Khmer Group Says It Shares Goals of Other Minorities in Vietnam

Thach Ngoc Thach, left and newly re-ordained monk Tim Sakhorn, middle, drops by VOA Khmer while on a visit in the US, file photo. Originally posted at khmerkrom.net: Members of the Khmer minority in Vietnam recently met with State Department officials and are now looking for ways to unite with other minorities like the Hmong and Montagnards to protect themselves from persecution, a leading advocate says. Thach Ngoc Thach, president of the US-based Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation, told...

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Vietnamese Mobs Attacked Khmer-Krom Buddhist monks

Originally posted at khmerkrom.net: According to the Voice of Kampuchea-Krom (VOKK) broadcasted on April 19, 2012, around 3:30pm (local time) on April 19, 2012, there were eight Vietnam Mobs carried weapons to the Khmer-Krom Temple, Wat Ro, at Vinh Thuong commune, An Cu village, Tinh Bien district, An Giang province to attack the Khmer-Krom Buddhist monks. The Buddhist monks had to run to seek the Khmer-Krom villagers for help. Most of the Indigenous Khmer-Krom Peoples are Buddhist and really...

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No Water for Khmer Krom Village

Reported by RFA’s Khmer service.  Translated by Samean Yun. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink.   Ethnic Khmer who fled Vietnam and built a new life in Cambodia now find themselves disenfranchised. Khmer Krom monks demanding asylum in Cambodia rally in front of the UNHCR offices in Phnom Penh, Aug. 2, 2005.AFP Members of the Khmer Krom minority in Vietnam who moved to Cambodia say they cannot get a clean water system in their village because they...

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