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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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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