Cambodia’s New Intellectuals
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. [...]
Meet new Cambodian bloggers
Yesterday evening, I ate beef with Teouk Prahok and drank a few bottles of beer at family-run restaurant near National Museum with some friends of mine and new Cambodian bloggers- Tharum, Virak, Wanna and Chharda. The two of them I never meet before are Wanna and Chharda. Usually, we always have contacted each other through [...]
Is it my fault to use word “Blog�
It is first time for me to be criticized from our Cambodian people when I used verbally the word “Blog†during talking show on air. I was invited to be speaker on air at studio last few months in order to make discussion over ICT to enhance democracy in Cambodia. While I introduced to all [...]