Posted in current events, business, urbanization, news on Jul 3rd, 2008
(Above: KFC on Monivong Boulevard)
It came as a small surprise when I read in the paper that fast food restaurants existed on Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Somehow the idea of interrogators stepping out of a prison waterboarding session for a latte seemed… incongruous. (The idea of them rewarding prisoners with ‘Happy Meals’ even more so.)
Many […]
Posted in urbanization, news on Apr 12th, 2008
In the States, the White House schedules press conferences for Fridays when the topic is one negative to the administration.
In Cambodia, it seems, negative actions are taken just before the holidays so people will be caught off guard. Activist Khem Sokha was arrested on New Years’ Eve, 2005.
And just as Khmer New Year begins, the […]
Posted in architecture, urbanization on Feb 19th, 2008
Aside from the Royal Palace and Independence Monument, it looks like everywhere else in Phnom Penh may become… residential! Click for the large version of this widely-published advertisement:
Note the depiction of the intersection of Monivong and Sihanouk boulevards, compared to the present day. Wow. (The fine print dutifully notes this is just a promotional mockup, […]