Organizers say half a million Khmer Krom people attended the opening of a new pagoda in Vietnam’s Soc Trang province over the three days leading into the New Year, as the community sees pressures selectively easing and traditions experiencing a revival.
The Supreme Court decided to return the passport of a former Radio Free Asia journalist who has faced an espionage charge for five years, though a judge warned him to follow the courts’ every summons.
Two monks fled Vietnam 15 years ago, one “broken” between his Khmer identity and Vietnamese education, the other persecuted over pro-Khmer protests. They haven’t been back since, but still fight to preserve a fading heritage in a foreign country.
A Kampong Cham monk chief was reinstated after being arrested and defrocked last week for allegedly violating Covid-19 measures.
Wat Samakki Raingsey, a Buddhist pagoda in Phnom Penh famous for offering shelter to land dispute victims visiting the city to protest their cases from around the country, has been formally legally recognized 22 years after its founding.
At a muted ceremony on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, hundreds of Cambodian nationalists gathered Tuesday morning to mark 70 years since France’s cession of its Indochinese colony of Cochinchina to the newly proclaimed State of Vietnam.
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