Archive for January, 2013

Foreigners are generally NOT keen on Cambodian pop. Maybe they should pay more attention, as this savvy article spells out. http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/song-and-dance-hun-sens-other-power-play/ This music forms a constant background soundtrack to life in Cambodia, where the majority party oversees the vast majority of the media as well.   Of course, community advocates engaging with the powers that ...

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One Man and a Baby

A dear friend who I met in my very first Khmer class has had a sudden loss. His 'Khmer Mom' was diagnosed with incurable cancer.  She chose to forgo chemotherapy and pass away peaceably. And a barang (foreign) child protection expert has suddenly found he's the legal, local guardian of a 5 ...

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