Job opportunities prompt Mandarin-learning in Cambodia

STORY: Job opportunities prompt Mandarin-learning in Cambodia SHOOTING TIME: May 18, 2024 DATELINE: May 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the inauguration ceremony of Duan Hua University 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SENG MONYNETH, Student at Duan Hua Chinese School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): MOENG KIM LEANG, Student at Duan Hua Chinese School 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): MOEURN SOTHEA, Teacher at Duan Hua Chinese School STORYLINE: Cambodian students from Duan Hua Chinese School in the country's capital city of Phnom Penh have been optimistic about their future careers as their Chinese proficiency will help them seek better job opportunities. Governed by the Association of Chinese Teochew in Cambodia, Duan Hua University, an expansion of the Duan Hua Chinese School, was opened on Saturday. On the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of Duan Hua University in the capital's Pou Senchey district, Seng Monyneth, a 12th-grade student at the Duan Hua Chinese School,

Cambodia tribunal

Cambodia tribunal

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Nuon Chea, former head of the Khmer Rouge parliament known as Brother No. 2, is seen on a screen in the premises of a U.N.-backed court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Oct. 21, 2013. The prosecutors of the court called the same day for life sentences for Nuon Chea and another former Khmer Rouge leader, Chea Leang, a co-prosecutor of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, who are blamed for the deaths of nearly 2 million Cambodians in the late 1970s.

U.N.-backed court concludes 1st-day hearing on ex-Khmer jailer

U.N.-backed court concludes 1st-day hearing on ex-Khmer jailer

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Prosecutor Robert Petit of Canada (L) speaks to reporters at the end of the first day of the trial of the notorious Khmer Rouge-era prison jailer Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, in Phnom Penh on Feb. 17. Prosecutor Chea Leang of Cambodia stands behind him.

Rural Cambodian students say hello to donated Chinese bikes

STORY: Rural Cambodian students say hello to donated Chinese bikes DATELINE: April 10, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:52 LOCATION: TAKEO, Cambodia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. students riding bikes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHHUM SEAVLING, Student at Chok Primary School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): LEANG SREYNET, Student at Chok Primary School 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Cambodian): KHUON CHHORN, Principal of Chok Primary School 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ZHOU JINXIU, Vice president of Hello Inc. STORYLINE: 12-year-old Chhum Seavling is quite used to walking a few kilometers to school each day. Her family can not afford a bicycle for her, so when Hello Inc. donated some of the company's previously shared bikes to rural kids in Cambodia, it was a life changing event. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHHUM SEAVLING, Student at Chok Primary School "It was really difficult since the weather was hot. Sometimes I want to drop out of school because I have nothing to ride to school. But now, I have got a bike provided by Chinese donors, which

U.N.-backed court concludes 1st-day hearing on ex-Khmer jailer

U.N.-backed court concludes 1st-day hearing on ex-Khmer jailer

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Prosecutor Robert Petit of Canada (L) speaks to reporters at the end of the first day of the trial of the notorious Khmer Rouge-era prison jailer Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, in Phnom Penh on Feb. 17. Prosecutor Chea Leang of Cambodia stands behind him. (Kyodo)