"A workaholic with a wide variety of interests, Sihanouk wrote poems, songs and even recipes, and played the saxophone and piano. He could sing in a dozen languages, sometimes for four or five hours at a time, and shot dozens of films glorifying Cambodia"
បើស្តាច់ម៏តាខិតខំបម្រើប្រទេសជាតិបានមួយភាគស្មើនិងការសប្បាយផ្ទាល់ខ្លួលរបស់គាត់ ប្រទេសខ្មែរប្រហែល.......... ប៉ុន្តែស្តាច់ម៏តាជាមនុស្សអត្មានិយម ខិតខំបំបាត់នៅការគំរាមកំហែងមកលើគាត់ហើយនឹងប៉ាក់ពួករបស់គាត់ មិនគិតដល់ផល់ប្រយោជន៏ប្រទេសជាតិទាំងមូលទេ។ សព្វថ្ងៃនេះស្តាច់ម៏កូនរបស់គាតទាំងអំប៉ាល់ម៉ានយកតម្រាប់តាមគាត់ទៀតហើយ មិនគិតដល់ជាតិគិតតែផល់ប្រយោជន៏ផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន។ On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Bury Chau <[email protected]> wrote: > KHMER ANCESTORS LEFT EVERYTHING ON THE CAMBODIAN SOIL WHILE FORMER KING > SIHANOUK ,MARRIED TO A FOREIGN WIFE WILL LEAVE EVERYTHING ABROAD ? > > Wednesday, February 25, 2009 In Sihanouk's words: the Cambodian monarch's > private > archives<http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-sihanouks-words-cambodian-monarchs.html> > > <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8up7h6T0Kzc/SaTUDbYIKlI/AAAAAAAALwc/sBeBgCG37N4/s1600-h/Sihanouk+lying+down+%28AFP%29.jpg>This > file picture taken on Feb. 24, 1995 shows King Norodom Sihanouk praying > during a Buddhist ceremony at Wat Mony Prasittivong outside Phnom Penh ( > AFP photo / files) Wednesday, February 25, 2009 A 2500 year-old ancient > tomb found in > Cambodia<http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2009/02/2500-year-old-ancient-tomb-found-in.html> > > <http://www.kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/khmer/see25_02_2.jpg>The burial > site at Snay village. Photo by Amakak. > > Koh Santepheap > newspaper<http://www.kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/khmer/see25_02.htm> > 25th Feb, 2009 > Reported in English by Khmerization > > A pre-historic burial site has been found in northwest Cambodia. A Japanese > team of archaeologists has just finished digging a 500 B.C pre-historic > burial site in Snay village, Rohal commune, Preah Net Preah district in > Banteay Meanchey province. > > The excavations, which were led by Dr. Miyasuka who is a project leader and > Prof. Yusino Riyasuda, from the Japanese Centre for International Research, > began at the beginning of 2008 and were completed on 21st February 2009. > > > PARIS, Feb 25, 2009 (AFP) - In meticulously labelled boxes piled on > shelves in an old Paris building lies the hidden story of Cambodia's King > Norodom Sihanouk, his personal chronicle of 30 years of Khmer suffering > and death. > > After abdicating in 2004, the self-proclaimed "king-father" of the country, > now aged 87, handed France his personal archives last January for > safe-keeping at the National Archive. > > "Rarely does a foreign head of state give archives to another country," > said Olivier de Bernon, head researcher at the Far-East French Institute > (EFEO) and the first to browse the "historically significant" papers. > > "The archives were never in Cambodia, but came directly from Sihanouk's > home in Beijing," said de Bernon. > > It took him two years, with the help of two researchers and an archivist, > to sift through the king's 10,000 photographs and one million documents. An > inventory of the "Sihanouk Fund" is to be published this year. > > Destroyed by later regimes, no personal records remain of Sihanouk's first > reign, coronation or childhood. The Paris archives cover the later agitated > times that followed Lon Nol's pro-American coup which overthrew Sihanouk on > March 18, 1970. > > Among the gems are a photograph of Sihanouk's resignation speech as head of > state of the Khmer Rouge regime on April 2, 1976 and pictures of North > Korea, where he was invited by the country's founder, the late Kim Il-Sung. > > Head of state turned political prisoner, Sihanouk spent 1976-79 under house > arrest in his Phnom Pen palace with Queen Monique. > > A one-time sympathiser of the extremist Cambodian communist movement > nicknamed "the red prince" during the Vietnam War, it was the king himself > who came up with the name "Khmer Rouge" in 1960. > > But de Bernon said Sihanouk was never a supporter of the extremists, with > five of his children and 14 grandchildren killed under the murderous Khmer > Rouge regime, which left a total of two million Cambodians dead. > > "The king was in Beijing from April to September 1975 and was only in power > for a year under the Khmer Rouge before resigning. It was only in 1977, like > many others, that he understood how the regime operated, and in fact > high-ranking Chinese officials had to intervene to ensure he wasn't killed," > said de Bernon. > > Letters signed Zhou Enlai, Malraux, Arafat, Mandela or Reagan are among > Sihanouk's letters. > > One from actress Jane Fonda congratulates him for the Khmer Rouge victory > and offers to take up their cause in the US. > > "Sihanouk has a literary style that shines through in his letters, speeches > and thousands of drafts," said de Bernon. > > A workaholic with a wide variety of interests, Sihanouk wrote poems, songs > and even recipes, and played the saxophone and piano. He could sing in a > dozen languages, sometimes for four or five hours at a time, and shot dozens > of films glorifying Cambodia. > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:13:51 +1100 > Subject: A 2500 year-old ancient tomb found in Cambodia > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Dear All, > A Japanese team of archaeologists has just completed the excavations of a > 2500-year-old burial site in Preah Net Preah northwest of Cambodia. The site > proved that our Khmer ancestors were very clever that they have built > sophisticated reservoirs, advanced civilsation etc..Please read below. > > A 2500 year-old ancient tomb found in > Cambodia<http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2009/02/2500-year-old-ancient-tomb-found-in.html> > ------------------------------ > Windows Live™: Discover 10 secrets about the new Windows Live. 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