Category Archives: News
Missing in Cambodia – Jonathan O’Shea
Jonathan is extremely vulnerable and may harm himself. He is believed to be in CAMBODIA, possibly in Phnom Penh. Jonathan has disappeared in the past and normally likes to stay in 5 Star hotels. It is extremely important for his…
The Poor Are Losing Their Homes, But It’s OK, An Elephant Has Been Saved
Call me heartless, but I must admit I greeted the news this week that Cambodia’s most famous elephant had finally been retired not just with sympathy but with a huge amount of disbelief. It’s easy to become hard in a…
Cambodia Photo of the Day
Get the backstory here. And a big hat tip to LTO for the image.
Air France Becomes First European Airline to Offer Flights to Cambodia
According to SkyClub News, Air France is once again offering flights to the Kingdom. Air France Becomes First European Airline to Offer Flights to Cambodia by Richard Clements (SkyClub News) April 1st, 2011 Air France is once again the only…
Poll: Should Cambodia Criminalize Adultery?
On Friday, Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a bill which would criminalize adultery. If passed in the Senate and signed by the King, the new law would impose a penalty of up to a year in prison and a fine of…
Violence in Cambodia: 0-60 in 5 seconds
The Details are Sketchy blog carried an article a couple of days ago commentating on the murder, at his home, of British bar owner David Mitchell. Mitchell’s girlfriend, Jane Nye, who nearly died herself in the attack, has expressed uncertainty…
Ta Mok: Khmer Rouge “butcher” dies at 80
From the BBC’s website “Ta Mok, one of the main leaders of Cambodia”s brutal Khmer Rouge regime, has died in the capital Phnom Penh. Nicknamed “The Butcher”, he was the regime”s military commander and linked to many atrocities of the…
How Insensitive Can the Neighbours Get?
Representatives of the Thai feature film ‘Ghost Game’ held a press conference today (Wednesday, April 26th) to apologize for any misunderstanding regarding depiction of the movie’s events at a location said to resemble the Khmer Rouge Toul Sieng prison in…
Khmer Politics the Soap Opera IV
An almost quiet week this by recent standards, it started however with one of my favourite stories this week, The Iron Man’s phone call to Prince R, in the depths of the French countryside, to let him know the bitch-slapping…
Spit-Roast Cows Banned For ‘Inciting Violence’
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One of the strangest stories of the week must surely be the government ban on spit-roasting cows in public. Apparently, pen-pushers in Phnom Penh think the sight of calf carcasses being slowly barbecued and then chopped up in full view…