Archive for September, 2009:

Monks’ Morality Important to Cambodia

Niigata, Japan — In Cambodia Buddhism is the state religion, guaranteed by the Constitution, and about 95 percent of the people are Buddhists. However, in recent times, a gradual decline in moral standards among Buddhist monks and the political affiliations of some of their leaders have raised serious concerns.
The current Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia [...]

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Unsettled peace in Cambodia

By Chak Sopheap
Published on UPI Asia Online, September 17, 2009
Niigata, Japan — The world will soon once again celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace, marked every year on Sept. 21. Yet the world is far from peace as civil wars, religious conflicts, growing insurgencies and the economic downturn bring more hardship than joy [...]

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