Boeung Kak Lake (BKL) children cry for justice for their arrested mothers on 24 May 2012. 13 BKL residents were arrested during a protest on 23 May 2012. This is the kind of justice meted out by the Kingdom of Wonders aka Cambodia.
Archive for the ‘Indochina – Indochine’ Category
18 May
Vietnam: 34 passengers killed in bus crash.
Thirty-four people were killed and 20 injured — some seriously — after a bus overturned, ploughed off a bridge and crashed into a river in central Vietnam, traffic police said. File illustration photo shows trucks and buses crossing a river on a floating bridge in Vietnam in 2009. Thirty-four people were killed and 20 [...]
17 May
Cambodia: Girl killed during violent eviction.
Security forces fatally shot a teenage girl Wednesday during a clash with villagers armed with axes and crossbows in eastern Cambodia, in the latest of several violent evictions aimed at clearing land for development. ADHOC Photo Cambodia’s system of commercial land concessions, decried by activists as opaque and corrupt, has become a volatile issue nationwide [...]
13 May
Cambodia: A Wise Word for Leaders!
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. Buddha
12 May
Cambodia: The Royal Ploughing Ceremony – Cows snub Rice.
The predictions are in: corn and beans. That’s what Cambodian farmers should plant this season, according to this week’s bovine oracle that is the traditional Royal Ploughing Ceremony. The annual ceremony, held in front of Phnom Penh’s National Museum beside the Royal Palace, marks the beginning of agricultural production and the rainy season. King Norodom [...]
8 May
Cambodia: The rainy season has arrived in Phnom Penh.
Yesterday, May 7, 2012, the monsoon season arrived in Phnom Penh, with the first flooding in the eastern part of the town. Read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050755996/National-news/weekend-storms-kill-two-injure-eight-more.html
26 Apr
Cambodia: Environmental Activist Chut Wutty shot dead.
Prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot dead in Koh Kong province today near one of the areas he had fought tirelessly to protect from illegal logging – the Central Cardamom Protected Forest. Chut Wutty at the Phnom Penh Post main office earlier this year. Photo by Hong Menea Chut Wutty, the director of the [...]
24 Apr
Cambodia must solve two big problems for takeoff.
By Martin Hutchinson The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Cambodia must solve two big problems to achieve the kind of rapid, sustained growth Asia’s tiger economies have delivered. Opening its stock exchange on April 18 is a good start – it shows the country is relatively friendly to [...]
17 Apr
How to Destroy a Nissan 280ZX Cambodia Style – Ferrari Replica in Cambodia.
Classic Japanese sports models from the 1970s and 1980s are slowly but steadily gaining a strong following amongst auto enthusiasts and collectors alike, but not all people have the same feelings about these types of cars. This owner of what appears to be an early 1980s Nissan 280ZX thought it would be a great idea [...]
