I was sent this article into my email. It’s such a beautiful piece of writing by Ms. Theary Seng, co-founder of Centre for Cambodian Civic Education (CIVICUS), that I don’t want to miss out on publishing it on my blog. Enjoy her strong views! But then, there is another counter-response from Sambath Meas on this […]
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Recently, the Cambodia Daily, one of the English news publications in Phnom Penh, featured an article about Cambodian blogging or “Khlogging”—sorry, I just invented it as I go–on one of its Saturday-Sunday publications. Wahh, one of the pictures on the page looks familiar to you, right? That’s what I thought when I first got a
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I’d like to share with you a piece of my mind. Oops, just a piece of me. ———————————- One of the pioneer bloggers in the Kingdom, Kounila Keo is the author of blueladyblog.com. Seth Emmanuel Rinoza finds out what motivates Keo to write. Photo by Conor Wall. Kounila Keo was born with a mindset to share her
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This is a video made by a group of students from the Department of Media & Communication, RUPP, Cambodia.
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Kounila nerd night View more presentations from Kounila Keo.
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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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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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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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By Chan Sovannara Under the sunshine while many modern vehicles such Lexus, Camery, and motors of the latest design are driven on the streets, a Cambodian traditional two-wheel vehicle dragged by two oxen, moves slowly in a speed of walking. Out of date, it may be seen, along with the presence of modern technology, let
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It was very fortunate of me to get accepted into this Khmer Rouge Tribunal Fellowship Program where I have learnt from trauma to the history around the Democratic Kampuchea regime known as the Khmer Rouge regime, and how to provide justice and reconciliation in Cambodia. This is the third week I’ve been taking the course,
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