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Commemorating 60th Anniversary, The Loss of Southern Cambodia Territory to Vietnam

 

CambodialostterritorytoVietnam_thumb  June 4th marks the 60th Anniversary of Cambodia’s loss territory to Vietnam. The French illegally transferred southern Cambodia (Kampuchea Krom) to north Vietnam. Since 1949 -for fifty nine years – –, many southern Cambodian (Khmer Krom/Kampuchea Krom) have been living in the darkness, suffering, torturing, ethnic cleansing, disease, human right abuse, genocide…under Vietnamese regime. Cambodian were forced to be Vietnamese, speak, dress, and obey their rules.  The communist’s media, billboard signs sending fatherly-like message to Kampuchea Krom that Vietnam is one. Play all tricks and lies by all means and erasing the original Cambodian history books and rewritten in Vietnamese text books that southern Cambodia did not exist and that southern Cambodian (Kampuchea Krom) are the Vietnamese "ethnic minority." Cambodian land, street, building, signs that were written in Khmer language were torn and replaced in Vietnamese language and mostly in red and yellow colors. June 4th, 1949, Cambodian southern territory was stolen and became "south" Vietnam. North and south Vietnam joined. Dark history for Cambodia.

Today, "Khmer Krom communities around the world are currently heading to their local temples to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of loss of Kampuchea-Krom to Vietnam. The rich fertile land of the Mekong Delta was transferred to Vietnam by France on 4th June 1949 without the consent of the indigenous Khmer Krom people.

Kuy Teaw (Tieu) Kho Ko

CambodianBeefStew_Noodle

Kuy Teaw Kho Ko- is Cambodian rice noodle with beef stew or thick broth soup. Kho (khor) means caramelize or thick soup style in Cambodian language. Ko means cow or beef. Kuy Teaw Kho Ko is one of the most popular dish in Cambodia (midland and Khmer Krom). This authentic Khmer dish is getting very popular in many Vietnamese restaurants.  As the southern Cambodian (Khmer Krom) described this soup.

“Authentic Khmer Krom beef stew with noodle soup is delicious. This recipe is good with French bread, with *katiev* white noodle, *mee* yellow egg noodle or with rice.
Khmer Krom beef stew is very popular in Kampuchea Krom, most restaurants have Khmer Krom beef stew on their menus under Vietnamese name *Hu Tieu Bo Kho*.”

Below is a salubrious recipe from Khmer Krom (southern Cambodia) site.