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/2007/09/reasons-for-blogging-in-english/ http://www.vuthasurf.com/2007/09/reasons-for-blogging-in-english/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:28:41 +0000 vutha http://www.vuthasurf.com/2007/09/25/reasons-for-blogging-in-english/ Debate about blogging in Khmer and English had been made during the second day of Clogger Summit 2007. There were different opinion of blogging in Khmer and English to be claimed by Cambodian bloggers. In fact, I really strongly support to blog in Khmer but now it is not [...]]]> http://www.vuthasurf.com/2007/09/reasons-for-blogging-in-english/feed/ 7