Author Archives: Khmer440
Comedy Club Cambodia @ Pontoon 8.30pm Wednesday 16th
The Comedy Club Cambodia storms back to Pontoon Club on Wednesday January 16 to get the New Year off to a side-splitting start. Brought to you once again by Propaganda Events and Monument Hotel, this month’s show features an outstanding…
M Fone Merges with Mobitel After Declaring Bankruptcy
Saturday, 12 January 2013 08:34 ដោយៈ ដើមអម្ពិល (DAP)-ID: 009 Phnom Penh – The giant mobile phone company M Fone has merged with the Mobitel mobile phone network after ceasing operations due to financial constraints. M Fone, which has been in…
Phnom Penh: It’s All About The River
Phnom Penh is no gigantic metropolis, no sprawling mega-city, no endless urban expanse. Yet still it manages to be an incomprehensible orderly riot of humanity: ugly surprises, elegant demises, fitting fates for all sizes. No easy answers, no succinct demography,…
Khmer 440 Meets Santel Phin AKA Khmerbird
In the first of a series of features throwing the spotlight on the cream of Cambodia’s social networkers and bloggers, Marissa Carruthers speaks to the man behind the popular Khmerbird blog, Santel Phin. Time is precious for Khmer blogger Santel…
Boeung Keng Kong 1 Crime Wave Continues Unabated
Phnom Penh – A man was seriously wounded when armed robbers fired 5 shots at him before making off with his 2013 125cc (Dream) moto. The shooting occurred in front of the Anh Chay Ly Spa* on Street 310, in…
Nunchaks-Wielding, Music-Blasting Monk Defrocked
Battambang Province – An ordained monk ភិក្ខុមួយអង្គ (lit Bhikkhu) was arrested by authorities and defrocked by the Provincial Office of Religious Affairs after he had bludgeoned a fellow novice monk នេនមួយអង្គ (lit Nhen) with a pair of nunchaks ដំបង២កំណាត់ severely…
Comedy Club Cambodia with Aidan Killian @ The Doors
The Comedy Club Cambodia will host a special show this Sunday (December 16) at Doors, #18 on Street 47 & 84. Aidan Killian is Ireland’s premier political activist comedian. Spirited and unique, he combines prodigious onstage charisma and a rakish…
Good Cars for Cambodia Expats #3: Daewoo Matiz v Hyundai Atoz/Visto
Price Range: $2000 – $4000 If you have had one bike accident too many, seen your family grow or are simply looking to get out of the sun and rain, the Daewoo Matiz or Hyundai Atoz/Visto (the Visto is a…
To Build a Road (or: ‘An Irishman Walked into a Bar…’)
A Japanese company comes to Cambodia to build a road. They do a professional job, get it done almost on schedule, pick up most of the tab, employ local workers at decent wages, donate maintenance equipment and send an expert…
Khmer440 Meets Kounila Keo aka Blue Lady
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Dubbed one of Cambodia’s top five bloggers, freelance journalist and social media champion Kounila Keo’s strongest weapon is words and she uses them wisely to educate, inform and inspire. Marissa Carruthers finds out what drives the woman behind blueladyblog.com. In…