Chhang Song, a chameleon-politician (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)2010-03-24
Xinhua
Some 40 foreign war journalists who were covering in Cambodia in early 1970s will get together in Phnom Penh next month, Chhang Song, former information minister said Wednesday.
He said for the first time since that horrible war, foreign war correspondents are returning to Phnom Penh for a reunion from April 20 to 23.
The event is organized by Chhang Song, the last Information Minister in the Lon Nol government who now divides his time between Cambodia and the United States and acts as a senior adviser to both the government and public-at-large.
For those who covered the Cambodian War between 1970 and 1975, the memories have always been particularly painful.
Chhang Song said a total of 36 foreign and Cambodian journalists were killed or disappeared, more than in the war in neighboring Vietnam.
Assisting Chhang Song in his quest is former Associated Press ( AP) correspondent U.S.-born Carl Robinson who covered the Cambodian War from neighboring Saigon, today's Ho Chi Minh City, and now lives in Brisbane, Australia.
While several reunions have been held over the past 15 years in Saigon, this is the first one in Phnom Penh. And, considering their age, this reunion will most likely also be the last one.
"Covering the war was so painful that many, even now, are unable to look back on that period," explains Robinson, who has only re-visited Cambodia in the past couple of years.
Cambodian government has granted permission for the construction of a memorial to the journalists who died in Cambodia while covering the civil war in the 1970s, according to local media report on Monday.
The memorial will be located in the Daun Penh district gardens opposite Raffles Hotel le Royal, it said.
He said for the first time since that horrible war, foreign war correspondents are returning to Phnom Penh for a reunion from April 20 to 23.
The event is organized by Chhang Song, the last Information Minister in the Lon Nol government who now divides his time between Cambodia and the United States and acts as a senior adviser to both the government and public-at-large.
For those who covered the Cambodian War between 1970 and 1975, the memories have always been particularly painful.
Chhang Song said a total of 36 foreign and Cambodian journalists were killed or disappeared, more than in the war in neighboring Vietnam.
Assisting Chhang Song in his quest is former Associated Press ( AP) correspondent U.S.-born Carl Robinson who covered the Cambodian War from neighboring Saigon, today's Ho Chi Minh City, and now lives in Brisbane, Australia.
While several reunions have been held over the past 15 years in Saigon, this is the first one in Phnom Penh. And, considering their age, this reunion will most likely also be the last one.
"Covering the war was so painful that many, even now, are unable to look back on that period," explains Robinson, who has only re-visited Cambodia in the past couple of years.
Cambodian government has granted permission for the construction of a memorial to the journalists who died in Cambodia while covering the civil war in the 1970s, according to local media report on Monday.
The memorial will be located in the Daun Penh district gardens opposite Raffles Hotel le Royal, it said.
11 comments:
Chhang Song kor thlorb chol tov som litt bat chueng Hun Sen bann ponman chhnam nung keh dae tueh... until he was useless and they kicked him back to Long Beach...
On the other hand, why he kept his young women in Cambodia? and go see hers once a while? why not sponsor them to the usa?
This is the way of life for old khmer men. How can any man resist the beauty of an Asian girl?
Isn't it good to be King? Apsara, concubine, Heriam whatever you called them, its still young beautiful Asian female.
Small petite body, beautiful cream skin, long dark straight hair. Nice round breast with pink nipples ready to be converged on and small pink lip with eyes that can break a man into his youth. The power is in the female.
Everybody who is somebody will have mistress.
did you know that smart and educated people see opportunity in cambodia while others like stupid opposition is only for political and continue to struggle to no avail although cambodia is at peace and growing economically, etc... opposition is so stupid, to say the least! i mean, it is ok to have opposition for political diversity, however, their problem is they don't know when to stop barking and struggling. i mean there are time and places for everything; well, try telling that to opposition and company as they have no concept of time and place and patient and enough is enough, etc...! opposition and company is like a problematic child, they need someone to discipline them all, really! god bless cambodia.
smart people are flexible and take the opportunity when they see one. learn from them, ok!
hey, so stupid and ignorant to think only about girls. there are more to life than just having sex, really! ask the psychiatrist or the psychologist and they can tell you more!
12.09am
Thank you for your comment.
I understand you disagree with me. Which is Okay because everyone is entitle to an opinion.
I am concern that you don't think khmer girls are attractive which lead me to a conclusion that you prefer same sex partner(s).
Your argument makes no sense. You are OK with having an opposition, but you are against any criticism. You want your way just like a child. Really!
Chhang Song hummm, who's this guy before moving to Long Beach?
Is he a designated future Ambassador at large to Macau????
Bad men have sex's decease.
It should be good for Cambodia. Our history must preserve.
hey, let's don't forget that criticism goes both ways, you know! you can criticize the current gov't, so, other who sees you as hypocrite can criticize your party, too, you know! it flows both ways, ok! or are they slowly but surely showing their true color? one has to wonder out loud! opposition seems to think they are immuned to criticism or something! go figure!
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