gavinmac wrote:The crossword and sudoku are back, or were never dropped.

gavinmac wrote:Speculation that the Post may switch to Chinese language?

On The Block: Is The Phnom Penh Post Going 金边邮报?
By John Le Fevre on July 14, 2018


Just two months after Malaysian business entrepreneur Sivakumar S Ganapathy (aka Siva Kumar G) purchased The Phnom Penh Post from Australian mining magnate Bill Clough (See: New Era For The Phnom Penh Post Under Malaysian PR Company Ownership the future of Cambodia’s oldest newspaper is again under a cloud.

According to previously reliable Twitter user ‘Violet Baudelaire’ (@ioBaudelaire), who claims to be a Post employee, the almost 26-year old publication has been sold to Chinese owned Prince Real Estate Group, one of Cambodia’s largest property developers. The official announcement is to be made on Tuesday next week (July 17), ‘Ms Baudelaire’ tweeted.

If true the sale will likely herald the end for the English-language version of The Phnom Penh Post.

People familiar with Prince Real Estate Group told AEC News Today its efforts are “entirely focused on the Chinese market”, while recent reports say the print run for both language editions of the Post have dropped to a mere 2,000 copies in total, with printing staff said to be only working between three and five hours a day.

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'undefined' wrote:

kansaicanuck wrote:Anyone else notice that the Post now continually refers to HE as 'Caretaker' ? I can't recall ever seeing that until the sale of the Post.

that's because he wasn't a caretaker until after the elections:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caretaker ... Caretakers

kansaicanuck wrote:Anyone else notice that the Post now continually refers to HE as 'Caretaker' ? I can't recall ever seeing that until the sale of the Post.

violet wrote:Well well well
May as well start asap. August seems good
I've noticed a Westerner on Instagram has started using Chinese when tagging... How many westerners here have been learning the lingo?

Migs, do you speak/read it?

What about you, Alexandra?

On The Block: Is The Phnom Penh Post Going 金边邮报?
By John Le Fevre on July 14, 2018


Just two months after Malaysian business entrepreneur Sivakumar S Ganapathy (aka Siva Kumar G) purchased The Phnom Penh Post from Australian mining magnate Bill Clough (See: New Era For The Phnom Penh Post Under Malaysian PR Company Ownership the future of Cambodia’s oldest newspaper is again under a cloud.

According to previously reliable Twitter user ‘Violet Baudelaire’ (@ioBaudelaire), who claims to be a Post employee, the almost 26-year old publication has been sold to Chinese owned Prince Real Estate Group, one of Cambodia’s largest property developers. The official announcement is to be made on Tuesday next week (July 17), ‘Ms Baudelaire’ tweeted.

If true the sale will likely herald the end for the English-language version of The Phnom Penh Post.

People familiar with Prince Real Estate Group told AEC News Today its efforts are “entirely focused on the Chinese market”, while recent reports say the print run for both language editions of the Post have dropped to a mere 2,000 copies in total, with printing staff said to be only working between three and five hours a day.

gavinmac wrote:

Oldnews wrote:It was the second anniversary of Kem Ley's assassination on Tuesday. I must have missed that article in Tuesday's Post. I'm sure GavinMac can come up with an excuse that's reasonable.
Writer slipped in the shower, dog ate the article etc.

Remembering Kem Ley
Mech Dara | Publication date 11 July 2018 | 10:38 ICT

Friends of Kem Ley on Tuesday place a garland near the site where the political analyst was shot two years ago. Pha Lina
Supporters of Kem Ley, including NGOs and youth groups, on Tuesday commemorated the second anniversary of the prominent political analyst’s death by shooting.

Many who attended called for the creation of a panel to further investigate the killing, with one saying he believed the man serving life in prison for the crime is a “fake killer” acting as a fall guy for powerful masterminds.

However, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said the request to establish such a panel is “impossible procedurally”.

A wreath was laid at the petrol station cafe on Monivong Boulevard where Ley, an outspoken critic of the government, was shot dead on July 10 , 2016.

More: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... ng-kem-ley