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...Khieu Kort, a guard whose hammock hangs near the looted site. "It's too dangerous." Tranet is less circumspect. He blames the country's "chaotic political system," which encourages Cambodians to pillage, protected by local authorities who sometimes receive a piece of the action. "Last year [Cambodian Prime Minister] Hun Sen accused the West of stealing our culture," says Tranet, eyes blinking in agitation. "It's easy to blame the Westerners, but we're the ones who are handing over our culture to them...
...countries have a political divide like Cambodia's. In the '90s the nation was ruled by two Prime Ministers and two Cabinets, with power split between Funcinpec and the Cambodia's People Party (headed by current Prime Minister Hun Sen). That divide still splits the country: a national election in July left Hun Sen short of the parliamentary support he needs to rule?under Cambodia's constitution, the National Assembly can't convene without a party or coalition controlling two-thirds of the votes. So far, his attempts to form a coalition have fallen through...
...three suicide notes Chung Mong Hun, 54, left on his desk beside his watch and glasses before leaping from the window of his 12th-floor office last week provided few clues to his motives. (Chung apologized to his family in a few scribbled lines, gave encouragement to a colleague and, in a note to his employees, wrote: "A foolish man does a foolish thing.") But few men in South Korea could have had more burdens to bear. Chung, one of eight sons of the late Chung Ju Yung, pioneering chaebolist and founder of the Hyundai group, had been demoted...
...Cambodia: Hun Sen Reelected
...Cambodia: Hun Sen Reelected