ThaRum - Musings from Cambodia

Cambodia’s Ex-King Delights in Blogging

May 30th, 2005

“As Royal Blogger, Cambodia’s Ex-King Offers Views on Everything From Hollywood to the Environment
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia May 28, 2005 — “I thank you for insulting me.” Thus blogged former King Norodom Sihanouk to a critic of his support of gay marriage. He didn’t share any of the insulting e-mails with his readers, but noted: “My [...]

Khmer Rouge Trial to Go Online

May 28th, 2005

Khmer Rouge Trial Web Portal, an online news and information, is setting up to cover latest news and information on the trial. The portal will be launched by June this year. www.krtrial.og will be the home on the net of this newly established web. This will give another channel to Cambodian citizens to access to [...]

Second Journalism Training

May 27th, 2005

Tomorrow morning will be the last day of the journalism training, which has taken place for two weeks at Royal University of Phnom Penh. The training mainly focuses on enhancing writing for working journalists. Reach Sambath, formerly a journalist for Agence France-Presse (AFP), and presently manages the Communication of Cambodia Institute, is the core teacher. [...]

Tissot Phileas

May 22nd, 2005

The world in your pocket!
True to its tradition of pocket watch innovation and to its global presence Tissot comes this year with a truly international watch line: the Phileas.
The principal piece in this collection offers the wearer like Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s famous novel, a trip around the world timezones, through calculation of [...]

From a Street Kid To Be a Waiter

May 19th, 2005

The last time I saw that street kid, he was a shoes polisher. Another time I met him at the same place, he became a waiter for that local restaurant. I cannot even recognize him. I noticed when another little shoes polisher was surpised, and talking to him who was in a clean casual shirt. [...]