with you on that.
Sopheap can be a wonderful Nurse or Dentist or Doctor for our poor country if she chooses. Not onlt she will earn good living but she will earn a best reputation for being an excellent Nurse or Doctor educated from Japan.
Hopefully she changes.
Don't hold your breath. I don't think she is smart enough to pass a basic Math. Currupt degrees for Cambodia.
KI posted only junk degrees can do no good for our homeland. Im Sothearith with his Mass Media and now Chak Sopheap with her International Relationship?
How about Medical Doctors like plastic surgeon, Dentists, Nurse, and other important disciplines like technology disciplines that our Homeland need the most?
You are right these people after they graduated with their junk degrees they will only do help to corrupt more in our country. What else they can do besides that?
My dear beloved friends,
Please allow me to call all those who gave comment here and all readers as my beloved friends regardless political affiliation, gender or race. I could see an increasing emergent contribution from all of you who care Cambodian development!
The only difference between us is: the approach that each individual feel it will enhance Cambodia capability!
Yet, we share common value: The concern and need to help our society!
Different people have their own uniqueness and ability. Also, diversity will help Cambodia. Not a single degree or skill will develop this fragile society. But a combination of skills including all mentioned medical, engineer, technology, and social science that will enhance Cambodian need to development. If we could only choose one prioritized degree, it is the same debate to : Between Economic and Political Rights, which one is needed first? I will defend that both rights are needed if Cambodia is going to develop. If people could not enjoy the rights to education, participation..etc, then how can they fully exercise their economic rights? So the same to degree application. All skills are needed.
I would love to thanks to all those who comment on my degree specialization, yet degree is not important. What important is how people will utilize it. Also, as you already mentioned, Cambodia is in in the critical stage for development, so various opportunities we can apply, so i would not see deadlock in any degree. Again, the main issue is how individual will use that opportunity and their skill utilization for the prosperity of Cambodia.
My beloved friends, honestly speaking, Cambodia suffers much of political fraction/conflict, a sense of distrust, and ignorance (of our cooperating value). I, as a young generation and non-spoken on behalf of any political affiliation, see the real need of rebuilding of trust, cooperation, mutual respect, and a real agenda of development of Cambodia, rather than apolitical one. Cambodia should think how to end our suffer rather than trigger our pain.
Please apology if my sentence is not appropriate or unacceptable. I just want to frankly speak with all beloved friends, Cambodia and all readers. Again, i really admire all your comment for a young generation like me, who rarely experience a dialogue. so your participation proves that dialogue is needed to see diversified view and concern on Cambodia development.
Sopheap
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