Rithy Uong
Soben Huon
Whitney Ping
Linn Yann was the inspiration for the Disney film "The Girl who Spelled Freedom"Original report from Washington
26 May 2008
The US has been honoring its citizens of Asian ancestry with Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, which ends this week.
Among these are Cambodians, who in the US number 240,000—about .08 percent of the population, according to the US Embassy in Phnom Penh.
Notable Cambodians in the US include Chanrithy Uong, who was elected to the city council of Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1998; Dr. Haing Nor, who won an Academy Award for his performance in “The Killing Fields;” and Linn Yann, who won a county spelling bee after coming to the US without a word of English and who was featured in a television movie, “The Girl Who Spelled Freedom.”
Artiststs Bun Em, Peou Khatna, and Chum Ngek have earned the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Whitney Ping, a 2004 Olympian table tennis player, and bodybuilder Krisna "Kris" Dim “have thrilled sports fans,” the embassy said. “Soben Huon was crowned Miss Utah USA in 2006 and went on to compete in the Miss USA pageant.”
Among these are Cambodians, who in the US number 240,000—about .08 percent of the population, according to the US Embassy in Phnom Penh.
Notable Cambodians in the US include Chanrithy Uong, who was elected to the city council of Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1998; Dr. Haing Nor, who won an Academy Award for his performance in “The Killing Fields;” and Linn Yann, who won a county spelling bee after coming to the US without a word of English and who was featured in a television movie, “The Girl Who Spelled Freedom.”
Artiststs Bun Em, Peou Khatna, and Chum Ngek have earned the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Whitney Ping, a 2004 Olympian table tennis player, and bodybuilder Krisna "Kris" Dim “have thrilled sports fans,” the embassy said. “Soben Huon was crowned Miss Utah USA in 2006 and went on to compete in the Miss USA pageant.”
26 comments:
my heart and soul to all of you who received these awards. My friends, you're our living examples from whatever perspective of khmer success in the U.S.
Best wishes and Congrats to all of you.
Chan,
Uong Chanrithy is also a key player for HRP too.
Congratulations to his achievements.
Anything is better than Ah Spam Rainxy and his cyclo drivers clan.
And you Viet troller @4:14 AM and the rest of your gangs aka Free-Thinker ought to leave KI-Media and the Cambodian people alone...got it?
death to 4:14AM and its nest. die off you scum of the toilet.
Oh ! shut the fuck up ah khmer yuon 4:22am and ah chhkuot 7:46am.Go to hell and stay there.
Ah lop 8.22 AM, Khour Kbal Chhke, Ah Thoarkk!!!
Fuck you asshole (8:27).
Ah Kbal Youn 9:02 jess cheur daeh nor? It hurts doesn't it? Good for you ah lop satek.
Go down ah khmer yuon pleu pleu 9:13AM.
Long live CPP !.
9.52 am,
gow down a k khmer yuon pleu pleu
Long Live SRP !
Finally the face of the so-called Free-thinker aka KJE and his gangs has been revealed...
These guys now join Trudy Jacobsen as the Viet/Yuon's Cash cow!!!
Congrats to all the Viet's Cash Cow on KI-Media!
Where's Mr. Tiik-Sa-Iv (Si Chan Siv)? He's not feeling good now, isn't he? It's too bad they left you out!
The US always honored stupid people. If we asked what had these fools had done, the answer is none, or at least, nothing worthwhile whatsoever.
11:25AM
you POS SOB go and suck your old frail king's dick and lick his royal ass .he had done great job for cambodia.maybe he will take you along to hell soon.
1145 am. Why every time CPP clowns fight SRP clowns, your SRP clowns have to curse the King? Million Khmer people love the King, so rid off your damn curse in your ass hole, k? You dare to curse Khmer Kings in my country, you will be eaten your shit.
someone forgot to honor sihanouk for his "Art of Killing".
I've met and know some these personally, I can tell you that these Cambodian are self-serving. When speaking Khmer to them, they speak english back to you. as if they were ashame to be khmer.
So tell me what have they done for the child who has to look for food in the city trash? or for the child who is sold to prostitution?
12:08PM.
I also wondered as to why when the two clowns fought each other,the SRP's clown has to trash your king.Please leave 12:08's king alone.Chey yo king,king all the way.
12:08pm
Have you ever watch " Ombre sur Angkor" movie by your old king??.
If your king is a real man(jah!jah!,I don't think so)he should do the way he did to Gen Mjul Pich.
BTW,If he is still your king,good for you.
But,I DON'T Do crawling,bending or bowing to killer that killed his own people.
Hun Sen supporters:
You will see your masters and the rest of the CPP gangs will be perished one day. The earth will turn up side down for them one day. Nonething will last forever as you know the history of the world. All communist around the world were defeated by American. Uncle Sam won't let uncle Ho and uncle Hun Sen ruin the country and their people. America will topple them one day again. Don't be a strong man like Sadam or Noriega. Only a stupid man like you do and say a stupid thing.
For Cambodia Royal family:
I don't give a damp or respect them at all. Don't tell me million of Cambodian people respect them. Only smal minority of these retard people respect and bow their kneel to them, but not the majority of us. We know them very well. They don't do anything shit to the country; only helping to destroy and help themselves to the crown. Why do we respect them and honor them? They're the same level and born from their mother as we do. Why stupid followers honor them and waste the tax payer's money?.
If you can answer me why? then go ahead worship them as your god, but don't expect me to follow. I have my own conscious.
Khmer in The US. Freedom of speech...
You won't touch me, cause I'm a US citizen, not Khmer citizen. Even Ah Hun Sen can't touch me. I will shit on him.
Chey Yo Mr. Sam Rainsy. Mr. Rainsy will get rid of Ah Hun Sen and Cambodia Royal family in 2008.
Hun Sen will ruled forever!
Ah Spam Rainxy will not make it to this election. He only got cyclo drivers working in his cabinet, and that is a "no-no" for Cambodia.
As long as Cambodia maintain good relationship with the U.S and vise versa ,and specifically America's interests were not hurt, the United States will not interfere with other countries's businesses period.So don't drag my country into your fucking dream.It will never happen.Let khmer people chose their leader.Vote for the winner ,vote for CPP.In the next couple of months ,the world will hear all the whinning from sore losers.
a good example of when given freedom and opportunity, khmer people or people of khmer ancestry can flourish just like any other on the planet. please continue to encourage khmer people to go for their dream and to do the best they can do without fear. god bless cambodia and her beautiful khmer people.
i think there are so many hidden talents in khmer people due to fear or what have they. cambodia should be very proud of her people as they seem to have so much talents without them even realizing that for themselves. maybe it takes others to see beside themself. god bless cambodia.
4:29Am you think toomuch!
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