With emotions beginning to settle after Monday’s verdict in the Duch trial, civil party lawyers yesterday expressed regret at the quiet departure of the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s outreach coordinator for victims.

With tourism on the rise, officials are looking for ways to maximize profits: safety, infrastructure—and a slogan. Some 60 officials with vested interest in tour­ism put their heads together Mon­day to compare notes for the first half of 1999 at a semi-annual tourism conference.

Commerce Minister Cham Pra­sidh opened a two-day seminar on intellectual property rights Thursday, emphasizing Cambod­ia’s commitment to protecting trade­marks and copyrights.

Genocide resear­chers believe they have organized enough potential evidence to support strong prosecutions of captured rebel leader Ta Mok and jailed prison warden Duch, as well as bring indictments against other key Khmer Rouge leaders.