Back in 1967 the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN was founded in Bangkok, by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Until April 30, 1999, years after Cambodia recovered from civil war and political turmoil, the country joined the association. Among 500 million people in the ASEAN region, I am one of the aseanists. [...]

An email from John Weeks
Hello all, free film at Sovanna Phum this evening!
Beng and I will be off to Angkor Wat tomorrow, back Saturday for Jam Strip drawing session.
For updates check our project webpage or weblog.
best
- John Weeks
012 526 840
30.11.2005
18.30-20.00 Independent Indonesian Film - free entry
‘Beth’ (Short discussion afterwards with translation)
Cinema Indonésien Indépendant
‘Beth’ Discussion courte [...]

Dark Underbelly of Technology, an article in the Wired News, gives us considerations on how technology matters our human lives. It is a two edged knife that can be used in many ways, and resulted in many forms. When technology has been deployed appropriately, it means a lot to us. It is part of thing [...]

An email from John Weeks
Arts Network Asia is sponsoring Indonesian artist Beng Rahadian for the ‘Komic Cambodia’ art Exchange this month, hosted by the Cambodia Book Sector Federation.
During this brief visit, Beng will research a comic about Cambodia, meet local artists, attend ‘Lire en Fete’ book festival, teach workshops and have a small exhibition (Sunday [...]

Euthanasia Websites
An American citizen who owned websites advocating ‘euthanasia tourism’ in Kampot, a French-era beach town, has been sued by Kampot Province’s governor for false information and defamation. “You are going to die anyway, so why not in Cambodia?” said one of the sites, which also offered a rationale for suicide and links to purchase [...]