Friday, April 23, 2010

Former foreign war reporters revisit Cambodia

Former Washington Post correspondent Elizabeth Becker (L) consoles former staff member of Kyodo News, Yoko Ishiyama, as she prays at a Buddhist ceremony at Po Kandal village in Kampong Speu province 65 km (40 miles) west of Phnom Penh April 22, 2010, in memory of her husband, Koki Ishiyama, a former correspondent for Kyodo, who was killed covering the Cambodian civil war in 1973. About 40 retired journalists gathered on Thursday to officially commemorate more than 50 correspondents from Japan, France, the U.S., Cambodia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India and Laos, who were killed while covering the conflict, which lasted from 1970-1975. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Carle Robinson (L), former Associated Press correspondent prays at a Buddhist ceremony at Po Kandal village in Kampong Speu province 65 km (40 miles) west of Phnom Penh April 22, 2010. About 40 retired journalists gathered on Thursday to officially commemorate more than 50 correspondents from Japan, France, the U.S., Cambodia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India and Laos, who were killed while covering the Cambodian civil war, which lasted from 1970-1975. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Former Time-Life photographer Tim Page and other foreign correspondents pray at a Buddhist ceremony at Po Kandal village in Kampong Speu province 65 km (40 miles) west of Phnom Penh April 22, 2010. About 40 retired journalists gathered on Thursday to officially commemorate more than 50 correspondents from Japan, France, the U.S., Cambodia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India and Laos, who were killed while covering the Cambodian civil war, which lasted from 1970-1975. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Former foreign correspondents observe a moment of silence in front of a grave on a rice field at a Buddhist ceremony at Po Kandal village in Kampong Speu province 65 km (40 miles) west of Phnom Penh April 22, 2010 . About 40 retired journalists gathered on Thursday to officially commemorate more than 50 correspondents from Japan, France, the U.S., Cambodia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India and Laos, who were killed while covering the Cambodian civil war, which lasted from 1970-1975. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Former Washington Post correspondent Elizabeth Becker (L) reads a list of killed foreign correspondents as former staff member of Kyodo News, Yoko Ishiyama (R), weeps at a Buddhist ceremony at Po Kandal village in Kampong Speu province 65 km (40 miles) west of Phnom Penh April 22, 2010. The list includes Yoko Ishiyama's husband, Koki Ishiyama, a former correspondent for Kyodo, who was killed covering the Cambodian civil war in 1973. About 40 retired journalists gathered on Thursday to officially commemorate more than 50 correspondents from Japan, France, the U.S., Cambodia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India and Laos, who were killed while covering the conflict, which lasted from 1970-1975. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Former Time-Life photographer Tim Page prays at a Buddhist ceremony at Po Kandal village in Kampong Speu province 65 km (40 miles) west of Phnom Penh April 22, 2010. About 40 retired journalists gathered on Thursday to officially commemorate more than 50 correspondents from Japan, France, the U.S., Cambodia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India and Laos, who were killed while covering the Cambodian civil war, which lasted from 1970-1975. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Sylvana Foa (R), two-time nominee for the Pulitzer Price, former Newsweek and United Press International (UPI) correspondent and currently a journalism teacher at New York University's Tel Aviv campus and former staff member of Kyodo News, Yoko Ishiyama (L), place a flower at the dedication of memorial of journalists in Phnom Penh April 22, 2010. Yoko Ishiyama's husband, Koki Ishiyama, a former correspondent for Kyodo, was killed covering the Cambodian civil war in 1973. About 40 retired journalists gathered on Thursday to officially commemorate more than 50 correspondents from Japan, France, the U.S., Cambodia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India and Laos, who were killed while covering the conflict, which lasted from 1970-1975. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Carl Robinson (R), former Associated Press correspondent and Chhang Song , former Khmer minister of information, stand near the sign dedicated to the memory of Cambodian and foreign journalists killed or missing during the Cambodian civil war April 22, 2010. About 40 retired journalists gathered on Thursday to officially commemorate more than 50 correspondents from Japan, France, the U.S., Cambodia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India and Laos, who were killed while covering the conflict, which lasted from 1970-1975. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." - Buddha

Extrait Sihanouk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42RpbMAeiO4

Culture Revolution - Public execution & Impact

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIrUHVFkm9A&feature=related

Cambodge : JEUX De la MORT De SIHANOUK CONTRE YUON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=FR&hl=fr&v=sVLTFmWX4VE


Even a young monk who devotes himself to the teaching of the Buddha,illumines this world as does the moon freed from a cloud"
"yo-hak vétak hak-ror ,phikhu yugn chhati puthsané sor-imaing lokaing ,paphear séti akphea mutorvak munti mear"

"THE SUFFERING OF CAMBODIA HAS BEEN DEEP."

May Peace,Independence,Real Justice prevail for the people of Cambodia.

http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2009/04/9-lives-of-norodom-sihanouk-part-1-in.html

http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2009/04/9-lives-of-norodom-sihanouk-part-2-in.html

Anonymous said...

tổ tiên vĩ đại của tôi nói với tôi rằng Campuchia đang câm

Anonymous said...

Ah Du Ma 1:51, speak Khmer, fool. This is a Khmer website, Du Ma. Lol.

Anonymous said...

1:31 PM
Great comment, but we all might knew the situation better than you.

You better send this comment to the US President Mr. Obama. He will able to help and support your idea.

Anonymous said...

To 2:34PM

" Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others." - Buddha

Anonymous said...

Angkor Wat was built by khmer,not by china,Vietnam,or Obama;

and you if you are khmer survivor or journalist survivor,you can tell to the judges of ECCC by your self what you have seen during 1970-2010,do not depend on others Okay?

Anonymous said...

What the fuck were all these old-fart journalists doing in Cambodia?

Long sinh sống, Hồ Chí Minh, lãnh đạo của chủ nghĩa cộng sản ở Đông Dương! Campuchia là vùng đất của những người câm.

Anonymous said...

Long sinh sống, Hồ Chí Minh, lãnh đạo của chủ nghĩa cộng sản ở Đông Dương! Campuchia là vùng đất của những người câm.

Anonymous said...

Even the crocodile tears when it is so is because of the war policy of their governments. What were their attitudes towards their gouverment?

Anonymous said...

Hopefully at least they did not die in vain and that their death is a lesson to future generations.

With the passing of time, we sometimes wondered angrily and fury what meaning should be given to all these deaths (journalists, innocent civilians and soldiers who did this job just to earn a living and feed their families during this tragedy Khmer 1970-1975 .
What a waste!
What a waste!

Anonymous said...

May god blesses the righteous and may they live forever and ever. Amen Aust

Anonymous said...

When I think to every of these innocent deaths and to Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon who take advantage completely at present their pleasant pension and retired rich and golden, after all what they made undergo to the Khmers, I cannot like the Americans.

Anonymous said...

Damn khmer rouge,they don't respect international law,you're not suppost to killed a journalism,khmer rouge are evil.(Long live America's I love U.S.A.)

Anonymous said...

But the united states of America have supported Pol Pot and to help the Democratic Kampuchea to retain his seat at the UN since 1980. The U.S. supported Pol Pot to punish North Vietnam that won the war against the U.S. while the U.S. knew very well that genocide has been committed by the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia.

I can not love the Americans.

Anonymous said...

http://worldkhmerradio.com/

in worldkhmerradio,one of khmer rouge said:
"If you want to know who killed khmer people,you ought to ask any questions to: ( Nuon Chea,Ieng Sary,Hun Sen,Chea Sim,Heng Sam Rin....they were members of Matchim Pak Communism)

on April 21 2010.
We hope ,this khmer rouge will tell ECCC in Phnom Penh!


Come on and learn the Buddha teaching with Jendamuni

http://www.jendhamuni.com/

and dance with our khmer Surin and khmer krom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onDjy--ne0o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbO_EWrphg&feature=related

Anonymous said...

1970 - 1975 is a period of viet cong invasion in Cambodia and make war there.

Anonymous said...

Yoko Ishiyama's husband, Koki Ishiyama, a former correspondent for Kyodo, was killed covering the war between Viet Cong and Cambodia in 1973.

1970 - 1975 is a period of war between Vietcong and Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

7:21,Like it or viet,has both hands in destroying Cambodia and not the U.S!America's knew better that Cambodia are in danger in the hands of viet,America's were just trying to help!But your pagoda would play Ball with American,And Pol-Pot or khmer rouge,were created by Shihanouk,china and viet,design to topple Lon Nol,and spread communist throught out indochina."I choose America's to be my Master".Who's your Master?