Posted in history, khmer rouge, photography on May 18th, 2008
Part of our Battambang visit included a visit to Phnom Sampow.
As with many historic sites in Cambodia, old legends are overlaid with newer stories and juxtaposed with recent events. One grim reminder of the not so distant past are the mountain’s caves which contain the bones of Khmer Rouge victims, whose demise is depicted in […]
Posted in khmer rouge, history, intellectual property, literature, comics, news on Apr 11th, 2008
Articles today on the Nou Hach Literary Journal and (Re)géné Rations: The New Khmer Graphic Novel.
More at www.nouhachjournal.net and www.ourbookscambodia.org.
Happy Khmer New Year, everyone!
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Posted in history, khmer rouge, photography, news on Mar 31st, 2008
has filed his last photograph. I was privileged to see him speak once, in the 1980s.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/30/america/Obit-Dith-Pran.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/nyregion/31dith.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dith_Pran
It’s customary to have a moment of silence, but this outspoken survivor was anything but. His efforts live on at www.dithpran.org.
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