Sopheap Chak

By Chak Sopheap Guest Commentary, Published on UPI Asia Niigata, Japan — One of the untold tragedies of U.S. policy has been the forced repatriation of young Cambodians, mainly men, who went to the United States as refugees after escaping the Khmer Rouge genocide of the late 1970s. The United States took in 130,000 Cambodian [...]

By Chak Sopheap Guest Commentary Published on UPI Asia: April 15, 2009 Niigata, Japan — It is not surprising that many foreigners know the details of the Khmer Rouge regime, which ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979, while the young generation of Cambodians may not even know that this inhuman regime ever existed. Cambodian schoolchildren are taught [...]

This broken body of mine still serves for the society, Today I still move on the street (on the wheelchair), A poem by the SMON victim (chanting No More SMON) Another Failure of Risk Management System: a case of SMON SMON (Subacute-Myelo-Optico-Neuropathy): is caused by the side-effects of an anti-diarrheal drug containing Clioquinol or Chinoform. [...]

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