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From the monthly archives: February 2009
As I remembered, the celebration of Valentine’s Day has been made since 2000 after the first national election. Young youths always keep this event in their mind and regard it as the special day for their true love. In reality, this event is not Khmer culture. When I was at [...]
New research on young Cambodian attitudes towards Valentine’s Day and sexual relationships has found that more than half the interviewees questioned were happy to engage in sexual intercourse. In fact, the research shows that many middleclass Cambodians are using Valentine’s Day not to celebrate their love but as a catalyst for sex.
The [...]
In the past and the present time, vehicles bearing police and military license plates make drivers apparently to have power to run across the country. And sometimes traffic police officers dare not stop them, even though they broke the traffic lights. Those like to use the kind of these plates are low and high [...]
I got email from Clogger Google group sent by Geoffrey Cain who is the Freelance Journalist in Cambodia. He is writing article called “The State of the Internet in Cambodia†for Southeastern Globe magazine. And then he sent his questions to all group members to give comments.
At the mean time, [...]
Global Witness released its report entitled “Country for Sale†by saying that corrupt elite has captured the country’s emerging oil and mineral sectors. Report exposes for the first time how this future is being jeopardized by high-level corruption, nepotism and patronage in the allocation and management of these critical public assets.
Cambodian government sent letter to local Internet Service Providers to block access to controversial website “Reahu†last week. People within Cambodia cannot access this site after minister of women raged the pictures from site featuring bare-breasted illustration of Apsara dancers and one woman in the clothing of a Khmer Rouge cadre.
Minister of [...]
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By Sim Socheata (the Cambodia Daily)
On Jan 15, the Cambodia Daily carried out the news item, “Ministry Seeks Autonomy for State Hospitalsâ€(page 27). I wonder how the Cambodian population takes this news. Personally, I have a lot of concerns of what this plan might lead to.
The Ministry of [...]
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith, 57, is one of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s closest confidants. The two have been close for almost 30 years and have experienced hardship and success together. As the official “voice” of Cambodia for the past seven years, Khieu Kanharith has become something of a rarity – a government leader [...]
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