ThaRum - Musings from Cambodia

Nation’s ‘Bloggers’ Hope To Facilitate Dialogue

July 29th, 2005

Nation’s ‘Bloggers’ Hope To Facilitate Dialogue
By Matt Reed
The Cambodia Daily, Thursday 14th July 2005

Bun Tharum first started keeping an online diary in June 2004, prompted by his interest in technology trends. And while he’s not 100 percent sure, he believes he is probably the first blogger in Cambodia to hit the Internet.
However, the 23-year-old National [...]

Photo of Cambodia and Her People

July 25th, 2005

Have you ever heard of Cambodia and visited this country? This is probably one of the most frequent asked questions of Cambodian people when talking to foreigners online and offline. A westerner replied that the country had land mines and rebels. It was an answer from a foreign tourist I asked in Hochiminh city, Vietnam [...]

Writing, Publishing, and Reading in Cambodia

July 21st, 2005

Few years ago I visited Saigon city, Vietnam with other young people in a study trip. I can recall clearly a different point between there and Phnom Penh. I have never seen people read books at public gardens in the city of my home country. Actually it is not a public ban. Few weeks ago, [...]

Blogging Experience of a Cambodian Blogger

July 19th, 2005

Some people find weblog or blog, known as online journal useful to keep friends, families, and colleagues be quickly and easily informed. Others use it to post their thoughts, review breaking news, keep favorite links, and so on. Some others may explain it in many various ways. In other term, I would call blog a [...]

The Winds of War

July 16th, 2005

“Europe, 1939: the rumblings of war grow to a terrible roar. In America the Henry clan-Navy to the bone-finds itself drawn into the very center of the maelstrom: the father at the right hand of Roosevelt, his oldest son flying over the Pacific, his youngest falling in love in Europe. From conference table to battlefield, [...]