Norodom Ekcharin
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| Born | 15 April 1969 Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| House | House of Norodom |
| Father | Norodom Yuvaneath |
| Mother | Tea Kim Yin |
Prince Norodom Ekcharin (born April 15, 1969) is the second son of Prince Norodom Yuvaneath and Princess Tea Kim Yin. Prince Norodom Ekcharin was thought to have died as a child in 1976 during the Khmer Rouge regime, but he survived after being secretly brought to Thailand, and later grew up in Sweden and is since 2014 finally reunited with his family.
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Personal life
When Norodom Ekcharin was born in 1969 his parents Prince Norodom Yuvaneath, being the oldest son of the late king of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk, and his wife Tea Kim Yin was living at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.
Six months later, Yuvaneath, his wife and their three-year-old son Veakchearavouth went for a short time mission in Hong Kong, leaving Ekcharin in the care of his grandparents, with the plan that they soon would return, but after the coup by General Lon Nol (1970) they were not permitted to enter the country and Yuvaneath's family fled to Beijing, where they lived until 1980, when Yuvaneath moved his family to Connecticut in the United States, assuming that Ekcharin had died in Phnom Penh in 1976.
But during the 1975-1979 turmoil after the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, Ekcharins relatives in Phnom Penh brought him to a hideout close to a refugee camp in Surin Province, on the Thai/Cambodian Border, from where he later reached Sweden. He grew up in Stockholm, having diffuse memories about his parentage, except that his father was a Prince, which he was instructed to never tell anyone.
When growing older, his interest for his roots increased, and he came in contact with his youngest sister, and later the rest of the family, who lived in the United States. His family soon confirmed his identity, the royal court in Phnom Penh appointed him the official status as Prince, and the Chilean royal biographer Julio A Jeldres played a pivotal role in re-establishing connections as well as the update on Ekcharins destiny, which he released in an update of his book The Royal House of Cambodia.[1][2][3]
After nearly 200 workers passed out in one week at a Cambodian factory supplying the Swedish multinational clothing-retail company H&M, Norodom Ekcharin has on several occasions confronted H&M regarding the difficult working conditions and low salaries for their local textile workers employed in Cambodia, and tried to bring this to public attention through numerous interviews in papers and in the Swedish TV4-documentation Kalla Fakta (cold facts).[4][5][6]
Norodom Ekcharin returned to Phnom Penh in 2013, and reunited in 2014 with his family during their visit to Cambodia. Since then, he regularly join the family in ceremonial occasions at the Royal Palace during their visits to Cambodia.
Ekcharin has two children:
- HRH Norodom Eknatali, daughter born 15th of April 2018
- HRH Norodom Eknathe, son born 17 juli 2019
Gallery
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Center Norodom Yuvaneath, right Norodom Ekcharin -
Ekcharin Norodom with sister Norodom Pekina -
From left Ekcharin, his parents father Yuvaneath and Yin Kim.
See also
References
- ^ LinkedIn: Charin Norodom
- ^ Norodom Veakcharin, prince of Cambodia
- ^ Updated edition provides insight into lives and lineage of Cambodia’s royals
- ^ H&M duckar för kambodjansk prins (in Swedish)
- ^ Swedish outcry has royal voice in midst, Phnom Penh Post, Read 11 november 2018.
- ^ A Transnational Crisis that Tested H&M’s Commitments, Phnom Penh Post, Read 15 november 2018.
External links
Videos
- Kalla Fakta Studio del 2 - Drömmen om levnadslön - Direct debate from TV4News about the research on staff conditions at Hennes & Mauritz, by Kalla fakta