Cambodian thinker weighs in on Duch verdict
After the United Nations-backed tribunal announced its first verdict on Monday and sentenced Duch to serve up to 19 more years in prison, many Cambodians have shared their own reactions. Speaking to...
View ArticleCritics praise Khmer Rouge documentary
A decade-long effort to document the life of Cambodia’s Brother Number Two, Nuon Chea, by Cambodian investigative journalist Thet Sambath has been praised by international news outlets. Documentary...
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When young Cambodian artists meet their masters
More than 500 people will gather this week at Phnom Penh’s Chaktomuk theater “to generate arts renewal through the sharing and learning of a variety of traditional and contemporary art forms,” says...
View ArticleAncient language scholar looks at Cambodia-Thailand border dispute
Guest contributor Eisel Mazard at New Mandala wrote a blog post: “Cambodia is not a Province of Thailand: the Modern Myth of Suvaṇṇabhūmi“. The Pali language scholar takes a quick look at history,...
View ArticleCrime news most read in Cambodia
Most news stories that fill Cambodian newspapers are about crime. Probably the worst crime Cambodia has ever witnessed in years is, according to a news report today in an English language newspaper, “a...
View ArticleThaksin quits advisory role to Cambodia
Now Thailand’s fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has resigned as economics adviser to the Cambodian government, will diplomatic relations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh improve? Agence...
View ArticleMeet Cambodia’s anonymous blog author ‘Details are Sketchy’
“The good thing about a blog is that it can be anonymous and you still can be contacted,” says Gary Kawaguchi, a digital media trainer at Royal University of Phnom Penh, Department of Media and...
View ArticleWhy improved KI-Media can be good for Cambodia
In the last decade blogs have become a popular way for Cambodians to passionately voice their opinions on current events in the Kingdom. One of the most successful examples is the socio-political blog...
View ArticleCambodia: defending and denouncing KI-Media
After my previous column about KI-Media blog, some interesting discussions about it have happened elsewhere on the web. What people weigh in on annonymous blog KI-Media are fascinating. The comments...
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Is Cambodia a good place for tech startup?
An open, participatory tech conference held in Phnom Penh late last month provided Cambodian Internet users and tech lovers a chance to interact with those from outside Cambodia. I talked to regular...
View ArticleCambodia: The year that was
It’s the time again to look back the year that was. Google News Timeline provides a good way to see some major events happened in Cambodia in 2010. Some selected news stories from around the web:...
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Cambodia in Wikileaks
It’s been more than three weeks since whistle-blower site Wikileaks pledged to release the controversial Cablegate, a trove of 250,000 American foreign policy documents from 274 United States embassies...
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Two pythons married in Cambodia
The New York Times’s Thomas Fuller begins a story about the supernatural in Thailand: BANGKOK — Don’t be fooled by the skyscrapers, the roads clogged with the latest luxury cars or the high-tech...
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So Thaksin still relevant in Cambodian-Thai ties?
The Bangkok Post reported today that the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra offered to help the seven Thai nationals currently being detained in Cambodia. Among those arrested for...
View ArticleIs Cambodian King on Prince William’s wedding guest list?
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in April will be a news story in many countries, including Cambodia. But it remains unknown whether King Norodom Sihamoni, a former Cambodia’s ambassador to...
View ArticleCambodian PM: UN intervention impossible in Thai border spat
“Intervention from all corners, including the United Nations, is impossible,” Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen said, days after former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra pledged to mediate in the case of the...
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Cambodia: Thai lawmaker Panich released on bail
Khmer-language newspaper Kampuchea Thmey reported today that Bangkok lawmaker Panich Vikitsreth has been released on bail by a Phnom Penh court this morning. Seven Thai nationals were detained since...
View ArticleCambodian diplomat slams BBC Radio 4
An edition of the BBC’s Crossing Continents with the title ‘Cambodia: Country for Sale‘ has prompted a letter from the UK’s Ambassador of Cambodia, who wrote last week that “reporter Mukul Devichand...
View ArticleWikiLeaks: What’s in the Cambodian cables?
Since November WikiLeaks and its media partners have been releasing a trove of US diplomatic cables, but little significance has been seen for a country like Cambodia. Unlike in Thailand, where...
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Comments from Cambodia on Thailand border clash
The now annual Cambodia-Thai border clash has once again gained its highlight in global media outlets. While a lot has been written and reported on the recent fighting at the Cambodia-Thai border, I...
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