· August, 2005

Stories about Cambodia from August, 2005

Myanmar: HIV/AIDS agencies leaving

Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia is concerned over media report which said many HIV/AIDS agencies are leaving Myanmar as it has proved so difficult to work within the military rules...

31 August 2005

Cambodia: Bridging digital divide

The Panos and Global Knowledge Partnership is inviting submissions for 2005 “Reporting on the Information Society” awards. ThaRum highlights projects targetting at bridging digital divide in Cambodia so that Cambodian...

31 August 2005

Cambodia: CamboKids

Johnny Crook reports that community work at CamboKids is about reintroducing Khmer traditional culture and heritage which were almost destroyed during the past war and using activities that might help...

31 August 2005

Cambodia: Blogs as university research topic

Tharum's blogging experience becomes the research topic for Pannasastra University students who study for Fundamentals of Communication. The referral came from an article in the Cambodia Daily.

29 August 2005

Cambodia: Jobless woes

Young college graduates are in Cambodia are finding hard to get employed while transparency is said to be lacking in employee recruitment. Blogger ThaRum says employers are now seeking talents...

26 August 2005

Cambodia: More condoms

While Japan is facing a dwindling population, Cambodia needs to increase condom production to protect its sexually active population. Cheang Sokha of Cambodian Morning blog reports that twenty million condoms...

23 August 2005

Cambodia: Water Festival

Independent nonprofit technology consultant Beth Kanter (blog: Cambodia4kids) has a podcast with Somaly K. Hay, the master Cambodian dance teacher. Beth has been chronicling in her vblog the water festival...

23 August 2005

Khmer Dance

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Video of a Cambodian dance troupe performing a blessing dance at the opening of the Lowell Water Festival, one of the largest Southeast Asian festivals in the US, organized jointly by the local Cambodian, Lao, Vietnamese and Thai communities.

20 August 2005

Video Blogs & Cambodia

Eath Chhnon (otherwise known as “Village Girl“) is a Cambodian “video blogger” or vlogger. She grew up in a small village in Cambodia near Angkor Wat, one of country’s cultural...

19 August 2005

Cambodia: Blog services

With some help, there is a possibility to launch a blog service that incorporates Khmer Unicode fonts, Khmer language software and blog tools. Can we find them a Cambodian Hoder?

16 August 2005

Cambodia: Blogging beyond the norms

Wired News featured Cambodian blogger Bun Tharum, as a new voice who has ventured into uncharted course in the emerging democracy: government corruption and the problem of domestic violence. Today,...

16 August 2005

Cambodia: Genocide Tourism

Webbed Feet, Web Log is frustated by the West's conflation of everything Cambodian and the Khmer Rouge and the subsequent creation of the genocide tourism industry.

12 August 2005

Meet Da: Cambodian Software Engineer

Hok KaKada, age 21, is one of six software engineers working on the Khmer OpenSource Software Project and the only woman. “Da” was born in Phnom Penh, the capital city...

9 August 2005