Phnom Penh – The Rainy Season has started.
Even for a brand new luxury car the street 51 (Rue Pasteur) is flooded after the first real heavy thunderstorm of the wet season in Phnom Penh, early evening April 27, 2013.
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2000 Protesting for NEC Reform.
Read more: http://cambodianelections2013.wordpress.com/ Cambodian opposition rally for leader’s return Pakistan Daily Times PHNOM PENH: About 2,000 Cambodian opposition supporters rallied Wednesday to demand election reforms and guarantees their leader Sam Rainsy can return… Read More
Plight of Cambodia’s Newly Landless.
Photo Exhibit in Washington Highlights Plight of Cambodia’s Newly Landless. A new exhibition of photography that displays the effects of land grabs in Cambodia is now on display in Washington. “Cambodia: Losing… Read More
Daily Direct Bangkok-Cambodia buses launched.
Buses link Thai and Cambodian capitals. The first buses directly connecting Thailand and Cambodia left Bangkok on Thursday, headed for Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, with the launch of a regular service to… Read More
Phnom Penh Population: 1,329,913.
The city hall said Phnom Penh‘s population of 1,329,913 people included about 16,000 registered foreigners. But around 100,000 residents of Phnom Penh live in temporary buildings. More than 100,000 residents of the capital were living… Read More
Preparations underway for funeral of late Cambodian King Father Sihanouk.
The custom-built crematorium for the cremation of late King Father Norodom Sihanouk is under construction in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 19, 2013. Sihanouk died of illness at the age of 90 in Beijing… Read More
Complete ban on Internet Cafes in central Phnom Penh?
New Government Circular Aims to Shut Down Internet Cafes in Cambodia. A near-complete ban. The government has issued a circular (Khmer copy available here) ordering the closure of all Internet cafes within a 500… Read More
Cambodia cracks down on rights day march.
As if any further proof were needed ….. Groups of protesters have been left asking whether it was International Human Rights Day in name only after the celebrations were closed down, an NGO worker… Read More
