Who thinks they are right? Lol. Actually, everyone apart from the Chinese used to own China. Illegal Chinese tour guides in Vietnam accused of distorting nation's history Thanh Nien News DA NANG - Wednesday, June 29, 2016 15:48Email Print A Chinese tour guide is leading a group of tourists in the ce...

...Should there be a ban? That's a tough one - will it save a few lives? Undoubtedly but Cambodia isn't a nanny state and that's one of the reasons most of us love it here don't we? +1 And if Cambodia does start down the path of banning and enforcing such things, it won't be because they are becomi...

alanclarke72 wrote:A succession of western ambassadors to Cambodia has been to visit Kem Sokha over the last couple of weeks, in what looks like a not too subtle message to HE. The latest is a visit by the Swedish ambassador this morning.

I doubt he will care much.

He popped in to give him a massage of support.

Perhaps if the aid industry had spent more on sanitation instruction and less on the evils of second-hand smoke we may have less people dying of preventable diseases here. I can't think of a young Khmer that doesn't hate tobacco. Somebody mentioned no social cohesion here. That's exactly it. Have yo...

^ I'm not moving until you give it to me.

There actually exists a schedule of controlled pharmaceutical drugs in Cambodia. It covers all the big gun pain killers, analgesics, benzodiazepines and antibiotics. However most pharmacies will ignore this restriction and all to anybody because of the lack of punitive measures or repercussions. I ...

Would 500mg of Tramadol and 2 bottles of Mekong be enough to kill someone without a built up tolerance ? Available near you - 3000R 10x50mg Tramadol- 6000R 2x bottles of Mekong whisky. Someone was saying ice and heroin on the street were cheaper? I was offered opium here once, outside GSM lol. I was...

Alexandra wrote:Survival of the fittest. This is not your nanny state.

Bless

What do think would happen if uppers were made legal over-the-counter in pharmacies here? Apart from the huge loss in government, army and police revenue that is?

It's not a question of should they be controlled; it's more a question of how, and would they? You've been in the country a long time so you know such debates are academic and the reality is that it will continue irrespective of any change of laws. Just last week, pharmacies were being criticised f...

Every month we hear about more deaths of expats, usually reported as due to heart attacks. These deaths are not restricted solely to the over 50's as one would think. Young, seemingly healthy, men in their 20's have died with all too regular frequency from heart attacks as well. A lot of expats usua...

Socialist nationalism is not the right way to fight the threat of national socialism.

Slavoj Žižek on Brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/ ... referendum

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36606184 Birds of a feather The thing that makes me laugh about that report is Trump going on about how great it is that the UK is leaving, seeing as most of Scotland voted to stay. Also, the UK is not a good term to use when addressing a Scot. Blood...

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise against all travel within 25km of Eritrea’s border with Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti, as well as the town of Tesseney and areas north and west of Nakh’fa, Ak’ordat and Barentu I was bored. Looks like an interesting place. Massawa sounds like anothe...

http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26167/letter-to-the-editor/ LETTER TO THE EDITOR A Biased and Ill-Informed Approach According to the local media, recent political events in Cambodia have caused some concerns amongst the international community. According to the local media, UN Secretary-General Ban...