mythicaldude (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just at dusk a few days ago I wandered down the dusty road behind the Phnom Penh train station which currently has no trains running. Down past dozens and dozens of old railway cars of all different sorts is a village by the incredible shrinking lake (that's another story). Very poor and rundown, not unlike the trains. Some photographic evidence:
Screenshots (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
My first meal in Phnom Penh was at the FCC, or The 'F' in the lingo of the locals. I wonder if FCC still stands for Foreign Correspondents' Club ala FCA of Singapore, where journalists congregate and food is great....
M|O|N|G|K|O|L (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
One of Cambodia’s most amazing heroes, Nuon Phymean has over the past years offered hundreds of children working in Phnom Penh’s landfill a way out through free schooling and job training. She is now one of the nominees for the CNN Hero of the Year Award to be announced on November 19 this year. As her [...]
whereintheworldisjam (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
I wish there were something close to this in Phnom Penh...but there's not... 3xj have the best time doing this... Just looking at the map today made me smile... I kinda miss my old hood. But this morning thinking about Toronto I snuck into an old abandoned French house, found a old chair and sat down overlooking the temples and just read a book... it was soooo peacefully I didn't want to leave.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
We have been in Phnom Penh for 2 days doing the tourist sights. Phnom Penh is a hell hole. Being the capital of Cambodia it is packed wil people living there trying to make a dollar or two. It is en exact copy of Point Road in Durban South Africa. Full of guns drugs and prostitution. With the rich being super rich and the poor just dying. We stayed at The Royal Highness Hotel don't be fooled
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy....
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) _ A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Phnom Penh - The Cambodian Foreign Ministry announced Friday evening that embattled Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has cancelled a scheduled visit to the country at short notice. Foreign Ministry spokesman Sin Bunthoeurn said Thailand had give...
whereintheworldisjam (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
that's because my bling aka wallet got stolen last nite. I was kinda in awe/shock/now poor fact that it's now gone. Last nite on my way home from my friends pad I was walking down the empty streets of Phnom Penh. My spider sense tingled off for a bit and for some bizarre reason I put my wallet in my backpocket, took the knife from my bag and put it into my other pocket and then started singing some...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
By Geoffrey Cain October 9, 2008 Courtesy Of Asia Times Online PHNOM PENH - Competition for influence in Cambodia, recently seen as a two-country race between the United States and China, has now seen another deep-pocketed suitor emerge: petrodollar-rich Gulf states. While Washington has required counter-terrorism cooperation for its assistance, and Beijing has sought greater access to markets, Middle...
Nye Noona (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Kingdom of Cambodia , formerly known as Kampuchea is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 14 million people. The kingdom’s capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as “Cambodian” or “Khmer,” though the latter strictly refers to ethnic Khmers. Most Cambodians are Theravada [...]
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Phnom Penh Appeal Court has upheld a child sex abuse conviction against Russian businessman Alexander Trofimov, but reduced his prison sentence from 13 to 6 years, state media said Friday. The mun...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Phnom Penh Appeal Court has upheld a child sex abuse conviction against Russian businessman Alexander Trofimov, but reduced his prison sentence from 13 to 6 years, state media said Friday. The municipal court found Trofimov, 41-year-old executive director of the Koh Puos Investment group, guilty of debauchery in March for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. The Appeal Court heard his case in absentia...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Phnom Penh - Sir Elton John, British superstar and heavyweight activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS, has told a US magazine he is planning a visit to Cambodia. Sir Elton and partner David Furnish have raised more than 150 million dollars for projec...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Phnom Penh, Oct. 9 Kyodo - Myanmar [Burma]'s ambassador to Cambodia, Aung Naing, has died of a stroke, a Cambodian official said Thursday.
