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 [...]]]> http://www.vuthasurf.com/2008/11/cambodia%e2%80%99s-new-intellectuals/feed/ 0 http://www.vuthasurf.com/2008/04/meet-new-cambodian-bloggers/ http://www.vuthasurf.com/2008/04/meet-new-cambodian-bloggers/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:35:47 +0000 vutha http://www.vuthasurf.com/2008/04/20/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 [...]]]> http://www.vuthasurf.com/2008/04/meet-new-cambodian-bloggers/feed/ 20 http://www.vuthasurf.com/2007/06/is-it-my-fault-to-use-word-%e2%80%9cblog%e2%80%9d/ http://www.vuthasurf.com/2007/06/is-it-my-fault-to-use-word-%e2%80%9cblog%e2%80%9d/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:58:28 +0000 vutha http://www.vuthasurf.com/2007/06/13/is-it-my-fault-to-use-word-%e2%80%9cblog%e2%80%9d/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.vuthasurf.com/2007/06/is-it-my-fault-to-use-word-%e2%80%9cblog%e2%80%9d/feed/ 7