For those who have blogged prolifically for many years, Cambodia: Details are Sketchy has been known as an online blog sensation after posting many comments on apparently sensitive issues such as politics to the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Blog posts about Cambodia have so far reached more than 2,000. Tharum Bun has interviewed DAS. When asked […]
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She rarely smiles to men or to anyone else she walks past in her village except her own close relatives and very few friends. She takes psychiatric medication daily against PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder). Now in her late 50s, Leang Korn has gone through so much that her Cambodian compatriots might not have the
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Last Sunday, I thought of a change in an environment. After two unproductive days at work, I decided to give myself a new challenge. What was that? That was going out and seeing people. When did it become a challenge just to see people? I don’t know. 😀 That day, my sisters and I dashed
It is an article I like writing. Awed by the issues affecting women and society, I’d like to show my readers how Cambodian women have come so far. Cambodia women are breaking free of social stigmas and disproving myths to succeed in the world of sports. Vath Chamroeurn, secretary-general of the National Olympic Committee of
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It’s common practice of local newspapers [of course,written in the Khmer language] to publish bloody pictures of corpses, injured victims from traffic accidents or murder. There have been countless requests as well as constructive criticism from independent institutes for the Khmer news editors to consider pulling out the bloody photos. As for my every morning
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I was so used to leaving for school early in the morning and staying up there till late in the evening. I was used to seeing friends around, having a chat, passing a few words of the day and studying together. I was so used to my old world, so that now it makes me
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Clams, a type of fresh-water shellfish, are one of Cambodian’s favourite staples. On hot sunny days, a line of carts loaded with red spicy fresh-water shells can be seen pushed by Cambodian vendors. People do not have them during rainy season since rain can spoil the quality and taste. Cambodians like eating clams that have
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I was quite tempted to write about this long ago. It at one point got so unbearable that I have to pen the pain here. Many Cambodians who have travelled abroad must have at least expeirenced this disturbance or harrassment once or twice from the airport officials. Many Cambodians reckon that people who work at
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Liveblogging at Chaktomouk symposium on the 60th Anniversary of U.S-Cambodia Relations
One night I stayed very late to watch a documentary called “Schindler’s List,” produced by Steven Spielberg in 1993. The movie explicitly shows the horrendous persecution on Jews in Poland. The World War II exterminated around 6 European Jews all over Europe while the movie details the arbitrary shooting of German soldiers on Jews, old
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