ThaRum - Musings from Cambodia

Ancient Library in Jungle Temple of Beng Mealea

June 28th, 2006

A magnificent 11th century library in jungle temple of Beng Mealea — an ancient architecture in the style of Angkor Wat.

Meet Mature Mongkol — a Fulbright Scholar of Cambodia

June 24th, 2006

From Kingdom of Cambodia to United States of America - Long time readers of Global Voices have good reason to stereotype young Cambodian bloggers as intelligent, ambitious, and hard-working. ThaRum Bun gives us even more evidence to support the claim in this interview with Fulbright scholar and blogger, Somongkol Teng.
In July, Somongkol Teng will leave [...]

An Image of Images

June 24th, 2006

An image is worth a thousand words. What about one hundred images?

The Most Impressive Literature and Cultural Promoter: Choun Nath

June 16th, 2006

Two’s most influential people in Cambodian history: Samdech Sangha Raja Jhotañano Choun Nath, a master in Buddha’s teaching, and the King of Khmer music of all time, Sin Sisamouth.
Last December I received an email from a student in California, the United States. It was an email question of great people in the history of Cambodia [...]

Refugee Film Festival in Phnom Penh

June 15th, 2006

Refugee Film Festival aka Refugee Film Week at Centre Culturel Francais du Cambodge.