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Cambodia: Langrabbing and hybrid riceGrain, Spain - 1 hour agoCambodia is a major target of the global landgrabbing surge that began in March this year when the world food crisis was at its peak.

Malaysia StarGreat Tasty Foods @ Siem Riap, CambodiaMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 13 hours agoBefore I visited Cambodia, I have done some research on their food, accommodation and also the culture. Mostly of the information that I found in terms of

GawkerPeople's Shady Angelina Jolie DealingsGawker, NY - 17 hours agoJudging from a Times exposé, Jolie also banished the word "Brangelina" from People's pages, dictated coverage of her charitable work in Cambodia and won

Cambodia not to raise Preah Vihear issue at ASEAN Summit in ThailandXinhua, China - Nov 20, 200821 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will not list its dispute with Thailand over the ownership of the 900-year-old Preah Vihear Temple into the agenda of the ASEAN

Cambodia holds land deal talksFinancial Times, UK - Nov 20, 2008By Raphael Minder in Hong Kong Cambodia is in talks with several Asian and Middle Eastern governments to receive as much as $3bn in agricultural investment

When Gunnar Bergstrom stepped off the plane into the sweltering heat of the Cambodian capital in August 1978, he did not even begin to suspect the fate that had befallen the country whose struggle he had ...

After France granted Cambodia independence in 1953, an impassionedA renaissance swept Phnom Penh in the 1960s, a resurgent AngkorianA nationalism alongside a potpourri of foreign influences tha included ...

Doctors from the Military Hospital 175 and other hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have performed free eye check-ups and operations on hundreds of patients in Cambodia.

Cambodia won't start a war against Thailand, although both sides have border dispute unsolved and an armed clash occurred at the border in October, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday at a scholarship-awarding ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia : A 17-year-old Cambodian monk was charged with raping a British woman while taking her on a tour of a mountain cave near his Buddhist temple, a court official said Thursday.

(SEAPA/IFEX) - On 18 November 2008, draft legislation aimed at penalising people making defamatory remarks online against the monarchy was proposed by a group of members of parliament (MP) from the op...

Almost two million people died under Pol Pot's regime Gunnar Bergstrom has the slightly bemused air of a man who has just realised the joke is on him. Finding himself back in a much changed Phnom P...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced its grant of 1.3 million U.S. dollars for the preparation of a project to upgrade national highways in Vietnam and Laos, the Vietnam News Agency reported...

The International Award Committee of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation of Thailand announced Friday three professors from China, Brazil and Japan, respectively, have won its 17th Prince Mahidol Awar...

Bangkok - Flash floods have claimed five lives in Thailand's southern provinces of Nakorn Si Thammarat and Surat Thani and caused 11.5 million dollars in damages, disaster relief workers said. Since F...

Cambodia will not 'wage war' with Thailand over border: PM PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday repeated his country would not " ...

Cambodia will not list its dispute with Thailand over the ownership of the 900-year-old Preah Vihear Temple into the agenda of the ASEAN ...

Cambodia won't start a war against Thailand, although both sides have border dispute unsolved and an armed clash occurred at the border in October, ...

Sales of Toyota vehicles, among the most popular in Cambodia, have plummeted almost 50 percent since May, national media reported Thursday, citing Kong Nuon, president ...

Cambodian Buddhists Gain Approval For Temple In Bristol Having lost a Connecticut Supreme Court appeal through which they had sought to construct a Buddhist temple/ ...

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Opinion Cambodians are not just for McCain The Phnom Penh Post, Wednesday, November 5, 2008 I t’s interesting to read about the different schools of thought regarding the future president of the United State of America in Kay Kimsong’s story, “McCain comes out on top in Cambodia,” Monday, 3 November 2008. For Cambodians, we would support any US president who can help us build our democracy and free economy. However, like many other Cambodians, I would prefer Senator Barack Obama to Senator John McCain for his own history and the history of Cambodia. As a nation ravaged by decades of…

Comment  Neither Side Has Advantage In Border Conflict by Moeun Chhean Nariddh The Cambodia Daily, Tuesday, October 21, 2008 I t’s interesting to read about observers’ comments on the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia in article “Defense Analysts: Thais in Advantage at Temple,” October 17, page 29. Regardless of advantage or disadvantage for Cambodia or Thailand, we can say that both sides will be the great losers unless this conflict ends soon. During the past several decades, Cambodia has experienced an immense tragedy: from a harsh civil war to genocide and to another…

Opinion Buddhism is the basis of the rule of law by Moeun Chhean Nariddh The Phnom Penh Post, Tuesday, 07 October, 2008 A s Cambodian people are returning from P’Chum Ben, they might have fulfilled their traditional obligation to appease the ghosts of their ancestors who have been roaming different pagodas in search of food offered by their living relatives during the two-week-long festival. However, probably very few people apart from the Buddhist monks and lay people have been able to please the gods by fully following the panca-sila, or the Five Precepts, they have repeatedly chanted…

Comment Cambodia’s Magic War With Thailand by Moeun Chhean Nariddh Phnom Penh Post, Tuesday, 12 August, 2008 E arly this month, The Nation newspaper in Bangkok reported that many Thai residents in Si Sa Ket province which borders Cambodia wore yellow to help protect Thailand from black-magic spells cast by Khmer “wizards” who met at Preah Vihear Temple during the solar eclipse early this month. On August 1, Bun Rany, the wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, led Buddhist monks and soldiers to the ancient Hindu temple to call upon their ancestors to protect the temple. The…

Comment Cambodian altruism in the face of poverty By Kurt A. MacLeod The Cambodia Daily, July 10, 2008 O n the streets of the capital of Phnom Penh, I recently passed a shiny new black Rolls Royce Phantom with a sparkling silver grill. The US$400,000 vehicle was absolutely beautiful as it coasted down the streets cluttered with small entrepreneurs eking out a living on a per capita GDP of just over US$550 per year. The previous week I had seen a 2007 Bentley with leather interior, and which sells for a quarter of a million, plying the chaotic streets of the city. As the Rolls Royce rumbled…

Have you ever wonder how many business schools or universities are there in Cambodia? How many student graduate from business school every year? But! how diversify is business landscape of Cambodia? So! does this prove that education in Cambodia is not effective? When you train all the people to do business, only few of them do, and most of them copy from each other.

Flooding forces school closure

A view from the Corner 33 Bar near Royal Palace on Royal Coronation Day.

Ramana was eating bread for breakfast before leaving for Cambodia. Those guys were having dinner on the street in Vietnam at around 10 pm. It was the second day that we had dinner together at Vietnam restaurant, recommended by Vietnamese guy.

by Geoffrey Cain After France granted Cambodia independence in 1953, an impassioned renaissance swept Phnom Penh in the 1960s, a resurgent Angkorian nationalism alongside a potpourri of foreign influences tha included Beatlemania and existentialism. Many saw the city— once called the “Pearl of Asia”—a neutral safe haven from the havoc that rocked neighboring Vietnam and Thailand. Artists, writers and scholars frequented Phnom Penh’s beautified universities and cafés, discussing the great works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Picasso, while musicians and dancers revived traditional…

More than two years I have met with Vietnamese girl through live chat but I never met her face to face. When I visited Vietnam last week and then I took my time to see and meet her. It took one hour to take a taxi along the distance of 10 Kilometer from MRIT University to meet her. Because she was busy on helping her sister’s online shop, I met and chatted with her only 2 hours. In fact, she is not real Vietnam. Her mother is ethnic Khmer (Khmer Kampuchea Krom) but she cannot speak Khmer and her father is a Vietnam and China. She is friendly and so cute. Hahahahaha I communicate with her by…

When I traveled to Vietnam last week with friends of mine by spending 4 days staying over there but while arriving there, I always wanted to try the taste of Vietnam foods and beer. At that time, I just want to compare the taste of Cambodia-made beer with Vietnam-produced beer. And then I tried the taste of Saigon beer. In comparison with Angkor Beer, I think that the taste of Angkor beer is more delicious than Saigon Beer. Did you taste Saigon Beer?

I arrived in Vietnam with other three people yesterday afternoon. Those are Virak, Nearirath, and Ramana. And then we all went to eat Pho with chicken at Pho@24 in Saigon city, in Vietnam.

A truly excellent analysis worth reading and reflecting. Daly City, CA, United States, — There are numerous border disputes in Southeast Asia. The most well-known case today involves the historic Preah Vihear temple and the four square kilometers of territory around it, which are claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia. Last month, Thai and Cambodian soldiers violently clashed near the controversial temple. Fortunately the clash produced few deaths and injuries. But unfortunately, it generated ultranationalist and racist sentiments in both countries. Many Thais, including politicians, accused…

The most recent initiative by Cambodian-American blogger Nhuong Son, KhmerMix.com is the latest addition to rapidly growing Cambodian online social networking scene. At first glance it looks just like another Facebook and Mitleap, but as you observe carefully, you’ll begin to see its uniqueness. Features of KhmerMix.com include: Personalized profile page (Facebook-like) Photo and video sharing Global forums Groups News Personal blogs Video and voice chat Personal messenger system Let’s check it out and help make this new Cambodian online community alive!

I got this following message from Anthony Galloway at Expat-Advisory today. Thanks to Cambodian Living Arts, the producer of Where Elephants Weep, he is giving away FREE tickets to the amazing show. All you need to do is simply answering several very SIMPLE questions at the EAS forum. Unbelievable - over 40 new members in one day to Cambodia’s fastest-growing Facebook group! Please keep spreading the word via the facebook share button For those who are new, yesterday we announced a competition to win *FREE* tickets for ‘Where Elephants Weep’, open to all who’d like to see the show,…

“WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP” A First Ever Khmer Rock Opera Music by Him Sophy Libretto by Catherine Filloux Produced By John Burt Productions in association with Amrita Performing Arts An original commission of Cambodian Living Arts, a project of World Education Join us in celebrating Khmer arts and cultural heritage at the performance of this world class, groundbreaking, Khmer Rock Opera. “WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP” is a modern take on a traditional Khmer love story, merging local traditions with Western structures: Western pop and rock meet with ancient Cambodian lullabies and Khmer Rouge…

Source: FEER       

Cambodian Consultancy Team (ConsultTeam), is a group of professional members who have had more than five years of experiences of working and research in various fields such as local governance, decentralization, community development, agriculture, organizational development, evaluation and monitoring, and training. Out team members come from various expertises, provided high quality services to our clients [...]

I would like to share with you all the name list of government members in the fourth mandate of the national assembly 2008-2013. I got this via email from Mr. Kin Phea. He is working at International Relations Institute of Cambodia (IRIC) of Royal Academy of Cambodia. Please find the royal decree for your information. [...]

Once I came back from Ratanakiri, I stopped for a short period of time in Kratie before continue traveling to Phnom Penh in early September, I took a picture of a man who is riding his bycycle as you can see in this picture below. Handicraft (hand made) products were placed on his bycycle as [...]

Cambodia’s newly re-elected government will enact formal regulations for the country’s coveted casino sector once it takes office later this month, a senior official at the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance has announced.Chea Peng Cheang, Secretary of State for Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, told delegates at this week’s Asian Casino Executive Summit [...]

Those who travel to provinces, especially at provincial towns may use to see office of Cambodian parliament members. I used to travel many provinces and once I saw the office, the office always closed. Recently in early September 2008, I went to Ratanakiri and I still see the office closed. You can see the [...]

I want this blog post to be my inner strength wherever I am, whatever I deal with... I want to stand straight without stumbling. I never believe I feel so so low, to the bottomest of the bottom this minute. I don't understand why I can't explain what is right and wrong. I feel annoyed with myself that I can't make my messages across. I can't control everything around me. I agree with this

As a vacationer for three days, I did have a privilege to go out and enjoy the walk-about. Yet, I didn't take that because before the water festival I read that five million Cambodians were expected to flock into the city, especially the riverside where the boats raced along. The estimation frightened me really. I didn't want to faint among thousands of people or be a wet blanket for my relatives

On my way back from a school meeting, I happened to see the young woman posed on the top of the electric pole. I saw her holding a knife which later carelessly fell down and she later broke a lamp of which she used the broken pieces to cut her feet. Too far from her, I only hoped and kept my fingers crossed that she didn't injure herself too badly. The Cambodia Daily also reported about the

I was born brown; I have grown up brown and I will surely get old brown and die brown. This is a simple fact to be born brown, white or yellow. But since I have come a long way to this moment, I have torelated a lot of prejudicial comments from people of the same nationality. When I was in primary school, my friends called me 'black' because of my skin color. "Black" was said instead of "brown"

In this world, there are some people who love the way they are and some feel dissatisfied with the way and where they were born. I was one of those people, well, perhaps that small bunch of people who regret being a national of a troublesome country. There is an important fact to be aware of: We cannot control where to be born. As one can claim, if the ability to control that happened, we would

Last Friday, I went to have dinner at a pub next to my place. I had just enough cash to buy me a steak. After ordering and waiting for my food, I went to buy some beers. When asked if I could pay with the credit card, the bartender told me I couldn't get just a glass of beer.I almost gave up the beers for a "Friday" night, but then something struck my mind. "The bartender said I couldn't buy a glass of beer with the credit card. What if I buy two glasses of beer?" :DYep, I got a glass of Carlton Drought and a glass of Pure Blone to drink with my rump steak.Then a little while later...Having…

I just managed to put up some photos taken at Palm Beach in early October. If you were there on that day and been waiting to see the photos, you can see them at my flickr.

It's Friday after work, and this is what we do.The Hulks.

When I asked my friends (who are outside of Australia) if they ever tried Australian beers, they usually replied: "You mean Foster? No, not really."Well, Australia brews more than just Foster and VB. There are so many different kinds and brands (?). For example, the beer in photo is called Cascade Premium Light brewed locally in Australia. As the name implies, this beer is very light and contains as low as 2.7% of alcohol.How does this one taste like? - Literally water.

The third booth along National Road No. 4 maybe there is no other place in this world that we need to pay the toll twice for one way road: at the entry and also at the sortie. recently we need to pay 3 times for one way to Kompongsom: entry, in the middle and sortie. now along [...]

as i heard there are two projects to make movie based on Ip Man’s life, the grand master of Kung Fu and he is also the master of famous Bruce LEE, one is directed by Wilson Yip, director of SPL (which i like the most) and Flash Point which i would say the fighting scene should [...]

Javier Bardem is a Spanish actor, i used to see some of his movies in his own language. and recently in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, he played the terrific bad guy but with an unique style. And now he leads the Men’s Fashion Fall 2008, Image Source : The New York Times

maybe you are sleeping now, it is possible that you are dreaming. it’s the most beautiful thing in this world when you sleep and dream. the world is in peace. Phnom Penh is sleeping in peace. sleep tide mon amour my love and dream a little dream of me if possible LOL it was [...]

this sunday i listen for the very firsy time to live radio at Khmermidi.com, it is recommended by khmerplus.com it’s a good show and i can even request the song from yahoo messenger. you can find their id on the website and they have also a telephone line during the live program. it’s cool and [...]

Take a picture of yourself right now Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair Just take the picture Post the picture with no editing Post these instructions with your picture Idea courtesy Amber and Andrew. Above: Water Festival. I’m tagging Virak, Vutha, Nearirath. Tags:photography,blog,cambodia,meme

Catching a ride with a moto-taxi today (motodop) I found myself subjected to a few questions.  Usually it’s “How old are you”, “What do you do”, “Do you want a Cambodian wife”, “How much money do you make”, “What country are you from”. After establishing I was from the USA, he immediately asked about ‘boh chnout‘ –  if I’d voted. Fascinating to see even motodops are interested in the Stateside election. This one noted with pride he voted in the last Cambodian election. I replied yes, I’d voted…

Happy Halloween! Free candy and scary costumes make for a great holiday– especially for kids. Expatriates won’t miss out on the fun, and in anticipation of a party I’ve added some elastic to a paper maché Lakhaon Kaol Yeak mask. (Same from last year – OK, so I’m lazy.) Today is the King-Father’s Birthday so many people have the day off for a completely different holiday. Halloween (as I know it) often seems confined to North America. ——- October 31, graduate school:I was helping a friend move house in Australia. We’d managed to get all the essential items over in…

Published by SIPAR editions, this is their second classic European children’s prose book after The Little Prince. The book’s launch will be accompanied by a seminar on children’s literature at the Buddhist Institute: TO CREATE A READING SOCIETY A seminar on childrens literature, arranged by the International Library, Sweden, and the Federation for Development of the Book Sector, Cambodia. Location: The Buddhist Institute, Phnom Penh Monday 3 November 8:30 -9:00        Registration 9:00 -9:05        National Anthem of Cambodia 9:05 -9:30        Opening of…

OK, so not everyone can vote in the USA Presidential election. But you CAN vote for Prey Lang and Phymean Noun. There’s a filmmaking contest on by the World Bank. And wouldn’t it be great to see more of their money go towards making socially relevant films than the usual silly development hijinks they get up to? Jocelyn and Ben Pederick are hoping to get some dosh to turn their short ‘Prey Lang’ film into a longer version. Go, watch, and if you like please vote: Entry 31: Prey Lang One Forest One Future http://go.worldbank.org/3B7UE9PJ70 Director(s): Ben Pederick,…

A cool animation depicting a fighting between the green walking man and the red man. Cool animation clip.

cambodia gangster fighting scene Developed by Samuth

Chief Police of Cambodia was killed in an helicopter accident on Sunday evening 9th November 2008, according to the Reuter. Read full news about H.E. Hok Lundy, chief police of Cambodia fateful day here at Reuters

Learn how to play wonderwall using your guitar. Easy to follow how to play wonderwall using guitar

This time round, he is playing Guile theme song of the Street Fighter 2. Great solo! khmer music

Vuthasurf uploads an article written by GV author Geoffrey Cain which was published by the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review. The article features young bloggers who are hailed as Cambodia's new intellectuals.

GV author Tharum writes about the Khmer translation of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter book. Tharum also reflects on how to improve readership in Cambodia today.

Inside my Heart writes about how skin colors are viewed in Cambodian society.

It's holiday in Cambodia as it marks its 55th Independence day. The country is also celebrating a Water Festival.

Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama! Southeast Asian bloggers are celebrating his victory. In fact, his election success has led many bloggers to reflect about the need for change in their local politics. A sample of viewpoints in the region: Rogue Economist hopes there will be “changes” as well in Brunei: “It's official. The most powerful man on earth is now Barack Obama. This proves that nothing is impossible in this world, as long as you work (hard) for it. (Oh please God, Brunei needs someone like this to make changes!)” Cambodia Calling reminds Obama about…