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[Published by the Khmer Times on 6 March 2023.] Your March 1 front-page article “Heritage Heroes” unfortunately elevates to special status two people involved in the ongoing efforts to reclaim from abroad Cambodia’s looted cultural heritage, and ignores the large … Continue reading →

[Published by the Phnom Penh Post on 11 May 2020.] President Trump and various US officials, citing invisible “evidence”, have been demanding an international investigation of China’s response to the Covid-19 crisis, and even threatening a lawsuit over China’s alleged … Continue reading →

[Sent to the Sydney Morning Herald on 19 April, in response to an article by Gareth Evans attacking Cambodia’s proposed law on creating a state of emergency.] Some readers of Gareth Evans’ op-ed diatribe (15 April) may have been puzzled … Continue reading →

[This response to an article in the South China Morning Post was sent to the paper on 30 March 2020. The Post agreed to publish a letter, with a maximum length of 400 words. This was done on 5 April. … Continue reading →

[This letter was published by the South China Morning Post on 5 April 2020. It was a response to a long article by Huw Watkin, “From Khmer Rouge to Khmer Riche: is Hun Sen losing his decades-long grip on Cambodia’s … Continue reading →

[Sent to the Phnom Penh Post and Khmer Times on 18 March 2020. Not published.] The US president and other ultra-right politicians have decided to call the Covid-19 virus “Chinese virus” because the disease caused by it was first diagnosed … Continue reading →

[Sent to the Khmer Times and Phnom Penh Post on 14 February 2020. Not published.] The EU’s withdrawal of some of Cambodia’s tariff concessions under the “Everything But Arms” program seems not to have focused much attention on EBA itself. … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (Rooters agency) – The White House today announced the appointment of a new presidential press officer. The announcement was made by the outgoing White House press secretary and communications director, Slammer Grizzle, in a press conference about which she … Continue reading →

[Sent to the Khmer Times on May 20, 2019.] Thank you for your May 20 article on the Cambodian government response to the US government’s interference into Cambodia’s internal affairs. While I agree with the statements rejecting US interference, the … Continue reading →