FossAsia: Afternoon Session
FossAsia: Afternoon Session
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Love, peace, war and skin colour. The common thread between these issues is their consistent impact on the society, economy and politics of all civilisations since the beginning of human history. A perfect example of how skin color has caused social upheaval is the civil rights struggle in the United States during the 1960s, when
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Young people under the age of 30 make up 70 percent of Cambodia’s population of more than 14 million, according to a survey conducted by the Human Rights Center at the University of California at Berkeley. Today’s trend towards issues affecting young people is the result of the baby boom that followed in the wake
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This is the article that helped me win 15,000 Ringits (Malaysian) in early October, and well with thanks to the Ministry of Tourism in Penang and all the friends that supported me all the way through. By Keo Kounila My story began with misery, and would probably end very much so. Who would have thought
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The flawless Apsara women lining the walls of Angkor Wat, representing the virtuous female, have never ceased to amaze me, but at the same time my jaw drops thinking of the paradox that exists in the present-day Cambodia. Women are asked to achieve perfection but often held back as they strive towards self-improvement. The role
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By Keo Kounila When I attended courses on Germany’s Holocaust for nearly three weeks, I was appalled to see the similarities between the history of massacre and devastation faced by Cambodians and Germans, and the disparate strategies that have been taken towards reconciliation. The Khmer Rouge left two million dead between 1975 and 1979 while
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Here is a story about my journalism life. I’m not a big fan of going back to the past and mourning over the spilt milk or embarrassing mistakes I made. However, this time I can’t help it but reveal the most difficult moments of my life. Of course, everyone could say that more are awaiting
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By Tivea K and KK If you had to hire new staff and choose between a relative and a stranger, who would you go for? This is a moral dilemma faced by many Cambodians in a country where nation-wide corruption is one of the major challenges in the long recovery from civil war and political turmoil. Nepotism
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