“The three key channels for Cambodian self-awareness in the 1930s, in fact, were the Lycee Sisowath, the Institute Bouddhique, and the newspaper Nagara Vatta, founded in 1936 by Pach Chhoeun and Sim Var; both men, in their 30s, were soon joined by a young Cambodian judge, born in Vietnam and educated in France, named Son Ngoc Thanh. The three, in turn, were closely associated with the Institute Bouddhique, to which Son Ngoc Thanh was later assigned as librarian. This brought them into contact with the leaders of the Cambodian Sangha, with Cambodian intellectuals, and with a small group of French scholars and officials, led by the secretary of the Institute, Suzanne Karpales, who were eager to help with the Cambodian intellectual renaissance.” [A History of Cambodia, Chandler]
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3 comments:
The newspaer Nagara vatta was pro Janpan and anti French colony by 3 figures Pach Chhoeunn and Sim Var and Son Gnoc Thanh.
During World War 2 ( 1439- 1945 ) the newspaper Nagara Vatta was a popular newspapers anti French colony by above figures .
For Khmer younger generation must study the good thing and bad thing about Son Ngoc Thanh movement to liberate our country from French colony as follow:
1. It is good to stand up and fight and freeze ourselves from French colony to free our country from French colony.
2. The bad thing was to liberate our country from French colony Son Ngoc Thanh asked for Janpanese protectorate so it was a matter of liberating the country from French colony into the new Japanese colony because if Japane was not defeated in late 1945 in World War 2 Janpan would continue to occupy Cambodia with Japanese colony.
Note: Son Ngoc Thanh was not odler brother of Son Ngoc Minh ( Achar Mean ) as youn Viet Minh propoganda during Vietnam war.
What a treat to have read the material from 1937 khmer papers. I thought you would neve see them again in your/my life time. Please post more, KI Media. Please tell me where I could them!!!
Thank you for posting this archived news. I read them with great interest.
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