Former Broadcaster Describes Decades of VOA Khmer History

Retired VOA Khmer staff Ang Khen, on 'Hello VOA' on Monday. (Photo: by Soeung Sophat)

Im Sothearith, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Now that she has retired, she reads books, especially those about women world leaders. She also recently read a biography of former president Jimmy Carter, who, she said, practices democracy even at home: He takes a vote on the family's next holiday.

Ang Khen was one of the first staff members of a refreshed VOA Khmer, when the service opened in 1962 following a hiatus. She was 21 years old, and one of few female broadcasters.

As a guest on “Hello VOA” Monday, the now retired Ang Khen said she had been the only female staff member for the Khmer service, which marked its 55th anniversary on Sunday. But she said she believed in the service's principles of truth, timeliness and objectivity.

Callers flooded the phones on Monday night, as old fans heard Ang Khen again for the first time in years.
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