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A few years ago, Victory Hill was the backpacking hub of Sihanoukville with enough customers to fill the sea with gold. But since then gravity has definitely moved down the hill to Ochheuteal Beach and the now-thriving Otres Beach area.

Now it’s so …

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After a pretty hectic December I now fall happily back into my happy, humdrum routine.

It’s great to feel the warm but un-aggressive ‘cool season’ sun crawl up from behind during a 6am balcony coffee before embarking on a refreshingly breezy walk to work, …

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Phnom Penh City Hall issued a statement on the 17th of January, 2013, regarding the date, time and route of the upcoming trial funeral procession for Norodom Sihanouk.

Trial dates: (2 days) the 19th and 26th of January, 2013

Trial time for both days: 7:30 …

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Who said comedy was dead? Well, nobody actually. And certainly not the hordes that converged at Comedy Club Cambodia on Wednesday evening, literally queuing up for laughs. The tasty triple line-up of Jonathan Randall, Fakkah Fuzz, and Brendhan Lovegrove enticed all those in search …

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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 …

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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 just a few years, …

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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 operation for many years in Cambodia, …

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An old term used to denote areas of the sea that hadn’t been navigated, ‘here be dragons’ is an apt metaphor for exploring the sleepy backwater that is also Cambodia’s second largest city.

Quaint. Charming. Old colonial architecture. Those are fitting descriptors …

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I thought things were going to turn quite ugly for a second, and had visions of my iPhone being thrown on the floor and crushed under a weighty boot.

I was sitting at a table at Le Bistrot de Paris, waiting for my friend …

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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, just a weird collage …