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Damming The Mekong: Cambodia Facing A Thai-Made ‘Catastrophe’

April 20, 2012August 3, 2012 Alex Watts 2 Comments Alex Watts, CH Karnchang, International Rivers, Mekong River Commission, Xayaburi Dam

Weighing up short-term economic gains against long-term environmental costs is always a thorny issue in geopolitics. But when the profits

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Cambodia’s Booming – So Why Is It The ‘Least Thriving Country In The World’?

April 13, 2012August 3, 2012 Alex Watts 7 Comments Alex Watts, expat life, travel

I read a column in the Bangkok Post this week, entitled Poor Cambodia Not Looking So ‘Poor’ Anymore, which began

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‘Sotheby’s Tried To Sell $3m Khmer Statue – And Knew It Was Stolen’

April 6, 2012 Alex Watts 4 Comments Alex Watts, art, Koh Ker, sculpture, The Duryodhana

The 1,000-year-old temple guardian was meant to “convey power over malicious demons, thereby offering comfort for devotees,” according to Sotheby’s

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Cambodia’s Big Role To Play In The South China Sea Conflict

March 30, 2012 Peter Hogan 3 Comments Alex Watts, ASEAN, China, news

The last time a Chinese Head of State visited Cambodia was 12 years ago, so the timing of President Hu

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The Factory Shooting Farce & Why Cambodia Needs An Aung San Suu Kyi

March 19, 2012March 19, 2012 Alex Watts 3 Comments Alex Watts, Bavet shootings, Chhouk Bandith, CPP, Puma

I read an interesting interview at the weekend with a Khmer academic living in America who warns that Cambodia desperately

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When Will Angkor Wat Be Sold To China?

March 9, 2012November 4, 2012 Alex Watts 8 Comments Alex Watts, Angkor Wat, siemreap

I was quite surprised by the fuss this week over the announcement that a full-scale replica of the world-famous temple

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Spit-Roast Cows Banned For ‘Inciting Violence’

February 9, 2012February 9, 2012 Peter Hogan 5 Comments Alex Watts, expat life, food, travel

One of the strangest stories of the week must surely be the government ban on spit-roasting cows in public. Apparently,

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The Poor Are Losing Their Homes, But It’s OK, An Elephant Has Been Saved

February 2, 2012March 19, 2012 Alex Watts 8 Comments Alex Watts, expat life, wildlife

Call me heartless, but I must admit I greeted the news this week that Cambodia’s most famous elephant had finally

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Cambodia Photo of the Day

August 7, 2011 Khmer440 0 Comments Phnom Penh

Get the backstory here. And a big hat tip to LTO for the image.

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Poll: Should Cambodia Criminalize Adultery?

September 3, 2006September 10, 2011 wpadmin 0 Comments CPP, expat life, gavinmac, girlfriend, romance, society

On Friday, Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a bill which would criminalize adultery. If passed in the Senate and signed by

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