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Tuesday, June 26, 2012


International summer program launches

This summer, nearly 30 students from Cambodia, France and Laos will be giving up their holiday – and throwing off the slothful student stereotype – in order to attend the Université des Moussons, (the University of the Monsoons) in Phnom Penh.... Read more >> 

Monday, June 25, 2012


Cambodia’s first social work grads ready to take the reins

After witnessing his fellow Cambodians endure poverty, child exploitation, domestic violence and discrimination for years, 24-year-old Hour Chhaileng wasn’t going to let each day pass without doing something about it....  Read more >> 
Over 1.5 mln foreign tourists visit Cambodia in first 5 months
PHNOM PENH, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has attracted over 1.5 million international visitors in the first five months of 2012, up 26 percent compared with the same period last year, the statistics released by the tourism ministry showed Monday... Read more >> 

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Researcher keeps watch on Cambodia's Angkor Wat for half a century

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/23/4584324/researcher-keeps-watch-on-cambodias.html#storylink=cpy


For half a century, Yoshiaki Ishizawa, a former president of Sophia University, has studied and worked to preserve the World Heritage Site of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.... Read more >> 

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/23/4584324/researcher-keeps-watch-on-cambodias.html#storylink=cpy

Thursday, June 21, 2012


Cambodia's Orphanage Business

Juliana Ruhfus investigated the growth of the global commercial volunteering industry and found volunteers' hopes exploited and Cambodian children needlessly placed in orphanages... Read more >> 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012


Failure to diagnose: Health care on the brink of death

In Cambodian folklore, the shaman is a being able to save human lives from sickness and disease with his magic. Today, many Cambodians look to doctors as modern shaman – with little regard for doctors’ human limitations, sick men and women expect miracle cures... Read More >> 
Korean Education Fair
South Korea is a country booming with excitement for young Cambodians, as K-pop music, fashion styles and movies saturate the Kingdom’s youth culture... Read more >>

Tuesday, June 19, 2012


Using Art to Fight Human Smuggling

A Cambodian man wins a U.S. award for raising awareness of human trafficking in Southeast Asia... Read more >> 

Less Power for Cambodian Women, Report Says

Cambodian women have fewer opportunities than men, and less access to economic and political positions of power, a World Bank report says.... Read more >> 

Monday, June 18, 2012


Is education a turn-off in today’s Cambodia?

Despite Cambodia’s evolving gender system, local men would rather pick women with lower education qualifications as their love mates. As a result of this finicky selection, it seems many bright young ladies are left with a diminishing list of suitors.... Read more >> 

Tuesday, June 12, 2012


Constructive Cambodian: Is our national anthem striking a bad chord?

Our Kingdom’s flag is considered the heart and soul of the nation, but recently, why are young Cambodians expressing a sense of shame when asked to sing our national anthem?... Read more >>

Saving the seven symbols

An alarming amount of young Cambodians have no idea know what our national symbols are, a shocking surprise given their knee-jerk reactions when responding affirmatively to being nationalists.... Read more >> 

Cambodia observes World Day Against Child Labor with photos, music

    Phnom Penh (Cambodia), June 12 (Xinhua-ANI): Cambodia on Tuesday observed the 11th World Day Against Child Labor with photo exhibition and children music festival... Read more >>