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Assassination of Cambodian #Kemley Marks Hun Sen’s Mafia Rule

July 11, 2016 by wpfixit

Analyst’s Murder Highlights Cambodian Misrule Dictator Hun Sen uses brutality to maintain power & erode international confidence, writes Nate Thayer Nate Thayer July 11, 2016 Asia Sentinel Minutes after prominent Cambodian independent political analyst Kem Ley was gunned down in broad daylight, police arrested a “suspect” who had “confessed” to the assassination. Within hours, a […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Cambodia censorship, Cambodia corruption, Cambodia human rights, Human Rights, Hun Sen Tagged With: #Kemley, Cambodian political assassination, Hun Sen, Nate Thayer

AP reports N. Korea “Ice Bucket Challenge”: silent on repression of disabled

September 1, 2014 by wpfixit

AP reports “Ice Bucket Challenge” in North Korea; doesn’t on NK repression of disabled people Viral water dunking campaign for charity staged in Pyongyang by American rappers By Nate Thayer Sept 1, 2014 The Associated Press should be ashamed of themselves for being a willing collaborator in disseminating the state propaganda of North Korea, the world’s […]

Filed Under: Associated Press, Free Speech, Human Rights, Journalistic Ethics, Media, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media, North Korea racism, North Korean Propaganda, North Korean racism Tagged With: AP North Korea, Associated Press, Journalism ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media, North Korean propaganda

Jailing Journalists, Military Power & Corruption: The Deadly Perfect Storm

July 12, 2014 by wpfixit

Egypt and Thailand: the Lethal Nexus of Military Rule, Corruption, and Press Censorship Egyptian army claims it has discovered AIDS cure using debunked science of novelty toy marketed to find lost golf balls; thousands arrested, killed as Thai military buys same bogus technology to detect explosives, drugs By Nate Thayer July 12, 2014 Egypt’s “men of […]

Filed Under: Corruption, egypt, fake bomb detectors, Human Rights, Iraq, Landmines, Middle East, Nate Thayer, Terrorism Tagged With: al jazeera, Corruption, egypt, fake bomb detectors, Human Rights, Journalism, Nate Thayer, Terrorism, Thailand

US to China:’H. Rights Now or Embassy St. Name Changes!’: China to US: ‘Exactly’

June 25, 2014 by wpfixit

US Threatens to Change Chinese Embassy Street Name; Boldest Defence of  Human Rights in Decades Beijing Spokesman Responds: “Exactly” China Changed Name of  Beijing Street of U.S. Embassy to “Anti-Imperialist Street” in 1970’s:  Now Location of  McDonald’s  Selling Most Hamburgers in the World By Nate Thayer June 26, 2014 U.S. politicians are boldly moved to rename […]

Filed Under: China, China Human Rights, Human Rights, Nate Thayer, U.S Congress, U.S. China Policy Tagged With: Human Rights, Nate Thayer, U.S. China Policy, U.S. Congress, U.S. Politics

Cambodian Army’s dossier of shame

January 7, 2014 by wpfixit

Army’s dossier of shame The state sponsored violence in Cambodia in recent days has a long and predictable history that made the current events inevitable. “Villagers feel totally helpless as they see no recourse against official arbitrary violence and abuses. Deprived of any means to seek justice, even when their children are taken away and […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Cambodia, Cambodia human rights, Corruption, Human Rights Tagged With: Cambodia, Human Rights, Hun Sen, Nate Thayer

A letter to a young Cambodian-2013: Reflections on a toxic political culture

June 26, 2013 by wpfixit

Cambodia-2013: Reflections on a toxic political culture A letter to a young Cambodian If Cambodia is not careful, they will be relegated to selling roadside trinkets along the highway as the rest of properly organized Asia zooms through without stopping  between Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City By Nate Thayer June 26, 2013 Alright I just expelled […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Cambodia coup, Corruption, Free People, Free Speach, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, Human Rights, Hun Sen, Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, organized crime, Pol Pot Tagged With: Cambodia, Cambodian elections, Corruption, free speech, Human Rights, Hun Sen, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog

Why I am a Journalist: Continued….From a Daughter in Exile From her Own History

March 21, 2013 by wpfixit

Why I am a Journalist: Continued… From a Daughter in Exile From her Own History Dear Mr. Thayer, I truly enjoy your many articles and writing that you have posted on your website.  Growing up in the States and being around the Khmer community, I constantly remember old folks and even my grandfather blaming the […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Cambodia, Free People, Free Speach, Human Rights, Journalism, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Pol Pot, Ta Mok Tagged With: Cambodia, free speech, Human Rights, Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Pol Pot

Thoughts on the Death of Mass Murderer Ieng Sary:Cambodian Political Culture and North Korea

March 14, 2013 by wpfixit

Thoughts on the Death of Mass Murderer Ieng Sary: The Khmer Rouge and North Korea It is the Cambodian Political Culture which Should be Indicted By Nate Thayer (c)Nate Thayer. All rights reserved. No republication in whole or part without express written permission from the author Pol Pot’s brother in law, Khmer Rouge foreign minister […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Free People, Human Rights, Hun Sen, Ieng Sary, Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Media, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Pol Pot, Sympathy for the Devil Tagged With: Cambodia, free speech, Human Rights, Hun Sen, Ieng Sary, Ieng Sary Death, Khmer Rouge, Khmer Rouge and North korea, Nate Thayer, Pol Pot, Sympathy for the Devil

25 Years of Slam Dunk Diplomacy: Rodman trip and history of U.S.-North Korean basketball diplomacy

March 5, 2013 by wpfixit

25 Years of Slam Dunk Diplomacy: Rodman trip comes after decades of basketball diplomacy between U.S. and North Korea as a central tool in nuclear bomb negotiations by Nate Thayer , March 4, 2013 Published in NK News http://www.nknews.org/2013/03/slam-dunk-diplomacy/  NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman’s circus troupe delegation to North Korea was greeted by ridicule by most of […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Freelance Journalist, Human Rights, Humor, Journalism, Kim Jong Chol, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Media, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Basketball, North Korea Basketball diplomacy, North Korea Dennis Rodman, North Korean Propaganda, Propoganda, U.S. Asian Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Humor, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Kim Jong Chol, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Michael Ri North Korea, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Basketball, North Korea Basketball Diplomacy, North Korea Media, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korean propaganda

Happy Chinese New Year in Cambodia: Corrupt Govt Officials Hand Cash to Hundreds of Soldiers

February 11, 2013 by wpfixit

Happy Chinese New Year in Cambodia What a pathetic embarrassment the Cambodian government is, a B grade rip-off of the Lord of the Flies. Happy Chinese New Year in Cambodia means hundreds of police, military police and Cambodian army soldiers gathering to receive cash envelopes outside the house of one of Cambodia’s biggest crime syndicate […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Cambodia, China, Corruption, Human Rights, Hun Sen, Journalism, Mafia, Nate Thayer Tagged With: Cambodia, Corruption, Human Rights, Hun Sen, Journalism, Nate Thayer

Google Chief’s Teenage Daughter Blog Puts AP North Korea News Bureau to Shame: A Comparative Analysis

January 21, 2013 by wpfixit

Amateur Journalism of Teenage Daughter of Google Chief Puts AP North Korea Reporting to Shame: A Comparative Analysis Exactly one year ago, the Associated Press was granted permission to open a news bureau in North Korea, becoming the first western media agency to set up an official operation, providing what was to be a major […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Free Speach, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, Freelance Journalism, Google North Korea, Human Rights, Internet media ethics, Journalism, Journalistic Ethics, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Media, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media, North Korean Propaganda, Propoganda, Sophie Schmidt, U.S. Asian Policy, U.S. North Korea, U.S. propaganda Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Google, Jean H. Lee AP Bureau chief Korea, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media

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