Mom Kunthear
Phnom Penh Post
AN ARTICLE published in one of the country’s most widely read newspapers had some readers up in arms Thursday, incensed over a story describing how a woman intended to auction off her daughter for marriage at a starting bid of US$1 million.
The only problem: It wasn’t a news story at all, but part of a promotion for a new television movie.
The article, which was splashed on the front page of the daily Koh Santepheap, appeared to report that a local woman was driven demented over the complicated task of choosing one of many eligible suitors for her daughter’s hand in marriage. The daughter was a catch, the article declared – a beautiful woman, who was educated overseas and born of a highly honourable family, possessing all the qualities of a perfect, modern wife.
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